Game 5	NJIT (0-4; 4-26, 2-12 ASUN in 2017-18) at Fairleigh Dickinson (1-2; 15-15, 7-11 NEC in 2017-18)
Date | Time	Tuesday, November 20 | 2pm
Location | Arena	Teaneck, NJ | Rothman Center
Live Video	NEC Front Row
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
All-time series	FDU leads 7-4
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | FDU Notes

NEWARK, NJ—NJIT women's basketball wraps up its current five-game road swing on Tuesday night when the Highlanders visit Fairleigh Dickinson at the Rothman Center.  Tip-off is slated for 7pm.

All-Time Series
Fairleigh Dickinson leads the all-time series, 7-4.  The Knights have won the last two meetings, most recently last season, a 74-70 victory, in Newark on November 16.  NJIT last defeated FDU, 68-64, on November 19, 2014.

Watch Game on NEC Front Row
A simple way to find NEC Front Row is on NJIT's official athletics website, www.njithighlanders.com. Near the middle of the home page under the headlines section, an upcoming events calendar lists scheduled NJIT contests. After finding the event, click the camera icon to the left of the event listing. That brings you to an NEC Front Row portal where you can access the desired program.

Last Time Out
NJIT is coming off an 85-42 loss at Penn on Saturday afternoon, despite three double-figure scorers for the Highlanders.  Leading the way for NJIT was graduate student Kelly Guarino and Ellyn Stoll with 11 points while Danielle Tunstall added 10 points and eight rebounds.

Lane comes to NJIT after spending six seasons at Bucknell University as the top assistant coach, where he helped guide the Bison to a program-best 27-6 mark, Patriot League title and conference championship while earning a berth to the NCAA Tournament in 2017.

A Look at the Highlanders
The Highlanders, still in search of its first win of the 2018 season and first under first-year head coach Mike Lane. 

Lane comes to NJIT after spending six seasons at Bucknell University as the top assistant coach, where he helped guide the Bison to a program-best 27-6 mark, Patriot League title and conference championship while earning a berth to the NCAA Tournament in 2017.

NJIT opened the season at Saint Peter's, dropping a 70-57 decision, despite a career-night for junior Danielle Tunstall, who combined for a double-double, pouring in 24 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.

Guarino matched her career mark in points (24) at Howard in a 77-57 loss in Washington, DC.  Guarino shot 6-for-13 from the field, 5-for-10 from three-point range and 7-for-7 from the free-throw line in an impressive effort.  Guarino last scored 24 points at North Florida on February 17, 2018.

NJIT faced No. 25 West Virginia in the Highlanders five-game stretch on the road, led by sophomore Ellyn Stoll (14 points) and Guarino (12 points).

Three Highlanders are averaging double-figures through three games, paced by Guarino's 12.5ppg followed by Tunstall (10.8 ppg) and Stoll (10.5 ppg).  Tunstall sits atop the rebounding category, averaging 6.8 rpg.

Scouting the Knights
Fairleigh Dickinson enters Tuesday's game on a two-game skid, most recently falling at Air Force, 85-37, on November 16.  The lone win on the season came against Division III opponent Rutgers-Newark, 97-51, on November 6.

A season ago, the Knights posted 15 wins, the most by the program since 1992-93 season, which was also when the Knights last captured the NEC regular-season crown.  The program's eight non-conference victories in 2017-18 were the most by any NEC school since 2013.

The Knights are led by senior Natalie Zamora, the only double-figure scorer on the team with 10.3ppg.  Sophomore Madison Stanely tops the team on the boards, averaging 5.3rpg and ranks third in scoring at 7.3ppg.

NEC Preseason Poll
Fairleigh Dickinson finish ninth out of 10 teams in the Preseason Northeast Conference Coaches Poll.  Robert Morris, who finished as the runner-up last season, earned the top spot with five first-place votes, and defending league champion Saint Francis U was selected second with two first-place votes.

Rayven Johnson on the FDU Sideline
Johnson, a 2013 graduate from NJIT, finished her career with 1,248 career points, second-most in the programs Division I era and fourth all-time, including 852 rebounds, which tops the program history in the Division I era and second all-time.

The Rahway, NJ, native, spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at NJIT, and before then played three years professionally in Germany.

Next Up
NJIT will open the home portion of its schedule on November 24, hosting the NJIT Thanksgiving Classic.  NJIT will host two first-time opponents Western Carolina from the Southern Conference on November 24 and Southeast Missouri State from the Ohio Valley Conference on November 25.