Women's Basketball Gameday Information vs. Kennesaw State

Game 23	Kennesaw State (8-14, 3-4 A-Sun) at NJIT (4-18, 1-6 A-Sun)
Date | Time	Saturday, February 6 | 1 pm
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Fleisher Athletic Center (1,500)
Live Video|Audio	ESPN3 streaming telecast (WatchESPN app., www.watchespn.com) Michael Ventola (PBP); Dave Calloway (Color)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	KSU leads, 1-0 | KSU 64, NJIT 48 (1.30.16)
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | Kennesaw State Notes

With their first A-Sun victory in the books, the Highlanders will turn around and host Kennesaw State on Saturday at 1 pm in the Fleisher Athletic Center.

SERIES
KSU was a 64-48 winner when it hosted the Highlanders in Georgia on January 30.  The Owls had four players reach double-figures paced by a game-high 15 points from Aareon Smith, while Jasmine McAllister notched a double-double (13 points, 10 rebounds).  Olivia Dudley led the Highlanders with 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the field. 

SCOUTING THE OWLS
Kennesaw State, on its second A-Sun road trip of the season, will come into Saturday's contest with an 8-14 overall mark, 3-4 in the conference. 

The Owls, 1-9 on the road, are coming off a 66-57 loss at USC Upstate on Thursday night, despite Jasmine McAllister's double-double performance (11 points, 13 rebounds), her eighth of the season.

Redshirt sophomore Kelly Dulkoski led the team with a high of 14 points on 4-of-9 shooting from deep, while Aareon Smith totaled 10 points.

Head Coach Nitra Perry in her fourth season at the helm of Kennesaw State, is coming off her most successful season, when she guided the Owls to the winningest season in their Division I era with a 17-13 record in 2014-15, including opening the season with a Division I program best 10-2 mark in the first 12 games.

KENNESAW STATE LEADERS
Points: Jasmine McAllister (10.3 ppg)
Rebounds: Jasmine McAllister (9.9 rpg) – ranked second in A-Sun
Field Goal Percentage: Jasmine McAllister (83-for-174; 47.7)
3-Point FG Made: Kelly Dulkoski (53)
Assists: Clara Young (58)
Steals: Clara Young (16)

SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS
The teams have completed the first cycle through the double round-robin A-Sun regular season schedule and the first conference victory for NJIT left the Highlanders at 1-6 in A-Sun play and 4-18 overall.

NJIT got a program-record 20 rebounds from Leah Horton, who, along with Kelly Guarino scored a team-leading 15 points and the Highlanders notched their first all-time win in Atlantic Sun Conference play, defeating Lipscomb, 61-51, Thursday night.

Horton, NJIT's junior center, had 18 rebounds through three quarters, which matched the program Division I single-game record set by Rayven Johnson (Class of 2013) when the Highlanders won the championship game of the old Great West Conference on March 16, 2013.

With her 15 points, Horton notched her second double-double of the season. She shared the team scoring lead with Guarino, the redshirt freshman sharpshooter, who got her 15 points by making five of her nine 3-point attempts.

Guarino's five 3-pointers were her most in a game since she fired in seven triples at Virginia back on December 5. Her season total from downtown is 48 3-pointers, which is the fifth-highest individual total in program history with at least eight games still to play in 2015-16. The record is 77, set by Denisa Domiterova in 2011-12.

NJIT LEADERS
Points: Leah Horton (10.5 ppg)
Rebounds: Leah Horton (7.6 rpg)
Field Goal Percentage: Leah Horton (76-for-180; 42.2)
3-Point FG Made: Kelly Guarino (48) – ranked fourth in the A-Sun
Assists: Alana Dudley (69) – ranked seventh in the A-Sun
Steals: Alana Dudley (27) – ranked tied for 14th in the A-Sun

NEXT UP
NJIT will return to action on February 10 in Nashville, TN, when the Highlanders visit Lipscomb at 7:30 pm (ET).