2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team
2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball | |
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CIT, Semifinals | |
Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference |
Record | 20–15 (8–6 A-Sun) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Brian Kennedy Jesse Agel Kim Waiters |
Home arena | Fleisher Center (cap. 1600) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Florida | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NJIT | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Gulf Coast † | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lipscomb | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stetson* | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 22 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC Upstate | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*ineligible for the 2016 NCAA tournament due to APR violations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner |
The 2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the
Texas–Arlington to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Columbia
.
On April 1, head coach Jim Engles resigned to become the head coach at Columbia.[1] He finished at NJIT with an eight-year record of 111–139.
Roster
Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
0 | Ky Howard | Guard | 6–4 | 185 | Senior | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2 | Tim Coleman | Forward | 6–5 | 210 | Junior | Union, New Jersey |
3 | Chris Jenkins | Guard/Forward | 6–4 | 215 | Sophomore | Hillside, New Jersey |
5 | Damon Lynn | Guard | 5–11 | 165 | Junior | Hillside, New Jersey |
11 | Winfield Willis | Guard | 6–0 | 180 | Senior | Baltimore, Maryland |
12 | Abdul Lewis | Forward | 6–9 | 225 | Sophomore | Irvington, New Jersey |
14 | Reilly Walsh | Guard | 6–3 | 180 | Freshman | Staten Island, New York |
15 | Terrence Smith | Forward | 6–6 | 195 | Junior | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
23 | Osa Izevbuwa | Guard | 6–3 | 230 | Junior | Staten Island, New York |
24 | Emmanuel Tselentakis | Guard | 6–5 | 205 | Senior | Thessaloniki, Greece |
25 | Rob Ukawuba | Guard | 6–3 | 210 | Junior | East Brunswick, New Jersey |
33 | Vlad Shustov | Forward | 6–10 | 225 | Sophomore | Tomsk, Russia |
34 | Mohamed Bendary | Forward | 6–9 | 235 | Freshman | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/14/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN |
at No. 2 Kentucky Hoophall Miami Invitational |
L 57–87 | 0–1 |
Rupp Arena (22,671) Lexington, KY | |||||||
11/16/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at South Florida Hoophall Miami Invitational |
W 60–57 | 1–1 |
USF Sun Dome (2,672)
Tampa, FL | |||||||
11/19/2015* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Boston University Hoophall Miami Invitational |
W 90–76 | 2–1 |
Fleisher Center (1,488) Newark, NJ | |||||||
11/21/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Lafayette | W 80–66 | 3–1 |
Fleisher Center (1,000) Newark, NJ | |||||||
11/23/2015* 6:30 pm, FS1 |
at Providence | L 76–83 | 3–2 |
Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,009)
Providence, RI | |||||||
11/27/2015* 7:00 pm |
at Albany Hoophall Miami Invitational |
L 73–74 | 3–3 |
SEFCU Arena (3,253) Albany, NY | |||||||
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm |
Maine–Fort Kent | W 89–60 | 4–3 |
Fleisher Center (400) Newark, NJ | |||||||
12/05/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UMass Lowell | W 90–77 | 5–3 |
Fleisher Center (1,011) Newark, NJ | |||||||
12/07/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Kent State | L 75-80 | 5–4 |
Fleisher Center (987) Newark, NJ | |||||||
12/10/2015* 7:00 pm |
at St. Francis Brooklyn | W 92–86 OT | 6–4 |
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (575) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
12/12/2015* 7:00 pm |
at Columbia | L 56–65 | 6–5 |
Levien Gymnasium (1,244) New York City, NY | |||||||
12/20/2015* 4:00 pm, FS1 |
at St. John's | W 83–74 | 7–5 |
Carnesecca Arena (4,414) Queens, NY | |||||||
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Stony Brook | L 61–83 | 7–6 |
Fleisher Center (900) Newark, NJ | |||||||
12/30/2015* 7:00 pm |
at Saint Francis (PA) | W 77–65 | 8–6 |
DeGol Arena (632) Loretto, PA | |||||||
01/02/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UMBC | W 86–83 | 9–6 |
Fleisher Center (510) Newark, NJ | |||||||
01/06/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Yale | L 65–83 | 9–7 |
Payne Whitney Gymnasium (886) New Haven, CT | |||||||
Atlantic Sun Conference regular season | |||||||||||
01/09/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
USC Upstate | L 78–80 | 9–8 (0–1) |
Fleisher Center (882) Newark, NJ | |||||||
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Florida Gulf Coast | L 78–82 OT | 9–9 (0–2) |
Alico Arena (4,124) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
01/16/2016 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Stetson | W 71–59 | 10–9 (1–2) |
Edmunds Center (512) DeLand, FL | |||||||
01/21/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Jacksonville | W 83–63 | 11–9 (2–2) |
Fleisher Center (755) Newark, NJ | |||||||
01/24/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
North Florida | L 80–94 | 11–10 (2–3) |
Fleisher Center (555) Newark, NJ | |||||||
01/27/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Lipscomb | L 72–81 | 11–11 (2–4) |
Fleisher Center (779) Newark, NJ | |||||||
01/30/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Kennesaw State | W 75–67 | 12–11 (3–4) |
KSU Convocation Center (1,623) Kennesaw, GA | |||||||
02/01/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Lipscomb | W 90–78 | 13–11 (4–4) |
Allen Arena (1,713) Nashville, TN | |||||||
02/06/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Kennesaw State | W 78–59 | 14–11 (5–4) |
Fleisher Center (1,322) Newark, NJ | |||||||
02/11/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Stetson | W 74–70 | 15–11 (6–4) |
Fleisher Center (805) Newark, NJ | |||||||
02/13/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Florida Gulf Coast | W 68–59 | 16–11 (7–4) |
Fleisher Center (1,203) Newark, NJ | |||||||
02/18/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at North Florida | L 71–107 | 16–12 (7–5) |
UNF Arena (2,611) Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
02/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Jacksonville | W 73–58 | 17–12 (8–5) |
Swisher Gymnasium (1,003) Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
02/25/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at USC Upstate | L 71–72 | 17–13 (8–6) |
G. B. Hodge Center (568) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
Atlantic Sun Tournament | |||||||||||
03/01/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(2) | (7) Stetson Quarterfinals |
L 67–82 | 17–14 |
Fleisher Center (1,022) Newark, NJ | ||||||
CIT | |||||||||||
03/16/2016* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Army First round |
W 79–65 | 18–14 |
Fleisher Center (855) Newark, NJ | |||||||
03/21/2016* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Boston University Second round |
W 83–72 | 19–14 |
Fleisher Center (1,134) Newark, NJ | |||||||
03/24/2016* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Texas–Arlington Quarterfinals |
W 63–60 | 20–14 |
Fleisher Center (1,383) Newark, NJ | |||||||
03/27/2016* 6:00 pm, CBSSN |
at Columbia Semifinals |
L 65–80 | 20–15 |
Levien Gymnasium (1,249) New York City, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. .All times are in Eastern Time |
References
- ^ "Jim Engles leaving NJIT, takes over at Columbia". New York Daily News.
- ^ "NJIT Highlanders 2015-16 Men's Basketball Roster". Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule".