Albany Great Danes vs. NJIT Highlanders

FINAL

Feb 19, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
ALB	32	49	81
NJIT	42	21	63

Game Recap

Lindsey scores 22, Okeke has double-double as Albany downs NJIT 81-63. Amir Lindsey's 22 points and Okechukwu Okeke’s double-double helped Albany defeat NJIT 81-63 on Thursday.

Player Stats

ALBANY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
00Okechukwu Okeke	37	6-10	0-0	3-4	11	1	1	3	2	3	15
5Isaac Abidde	28	4-10	2-5	0-0	3	2	1	0	2	2	10
11Jaden Kempson	39	5-10	3-4	3-4	7	3	2	2	1	2	16
2Amir Lindsey	37	8-18	2-4	4-4	4	5	1	0	2	4	22
4Miles Rose	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2
13Ma'Kye Taylor	14	3-6	0-0	1-2	6	1	0	0	1	1	7
24Tarique Foster	34	2-3	2-3	3-4	4	2	0	2	0	3	9
10Bautista Giralt	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0




TOTAL	-	29-5850.0%	9-1656.3%	14-1877.8%	36	16	5	7	9	15	81

NJIT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Jordan Rogers	27	4-5	1-2	0-0	6	5	0	0	1	0	9
11Melvyn Ebonkoli	27	2-6	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	5	4
1David Bolden	31	4-11	3-8	3-3	2	2	3	0	1	2	14
24Ari Fulton	30	2-10	0-3	2-2	5	1	0	0	1	0	6
0Sebastian Robinson	36	7-15	0-2	4-9	4	3	1	1	2	2	18
33Zack Scherler	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25John Kelly	12	2-3	1-1	1-2	1	1	1	0	0	1	6
8Jeffrey Akintolu	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32Malachi Arrington	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4
44Rocco Awad	11	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
14Quentin Duncan	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7Cameron Piggee	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	24-5940.7%	5-2123.8%	10-1662.5%	25	12	5	1	7	15	63

