NJIT Highlanders vs. Niagara Purple Eagles

Dec 16, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NJIT	39	42	81
NIA	38	51	89

Game Recap

Obioha scores 20, Niagara defeats NJIT 89-81. Harlan Obioha had 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in Niagara's 89-81 win against NJIT on Saturday.

Player Stats

NJIT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Kjell de Graaf	34	7-11	2-4	1-2	5	0	0	1	0	3	17
0Sebastian Robinson	20	3-9	1-4	2-3	0	1	0	0	1	4	9
24Mekhi Gray	39	4-9	0-1	5-6	2	2	1	0	0	1	13
4Adam Hess	36	2-8	1-5	2-5	5	3	0	0	0	3	7
30Elijah Buchanan	28	5-13	0-1	2-3	6	1	1	0	1	4	12
8Jeffrey Akintolu	12	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	2	3
11Daniel Schreier	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
20Tariq Francis	23	7-14	4-6	2-2	2	3	0	0	1	2	20
5Jake Goldberg	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	29-6743.3%	9-2240.9%	14-2166.7%	24	13	3	1	3	19	81

NIAGARA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Yaw Obeng-Mensah	30	5-13	0-0	4-4	3	1	1	1	0	5	14
55Harlan Obioha	31	8-12	0-0	4-5	15	3	0	1	5	2	20
11Ahmad Henderson II	21	3-7	0-2	4-4	2	3	0	1	0	2	10
1Randy Tucker	21	0-3	0-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
5Luke Bumbalough	29	4-6	3-5	3-4	5	0	0	0	1	2	14
24Aime Rutayisire	14	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	1	2
4Braxton Bayless	29	6-10	1-2	0-0	0	4	1	0	2	0	13
13Dre Bullock	14	3-6	3-4	3-3	2	0	0	0	1	2	12
12Kwane Marble	11	1-2	0-1	2-2	5	0	0	1	1	1	4
TOTAL	-	31-6150.8%	7-1838.9%	20-2290.9%	37	13	2	5	10	15	89

