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Game 22	Lipscomb (6-16; 2-3 A-Sun) at NJIT (11-10; 2-3 A-Sun)
Date/Time	Wednesday, January 27, 2016/ 7 pm
Location/Venue	Newark, NJ/ Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center (1,500)
Live Coverage	ESPN3 streaming telecast (WatchESPN app; www.watchespn.com)  Matt Provence (play-by-play); Dave Calloway (analyst)
Live Stats	In-game statistics
Buy Tickets Onlne	NJITTIX.com
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-Time Series	First meeting
Game Notes	NJIT notes / Lipscomb notes

 
The game will be shown live on ESPN3 (all remaining NJIT basketball games--home and away--will be live on ESPN3)
  
A simple way to find ESPN3 is on NJIT's official athletics website, www.njithighlanders.com. Near the middle of the home page NJIT TV section, click Upcoming Events for a list of scheduled NJIT contests. After finding the event, click the camera icon to the right of the event listing. That brings you to an ESPN3 portal where you can access the desired program.
 
For more details on how to watch NJIT on ESPN3, go to the section at the bottom of this page.
 
Matt Provence, voice of the Highlanders, is on play-by-play with expert analysis from former Monmouth coach and star player Dave Calloway. .
 
Atlantic Sun Conference Game: Lipscomb at NJIT (Wednesday, 7 pm)
NJIT looks to return to the wins column when it wraps up the third in a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference home stand by taking on first-time foe Lipscomb, which comes in from Nashville, TN.
 
With five of the 14 A-Sun regular season games in the books, NJIT has experienced a series of starts and stops in the last month-plus of games. The highs included a first-ever win over St. John's of the BIG EAST on national television on December 20, followed by an 0-2 start in NJIT's debut season as member of the A-Sun, albeit one loss on a last-second tip-in and a second loss on the road in overtime after the Highlanders climbed all the way back from a 21-point deficit to force OT.
 
They followed the 0-2 start with convincing conference wins, the first at Stetson and the second at home vs. Jacksonville. Then came a showdown vs. defending A-Sun champ and current leader North Florida. Originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, the game was moved back twice, first to Sunday afternoon and then Sunday night with the arrive of Winter Storm Jonas, universally described as the worst blizzard to hit New Jersey in over 20 years.
 
No one knows if the delay hurt, but it certainly didn't help the Highlanders, who fell to talented and red-hot UNF, 94-80.
 
A LOOK at LIPSCOMB (6-16; 2-3 A-Sun)
Located in Nashville, Lipscomb is one of three private institutions in the eight-member Atlantic Sun. A coeducational liberal arts university founded in 1891, Lipscomb is affiliated with the Churches of Christ.
On January 16, the Bisons were reeling, with eight straight losses and a 4-16 overall record, including 0-3 in the A-Sun. Then they beat Stetson and followed that with a convincing 91-75 win over Florida Gulf Coast, which was picked second in the coaches' preseason poll.
 
Key to the Lipscomb win against FGCU was 19 3-point baskets, which tied the Bisons for the most made threes in a Division I game this season (North Florida broke the record later that day with 20 3-points vs. NJIT). On the season, Lipscomb has attempted 640 3-pointers (more than 29 per game) and made 244.
 
Casey Alexander is in his third season as Lipscomb's head coach following a two-year stint in charge at A-Sun rival Stetson.
 
Lispcomb team stats and leaders:
Scoring (team 77.6 ppg; -3.2 ppg): JC Hampton (6-0, Jr; 16.5 ppg); Josh Williams (6-5, Jr; 12.6 ppg); Nathan Moran (5-9, So; 12 ppg); Garrison Matthews (6-5, Fr; 8.5 ppg)
Rebounding (team 35.9 rpg; -2.8 rpg): Eli Pepper (6-8, Fr; 8 rpg)
Assists: Moran (111)
Blocks: Pepper (16)
Steals: Moran (27)
3-pt FGM: Moran (54); Hampton (53)
 
A LOOK at NJIT (11-10; 2-3 A-Sun)
The Highlanders will try to go 3-3 in the A-Sun before heading out to visit Kennesaw State on Saturday and Lipscomb on February 1.
 
The Highlanders got 16 points apiece from senior Ky Howard and freshman Mohamed Bendary in their loss to North Florida the last time on the court. Tim Coleman and Terrence Smith each added 13 points and Coleman grabbed a game-high 8 rebounds.
 
NJIT team stats and leaders:
Scoring (team 76.2 ppg; +1.1 ppg): Damon Lynn (5-11 Jr; 17.5 ppg); Tim Coleman (6-5, Jr; 14.3 ppg); Ky Howard (6-4, Sr; 13.6 ppg);
Rebounding (team 35.3 rpg; -1.9 rpg): Coleman (7.3 rpg); Howard (4.5 rpg); Terrence Smith (6-6, Jr; 4.4 rpg)
Assists: Howard (88)
Blocks: Coleman (19)
Steals: Lynn (32); Coleman (31)
3-pt FGM: Lynn (74)
 
How to watch NJIT sports programming on ESPN3
ESPN3 is the live platform for at least 23 NJIT men's basketball games this season. Every NJIT game in the Atlantic Sun Conference throughout the regular season and into the A-Sun postseason tournament will be covered on ESPN3. 
 
ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network.  It is accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. 
 
The network is currently available to more than 99 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. 
 
ESPN3 is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers, smartphones and tablets connected to on-campus educational and on-base military broadband and Wi-Fi networks. That means devices served by NJIT's on-campus computer network can link directly to ESPN3.
 
Others can access ESPN3 through WatchESPN if they receive ESPN programming from an affiliated service provider. Those users need to provide the username and password they use in online communication with their regular service provider (can usually be found on regular billing material from the service provider).
 
Here is a link to Frequently Asked Questions about WatchESPN.