UMass Lowell River Hawks vs. NJIT Highlanders

Feb 5, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UML	15	41	56
NJIT	42	39	81

Game Recap

Ebonkoli scores 20 as NJIT knocks off UMass-Lowell 81-56. Melvyn Ebonkoli's 20 points helped NJIT defeat UMass-Lowell 81-56 on Thursday.

Player Stats

UMASS LOWELL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Victor Okojie	29	0-5	0-3	1-2	11	0	1	1	3	2	1
13Shawn Simmons II	33	4-12	0-1	7-8	6	0	0	1	1	0	15
11Xavier Spencer	37	6-12	2-5	1-3	3	0	1	0	3	3	15
3Darrel Yepdo	26	3-8	0-4	1-2	3	2	0	0	4	1	7
9Angel Montas Jr.	26	1-8	0-1	1-2	3	1	0	0	2	1	3
55JJ Massaquoi	18	2-8	0-2	3-7	8	0	0	0	0	1	7
14Jared Frey	14	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
22Khalil Farmer	17	1-2	1-1	3-4	3	0	0	0	0	1	6



TOTAL	-	18-5930.5%	3-1915.8%	17-2860.7%	39	3	2	2	14	10	56

NJIT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Jordan Rogers	28	5-9	1-3	0-0	6	4	1	3	2	2	11
11Melvyn Ebonkoli	26	10-10	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	2	1	2	20
1David Bolden	26	1-9	0-7	1-2	2	7	2	0	1	2	3
24Ari Fulton	25	6-11	3-5	3-6	10	1	1	0	0	0	18
0Sebastian Robinson	30	3-11	0-2	4-4	2	2	1	1	0	4	10
33Zack Scherler	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
25John Kelly	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	1	4
8Jeffrey Akintolu	14	0-3	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
44Rocco Awad	15	0-3	0-2	0-0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0
14Quentin Duncan	17	5-8	3-6	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	1	13
7Cameron Piggee	7	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	33-6848.5%	7-2725.9%	8-1361.5%	40	20	10	6	5	16	81

