NJIT Highlanders @ UMBC Retrievers

75–74Final · Jan 27, 2024

NJIT 75 UMBC 74 Final

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NJIT5-14	24	51	75
UMBC6-15	46	28	74

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The scoring timeline.

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Dion Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashton Reese.
0–3
Marcus Banks Jr. made Jumper.
0–5
Dion Brown made Dunk.
0–7
Max Lorca-Lloyd made Dunk.
0–9
Dion Brown made Jumper.
0–11
Tariq Francis made Layup.
2–11
Marcus Banks Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Max Lorca-Lloyd.
2–14
Levi Lawal made Layup.
4–14
Levi Lawal made Free Throw.
5–14
Franck Emmou made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ace Valentine.
5–17
Ashton Reese made Dunk. Assisted by Marlon Short.
5–19
Tariq Francis made Layup.
7–19
Franck Emmou made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ace Valentine.
7–22
Tariq Francis made Layup.
9–22
Devan Sapp made Layup.
9–24
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
11–24
Marcus Banks Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
11–27
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
13–27
Marcus Banks Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
13–30
Max Lorca-Lloyd made Dunk.
13–32
Adam Hess made Layup.
15–32
Max Lorca-Lloyd made Free Throw.
15–33
Max Lorca-Lloyd made Free Throw.
15–34
Ace Valentine made Jumper.
15–36
Levi Lawal made Layup.
17–36
Max Lorca-Lloyd made Layup.
17–38
Levi Lawal made Layup.
19–38
Marcus Banks Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Ace Valentine.
19–40
Sebastian Robinson made Jumper.
21–40
Marcus Banks Jr. made Layup.
21–42
Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper.
24–42
Franck Emmou made Jumper.
24–44
Max Lorca-Lloyd made Free Throw.
24–45
Max Lorca-Lloyd made Free Throw.
24–46
Adam Hess made Free Throw.
25–46
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
27–46
Dion Brown made Jumper.
27–48
Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.
28–48
Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.
29–48
Dion Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashton Reese.
29–51
Mekhi Gray made Layup.
31–51
Tariq Francis made Layup. Assisted by Kjell de Graaf.
33–51
Tariq Francis made Free Throw.
34–51
Marlon Short made Free Throw.
34–52
Marlon Short made Free Throw.
34–53
Jeffrey Akintolu made Layup.
36–53
Kjell de Graaf made Layup. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
38–53
Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.
39–53
Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.
40–53
Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.
41–53
Marcus Banks Jr. made Jumper.
41–55
Adam Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
44–55
Dion Brown made Jumper.
44–57
Marcus Banks Jr. made Free Throw.
44–58
Adam Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
47–58
Adam Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
50–58
Jeffrey Akintolu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
53–58
Sebastian Robinson made Three Point Jumper.
56–58
Kjell de Graaf made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tariq Francis.
59–58
Mekhi Gray made Layup. Assisted by Adam Hess.
61–58
Franck Emmou made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Banks Jr..
61–61
Franck Emmou made Free Throw.
61–62
Franck Emmou made Free Throw.
61–63
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
63–63
Franck Emmou made Jumper.
63–65
Mekhi Gray made Layup.
65–65
Dion Brown made Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Banks Jr..
65–67
Kjell de Graaf made Layup.
67–67
Marcus Banks Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marlon Short.
67–70
Tariq Francis made Layup.
69–70
Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.
70–70
Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.
71–70
Franck Emmou made Jumper.
71–72
Kjell de Graaf made Dunk. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
73–72
Dion Brown made Free Throw.
73–73
Dion Brown made Free Throw.
73–74
Kjell de Graaf made Layup.
75–74

