Game 28	NJIT (4-23, 1-11 A-Sun) at North Florida (6-21, 2-10 A-Sun)
Date | Time	Monday, February 22, 2016 | 7 pm
Location | Arena	Jacksonville, FL | UNF Arena
Live Video|Audio	ESPN3 streaming telecast (WatchESPN app., www.watchespn.com)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	North Florida leads 2-0
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | UNF 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.

NJIT will conclude its second trip to Florida on Monday at 7pm when the Highlanders visit North Florida at 7pm.

Having completed its home schedule, NJIT will close the regular season slate with two Atlantic Sun Conference away games. NJIT will visit North Florida on Monday at 7pm. 

In the first meeting, North Florida defeated NJIT, 68-51, in Newark.  The Osprey's hold a 2-0 all-time record against the Highlanders.  The two teams met in the first year of Division I for the Highlanders (2006-07) at the Longwood Tournament.  The Ospreys went on to win, 52-46.

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.  The top five seeds have been determined—Florida Gulf Coast, clinched first followed by No. 2 USC Upstate, No. 3 Jacksonville, No. 4 Stetson and No. 5 Kennesaw State.

SCOUTING THE OSPREYS
North Florida (6-21, 2-10) enter Monday's contest on an eight-game losing streak, its most recent loss, against USC Upstate, 75-61.  Senior Kadesia Johnson led a quartet of double-figure scorers with a career-high 18 points with seven rebounds, two assists and a steal in 37 minutes of play.
 
Junior point guard Claire Ioannidis leads the Ospreys from three-point range with 71 three-point field goals made.  As a team, North Florida sank 183 three-point field goals and recorded at least one three-pointer in 27 consecutive games dating back to the 2014-15 season.

Darrick Gibbs, in his first season, took over the Ospreys after a 10-year stint as an assistant coach at University of Miami.  During his decade at Miami, Gibbs guided the Hurricanes to six consecutive postseason appearances including four trips to the NCAA. 

NORTH FLORIDA LEADERS
Points: Claire Ioannidis (14.7 ppg); Sierra Shepherd (12.4ppg)
Rebounds: Kadesia Johnson (7.4 rpg)
Field Goal Percentage: Kadesia Johnson (79-175; 45.1)
3-Point FG Made: Claire Ioannidis (71)
Assists: Sierra Shepherd (99)
Steals: Sierra Shepherd (47)

SCOUTING HIGHLANDERS
NJIT is 1-11 in its first season as a member of the A-Sun and 4-23 overall.

Junior point guard Alana Dudley has dished out 84 assists on the season and has at least one assist in 25 of NJIT's 26 games. 

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 (84)
Steals: Alana Dudley (36)

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.