Play-by-Play

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1st halfALBNJIT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by UAlbany.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by NJIT.
+2 (19:31) Okechukwu Okeke makes 1-foot dunk (Isaac Abidde assists).
20
+2 (19:08) Ari Fulton makes layup (Jordan Rogers assists).
22
(18:35) Amir Lindsey misses 11-foot jumper.
(18:30) Miles Rose Offensive Rebound.
(18:13) Isaac Abidde misses 10-foot jumper.
(18:09) Okechukwu Okeke Offensive Rebound.
(18:04) Jaden Kempson misses driving layup.
(18:00) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(17:54) Ari Fulton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:50) UAlbany Defensive Rebound.
(17:46) Jaden Kempson misses driving layup.
(17:43) Melvyn Ebonkoli Defensive Rebound.
(17:36) Melvyn Ebonkoli misses 15-foot jumper.
(17:36) Jaden Kempson Block.
(17:29) Jaden Kempson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:25) Isaac Abidde makes 23-foot three point jumper (Miles Rose assists).
52
(17:03) Jordan Rogers misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:59) Isaac Abidde Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:53) Jaden Kempson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amir Lindsey assists).
82
+2 (16:30) Jordan Rogers makes driving layup.
84
(16:18) Amir Lindsey misses driving layup.
(16:15) Jordan Rogers Defensive Rebound.
(16:05) Melvyn Ebonkoli misses layup.
(16:01) Okechukwu Okeke Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:42) Okechukwu Okeke makes layup.
104
+2 (15:16) Ari Fulton makes layup (David Bolden assists).
106
(14:48) Isaac Abidde misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:43) Okechukwu Okeke Offensive Rebound.
(14:31) Jaden Kempson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:29) NJIT Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:08) David Bolden makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Robinson assists).
109
+2 (13:43) Miles Rose makes layup.
129
(13:25) Ari Fulton misses 9-foot jumper.
(13:20) Jaden Kempson Defensive Rebound.
(12:57) Amir Lindsey bad pass turnover.
(12:57) David Bolden Steal.
+2 (12:47) Sebastian Robinson makes layup.
1211
(12:27) Jaden Kempson bad pass turnover.
(12:27) David Bolden Steal.
+2 (12:10) Malachi Arrington makes 5-foot dunk (Ari Fulton assists).
1213
(11:47) Amir Lindsey misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:43) David Bolden Defensive Rebound.
(11:39) Foul on Amir Lindsey.
(11:39) Sebastian Robinson misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:39) NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:39) Sebastian Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2.
1214
(11:10) Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
+2 (11:00) Jaden Kempson makes 15-foot step back jumpshot.
1414
+2 (10:39) Melvyn Ebonkoli makes 6-foot hook shot.
1416
(10:22) Tarique Foster misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:18) Sebastian Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:13) Sebastian Robinson makes layup (John Kelly assists).
1418
(9:45) Jaden Kempson misses layup.
(9:39) Okechukwu Okeke Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:39) Okechukwu Okeke makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
1618
+2 (9:20) John Kelly makes driving layup.
1620
(9:03) Isaac Abidde misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:59) Okechukwu Okeke Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:47) Isaac Abidde makes driving layup (Tarique Foster assists).
1820
+2 (8:24) Sebastian Robinson makes driving layup.
1822
(8:11) Foul on Quentin Duncan.
+2 (8:09) Amir Lindsey makes layup (Miles Rose assists).
2022
(7:40) Ari Fulton misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:39) Isaac Abidde Defensive Rebound.
(7:39) Foul on Malachi Arrington.
(7:26) Miles Rose bad pass turnover.
(7:26) David Bolden Steal.
(7:05) Sebastian Robinson bad pass turnover.
(7:05) Amir Lindsey Steal.
+3 (6:58) Isaac Abidde makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amir Lindsey assists).
2322
(6:44) Foul on Amir Lindsey.
(6:25) Sebastian Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:19) Jordan Rogers Offensive Rebound.
+3 (6:18) David Bolden makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Rogers assists).
2325
(5:53) Isaac Abidde traveling turnover.
(5:27) Sebastian Robinson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:21) Ari Fulton Offensive Rebound.
+3 (5:16) Jordan Rogers makes 24-foot three point jumper (David Bolden assists).
2328
(4:48) Foul on David Bolden.
(4:43) Amir Lindsey bad pass turnover.
(4:43) Sebastian Robinson Steal.
+2 (4:37) Sebastian Robinson makes driving layup.
2330
+2 (4:22) Amir Lindsey makes 4-foot pullup jump shot.
2530
+2 (3:52) Sebastian Robinson makes 10-foot jumper (Jordan Rogers assists).
2532
+2 (3:42) Amir Lindsey makes driving layup.
2732
+3 (3:20) David Bolden makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Robinson assists).
2735
(3:07) Amir Lindsey misses 11-foot jumper.
(3:07) Sebastian Robinson Block.
(3:01) Jordan Rogers Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:00) Sebastian Robinson makes driving layup (Jordan Rogers assists).
2737
(2:41) Amir Lindsey misses 9-foot jumper.
(2:34) David Bolden Defensive Rebound.
(2:33) Ari Fulton misses layup.
(2:33) Jaden Kempson Block.
(2:27) Tarique Foster Defensive Rebound.
(2:25) Isaac Abidde misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:21) Ari Fulton Defensive Rebound.
(2:12) Foul on Tarique Foster.
(2:03) Ari Fulton misses 9-foot jumper.
(2:03) Tarique Foster Block.
(1:55) Ari Fulton Offensive Rebound.
(1:55) Ari Fulton misses layup.
(1:55) Tarique Foster Block.
(1:53) Ari Fulton Offensive Rebound.
(1:53) Foul on Okechukwu Okeke.
+1 (1:53) Ari Fulton makes free throw 1 of 2.
2738
+1 (1:53) Ari Fulton makes free throw 2 of 2.
2739
(1:38) Foul on Melvyn Ebonkoli.
(1:38) Okechukwu Okeke misses free throw 1 of 2.
(1:38) UAlbany Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:38) Okechukwu Okeke makes free throw 2 of 2.
2839
(1:27) Melvyn Ebonkoli bad pass turnover.
(1:03) Okechukwu Okeke bad pass turnover.
(0:48) Ari Fulton misses layup.
(0:48) Okechukwu Okeke Block.
(0:45) NJIT Offensive Rebound.
(0:42) David Bolden bad pass turnover.
(0:42) Okechukwu Okeke Steal.
+2 (0:37) Jaden Kempson makes driving layup (Amir Lindsey assists).
3039
+2 (0:08) Sebastian Robinson makes driving layup.
3041
(0:08) Foul on Tarique Foster.
+1 (0:08) Sebastian Robinson makes free throw 1 of 1.
3042
(0:02) Foul on Melvyn Ebonkoli.
+1 (0:02) Jaden Kempson makes free throw 1 of 2.
3142
+1 (0:02) Jaden Kempson makes free throw 2 of 2.
3242

2nd half

Team Stats

ALB

NJIT

81Points63

29-58(50.0%)Field Goal(%)24-59(40.7%)

9-16(56.3%)3-Point(%)5-21(23.8%)

14-18(77.8%)Free Throw(%)10-16(62.5%)

38(16)Rebounds(Offensive)30(14)

16Assists12

5Steals5

7Blocks1

9Turnovers7

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

20Largest Lead12

Game Details

Thursday, February 19, 2026 · 7:00 PM

NJIT Wellness and Events Center · Newark, NJ

attendance: 507 (14.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: NJIT -3.5

over/under: 142.5