Game 22	NJIT (3-18, 1-5 ASUN) at Kennesaw State (5-12, 1-5 ASUN)
Date | Time	Thursday, February 1, 2018 | 11am
Location | Arena	Kennesaw, GA | Convocation Center
Live Video	ESPN3
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	Kennesaw State leads 5-0
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | Kennesaw State Game Notes

NJIT will hit the road and visit Kennesaw State in an ASUN Conference matinee at 11am on Thursday at the Convocation Center.

The Highlanders (3-18, 1-5 ASUN) are coming off a 74-58 home loss to Lipscomb Saturday wrapping up a three game homestand.

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.

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
Kennesaw State leads the all-time series, 5-0. 

In the last meeting, which was a down to the wire contest, fourth-seeded Kennesaw State held on for a 62-60 win over fifth-seeded NJIT in the ASUN Conference Quarterfinals.

NJIT, which rallied back from down by as many as 11, cut the Kennesaw State lead to within two, 56-58, with 3:25 in the final period.  After four straight points by the Owls, NJIT's Tatianna Torres connected on a fast break jumper at the two-minute mark and senior leader Leah Horton pulled down, what would be her biggest offensive rebound of her career and converted a layup, pulling the fifth-seeded Highlanders to within two, 60-62.

After consecutive misses by the Owls, NJIT's Alana Dudley grabbed her fourth rebound of the game and advanced the ball over half court, calling a timeout in front of the Highlander bench with 18.1 second on the clock.

The ball, in-bounded to senior point Dudley, came off a high screen from Horton and found NJIT's Tracey Brereton, behind the three-point line, who pulled the trigger but the ball rolled in and out of the cylinder as the Kennesaw State Owls escaped an upset and held on to a 62-60 victory.

Scouting the Owls
Kennesaw State (5-12, 1-5 ASUN) is coming off a 65-61 loss against USC Upstate led by sophomore Carlotta Gianolla's game-high 15 points.

Freshman Kamiyah Street just missed her second straight double-double, scoring 14 points and adding a game-high nine rebounds, while senior Clara Young scored 14 points, collected a season-high six rebounds and dished out six assists for the Owls.

The Owls have two players averaging double-digit scoring, paced by Street at 16.5ppg followed by Gianolla with 10.3ppg. 

Street, the reigning ASUN Newcomer of the Week, also tops the team in assists (49) and steals (46).  She has combined for 15 double-digit games, including six 20+ point performances (high of 26 done twice this season). 

Gianolla, the 2017 ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year, posted double-digit scoring in the last 9-out-of-11 games for Kennesaw State.

Forward Alexis Poole led the Owls on the boards (7.7rpg) and total blocks (14).

Scouting the Highlanders
The Highlanders (3-18, 1-5 ASUN) are coming off a 74-58 home loss to Lipscomb Saturday wrapping up a three game homestand.

NJIT's Tatianna Torres led the Highlanders with 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists.  Senior forward Taj Lewis came off the bench and scored eight points and added five rebounds.  Guards Kelly Guarino, Amarri Trueheart and Ellyn Stoll chipped in six points each.

NJIT's Torres paces the team in three categories—points (12.0ppg), assists (68) and steals (41).  She has recorded at least one steal in 20-out-of-21 games and two assists in 19-out-of-21 games.  Torres ranks fourth in steals and sixth in assists in the ASUN.

Guarino is the Highlanders other double-digit scorer at 10.2ppg.

Lewis, who ranks second in the ASUN in field goal percentage, is shooting 52.2 percent while averaging 9.2ppg.  Sophomore Danielle Tunstall tops the team in rebounding at 5.7rpg.

Next Up
NJIT will close out its two-game road trip on Saturday at 1:30pm when the Highlanders visit Lipscomb.  In the first meeting of the season, senior Lauren Cagle led all scorers with 21 points, leading Lipscomb to a 74-58 victory over NJIT.