NEWARK, NJ–The NJIT women's basketball team will hit the road to face UAlbany on Saturday at 2pm in America East Conference action.
Game Information
Tip-off is slated for 2pm inside SEFCU Arena and for those not able to attend the game can watch via ESPN3 with in-game statistics available on UAlbanySports.com.
All-Time Series
UAlbany leads the all-time series, 4-1.
1/15/22 - UAlbany 62, NJIT 54
12/10/13 - UAlbany 75, NJIT 64
11/28/12 - UAlbany 76, NJIT 41
11/19/09 - UAlbany 52, NJIT 49
12/9/08 - NJIT 58, UAlbany 47
10 Wins for the Highlanders
The 10 wins for the Highlanders are the most since the 2016-17 season when NJIT finished with 11. Competing in its second season of the America East, the Highlanders have set a new mark with five wins with a month and half of basketball left in conference action.
1/22/22 - NJIT 58, Binghamton 48
1/12/22 - NJIT 72, UMBC 58
1/8/22 - NJIT 66, Binghamton 64
1/2/22 - NJIT 67, Maine 59 (OT)
12/30/21 - NJIT 54, Stony Brook 49
12/11/21 - NJIT 59, St. Francis Brooklyn 53
11/27/21 - NJIT 67, Saint Peter's 61
11/21/21 - NJIT 67, CCSU 63
11/18/21 - NJIT 59, LIU 53 (OT)
11/14/21 - NJIT 61, Wisconsin 49
Last Time Out
Sophomore guard Lyzi Litwinko combined for her fourth career double-double, netting a personal-best 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Highlanders moved back into the win column with a 58-48 victory over visiting Binghamton in America East Conference women's basketball action inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center.
With the win, NJIT sweeps the season series from Binghamton (defeated the Bearcats 66-64 on January 8), improving to 10-8 overall, 5-2 in the conference.
Highlander Hits
NJIT looks to split the season series with UAlbany as the Great Danes earned a 62-54 victory in Newark on January 15, 2022.
The Highlanders, which started out 4-0 in the America East NJIT started off the season 4-0 in conference play for the first time in the NJIT Division I era, defeated the top two teams in the preseason poll after being picked 8th. NJIT's five-game winning streak snapped by UAlbany on January 15.
Squier leads NJIT in scoring at 11.4 points per game while Lyzi Litwinko and Ellyn Stoll join Squier in double-figures at 11.2 and 10.0 respectively. Litwinko paces the Highlanders with a team-high 6.9 rebounds, which ranks sixth in the league.
Stoll, NJIT's three-point threat as she ranked fifth in the league with 1.8 makes from beyond the arc per game and has combined for a total of 33 this season.
NJIT ranks fourth in the America East in both scoring (59.5) and fourth in scoring defense (61.3) while leading the conference at (4.33) blocks per game.
2021 Rewind
The NJIT women's basketball team picked up its first win of the season and it was a big one, recording its first Big Ten program win with a 61-49 victory at Wisconsin on November 14, 2021.
The win over Wisconsin started a three-game win streak for the Highlanders (ast time the Highlanders won three straight was in 2019-20 during a stretch of a pair of wins at home against St. Francis Brooklyn (Nov. 26, 2019) and Saint Peter's (Dec. 4, 2019) and on the road at Hartford (Dec. 7, 2019).
With a win at St. Francis Brooklyn on December 11, NJIT closed out the non-conference slate with a 5-6 overall record.
NJIT closed out 2021 with a bang, knocking off preseason favorite and defending America East Champions Stony Brook on December 30, 54-49, at home inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. It was the first time NJIT defeated the Seawolves in five meetings.
Next Up
NJIT will return back on to host Vermont on February 2 at 5pm inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center.
In the first meetings of the season, Vermont earned a 71-49 victory in Burlington.
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