NEWARK, NJ–The NJIT women's basketball team will host Army West Point in a midweek women's basketball non-conference contest.
Game Information
Tip off is slated for 6pm inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with in-game statistics available on NJITHighlanders.com.
All-Time Series
Army West Point leads the all-time series, 3-1.
Last Time Out
FGCU topped visiting NJIT, 73-53, in women's basketball non-conference action Sunday afternoon inside Alico Arena.
Graduate student Aria Myers shared game-high honors, netting 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field and 4-for-5 from three-point range to go along with three rebounds.
Season Opening Victories
For the third consecutive season, NJIT has won their season opener.
11.4.24 | NJIT 80, SFU 60
11.6.23 | NJIT 73, Army West Point 57
11.7/22 | NJIT 68, Rider 60
America East Rookie of the Week - Allison Cannon (11.18.24)
In a 1-1 week with the Highlanders, Allison Cannon averaged 10.0ppg, 2.0rpg and 2.0apg.
Cannon and the Highlanders earned its first win at home inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center on November 13 with a 73-52 victory over two-time defending Northeast Conference Champions Sacred Heart.
The 5-foot-9 guard came off the bench and matched her career-best 12 (also vs. Rutgers, Nov. 10), shooting 4-for-5 from the field while grabbing three rebounds in 22 minutes for NJIT.
On Sunday against defending ASUN Conference Champions FGCU, the Holmdel, NJ, native tallied eight points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field while dishing out two assists in 19 minutes of action off the bench.
In three out of four games this season, Cannon has scored eight or more points, including two games, netting 12 points.
America East Rookie of the Week - Olivia Kulyk (11.11.24)
Olivia Kulyk has been selected America East Conference Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.
Kulyk, the Highlanders freshman from Edinboro, PA, averaged 11.3ppg and 4.7rpg.
The 6-foot-1 guard made her first collegiate start of her young career in a Highlander uniform in NJIT's 80-60 season-opening victory at Saint Francis U. She finished with 10 points, 3-for-6 from three-point range to go along with two rebounds.
Kulyk posted a career-high 13 points in NJIT's home opener against Hofstra while pulling down six rebounds.
On Sunday against Big Ten opponent Rutgers, Kulyk chipped in 11 points and grabbed six rebounds.
This is Kulyk's first career America East Rookie of the Week honor.
News & Notes
–Two of the top three scorers return from a year ago – Alejandra Zuniga (14.7 ppg) and Trinity Williams (9.0 ppg).
–Rising junior Zuniga will enter her junior campaign with 798 career points, 133 assists, 76 three-point field goals and 68 steals. In 2022-23, she was selected as the America East Rookie of the Year, named to the America East Third Team and All-Rookie team.
–Forward Trinity Williams has played in 80 career games with 55 games starting, as she enters her senior season. She averaged 9.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg.
–Head Coach Mike Lane enters his seventh season at the helm of the Highlanders.
–The Highlanders add six newcomers – five freshmen and one graduate student.
–NJIT competed in the ASUN Conference for five seasons (first season 2015-16) before the Highlanders joined the America East in July 2020.
Chasing 1,000 Career Points - Alejandra Zuniga
The rising junior Zuniga enters Sunday's contest with 887 career points, 113 away from scoring her 1,000 career point. As a freshman, the 2023 America East Rookie of the Year combined for 358 points and last year she followed up with 440 career points. Four games into the 2024-25 season, Zuniga has registered 84 points.
Returning Starters
Alejandra Zuniga, G – 14.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.9 apg
Trinity Williams, F – 9.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.6 bpg
Aria Myers, G – 4.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Madilyn Dogs, G – 3.7 ppg, 5.0rpg
Scouting Army West Point
Army West Point enters Wednesday's contest with a 4-1 overall mark, most recently topping Air Force in overtime, 57-51.
The Black Knights have won four straight with wins over Siena (W, 66-56), Saint Peter's (64-42), Oakland (58-54) and Air Force.
Army West Point is led by two double-figure players – Trinity Hardy (12.4ppg), a second-team all-Patriot League selection and Fiona Hastick (10.6ppg), an All-Patriot League All-Rookie Team. Camryn Tade tops the team on the boards at 8.2rpg.
Next Up
NJIT will hit the road and visit Merrimack on Saturday, November 23 at 1pm on ESPN+ before closing out the month of November, welcoming Lafayette on November 26 at 7pm.
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