Women's Basketball Gameday Information at Jacksonville

Game 27	NJIT (4-22, 1-10 A-Sun) at Jacksonville (16-10, 8-3 A-Sun)
Date | Time	Saturday, February 20, 2016 | 1 pm
Location | Arena	Jacksonville, FL | Swisher Gymnasium
Live Video|Audio	ESPN3 streaming telecast (WatchESPN app., www.watchespn.com)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	Jacksonville leads, 1-0 | JU 65, NJIT 36 (1/26/16)
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | Jacksonville Notes

The game will be shown 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.

Having completed its home schedule, NJIT will close the regular season slate with three Atlantic Sun Conference away games. First up is a Saturday 1 pm game in Florida at Jacksonville.

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 DOLPHINS
Jacksonville enters Tuesday's contest with a 16-10 overall mark, 8-3 record in the A-Sun, which is tied for second with USC Upstate and stands at 9-1 at home.  The Dolphins, winners of their last two, are coming off a 76-55 road victory at Lipscomb on February 15.

The Dolphins opened their season participating in theor first-ever trip to the Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament on the road at No.19/20 South Florida .before concluding the tournament against Texas-Arlington.  In addition to South Florida and Texas-Arlington, Dartmouth and McNesse State were included in the consolation bracket.  The Dolphins picked up a 51-44 victory against Dartmouth, with a solid fourth quarter, outscoring the Big Green, 21-9.

Jacksonville head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, is in her third season at the helm, after serving three seasons as an Assistant Coach at Clemson.  McPhee-McCuin also served as the Bahamian Women's National Team Coach.

Last season, McPhee-McCuin guided Jacksonville to its second consecutive A-Sun tournament appearance, advancing to the semifinals and concluded the season with a 12-17 overall mark, 6-8 in the conference.

Before the start of the 2015-16 season, McPhee-McCuin guided the Bahamian Women's National Team to its first-ever Centro Basket Championship title game.  Bahamas defeated Jamaica 55-51 in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation's gold medal game.

Jacksonville featured three players on the Atlantic Sun Conference preseason team – Briona Brown, Kayla Gordon and Sherranda Reddick.  The Dolphins were selected to finish third in the league.

In the first meeting, of the season in Newark, Jacksonville defeated NJIT, 65-36.
 
JACKSONVILLE LEADERS
Points: Briona Brown (11.9 ppg); Sherranda Reddick (11.7ppg); Kayla Gordon (11.1 ppg); Christian Mercer (10.9 ppg)
Rebounds: Kayla Gordon (8.2 rpg) – ranked third in the A-Sun
Field Goal Percentage: Christian Mercer (107-198; 54.0) – ranked second in the A-Sun
3-Point FG Made: Sherranda Reddick (46) – seventh in A-Sun
Assists: Brandi Buie (62)
Steals: Brandi Buie (41)

SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS
Visiting Stetson built a 16-4 lead over NJIT after one quarter in Atlantic Sun Conference women's basketball and the Hatters, who led from start to finish, never allowed their lead to get under seven in the second quarter or under 12 in the second half on the way to a 74-56 victory.

NJIT is 1-10 in its first season as a member of the A-Sun and 4-22 overall.

Junior point guard Alana Dudley has dished out 38 assists in the last 10 games and leads the team with 84.  The 84 assists in a single season ranks fourth all-time in the NJIT Division I era.  Dudley has at least one assist in 25 games played this season.

Redshirt freshman Kelly Guarino is averaging 8.4 points per game and paces the Highlanders with 59 three-point baskets made.  Guarino has at least one three-pointer in 22 of the Highlanders 25 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 (59)
Assists: Alana Dudley (85)
Steals: Alana Dudley (34)

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.