Game 18	Kennesaw State (1-16, 0-4 ASUN) at NJIT (5-12, 2-2 ASUN)
Date | Time	Saturday, January 18, 2020 | 4pm
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Wellness and Events Center
Live Video	ESPN+
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
All-time series	NJIT Leads 5-3
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | KSU Notes

Newark, NJ - The NJIT men's basketball team looks to make it three ASUN Conference wins in a row on Saturday when it hosts Kennesaw State at 4pm in the Wellness and Events Center. 

Watch Game Live on ESPN+:
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+.  Matt Provence will handle the play-by-play with and color analysis from Rob Kennedy.

A simple way to find ESPN+ 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 ESPN+ portal where you can access the desired program.

Last Game Rewind:
The Highlanders won their second-straight game on Thursday, defeating Lipscomb 75-57 in front of 2,000+ fans on Education Day at the WEC. NJIT dished out a season-best 22 assists in the win as Zach Cooks (24 points) and San Antonio Brinson (17 points) led the way offensively. 

Brinson's Big Day:
Junior forward San Antonio Brinson scored a program single-game record 37 points on 16-of-23 shooting to help lead NJIT to its first ASUN win of the season at previously undefeated (3-0 ASUN) North Florida on Saturday. Brinson also grabbed eight rebounds and dished out five assists in the victory and was named the ASUN Player of the Week for his performance. 

Get Your Buddy a Shot!:
In four wins this season, NJIT is averaging 16.0apg as opposed to just 9.0 apg in its losses. The Highlanders dished out a season-high 22 assists vs. Lipscomb, 17 more vs. Wagner and 16 helpers vs. Kean and UNF. Zach Cooks, Shyquan Gibbs and Souleymane Diakite are each averaging more than 2.0 apg, with Cooks leading the way at 2.4 apg. Gibbs has had two games with five or more assists, while Brinson and Reilly Walsh each have one. 

Diakite-Diakite:
Sophomore Souleymane Diakite recorded three double-doubles in the Highlanders' final three non-conference games and his 12-point, 11-rebound, six block performance at UConn earned him ASUN Player of the Week honors. Diakite's six blocks at UConn were the most in a single game since Tim Coleman swatted six shots in 2014.

All-Time Series
Saturday's meeting is the ninth all-time between the  Highlanders and Owls, with the previous eight coming in ASUN action over the last four years. NJIT leads the all-time series 5-3. The Highlanders have won three of the last four meetings.

Last Three Meetings:
2/9/19: KSU 63, NJIT 62 -- Kennesaw, GA
1/5/19: NJIT 72, KSU 52 -- Newark, NJ
1/29/18: NJIT 74, 71 -- Newark, NJ

Last Time Out vs. KSU
 The NJIT Highlanders (18-7, 6-4 ASUN) fell on the road to Kennesaw State (5-20, 2-8 ASUN), 63-62.

San Antonio Brinson led the team in scoring with 16 points, followed by Diandre Wilson with 11 points.

Zach Cooks and Abdul Lewis tallied 10 points each, while Lewis finished with a team-high seven rebounds.

Scouting the Owls
Kennesaw State has lost eight in a row and is in search of its first ASUN win of the season. The Owls rank last in the ASUN in both scoring offense and scoring defense.

Jamie Lewis is KSU's leading scorer (14.2 ppg), while Tyler Hooker, a 2018-19 Second Team All-ASUN Honoree, is the squad's second-leading scorer (13.5 ppg) and has scored 12+ points in his last six games. 

Lewis has scored 20+ in three-straight games, including a 20-point effort on 6-of-21 shooting last time out at Florida Gulf Coast. Hooker was 4-of-17 from the field (13 points) Thursday night at FGCU.

Up Next
The Highlanders hit the road for a pair of ASUN contest in Florida next week, first taking on Stetson Thursday at 7pm in DeLand, before wrapping up their road trip at Florida Gulf Coast at 7pm on Saturday.