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New Game Time Set for Saturday's NJIT Women's Basketball Game vs. UNH

Game is slated to tip off at 4:30pm as a result of the inclement forecast predicted for the Newark area.

2/7/2025 3:19:00 PM

NEWARK, NJ--Saturday's game vs. New Hampshire will now begin at 𝟒:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦 as a result of the inclement forecast predicted for the Newark area.

Game Information 
Feb. 8 vs. New Hampshire .. The game vs. New Hampshire on Saturday, February 8 is slated to tip off at 4:30pm inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center on ESPN+.  Saturday will be NJIT's Alumnae Day and Amber Morgan Memorial Game.  The Wildcats won the last meeting on January 18, 70-48.  New Hampshire holds a 7-5 all-time record over NJIT.

Last Time Out
Junior Alejandra Zuniga scored a game-best 26 points in the Highlanders 61-56 home victory over visiting Maine Thursday evening in America East Women's Basketball action inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center.

NJIT, winners of the last two out of three games, finished Thursday's contest, shooting 45.1 percent from the field and improved to 8-15 overall and 5-5 in the America East and split the regular season series with the Black Bears. 

7X America East Rookie of the Week Olivia Kulyk 
Olivia Kulyk has been named America East Rookie of the Week seven times and Player of the Week one time this season.

Kulyk ranks 13th in the conference in scoring, first in three-point field goals made and in three-point field goal percentage. She also ranks 16th in the conference in rebounding. 

1,000 Career Points and Counting
Rising junior Alejandra Zuniga became the 13th Highlander to score 1,000 career points after a tough driving right-handed layup with 2:38 left in the game against Monmouth on December 9, 2024.  Zuniga, who cracked the top-10 all-time stands at 1,190 points, which ranks seventh all-time in program history.  

Highlander Highlights 

  • NJIT, which started off the America East schedule 3-0, the best start since the 2021-22 season, has dropped its last four games (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and most recently first-place UAlbany).

  • Alejandra Zuniga is averaging 17.0ppg and 2.9rpg while shooting 44.9% from the field.  She has scored 20+ points or more in 11 games this season, including a season-best 29 points vs UMass Lowell.  Zuniga ranks third in the conference in scoring and sixth in assists.

  • Freshman Olivia Kulyk has been named America East Rookie of the Week seven times and Player of the Week once this season. She is averaging 10.3ppg and 4.7rpg. In the America East, Kulyk ranks in the top 15 in scoring, tops the league in three-point three-point field goals made (2.0) and in three-point field goal percentage (39.2)

  • As a team, NJIT ranks second in the America East in scoring (64.8 ppg), blocked shots (4.35 bpg) and second in three-point field goals made (7.4 pg).

  • NJIT is coming off a 1-1 week which snapped a four-game skid for the Highlanders with a win at UMass Lowell on January 30, sweeping the regular season series.

  • The Highlanders four-game win streak was snapped at Maine on January 16.  NJIT had won four in a row (at LIU, 12/30/24), (vs. Binghamton, 1/2/25) on the road at UMBC (1/9/25) and at home against (UMass Lowell; 1/11/25).   The last time NJIT won four straight dates back to 2021-22 when the Highlanders won a stretch of five straight.  NJIT had started 3-0 in America East action for the first time since the 2021-22 season.

  • The Highlanders closed out 2024 with a win over LIU, 89-60, led by five players reaching double-figures.

  • NJIT concluded its non-conference slate 3-10, dropping six games by five or less points this season, including a one-point overtime loss Hostra (L, 69-74), Army West Point (L, 68-69 (OT)), Lafayette (L, 69-71), Saint Peter's (L, 60-65), Coppin State (L, 61-63) and Wagner (W, 62-60).

  • The Highlanders secured its first win of the season at Saint Francis U, an 80-60 road victory.  The 80 points are the most scored by the Highlanders this season.

  • Head Coach Mike Lane is in his seventh season at the helm of the Highlanders.  NJIT went 12-18 overall, 4-12 in the America East and advanced to the America East Postseason Tournament for the fourth straight time.

Scouting New Hampshire

  • The Wildcats have lost their last four contests (prior to winning three straight at home over UMBC and NJIT).

  • New Hampshire is 8-15 overall, 2-8 in the America East

  • Eva DeChent tops the America East in scoring, averaging 17.7ppg.  She has combined for three 20+ point contests in the last five games, including a pair of 29+ performances against Maine most recently and NJIT.

  • Clara Gomez is fourth in the conference in rebounding (7.2)

Next Up 
NJIT will be back in action on Saturday when the Highlanders host New Hampshire at 6pm.  Saturday will mark Alumnae Day/Amber Morgan Memorial Game.

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