NEWARK, NJ--The NJIT women's basketball team will return back to action on Sunday, February 7 when the Highlanders visit New Hampshire in a America East Conference women's basketball tilt in Durham, NH.

Schedule Update
As a result of COVID-19 related issues, on January 24 the America East Conference announced that the remainder of the 2020-21 regular-season schedule will be announced in two-week increments.

The single game at New Hampshire on February 7 will count in the America East standings.  Both NJIT and New Hampshire last played on the weekend of January 23-24.

NJIT is scheduled to host Binghamton on February 13-14 inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center.

America East Sets Format for 2021 Hercules Tires #AEHoops Championships
The format for the 2021 Hercules Tires America East Men's and Women's Basketball Championships was unanimously approved by the conference's Administration Group on Wednesday and endorsed by the league's Executive Committee.

Details of the championship format, which will begin the first week of March and be played over two weeks at multiple campus sites, include:

--All eligible teams will qualify for the championship provided they have completed at least 12 Division I contests by the end of the regular season.
--The championships will be divided into two phases: Playoff Pods and Championship Week.
--The top two seeds will earn automatic byes into the semifinals to be held during Championship Week hosted at a predetermined campus site (one site for men and a separate site for women).
--The remaining teams will compete in Playoff Pods the week prior with the #3 and #4 seeds serving as Playoff Pod hosts.
--The balance of each pod could be filled true to seed or by geographic proximity. Teams will not move more than one seed line when filling out the bracket.
--Each Playoff Pod champion will advance to Championship Week, setting up the conference's final four teams to battle for the league title with both semifinals and the championship game at the same site.
--The women's championship game will be on Friday, March 12 and will be televised nationally on ESPNU at 5 p.m.
--The men's championship game is on Saturday, March 13 and will be carried on ESPN2 at 11 a.m.

Game Information
Game time is slated for 12pm on Sunday, February 7.  The games will be streamed live on ESPN+ with in-game statistics available on www.NJITHighlanders.com.   

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.

Series
New Hampshire leads the all-time series, 4-1.  NJIT picked up its first win over the Wildcats and first America East win of the season over the Wildcats, 59-53, on December 6, 2020.

12/6/20 | NJIT 59, UNH 53
12/5/20 | UNH 78, NJIT 57
11/14/14 | UNH 61, NJIT 56
11/13/13 | UNH 53, NJIT 40
12/30/11 | UNH 79, NJIT 71 

Last Time Out for NJIT
Defending America East Conference Champions Stony Brook coasted to a 73-41 win over visiting NJIT in America East Conference women's basketball action inside Island Federal Arena.

NJIT was led by redshirt junior Kimi Evans with nine points followed by three different players -- Kenna Squier, Dani Evans and Lyzi Litwinko with six points.  Lilly Anderson and Litwinko paced NJIT on the glass with five rebounds each.

Four-Time America East Rookie of the Week
Freshman Lyzi Litwinko picked up her fourth America East Conference Rookie of the Week honor, averaging 8.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.0 apg against Stony Brook.

In game one against the Seawolves, Litwinko combined for 11 points, eight rebounds and two assists and next day chipped in six points, five boards and two assists.

Scouting Report: New Hampshire
New Hampshire (4-11 overall) enters Sunday's contest on a three-game losing streak.  The Wildcats dropped a pair of games against Albany and split the series against Stony Brook, the reigning America East champions.

Two Wildcats are averaging double-digits paced by Amanda Torres with 12.0ppg (7th in America East) and Ivy Gogolin at 11.8ppg (8th in America East).  Gogolin and Helena Delaaruelle top the team with 5.9 rebounds.

New Home for Highlanders in 2020-21
The 2020-21 season will feature NJIT's first season as a member of the America East Conference.  The Highlanders, who became the 10th full member of the America East effective July 1, 2020, will play a full basketball double round‐robin schedule of 18 conference games against the other nine schools.  The schedule format consists of weekend series (Saturday and Sunday) where a team hosts the same opponent on back‐to‐back days for two games.

NJIT departs the ASUN Conference after five seasons as a member (first season 2015-16), which marked the first time that the Highlanders had been a full member of an automatic qualifying NCAA Division I multisport conference.

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