Play-by-Play

Scores OnlyExpand All

1st halfUMLNJIT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by UMass Lowell.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by NJIT.
+2 (19:40) Shawn Simmons II makes layup.
20
+2 (19:14) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes layup.
22
(18:46) Angel Montas Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(18:43) Shawn Simmons II Offensive Rebound.
(18:38) Angel Montas Jr. misses driving layup.
(18:34) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(18:30) David Bolden bad pass turnover.
+2 (18:08) Darrel Yepdo makes 9-foot floating jump shot.
42
(17:47) David Bolden misses driving layup.
(17:45) Victor Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(17:41) Darrel Yepdo bad pass turnover.
(17:41) Ari Fulton Steal.
(17:32) Jordan Rogers misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(17:30) Melvyn Ebonkoli Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:26) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes layup.
44
(16:56) Shawn Simmons II misses 9-foot jumper.
(16:54) Jordan Rogers Defensive Rebound.
(16:42) Melvyn Ebonkoli bad pass turnover.
(16:30) Angel Montas Jr. misses layup.
(16:30) Melvyn Ebonkoli Block.
(16:27) Melvyn Ebonkoli Defensive Rebound.
(16:18) Ari Fulton misses 7-foot jumper.
(16:18) Victor Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(16:18) Victor Okojie Block.
(16:06) Darrel Yepdo misses driving layup.
(16:03) Melvyn Ebonkoli Defensive Rebound.
(15:51) Sebastian Robinson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:49) Ari Fulton Offensive Rebound.
(15:47) David Bolden misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(15:42) Victor Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(15:29) Shawn Simmons II misses driving layup.
(15:27) David Bolden Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:19) Jordan Rogers makes 23-foot three point jumper (David Bolden assists).
47
(14:48) Darrel Yepdo bad pass turnover.
(14:48) Jordan Rogers Steal.
(14:45) Jordan Rogers misses driving layup.
(14:42) Darrel Yepdo Defensive Rebound.
(14:38) Xavier Spencer bad pass turnover.
(14:38) Sebastian Robinson Steal.
(14:14) Quentin Duncan misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:10) Jeffrey Akintolu Offensive Rebound.
(14:07) Jeffrey Akintolu misses layup.
(14:07) Shawn Simmons II Block.
(14:05) John Kelly Offensive Rebound.
(14:05) Foul on Xavier Spencer.
+2 (14:03) Quentin Duncan makes 18-foot jumper (Sebastian Robinson assists).
49
(13:37) Darrel Yepdo misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:34) Victor Okojie Offensive Rebound.
(13:32) Victor Okojie bad pass turnover.
(13:32) John Kelly Steal.
+2 (13:27) John Kelly makes 4-foot dunk.
411
(13:02) Shawn Simmons II misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:59) Victor Okojie Offensive Rebound.
(12:58) Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
(12:58) Victor Okojie misses free throw 1 of 2.
(12:58) UMass Lowell Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (12:58) Victor Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2.
511
(12:42) John Kelly misses driving layup.
(12:39) Victor Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(12:36) Angel Montas Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(12:22) Sebastian Robinson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(12:21) Angel Montas Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(12:01) Darrel Yepdo misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:59) Rocco Awad Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:44) Jordan Rogers makes 5-foot dunk (Melvyn Ebonkoli assists).
513
(11:28) Darrel Yepdo bad pass turnover.
(11:28) Quentin Duncan Steal.
+2 (11:24) Jordan Rogers makes driving layup (Quentin Duncan assists).
515
(11:07) Victor Okojie bad pass turnover.
+2 (10:54) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes layup.
517
(10:27) Xavier Spencer misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(10:24) Quentin Duncan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:12) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes layup.
519
+2 (9:45) Xavier Spencer makes 8-foot pullup jump shot.
719
+2 (9:20) David Bolden makes driving layup.
721
(8:48) Xavier Spencer bad pass turnover.
(8:48) Rocco Awad Steal.
+3 (8:40) Quentin Duncan makes 27-foot three point jumper (David Bolden assists).
724
(8:29) Angel Montas Jr. misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(8:24) Melvyn Ebonkoli Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:16) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes layup (David Bolden assists).
726
+2 (7:56) JJ Massaquoi makes layup (Darrel Yepdo assists).
926
(7:33) Rocco Awad misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:29) Ari Fulton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:28) Ari Fulton makes layup.
928
+3 (7:13) Khalil Farmer makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1228
(6:48) David Bolden misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:46) Rocco Awad Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:35) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes 13-foot hook shot (Rocco Awad assists).
1230
(6:20) Xavier Spencer misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:20) Jordan Rogers Block.
(6:20) UMass Lowell Offensive Rebound.
(6:19) Darrel Yepdo bad pass turnover.
(6:19) John Kelly Steal.
(6:15) Foul on Khalil Farmer.
+1 (6:15) Ari Fulton makes free throw 1 of 2.
1231
(6:15) Ari Fulton misses free throw 2 of 2.
(6:14) UMass Lowell Defensive Rebound.
(5:52) JJ Massaquoi misses layup.
(5:51) JJ Massaquoi Offensive Rebound.
(5:50) Foul on John Kelly.
+1 (5:50) JJ Massaquoi makes free throw 1 of 2.
1331
(5:50) JJ Massaquoi misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:48) John Kelly Defensive Rebound.
(5:31) David Bolden misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:28) Jordan Rogers Offensive Rebound.
(5:25) Ari Fulton misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:22) JJ Massaquoi Defensive Rebound.
(5:09) JJ Massaquoi misses driving layup.
(5:06) John Kelly Defensive Rebound.
(4:49) Foul on Victor Okojie.
+1 (4:49) Sebastian Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2.
1332
+1 (4:49) Sebastian Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2.
1333
(4:39) JJ Massaquoi misses driving layup.
(4:39) Jordan Rogers Block.
(4:36) David Bolden Defensive Rebound.
(4:33) Jordan Rogers misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:30) NJIT Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:24) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes layup.
1335
(4:07) JJ Massaquoi misses layup.
(4:07) Melvyn Ebonkoli Block.
(4:05) JJ Massaquoi Offensive Rebound.
(4:05) Foul on Melvyn Ebonkoli.
(4:05) JJ Massaquoi misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:05) UMass Lowell Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:05) JJ Massaquoi misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:04) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:49) Sebastian Robinson makes 13-foot step back jumpshot.
1337
(3:26) Foul on Jeffrey Akintolu.
+1 (3:26) JJ Massaquoi makes free throw 1 of 2.
1437
+1 (3:26) JJ Massaquoi makes free throw 2 of 2.
1537
+3 (2:59) Ari Fulton makes 24-foot three point jumper.
1540
(2:41) Jared Frey misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(2:37) Angel Montas Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(2:26) Darrel Yepdo misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:22) Melvyn Ebonkoli Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:14) Sebastian Robinson makes driving layup (Cameron Piggee assists).
1542
(1:53) Angel Montas Jr. misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(1:53) UMass Lowell Offensive Rebound.
(1:44) Victor Okojie misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:41) Sebastian Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(1:30) Sebastian Robinson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(1:27) Xavier Spencer Defensive Rebound.
(1:12) Jared Frey misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(1:09) Jeffrey Akintolu Defensive Rebound.
(0:42) Ari Fulton misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:38) Victor Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(0:33) Foul on Melvyn Ebonkoli.
(0:33) Xavier Spencer misses free throw 1 of 2.
(0:33) UMass Lowell Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:33) Xavier Spencer misses free throw 2 of 2.
(0:31) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(0:11) David Bolden misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:07) Shawn Simmons II Defensive Rebound.
(0:02) Angel Montas Jr. misses driving layup.
(0:02) UMass Lowell Offensive Rebound.
(0:02) Sebastian Robinson Block.
(0:00) Victor Okojie misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Jordan Rogers Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UML

NJIT

56Points81

18-59(30.5%)Field Goal(%)33-68(48.5%)

3-19(15.8%)3-Point(%)7-27(25.9%)

17-28(60.7%)Free Throw(%)8-13(61.5%)

44(17)Rebounds(Offensive)41(12)

3Assists20

2Steals10

2Blocks6

14Turnovers5

10(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

2Largest Lead33

Game Details

Thursday, February 5, 2026 · 7:00 PM

NJIT Wellness and Events Center · Newark, NJ

attendance: 181 (5.2%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: NJIT -1.5

over/under: 149.5