Game 25	NJIT (10-14, 3-6 ASUN) at Jacksonville (17-7, 6-3 ASUN)
Date | Time	Saturday, February 11, 2017 | 1p.m.
Location | Arena	Jacksonville, FL | Historic Swisher Gymnasium
Live Video | Live Audio	ESPN3, streaming telecast (WatchESPN app, www.WatchESPN.com) Vince Martin play-by-play); Chris Dittmer (color)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series | Last Meeting	JU leads,3-0
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | Jacksonville Notes

The Highlanders (10-14, 3-6 ASUN) will play its next two games on the road in Jacksonville, Florida, first visiting the Dolphins of Jacksonville (17-7, 6-3 ASUN) on Saturday at 1pm in Historic Swisher Gym.

The game is part of a doubleheader with the NJIT men, who will tip off at 7 p.m. against the Dolphins in Swisher Gym.

With a win on Saturday…
--NJIT will pick up its first all-time win against Jacksonville
-- NJIT will split the regular season series with the Dolphins; Dolphins defeated NJIT on January 16 in Newark, 75-56
-- NJIT will record its fourth victory of the season in ASUN Conference action

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.

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 last meeting between the two teams, Jacksonville won convincingly, 75-56 in Newark.  In the first-ever meeting between the two teams last season, Jacksonville topped NJIT, 65-35 in Newark on January 26.  The Dolphins won comfortably on their home court in Jacksonville, 68-37 on February 20.

A LOOK AT JACKSONVILLE
Jacksonville (6-3 in the ASUN, 17-7 overall), have won one of its previous four contests, most recently dropping an overtime victory at Stetson on February 8, 57-47. The lone win in the four-game stretch for the Dolphins came against Florida Gulf Coast, 73-65, on February 4.

Jacksonville overcame a pair of double-digit deficits en route to nine lead changes and four ties, but a 7-0 run in the extra period sealed the Hatter win.
 
Jacksonville missed a layup in overtime that would have locked things at 46 but instead, the Hatters pushed it down court to find Brianti Saunders for a three-pointer, sparking the 7-0 run.

The Dolphins are 11-1 at home this season and 25-2 over the last two years.

Sherranda Reddick leads the ASUN in scoring at 17.2 points per game and three-point percentage (41.8), while teammate Brandi Blue follows behind at 13.3 ppg and Christin Mercer at 12.8 ppg.

On the boards, Kayla Gordon is pulling down a league-best 9.2 rpg as the Dolphins rank 10^th in the nation with a 9.8 rpg rebounding margin.

A LOOK AT NJIT
NJIT, who is coming off a 66-56 home loss to Kennesaw State on February 8, was led by redshirt sophomore Tatianna Torres, who nearly missed posting a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds.  Torres is averaging 10.3 ppg and leads the ASUN in steals per game (2.4 spg).

Senior guard Alana Dudley paces the Highlanders with 12.3 ppg and 92 assists, which ranks the senior second in the ASUN (3.8 apg).

Freshman forward Danielle Tunstall tops the team on the boards, averaging 6.0 rpg and is shooting 41 percent from the field (50-for-123).

Redshirt sophomore Kelly Guarino is the team-leader with 47 three-pointers made and ranks third in the conference with 2.2 made per game.

NEXT ACTION
NJIT will close out its ASUN road schedule on Monday when the Highlanders visit North Florida at 7pm.  In the first meeting of the season, Dudley hit the game-winning shot with :03 seconds, leading NJIT to a 64-62 victory.