Game 19	Jacksonville (13-5, 3-0 ASUN) at NJIT (2-16, 0-3 ASUN)
Date | Time	Saturday, January 20, 2018 | 1pm
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Wellness & Events Center
Live Video | Live Audio	ESPN3 | Michael Ventola (PBP) and David Gass (Color)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	Jacksonville leads, 4-0
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | Jacksonville Game Notes

NJIT women's basketball begins a three-game homestand Saturday at 1pm, hosting Jacksonville in the Wellness and Events Center.

The game will be part of a doubleheader with the NJIT men, which tips off at 4pm vs. the Dolphins from Jacksonville.

The Highlanders (2-16, 0-3 ASUN) are coming off a 73-55 loss at Stetson on Monday afternoon. 

With a win on Saturday, the Highlanders will snap a five-game losing streak, which dates back to a 73-57 victory over Long Beach State on December 28 in the NJIT Basketball Holiday Tournament.

Watch Game Live on ESPN3
The game can be seen live on ESPN3 (all remaining NJIT basketball games can be seen on ESPN3).

A simple way to find ESPN3 is on NJIT's official athletics website, http://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 David Gass.

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
Jacksonville leads the all-time series, 4-0.  In the last meeting, Jacksonville topped the Highlanders, 75-59, on February 11, 2017.

The Highlanders were paced by Kelly Guarino's team-best 14 points, including four three-pointers from downtown.  NJIT's Tatianna Torres filled up the box score with 12 points, five assists, four assists, including 8-for-11 from the free throw line.

Jacksonville's Sherranda Reddick led all scorers with 19 points, including a 4-for-9 performance from behind the arc followed by Kayla Mercer and Christin Mercer, who each added 15 points.  Shalonda Neely came off the bench for the Dolphins and scored 10 points.

Scouting the Dolphins (13-5, 3-0 ASUN)
Jacksonville enters Saturday contest on a four-game win streak and winners of its last nine-out-of-10 games, most recently an 84-49 win over Kennesaw State.

Four players scored in double-figures, led by Kayla Gordon and Brandi Buie, who combined for 18 of Jacksonville's 26 points, as the pair finished the day with 16 and 12 points, respectively.

Jasmyn Brown (12 points) and Alexis Burns (13 points) also added double figures for the Dolphins, while Naqaiyyah Teague controlled the boards with a game-high nine rebounds – just one shy of her career high.

The Dolphins have three players averaging double-figures led by Brown (13.3ppg), Buie (12.0ppg) and Gordon (10.7ppg).  Brown also paces the Dolphins in three-point field goals made (37) and steals (29).

Gordon tops the team in rebounding at 8.5rpg, which ranks second in the ASUN while Buie has dished out a team-best 55 assists.

Last season, the Dolphins finished 23-9 overall, 11-3 in the ASUN, falling in the finals of the ASUN Conference Tournament to FGCU (68-64).  Jacksonville made its first-ever appearance in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) against Georgia Tech.  The 23-wins ties the program's single-season win mark.

Scouting the Highlanders (2-16, 0-3 ASUN)
The Highlanders (2-16, 0-3 ASUN) are coming off a 73-55 loss at Stetson on Monday afternoon.  NJIT was led by senior forward Taj Lewis, who scored 15 points off the bench for NJIT.  Lewis finished 7-for-14 from the field and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. 

In the last six games, Lewis is averaging 7.8ppg and is shooting 58.1 percent from the field (18-for-31).  Lewis leads the ASUN in field goal percentage at 52.6 percent (72-137).

Torres leads the team averaging 11.1 ppg and total steals (33).  She has recorded at least one steal in 17-out-of-18 games this season (high of 4 vs. Cornell) and ranks fourth in the ASUN at 1.9spg.

Freshman Ellyn Stoll is averaging 9.3 ppg and paces the team with 33 three-point field goals made.  Guarino is averaging 9.3 ppg, through nine games, including two starts.

Tunstall tops the team on the boards, averaging 6.1rpg.