Play-by-play

P1 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd missed Free Throw.
P1 UMBC Offensive Rebound.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd missed Free Throw.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Lawal Turnover.
P1 Dion Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashton Reese. 0–3
P1 Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mekhi Gray Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd Defensive Rebound.
P1 Dion Brown missed Layup.
P1 Tariq Francis Block.
P1 UMBC Offensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. made Jumper. 0–5
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Dion Brown Defensive Rebound.
P1 Dion Brown made Dunk. 0–7
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd made Dunk. 0–9
P1 Foul on Marcus Banks Jr..
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Levi Lawal missed Layup.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd Block.
P1 Dion Brown Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ace Valentine Turnover.
P1 Sebastian Robinson Steal.
P1 Foul on Dion Brown.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ace Valentine missed Layup.
P1 Dion Brown Offensive Rebound.
P1 Dion Brown missed Dunk.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd Offensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
P1 Sebastian Robinson Turnover.
P1 Dion Brown made Jumper. 0–11
P1 Jake Goldberg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 UMBC Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ace Valentine missed Layup.
P1 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sebastian Robinson missed Layup.
P1 Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis made Layup. 2–11
P1 Marlon Short missed Jumper.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd Offensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Max Lorca-Lloyd. 2–14
P1 NJIT Timeout
P1 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Lawal made Layup. 4–14
P1 Foul on Dion Brown.
P1 Levi Lawal made Free Throw. 5–14
P1 Franck Emmou made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ace Valentine. 5–17
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P1 Levi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Lawal missed Layup.
P1 Levi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Franck Emmou.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Kjell de Graaf missed Layup.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kjell de Graaf.
P1 Ashton Reese made Dunk. Assisted by Marlon Short. 5–19
P1 NJIT Turnover.
P1 Marlon Short missed Layup.
P1 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis made Layup. 7–19
P1 Franck Emmou made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ace Valentine. 7–22
P1 Tariq Francis made Layup. 9–22
P1 Ashton Reese missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Devan Sapp Offensive Rebound.
P1 Devan Sapp made Layup. 9–24
P1 Adam Hess Turnover.
P1 Ace Valentine Turnover.
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P1 Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Devan Sapp.
P1 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 11–24
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. made Three Point Jumper. 11–27
P1 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 13–27
P1 Franck Emmou missed Jumper.
P1 Ashton Reese Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Justin Anderson.
P1 Ace Valentine missed Layup.
P1 Kjell de Graaf Block.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. made Three Point Jumper. 13–30
P1 Kjell de Graaf missed Layup.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Isaac Hester missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Devan Sapp Defensive Rebound.
P1 Devan Sapp missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd Offensive Rebound.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd made Dunk. 13–32
P1 Adam Hess made Layup. 15–32
P1 Foul on Tariq Francis.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd made Free Throw. 15–33
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd made Free Throw. 15–34
P1 Tariq Francis Turnover.
P1 Ace Valentine Steal.
P1 Ace Valentine made Jumper. 15–36
P1 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Lawal made Layup. 17–36
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd made Layup. 17–38
P1 Adam Hess missed Layup.
P1 Levi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Lawal made Layup. 19–38
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Ace Valentine. 19–40
P1 NJIT Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Sebastian Robinson made Jumper. 21–40
P1 Marlon Short missed Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sebastian Robinson missed Jumper.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. made Layup. 21–42
P1 Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. 24–42
P1 Foul on Adam Hess.
P1 Franck Emmou missed Layup.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ashton Reese.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 UMBC Defensive Rebound.
P1 Franck Emmou made Jumper. 24–44
P1 Foul on Franck Emmou.
P1 Levi Lawal missed Free Throw.
P1 Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd missed Layup.
P1 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd made Free Throw. 24–45
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd made Free Throw. 24–46
P1 Max Lorca-Lloyd Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P1 Levi Lawal Turnover.
P1 Ashton Reese Turnover.
P2 Marcus Banks Jr. missed Jumper.
P2 Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Max Lorca-Lloyd.
P2 Adam Hess missed Free Throw.
P2 NJIT Offensive Rebound.
P2 Adam Hess made Free Throw. 25–46
P2 Ashton Reese missed Dunk.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Block.
P2 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 27–46
P2 Max Lorca-Lloyd Turnover.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Steal.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Layup.
P2 UMBC Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Dion Brown made Jumper. 27–48
P2 Foul on Marcus Banks Jr..
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw. 28–48
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw. 29–48
P2 Max Lorca-Lloyd Turnover.
P2 Tariq Francis Steal.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray Turnover.
P2 Ace Valentine missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Adam Hess missed Layup.
P2 Dion Brown Defensive Rebound.
P2 Dion Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashton Reese. 29–51
P2 Foul on Dion Brown.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P2 Max Lorca-Lloyd Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Mekhi Gray.
P2 Foul on Tariq Francis.
P2 Ashton Reese missed Jumper.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jeffrey Akintolu.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Ace Valentine Turnover.
P2 Sebastian Robinson Steal.
P2 Mekhi Gray made Layup. 31–51
P2 Ace Valentine missed Jumper.
P2 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Max Lorca-Lloyd.
P2 Kjell de Graaf missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mekhi Gray Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tariq Francis made Layup. Assisted by Kjell de Graaf. 33–51
P2 Foul on Dion Brown.
P2 Tariq Francis made Free Throw. 34–51
P2 Foul on Mekhi Gray.
P2 Franck Emmou missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Max Lorca-Lloyd Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jeffrey Akintolu.
P2 Marlon Short made Free Throw. 34–52
P2 Marlon Short made Free Throw. 34–53
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu made Layup. 36–53
P2 Max Lorca-Lloyd Turnover.
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu Steal.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Layup.
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Jumper.
P2 Devan Sapp Defensive Rebound.
P2 Devan Sapp Turnover.
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Layup. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 38–53
P2 Foul on Marlon Short.
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw. 39–53
P2 Franck Emmou Turnover.
P2 Adam Hess Steal.
P2 Kjell de Graaf missed Layup.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Marcus Banks Jr..
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw. 40–53
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw. 41–53
P2 Marcus Banks Jr. made Jumper. 41–55
P2 UMBC Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Adam Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 44–55
P2 Devan Sapp missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
P2 Sebastian Robinson Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Dion Brown made Jumper. 44–57
P2 Foul on Jeffrey Akintolu.
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu Turnover.
P2 Marcus Banks Jr. made Free Throw. 44–58
P2 Marcus Banks Jr. missed Free Throw.
P2 UMBC Offensive Rebound.
P2 Dion Brown missed Jumper.
P2 Sebastian Robinson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 NJIT Offensive Rebound.
P2 Adam Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray. 47–58
P2 Marcus Banks Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Adam Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 50–58
P2 Dion Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Sebastian Robinson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Max Lorca-Lloyd Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Banks Jr. missed Jumper.
P2 Sebastian Robinson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Max Lorca-Lloyd Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ashton Reese missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 53–58
P2 UMBC Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Ace Valentine Turnover.
P2 Sebastian Robinson made Three Point Jumper. 56–58
P2 Max Lorca-Lloyd missed Jumper.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Block.
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kjell de Graaf missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ace Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marlon Short Turnover.
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tariq Francis. 59–58
P2 Franck Emmou Turnover.
P2 Adam Hess Steal.
P2 Mekhi Gray made Layup. Assisted by Adam Hess. 61–58
P2 Franck Emmou made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Banks Jr.. 61–61
P2 Kjell de Graaf Turnover.
P2 Foul on Mekhi Gray.
P2 Franck Emmou made Free Throw. 61–62
P2 Franck Emmou made Free Throw. 61–63
P2 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 63–63
P2 Franck Emmou made Jumper. 63–65
P2 Mekhi Gray made Layup. 65–65
P2 Dion Brown made Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Banks Jr.. 65–67
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Layup. 67–67
P2 Marcus Banks Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marlon Short. 67–70
P2 NJIT Timeout
P2 Tariq Francis made Layup. 69–70
P2 Dion Brown missed Jumper.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Franck Emmou.
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw. 70–70
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw. 71–70
P2 Dion Brown Turnover.
P2 NJIT Turnover.
P2 Franck Emmou made Jumper. 71–72
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Dunk. Assisted by Mekhi Gray. 73–72
P2 Foul on Kjell de Graaf.
P2 Dion Brown made Free Throw. 73–73
P2 Dion Brown made Free Throw. 73–74
P2 Tariq Francis missed Layup.
P2 Kjell de Graaf Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kjell de Graaf made Layup. 75–74
P2 Dion Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Foul on Marcus Banks Jr..
P2 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.

