NJIT Highlanders vs. Vermont Catamounts

Jan 31, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NJIT	32	47	79
UVM	21	56	77

Game Recap

NJIT secures 79-77 win over Vermont. Sebastian Robinson had 22 points in NJIT's 79-77 victory over Vermont on Saturday.

Player Stats

NJIT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Jordan Rogers	34	5-9	2-5	0-0	4	1	1	1	0	2	12
11Melvyn Ebonkoli	24	2-5	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	1	1	4	4
1David Bolden	35	4-7	2-3	6-6	6	7	3	0	1	4	16
24Ari Fulton	36	5-16	1-4	4-5	11	0	1	1	1	2	15
0Sebastian Robinson	36	8-14	1-1	5-8	5	1	0	0	4	1	22
25John Kelly	14	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
32Malachi Arrington	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	5	2
44Rocco Awad	8	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
14Quentin Duncan	5	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2

TOTAL	-	28-6046.7%	8-1844.4%	15-1978.9%	32	12	7	4	7	22	79

VERMONT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Ben Michaels	26	0-1	0-0	2-4	5	2	0	2	0	1	2
19Gus Yalden	29	4-12	1-4	3-6	7	1	0	0	2	5	12
5Sean Blake	36	10-16	1-1	2-2	8	4	0	0	1	2	23
3TJ Hurley	35	5-15	4-12	2-2	4	2	1	1	3	2	16
24Ben Johnson	24	1-6	1-6	2-2	1	1	1	0	0	2	5
34Noah Barnett	22	3-5	0-1	6-8	3	0	1	2	0	2	12
4Jackson Skipper	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21Lucas Mari	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1Momo Nkugwa	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
20TJ Long	19	3-7	1-5	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	3	7
TOTAL	-	26-6341.3%	8-2927.6%	17-2568.0%	31	12	3	5	7	20	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNJITUVM

