Game 23	Jacksonville (11-14, 4-6 ASUN) at NJIT (7-15, 4-5 ASUN)
Date | Time	Saturday, February 8, 2020 | 4pm
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Wellness and Events Center
Live Video	ESPN+
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
All-time series	NJIT Leads 5-4
Game Notes	NJIT Notes  | JU Notes

Newark, NJ - The NJIT men's basketball team concludes its season-long, three-game homestand on Saturday when it welcomes ASUN foe Jacksonville to 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 color analysis from Dave Callaway.

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.

Pink Month
NJIT will be raising money and awareness for breast cancer at every men's and women's basketball home game in February. Fans, students, and staff can bid on items listed on the silent auction table to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. The Auction will begin on February 3rd at women's basketball vs North Alabama and end on February 24 at women's basketball vs Stetson. Every item will have a starting bid number. Each additional bid must be increased by the margin that is listed on each prize sheet. People that bid must write down their name, email and phone number so they can be contacted if they win ​​​​​​ Winners will be contacted at the end of the month and will have two weeks to claim their prize(s). Payments must be in cash or check, no credit cards will be accepted.

Items being auctioned include:

• NJIT Lacrosse Helmet
• Nico Hischier New Jersey Devils Signed Game Jersey
• NJIT Basketball Jersey
• NJIT Adidas Team Gear

Last Game Rewind
Newark, NJ - The NJIT men's basketball team suffered an 82-75 setback to visiting North Florida on Thursday evening at the Wellness and Events Center.

UNF (15-10, 8-2 ASUN) raced out to an early lead and never trailed before holding off a valiant comeback effort late in the second half from NJIT (7-15, 4-5 ASUN) to earn the win and remain tied for first place in the ASUN Conference. 

The Ospreys opened the game with a three-pointer and drained their first eight field goal attempts to jump out to a 20-8 lead just more than six minutes into the contest. 

"You can't let a good team like UNF come out of the gates and jump out to such a big lead," said NJIT Head Coach Brian Kennedy. "We let them have their way a bit early and it put us in quite the hole."

All-Time Series
Saturday's meeting is the 10th all-time between the  Highlanders and Dolphins, with the previous nine coming in ASUN action the last five years. NJIT leads the series 5-4 and won three straight before the Dolphins earned the victory earlier this season in Florida. Six of the last seven meetings have been decided by four points or less.

Last Three Meetings:
1/9/19: JU 68, NJIT 52 -- Jacksonville, FL
2/23/19: NJIT 77, JU 73 -- Jacksonville, FL
1/19/19: NJIT 77, JU 74 -- Newark, NJ

Last Time Out vs. Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, FL - The NJIT men's basketball game suffered a 68-52 setback to host Jacksonville in Swisher Gymnasium in an ASUN Conference contest on Thursday evening.

NJIT (3-12, 0-2 ASUN) drained four of its first five three-point attempts as both teams started hot out of the gates, but Jacksonville (8-9, 1-1 ASUN) finished the half on a 10-2 run to take a 34-25 lead at halftime.

The Highlanders scored the first basket of the second half to cut the margin to seven before Jacksonville answered with another run to make it a double-digit game just over four minutes into the frame.

Jacksonville's lead stayed between seven and 13 until three-pointer with 10 seconds to play made the final margin. 

After it's impressive offensive start, NJIT hit just three of its final 17 three-pointers. The Dolphins were just 3-of-17 from long range for the game, but outscored the Highlanders 42-14 in the paint.

Scouting the Dolphins
Jacksonville, which was picked seventh of nine teams in the ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll, sits a half game behind the Highlanders at 5-6 in ASUN action.

The Dolphins are led by David Bell, who is averaging a double-double ranking second on the team in scoring (11.4 ppg) and tops in rebounding (10.1 rpg). Bell and his JU teammates currently lead the ASUN in rebounds per game (38.3), while ranking last in turnover margin (-3.2).

Jacksonville is coming off a 71-62 loss to Liberty on Thursday.

Up Next
NJIT will hit the road for a Thursday contest at Lipscomb. Tip-off is slated for 6:30pm (CT) in Nashville.