Game 27	NJIT (3-23, 1-10 ASUN) at North Florida (11-15, 4-7 ASUN)
Date | Time	Saturday, February 17, 2018 | 2pm
Location | Arena	Jacksonville, FL | UNF Arena
Live Video | Live Audio	ESPN3 | Richard Miller (PBP) and Nancy Miller (Color)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	UNF leads 3-2
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | UNF Game Notes

NJIT will look for a regular season sweep on Saturday at 2pm when the Highlanders visit North Florida at UNF Arena.

The Highlanders (3-23, 1-10 ASUN) are coming off an 89-43 loss against FGCU, wrapping up the home portion of its schedule while North Florida (11-15, 4-7 ASUN) snapped a three-game skid with a win at Kennesaw State, 68-44.

Watch 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
North Florida leads the all-time series 3-2.  In the last meeting between the two teams, NJIT picked up a 75-65 ASUN victory at home.

NJIT's Tatianna Torres registered a double-double (19 points and 11 rebounds), Kelly Guarino scored 18 points and Dez Allen added 11 points in the win.

North Florida's redshirt senior Keonna Farmer recorded a game-high 26 points and added nine rebounds while classmate Tesh Hanson came off the bench and combined for a double-double (20 points, 11 rebounds) for the Ospreys.

Scouting the Ospreys
North Florida is coming off a 68-44 victory at Kennesaw State, raising the Ospreys win total to 11, under second-year head coach Darrick Gibbs.  The regular season sweep of the Owls is the first since 2012 and the largest conference victory this season.

Senior Tesh Hanson netted in a game-high 17 points to go with five rebounds and three assists.

Freshman Tiffany Tolbert recorded 15 points - her first double-figure performance since January 27 at Stetson. She also dished out three assists with two steals with no turnovers.

The Ospreys are led by two double-figure scorers – Farmer (16.0ppg) and Hansen (11.6ppg).  Hansen has recorded double-digit scoring in 13-out-of-21 games this season, including four double-doubles.

Farmer, which ranks fourth in the ASUN in scoring, tops the team in rebounds at 8.2rpg while sitting in third in the ASUN.  She has scored in double-figures in every game but four, including six 20+ scoring performances.  She netted a season-high 28 points vs. FGCU on February 10.

Last time out vs. NJIT, Farmer just missed netting a double-double, posting 26 points and nine rebounds.

Scouting the Highlanders
The Highlanders (3-23, 1-10 ASUN) are coming off a 89-43 home loss to FGCU.

NJIT's Tatianna Torres paces the team in four categories—points (11.5ppg), tied in rebounds (5.4rpg) assists (82) and steals (47). 

Kelly Guarino is the Highlanders other double-digit scorer at 10.8ppg.  Her 36.4 three-point field goal percentage ranks fifth in the ASUN.

Taj Lewis, who ranks first in the ASUN in field goal percentage, is shooting 50.8 percent while averaging 9.0ppg.

ASUN Conference Tournament
The eight-team, three-round 2018 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament spans from March 2-11 and will be held on campus sites. The quarterfinals begin on March 2 and the semifinals on March 7. The 2018 ASUN Tournament Champion will be crowned on March 11.