Box score

NJIT

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Levi LawalF	17	7	3-5	0-0	1-2	9	0	2	0	0	5	4	4
Kjell de GraafF	35	18	5-10	1-3	7-7	7	1	1	1	3	3	4	2
Tariq FrancisG	34	22	10-22	1-6	1-1	9	1	1	1	1	4	5	2
Mekhi GrayG	31	6	3-11	0-3	0-1	5	2	1	0	0	2	3	3
Adam HessG	34	12	4-9	3-6	1-2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	1
Jeffrey AkintoluF	22	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	3
Jake GoldbergG	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac HesterG	4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastian RobinsonG	20	5	2-4	1-1	0-0	3	4	2	2	0	0	3	2
Justin AndersonG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Levi LewalF
JJ ChaikovskyF
Eyal NankinF
Daniel SchreierF
Cameron PiggeeG
Jalen RobinsonG
Elijah BuchananG

UMBC

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Max Lorca-LloydC	27	10	3-5	0-0	4-6	11	1	3	0	1	5	6	2
Ace ValentineG	26	2	1-6	0-1	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	0
Ashton ReeseG	31	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1
Dion BrownG	23	18	7-14	2-5	2-2	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	4
Marcus Banks Jr.G	37	21	8-14	4-8	1-2	8	2	0	0	0	1	7	4
Regimantas CiunysF	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Franck EmmouG	18	17	6-9	3-4	2-2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
Devan SappG	12	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	1
Marlon ShortG	24	2	0-3	0-0	2-2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marcel GardnerF
Alpha ChibambeF
Khydarius SmithC
Isaac VargheseG
Ethan LynchG
JC HarrisG
Bryce JohnsonG

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