Women's Basketball | 1/15/2017 8:56:00 AM

Game 18	Jacksonville (13-4, 2-0 ASUN) at NJIT (8-9, 1-1 ASUN)
Date | Time	Monday, January 16, 2017 | 7 p.m.
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Fleisher Athletic Center (1,500)
Live Video | Live Audio	ESPN3, streaming telecast (WatchESPN app, www.WatchESPN.com) Michael Ventola (play-by-play); Dave Callaway (color)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series | Last Meeting	Jacksonville leads, 2-0 | JU 68, NJIT 37 (2.20.16)
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | JU Notes

NJIT will host defending ASUN Conference champions Jacksonville on Monday at 7pm in the Fleisher Athletic Center with opening tip slated for 7 p.m.

With a win of Monday…
--NJIT will have won two straight in ASUN Conference play for the first time in program history (Highlanders won one game in 15-16 in conference play; 61-51 win over Lipscomb)
--Improve to .500 (NJIT is 8-9 overall entering Monday's game; 1-1 in ASUN)
--Pick up its first all-time win against Jacksonville and top 60 opponent (Jacksonville ranked #55 in latest NCAA RPI rankings (as of January 11)
--Will have won the last five out of six games at home on Fleisher Family Court

NJIT is coming off its first ASUN Conference win of the season, led by senior guard Alana Dudley, who knocked down the game-winning shot with :03 remaining in the contest and the Highlanders held on for a 64-62 victory over North Florida.

The game will be shown live on ESPN3 (all remaining NJIT home basketball games can be seen 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.
Michael Ventola, the voice of the Highlanders, is on play-by-play with expert analysis from Dave Calloway.

Starting in January, every NJIT game played in the ASUN Conference, home and away, throughout the regular season and into the ASUN postseason tournament will be covered on ESPN3.

ALL-TIME SERIES
NJIT looks for its first all-time win against Jacksonville.  In the first meeting between the two teams last season, Jacksonville topped NJIT, 65-35 in Newark on January 26.  The Dolphins won convincingly on their home court in Jacksonville, 68-37 on February 20.

A LOOK AT JACKSONVILLE
Jacksonville enters Monday's contest on a four-game win streak, most recently a 65-47 victory over USC Upstate for the Dolphins first ASUN road victory of the season.

Jacksonville ranks No. 55 in the latest RPI rankings (as of January 11) and is receiving votes in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major top 25 poll (as of January 10).

The Dolphins win-streak began on December 30 vs. UC Davis and Wofford, as part of the Best Western UNF New Year's Classic and followed up with two ASUN wins over North Florida and USC Upstate.

Jacksonville had three players score in double-figures at USC Upstate with junior guard Brandi Buie leading the way with 23 points.  Sherranda Reddick finished the evening with 20 points, Cristian Mercer added 13 and Kimberly Dawkins tied her career-high with 16 rebounds.

Reddick, the Dolphins senior guard, leads the ASUN in scoring at 17.8 ppg and is just six points away from becoming the Dolphins all-time leading scorer (currently has 1,483 career points). 

She has scored in double-digits in 16 out of 17 games for the Dolphins, including a career-best 33 points and eight three-pointers, which are the most points in a single game at Jacksonville and ties the mark for most three-pointers made vs. Nicholls State on November 25.

As a team, Jacksonville +10.8 rebounding margin tops the ASUN Conference and ranks 10^th in nation.  The Dolphins allow 58.4 points per game (the second fewest in the ASUN).

Last season, Jacksonville recorded the programs first-ever ASUN Conference tournament championship and NCAA appearance, including a 20-win campaign and ASUN Newcomer of the Year honors.

The Dolphins defeated two-time defending ASUN champion FGCU, 56-54.  The win snapped the Eagles' seven-year, 71-game home win streak against ASUN opponents.  In the first round of the NCAA's, Jacksonville faced No. 3/2 South Carolina.

Defending ASUN Conference women's basketball champions Jacksonville was selected to repeat in 2016-17 by the league's head coaches.  FGCU was picked first in the media poll and second in the coaches' poll.

After taking home its first ASUN Championship last season, Jacksonville collected five first-place votes to lead the coaches poll ahead of FGCU.  The Eagles, winners of last year's regular season title, were selected to place second, while taking the top spot ahead of the Dolphins in the media poll.

A LOOK AT NJIT
NJIT snapped a two-game skid, in a thrilling 64-62 home victory against North Florida on Saturday afternoon.  Alana Dudley's game-winning shot with :03 remaining on the clock led the Highlanders to their first ASUN Conference win of the season.

With the win, the Highlanders returned back to the win column, improving to 8-9 on the season and 1-1 in the ASUN Conference.

Redshirt sophomore guard Tatianna Torres scored her sixth straight double-digit game, leading the Highlanders with 19 points, five rebounds, five steals and four assists.

Torres, who is averaging 15.2 point per game in the last six games, ranks third on the team, averaging 9.8 point per game.  Her 43 steals tops the team and the ASUN Conference (2.5spg).

Dudley paces the Highlanders at 11.5 ppg followed by Leah Horton at 10.6 ppg.  Dudley has recorded at least one assist in all 17 games and has notched double-digit scoring in the last three games for NJIT.

Freshman Danielle Tunstall sits atop the team with 90 rebounds (6.4 rpg).

NEXT ACTION
NJIT will return to action on Saturday, January 21, when the Highlanders visit defending ASUN regular season champions FGCU at 4pm on ESPN3.  Two days later, NJIT will take on the Stetson Hatters at 7pm, also featured on ESPN3.