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01/07 03:43 CST NJIT hosts Robinson and New Hampshire
NJIT hosts Robinson and New Hampshire
By The Associated Press
New Hampshire Wildcats (4-10, 0-1 America East) at NJIT Highlanders (6-10, 1-0
America East)
Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: New Hampshire visits NJIT after Kijan Robinson scored 22 points in
New Hampshire's 80-61 loss to the Vermont Catamounts.
The Highlanders are 3-2 in home games. NJIT is fifth in the America East in
rebounding averaging 31.9 rebounds. Ari Fulton paces the Highlanders with 6.3
boards.
The Wildcats are 0-1 against America East opponents. New Hampshire is 2-8
against opponents over .500.
NJIT is shooting 38.0% from the field this season, 6.3 percentage points lower
than the 44.3% New Hampshire allows to opponents. New Hampshire averages 68.4
points per game, 8.9 fewer points than the 77.3 NJIT gives up.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: David Bolden is shooting 31.5% from beyond the arc with 1.8
made 3-pointers per game for the Highlanders, while averaging 11.8 points.
Sebastian Robinson is shooting 41.8% and averaging 12.3 points over the last 10
games.
Jack Graham is scoring 12.1 points per game and averaging 2.7 rebounds for the
Wildcats. Davide Poser is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Highlanders: 3-7, averaging 64.1 points, 30.9 rebounds, 10.9
assists, 6.0 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 37.6% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 79.5 points per game.
Wildcats: 2-8, averaging 63.5 points, 30.5 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 6.9 steals
and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.9% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 75.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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