America East Conference Quarterfinals Preview with ESPN+ Mike Ventola and head coach Mike Lane
NEWARK, NJ–For the first time in program history, the NJIT women's basketball team will host its first-ever America East Conference Playoff contest on Saturday, March 5.
Game Information
Tip-off is slated for 4pm NJIT's Wellness and Events Center and for those not able to attend the game can watch televised on ESPN+ with in-game statistics available on NJITHighlanders.com.
Spectator Policy
All spectators ages 5 and older, must be fully vaccinated and provide proof upon entry. Masks remain required for all non-participants, in compliance with America East conference, NCAA, and NJIT guidelines.
These policies are effective immediately.
Proof of vaccination will be required for all spectators, in compliance with the City of Newark's Executive Order.
Highlanders Hosting America East Conference Championships
NJIT will host its third America East Conference postseason championship since joining the league in July 2020 – Men's and Women's Swimming Championships (April 23-25, 2021), Women's Soccer Quarterfinals (October 31, 2021) and Women's Basketball Quarterfinals (March 5, 2022).
Women's Basketball Quarterfinal Tickets | Ticket Home Page
General Admission Adult $11.00
General Admission Youth 12U $5.00
Faculty/Staff With NJIT ID $5.00
America East Students With ID FREE
Student Giveaways
--First 200 students will receive FREE #RollTech t-shirt
--NJIT Athletics will raffle off $1,000 in gift cards (GrubHub, MasterCard, Chipotle, Dunkin, Visa, Netflix)
How We Got Here
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 (last 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, 2021, 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.
The win over Stony Brook sparked an NJIT 4-0 start in conference play for the first time in the NJIT Division I era.
NJIT picked up a pair of regular season sweeps over UMass Lowell and Binghamton this season.
The 14 wins this season is the second highest win total in the NJIT Division I level since 2012-13 when the Highlanders captured the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and won 16 games. Only the 2004-05 team (18 wins) and the 2005-06 team (17 wins in the program's final Division II season) have won more wins.
The nine wins in the America East Conference is a program record and the eight road wins is also a new program record.
All-Time Series vs. UMass Lowell
UMass Lowell leads the all-time series, 4-3.
NJIT swept the regular season series with a win-margin of 10 or less points.
2/21 - NJIT 58, UML 51
2/16 - NJIT 60, UML 50
The two teams met in the 2021 America East Conference Tournament quarterfinals, with UMass Lowell topping visiting NJIT 72-52.
America East Conference Accolades
Kenna Squier - All-Conference Third Team | 11.1ppg*, 4.9rpg, 44.5% FG; *13th in the America East
Lyzi Litwinko - All-Conference Third Team | 10.7ppg, 7.1rpg*, 44.3% FG | *4th in the America East
Stay Connected
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