Women's Basketball | 2/14/2016 9:15:00 AM

Women's Basketball Gameday Information vs. Stetson

Game 26	Stetson (15-4, 6-4 A-Sun) at NJIT (4-21, 1-9 A-Sun)
Date | Time	Monday, February 15 | 7 pm
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Fleisher Athletic Center (1,500)
Live Video|Audio	ESPN3 streaming telecast (WatchESPN app., www.watchespn.com) Michael Ventola (PBP); Cathy Andruzzi (Color)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	Stetson leads, 1-0 | Stetson 60, NJIT 55 (1.16.16)
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | Stetson 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.
 
Michael Ventola, voice of the Highlanders, is on play-by-play with expert analysis from Cathy Andruzzi.

The Highlanders will play their final home game of the season on Monday at 7 pm, when they host Stetson in Fleisher Athletic Center.

It will be Senior Night, with the program honoring Ronni Grandison in pregame ceremonies.
 
After Monday, NJIT will play its last three regular season games on the road.
 
Every team qualifies for the Atlantic Sun Conference championship tournament, which begins on March 4 with the quarterfinal round at the campus sites of the top four seeded teams.

SCOUTING THE HATTERS
Stetson (15-9, 6-4) has won of its last eight contents since hosting the Highlanders on January 16 in DeLand, Florida.  The Hatters defeated NJIT, 60-55, in the teams' first all-time meeting.

Junior Brianti Saunders, an A-Sun Preseason honoree, has scored in double-figures in 23 out of 24 games (previous game vs. USC Upstate scored 4 pts), including a school-record 40-point performance in Stetson's win over Georgia Southern on December 20.  The 5-foot-4 Saunders ranks first in the A-Sun in free throw percentage (104-119; 87.4) and second in the A-Sun in scoring (18.5 ppg).  Saunders tops the team in three-point field goals made (49) and is second in assists (58). 

Classmate Breana Bey, a second-team All-America transfer from Monroe College, is a five-time A-Sun Newcomer of the Week honoree, averaging 11.1 ppg and 7.5 rpg.  She has scored in double-digits in 13 of 24 games this season, including four double-doubles and one 20+ scoring performance.  Bey leads the league in field goal percentage (109-202; 54.0).

Aisha Turner, who transferred to Stetson after a year at Clemson in 2012-13, played in 21 games in 2014-15 in a Hatter uniform.  This season, Turner has played in all 24 games, with 16 starts, scoring in double-figures nine times, averaging 9.2 ppg and, pacing the Hatters with 75 assists and 48 steals. Her 48 steals paces the A-Sun.

Head Coach Lynn Bria, in her eighth season at the helm of the Hatters, has guided Stetson to two conference titles (2010-11; 2012-13), two NCAA Tournament appearances (2010-11; 2012-13), three WNIT bids (2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15) and five consecutive 20+ seasons.

ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL & HONORS
The Hatters finished the 2014-15 season 23-8 overall, 11-3 in A-Sun, including its their fifth 20+ win season and postseason appearance and third WNIT appearance in school-history. They were predicted to finish second in the 2015-16 Atlantic Sun Conference Preseason Poll.  

STETSON LEADERS
Points: Brianti Saunders (18.5 ppg)
Rebounds: Breana Bey (7.5 rpg)
Field Goal Percentage: Breana Bey (109-202; 54.0)
3-Point FG Made: Brianti Saunders (49)
Assists: Aisha Turner (75)
Steals: Aisha Turner (48)

SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS
NJIT, which did not have a double-figure scorer against Florida Gulf Coast, was paced by Alana Dudley's 9 points. Ruta Vetra did not score, but she took game honors in rebounds (7) and led NJIT with 3 assists.

Junior point guard Alana Dudley has dished out 35 assists in the last nine games and leads the team with 81.  The 81 assists in a single season ranks fourth all-time in the NJIT Division I era.  Dudley has at least one assist in 24 games played this
season.

Redshirt freshman Kelly Guarino is averaging 8.4 points per game and paces the Highlanders with 57 three-point baskets made.  Guarino has at least one three-pointer in 21 of the Highlanders 24 games this season.

NJIT LEADERS
Points: Leah Horton (10.7 ppg)
Rebounds: Leah Horton (7.6 rpg)
Field Goal Percentage: Leah Horton (87-for-201; 43.3)
3-Point FG Made: Kelly Guarino (57)
Assists: Alana Dudley (81)
Steals: Leah Horton (31)
 
How to watch NJIT sports programming on ESPN3
ESPN3 is the live platform for at least 23 NJIT women'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.