(20:00) Start game.
(20:00) Jump Ball won by NJIT.
(20:00) Jump Ball lost by Vermont.
(19:49) Melvyn Ebonkoli misses layup.
(19:45) Gus Yalden Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:30) Gus Yalden makes 5-foot hook shot.
02
+3 (19:18) Ari Fulton makes 25-foot three point jumper.
32
(18:47) Gus Yalden misses 5-foot hook shot.
(18:41) Melvyn Ebonkoli Defensive Rebound.
(18:34) Jordan Rogers misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:31) TJ Hurley Defensive Rebound.
(18:25) Sean Blake bad pass turnover.
(18:25) Ari Fulton Steal.
(18:20) Sebastian Robinson misses driving layup.
(18:17) TJ Hurley Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:00) Gus Yalden makes driving layup.
34
(17:52) Melvyn Ebonkoli misses layup.
(17:52) Ben Michaels Block.
(17:52) NJIT Offensive Rebound.
+3 (17:45) David Bolden makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Rogers assists).
64
(17:11) TJ Hurley misses 10-foot jumper.
(17:11) Melvyn Ebonkoli Block.
(16:58) TJ Hurley Offensive Rebound.
(16:58) TJ Hurley bad pass turnover.
(16:58) David Bolden Steal.
(16:58) Sebastian Robinson out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(16:47) Ben Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:44) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(16:29) Ari Fulton misses 21-foot jumper.
(16:26) Sean Blake Defensive Rebound.
(16:14) Foul on David Bolden.
(16:02) Gus Yalden misses layup.
(16:02) David Bolden Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:37) David Bolden makes driving layup.
84
(15:07) Gus Yalden misses layup.
(15:07) Ari Fulton Block.
(15:01) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(15:00) Melvyn Ebonkoli misses layup.
(14:58) Ari Fulton misses layup.
(14:58) Ari Fulton Offensive Rebound.
(14:55) Ari Fulton Offensive Rebound.
(14:49) Foul on Gus Yalden.
(14:47) Sebastian Robinson misses driving layup.
(14:47) Ben Michaels Defensive Rebound.
(14:29) Ben Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:27) Gus Yalden Offensive Rebound.
(14:15) TJ Hurley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:04) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(14:00) Ari Fulton misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:00) Vermont Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:39) Gus Yalden makes 26-foot three point jumper (TJ Hurley assists).
87
+3 (13:15) Jordan Rogers makes 26-foot three point jumper (David Bolden assists).
117
(13:10) Gus Yalden misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:07) Jordan Rogers Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:46) David Bolden makes driving layup.
137
(12:33) TJ Hurley misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:30) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(12:20) David Bolden misses 15-foot jumper.
(12:16) Vermont Defensive Rebound.
(11:36) Foul on Malachi Arrington.
(11:06) TJ Long misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:06) Malachi Arrington Defensive Rebound.
(10:55) Quentin Duncan misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(10:55) Gus Yalden Defensive Rebound.
(10:53) Foul on Malachi Arrington.
+2 (10:31) Gus Yalden makes layup (Lucas Mari assists).
139
(10:24) Sebastian Robinson bad pass turnover.
(10:01) Noah Barnett misses 10-foot jumper.
(10:01) Vermont Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:01) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (9:42) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes 7-foot hook shot.
159
(9:37) Lucas Mari bad pass turnover.
(9:37) Quentin Duncan Steal.
+2 (9:32) Quentin Duncan makes layup.
179
(8:57) Noah Barnett misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:52) Sebastian Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(8:38) Sebastian Robinson misses 17-foot jumper.
(8:35) Noah Barnett Defensive Rebound.
(8:27) Foul on Melvyn Ebonkoli.
(8:15) Ben Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:12) Vermont Offensive Rebound.
(8:02) TJ Long misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:59) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(7:57) Ari Fulton misses 10-foot jumper.
(7:53) Lucas Mari Defensive Rebound.
(7:50) Lucas Mari misses driving layup.
(7:50) Malachi Arrington Block.
(7:38) John Kelly Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:36) Rocco Awad makes 25-foot three point jumper (David Bolden assists).
209
(7:20) Gus Yalden misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:17) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(7:16) Foul on TJ Hurley.
+3 (7:09) Rocco Awad makes 25-foot three point jumper (David Bolden assists).
239
(6:56) TJ Hurley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:53) David Bolden Defensive Rebound.
(6:32) Rocco Awad misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:32) Vermont Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:24) Sean Blake misses driving layup.
(6:21) Momo Nkugwa Offensive Rebound.
(6:12) Foul on Rocco Awad.
+1 (6:12) Gus Yalden makes free throw 1 of 2.
2310
+1 (6:12) Gus Yalden makes free throw 2 of 2.
2311
(5:44) Ari Fulton misses 5-foot jumper.
(5:44) Ben Michaels Block.
(5:43) Ari Fulton Offensive Rebound.
(5:41) team shot clock turnover .
(5:14) Foul on Melvyn Ebonkoli.
(5:12) Ben Michaels misses free throw 1 of 2.
(5:12) Vermont Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (5:12) Ben Michaels makes free throw 2 of 2.
2312
+2 (4:46) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes layup.
2512
(4:30) Sean Blake misses driving layup.
(4:25) Ben Michaels Offensive Rebound.
+3 (4:22) TJ Hurley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ben Michaels assists).
2515
(4:05) David Bolden misses layup.
(4:01) Gus Yalden Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:59) Sean Blake makes layup.
2517
(3:32) John Kelly misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:32) Foul on Ari Fulton.
(3:32) Ben Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+1 (3:32) Ben Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2518
+1 (3:32) Ben Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2519
(3:09) Foul on Noah Barnett.
(2:48) Jordan Rogers misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:46) Malachi Arrington Offensive Rebound.
(2:46) Foul on Ben Johnson.
+2 (2:27) Sebastian Robinson makes 5-foot jumper.
2719
(2:13) Gus Yalden bad pass turnover.
(2:13) David Bolden Steal.
+2 (2:05) Malachi Arrington makes 5-foot hook shot (David Bolden assists).
2919
(1:38) TJ Hurley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:35) Gus Yalden Offensive Rebound.
(1:29) Foul on Malachi Arrington.
(1:29) Gus Yalden misses free throw 1 of 2.
(1:29) Vermont Deadball Team Rebound.
(1:29) Gus Yalden misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:29) Malachi Arrington Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:08) Jordan Rogers makes 11-foot floating jump shot.
3119
+2 (0:43) Noah Barnett makes layup (TJ Long assists).
3121
(0:09) Foul on TJ Long.
(0:06) Foul on Jackson Skipper.
(0:06) Ari Fulton misses free throw 1 of 2.
(0:06) NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (0:06) Ari Fulton makes free throw 2 of 2.
3221
(0:00) TJ Hurley misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

NJIT

UVM

79Points77

28-60(46.7%)Field Goal(%)26-63(41.3%)

8-18(44.4%)3-Point(%)8-29(27.6%)

15-19(78.9%)Free Throw(%)17-25(68.0%)

36(10)Rebounds(Offensive)34(12)

12Assists12

7Steals3

4Blocks5

9Turnovers8

22(0)Fouls(Technical)20(0)

19Largest Lead2

Game Details

Saturday, January 31, 2026 · 4:30 PM

Patrick Gymnasium · Burlington, VT

attendance: 2,383 (73.0%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: UVM -13.5

over/under: 139.5