Game 24	Kennesaw State (6-13, 2-6 ASUN) at NJIT (3-20, 1-7 ASUN)
Date | Time	Wednesday, February 7, 2018 | 7pm
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Wellness & Events Center
Live Video | Live Audio	ESPN3 | Michael Ventola (PBP) and Dave Calloway (Color)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	Kennesaw State leads, 6-0
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | KSU Game Notes

NJIT will close out the home portion of its schedule, playing its next three games at home inside the Wellness and Events Center.  The Highlanders will welcome Kennesaw State on February 7 at 7pm.

The Highlanders (3-20, 1-7 ASUN) are coming off a 66-58 loss at Lipscomb.

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.

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All-Time Series
Kennesaw State leads the all-time series, 6-0.

In the last meeting between the two teams, Kennesaw State freshman Kamiyah Street scored 18 of her game-high 26 points in the second half, leading four double-figure scorers in the Owls 80-65 win over visiting NJIT.

Street finished 10-for-17 from the field 6-of-7 from the free throw line, including six rebounds and six assists for the home team.

Tatianna Torres scored a team-high 17 points while Kelly Guarino and Dez Allen each scored 16 points.  The 16 points for Allen matches her career-high 16 points against Long Beach State on December 28.  Ellyn Stoll added eight points for the Highlanders off the bench.

Scouting the Owls
Kennesaw State (6-13, 1-6 ASUN) is coming off a 70-64 loss against USC Upstate led by sophomore Carlotta Gianolla scored a team-high 18 points and collected eight rebounds, and freshman Alexis Poole recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Freshman Kamiyah Street added 11 points and six assists, and senior Clara Young contributed 10 points and five assists for the Owls.

The Owls have two players averaging double-digit scoring, paced by Street at 16.7ppg followed by Gianolla with 10.7ppg.

Street also tops the team in assists (61) and steals (52).  She has combined for 17 double-digit games, including seven 20+ point performances (high of 26 done three times this season).

Gianolla, the 2017 ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year, posted double-digit scoring in the last 11-out-of-12 games for Kennesaw State.

Forward Alexis Poole led the Owls on the boards (7.9rpg) and total blocks (14).

Scouting the Highlanders
The Highlanders (3-20, 1-7 ASUN) are coming off a 66-58 loss at Lipscomb.

After the game saw its 12th tie of the game, 51-51, with 5:26 on the clock in the fourth quarter, after a layup by Taylor Clark, Lipscomb scored the next five (seven in the run), pulling ahead, 56-51.

NJIT's Taj Lewis and Ellyn Stoll cut the Highlander deficit to three on two different occasions, the final on a three-pointer by Stoll at the 2:48 mark, 59-56 but Lipscomb would close out the game on a 7-2 run for a 66-68 victory.

Lewis paced the Highlanders with 14 points off the bench while redshirt junior Kelly Guarino added 11 points on 3-of-8 shooting from three-point range. 

Tatianna Torres filled up the stat sheet, netting seven points, nine rebounds, seven assists and two steals.  Guard Amber Morgan finished with eight points, five assists and three rebounds for NJIT.

NJIT's Torres paces the team in four categories—points (12.0ppg), rebounds (5.7rpg) assists (78) and steals (45).  She has recorded at least one steal in 22-out-of-23 games and two assists in 21-out-of-23 games.  Torres ranks fourth in steals and fifth assists in the ASUN.

Guarino is the Highlanders other double-digit scorer at 10.6ppg.  Her 39.0 three-point field goal percentage ranks third in the ASUN (39-for-100).

Lewis, who ranks first in the ASUN in field goal percentage, is shooting 51.1 percent while averaging 9.4ppg. Lewis is coming off a 14-point performance at Lipscomb.

Next Up
NJIT will host Stetson on Saturday at 1pm on Senior Day.  The Highlanders will recognize its two graduating seniors in pre-game ceremonies.