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNJITNIA

+3 (19:33) Kjell de Graaf made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adam Hess.
30
+2 (19:02) Yaw Obeng-Mensah made Jumper.
32
+3 (18:45) Kjell de Graaf made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
62
(18:19) Harlan Obioha missed Layup.
(18:14) Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(18:09) Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.
(18:01) Kjell de Graaf Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:01) Kjell de Graaf made Dunk.
82
(17:47) Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:43) Yaw Obeng-Mensah Offensive Rebound.
(17:40) Foul on Elijah Buchanan.
(17:37) Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Layup.
(17:34) Yaw Obeng-Mensah Offensive Rebound.
(17:33) Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Layup.
(17:31) Harlan Obioha Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:30) Harlan Obioha made Layup.
84
+2 (17:02) Elijah Buchanan made Jumper.
104
(16:55) Ahmad Henderson II missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:50) Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(16:40) Kjell de Graaf missed Layup.
(16:40) Harlan Obioha Block.
(16:33) Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.
(16:29) Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
+1 (16:28) Ahmad Henderson II made Free Throw.
105
+1 (16:28) Ahmad Henderson II made Free Throw.
106
+2 (16:12) Sebastian Robinson made Layup.
126
+3 (15:43) Braxton Bayless made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Harlan Obioha.
129
(15:15) Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
(15:10) Daniel Schreier Offensive Rebound.
+3 (15:08) Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daniel Schreier.
159
(14:46) Randy Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:42) Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(14:27) Daniel Schreier missed Layup.
(14:24) Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:21) Braxton Bayless made Layup.
1511
+2 (13:57) Elijah Buchanan made Layup.
1711
(13:41) Dre Bullock missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:38) Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(13:30) Elijah Buchanan Turnover.
(13:30) Braxton Bayless Steal.
+2 (13:24) Braxton Bayless made Jumper.
1713
+2 (12:52) Tariq Francis made Jumper.
1913
+2 (12:32) Harlan Obioha made Layup.
1915
(12:32) Foul on Elijah Buchanan.
+1 (12:32) Harlan Obioha made Free Throw.
1916
+2 (12:15) Kjell de Graaf made Dunk. Assisted by Tariq Francis.
2116
(12:00) Ahmad Henderson II missed Layup.
(11:58) Aime Rutayisire Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:57) Aime Rutayisire made Layup.
2118
(11:38) Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:33) Kwane Marble Defensive Rebound.
(11:32) Kwane Marble Turnover.
(11:13) Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:11) Niagara Deadball Team Rebound.
(11:01) Braxton Bayless Turnover.
(11:01) Jeffrey Akintolu Steal.
(10:56) Foul on Kwane Marble.
(10:56) Kjell de Graaf missed Free Throw.
(10:56) NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (10:56) Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.
2218
(10:41) Ahmad Henderson II missed Jumper.
(10:38) Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:28) Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeffrey Akintolu.
2518
+2 (10:06) Yaw Obeng-Mensah made Layup. Assisted by Braxton Bayless.
2520
(9:49) Foul on Tariq Francis.
(9:49) Tariq Francis Turnover.
(9:34) Braxton Bayless Turnover.
(9:25) Kjell de Graaf missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:21) Ahmad Henderson II Defensive Rebound.
(9:12) Harlan Obioha missed Layup.
(9:08) Kjell de Graaf Defensive Rebound.
(9:07) Foul on Ahmad Henderson II.
+1 (9:07) Mekhi Gray made Free Throw.
2620
+1 (9:07) Mekhi Gray made Free Throw.
2720
(8:58) Foul on Harlan Obioha.
(8:58) Harlan Obioha Turnover.
(8:44) Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
(8:43) Niagara Deadball Team Rebound.
(8:35) Foul on Tariq Francis.
(8:30) Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Layup.
(8:28) Jeffrey Akintolu Defensive Rebound.
(8:23) Sebastian Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:20) Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:16) Yaw Obeng-Mensah made Dunk. Assisted by Ahmad Henderson II.
2722
(7:55) Sebastian Robinson missed Jumper.
(7:51) Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.
(7:47) Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
(7:36) Braxton Bayless missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:33) Harlan Obioha Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:31) Harlan Obioha made Layup.
2724
(7:19) Foul on Luke Bumbalough.
(6:59) Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:56) Ahmad Henderson II Defensive Rebound.
(6:56) Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
+1 (6:56) Ahmad Henderson II made Free Throw.
2725
+1 (6:56) Ahmad Henderson II made Free Throw.
2726
+2 (6:41) Elijah Buchanan made Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
2926
(6:19) Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Layup.
(6:13) Yaw Obeng-Mensah Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:13) Yaw Obeng-Mensah made Dunk.
2928
(6:03) Foul on Luke Bumbalough.
(6:02) Adam Hess missed Free Throw.
(6:02) NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:02) Adam Hess missed Free Throw.
(6:02) NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:02) Adam Hess made Free Throw.
3028
(5:41) Randy Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:38) Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:33) Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
3328
+2 (5:08) Ahmad Henderson II made Layup. Assisted by Harlan Obioha.
3330
(4:47) Adam Hess missed Jumper.
(4:43) Randy Tucker Defensive Rebound.
(4:32) Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Jumper.
(4:29) NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:07) Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:04) Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:03) Tariq Francis made Jumper.
3530
+2 (3:40) Braxton Bayless made Jumper.
3532
(3:12) Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
(3:10) Elijah Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
(3:08) Elijah Buchanan missed Jumper.
(3:06) Kjell de Graaf Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:00) Elijah Buchanan made Layup.
3732
(3:00) Foul on Ahmad Henderson II.
(3:00) Elijah Buchanan missed Free Throw.
(2:58) Kwane Marble Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:38) Kwane Marble made Layup.
3734
(2:24) Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.
(2:21) Kwane Marble Defensive Rebound.
(2:04) Braxton Bayless missed Jumper.
(2:00) Harlan Obioha Offensive Rebound.
(1:58) Foul on Mekhi Gray.
+1 (1:58) Kwane Marble made Free Throw.
3735
+1 (1:58) Kwane Marble made Free Throw.
3736
(1:33) Kjell de Graaf missed Layup.
(1:31) Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.
(1:24) Harlan Obioha Turnover.
(0:59) Tariq Francis missed Layup.
(0:59) Kwane Marble Block.
(0:54) Kwane Marble Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:40) Braxton Bayless made Layup.
3738
(0:28) Foul on Aime Rutayisire.
+1 (0:28) Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.
3838
+1 (0:28) Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.
3938
(0:03) Randy Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:00) Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

NJIT

NIA

81Points89

29-67(43.3%)Field Goal(%)31-61(50.8%)

9-22(40.9%)3-Point(%)7-18(38.9%)

14-21(66.7%)Free Throw(%)20-22(90.9%)

24(11)Rebounds(Offensive)37(15)

13Assists13

3Steals2

1Blocks5

3Turnovers10

19(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

7Largest Lead13

Game Details

Saturday, December 16, 2023 · 1:00 PM

Gallagher Center · Niagara Falls, NY

attendance: 362 (15.1%)

tv: ESPN+