NJIT Highlanders @ Maine Black Bears

58–68Final · Feb 24, 2024

NJIT 58 ME 68 Final

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NJIT7-19	30	28	58
ME13-15	25	43	68

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Elijah Buchanan made Jumper.
2–0
Mekhi Gray made Free Throw.
3–0
Mekhi Gray made Free Throw.
4–0
Adam Cisse made Layup. Assisted by Kellen Tynes.
4–2
Tariq Francis made Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
6–2
Adam Cisse made Layup. Assisted by Kellen Tynes.
6–4
Elijah Buchanan made Jumper.
8–4
Kellen Tynes made Jumper.
8–6
Mekhi Gray made Layup. Assisted by Tariq Francis.
10–6
Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan.
12–6
Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Clayton.
12–8
Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish.
12–10
Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
14–10
Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Clayton.
14–12
A.J. Lopez made Dunk. Assisted by Kellen Tynes.
14–14
Peter Filipovity made Free Throw.
14–15
Mekhi Gray made Jumper.
16–15
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
18–15
A.J. Lopez made Jumper.
18–17
Quion Burns made Jumper.
18–19
Quion Burns made Free Throw.
18–20
Jeffrey Akintolu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
21–20
Adam Cisse made Free Throw.
21–21
Adam Cisse made Free Throw.
21–22
Adam Cisse made Free Throw.
21–23
Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.
22–23
Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.
23–23
Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adam Hess.
26–23
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
28–23
Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Kellen Tynes.
28–25
Tariq Francis made Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan.
30–25
Peter Filipovity made Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish.
30–27
Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Tariq Francis.
32–27
Peter Filipovity made Free Throw.
32–28
Peter Filipovity made Free Throw.
32–29
Kellen Tynes made Layup. Assisted by Peter Filipovity.
32–31
Elijah Buchanan made Jumper.
34–31
Kristians Feierbergs made Free Throw.
34–32
Kristians Feierbergs made Free Throw.
34–33
Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Kellen Tynes.
34–35
Elijah Buchanan made Layup.
36–35
Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan.
39–35
Elijah Buchanan made Jumper.
41–35
A.J. Lopez made Free Throw.
41–36
A.J. Lopez made Free Throw.
41–37
Kellen Tynes made Dunk. Assisted by Kristians Feierbergs.
41–39
Quion Burns made Jumper.
41–41
Quion Burns made Free Throw.
41–42
Quion Burns made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kellen Tynes.
41–45
Levi Lawal made Free Throw.
42–45
Quion Burns made Jumper.
42–47
Quion Burns made Jumper.
42–49
Jaden Clayton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kellen Tynes.
42–52
Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
44–52
Jaden Clayton made Jumper.
44–54
Sebastian Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
47–54
Sebastian Robinson made Jumper.
49–54
Jaden Clayton made Free Throw.
49–55
Jaden Clayton made Free Throw.
49–56
Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.
50–56
Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.
51–56
Jaden Clayton made Free Throw.
51–57
Jaden Clayton made Free Throw.
51–58
Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.
52–58
Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.
53–58
Kellen Tynes made Free Throw.
53–59
Peter Filipovity made Dunk. Assisted by Kellen Tynes.
53–61
Peter Filipovity made Free Throw.
53–62
Peter Filipovity made Free Throw.
53–63
Peter Filipovity made Free Throw.
53–64
Peter Filipovity made Free Throw.
53–65
Mekhi Gray made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tariq Francis.
56–65
Jaden Clayton made Free Throw.
56–66
Jaden Clayton made Free Throw.
56–67
Tariq Francis made Free Throw.
57–67
Tariq Francis made Free Throw.
58–67
Jaden Clayton made Free Throw.
58–68

Play-by-play

P1 Elijah Buchanan made Jumper. 2–0
P1 Jaden Clayton Turnover.
P1 Elijah Buchanan Steal.
P1 Foul on Jaden Clayton.
P1 Mekhi Gray made Free Throw. 3–0
P1 Mekhi Gray made Free Throw. 4–0
P1 Adam Cisse made Layup. Assisted by Kellen Tynes. 4–2
P1 Tariq Francis made Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray. 6–2
P1 Peter Filipovity missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Peter Filipovity.
P1 Tariq Francis Turnover.
P1 Adam Cisse made Layup. Assisted by Kellen Tynes. 6–4
P1 Elijah Buchanan missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jaden Clayton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
P1 Elijah Buchanan made Jumper. 8–4
P1 Kellen Tynes made Jumper. 8–6
P1 Mekhi Gray made Layup. Assisted by Tariq Francis. 10–6
P1 Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish missed Jumper.
P1 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan. 12–6
P1 Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Clayton. 12–8
P1 Tariq Francis Turnover.
P1 Kellen Tynes Steal.
P1 Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish. 12–10
P1 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Peter Filipovity Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kellen Tynes missed Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Elijah Buchanan missed Jumper.
P1 Maine Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Elijah Buchanan.
P1 Jaden Clayton missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Kristians Feierbergs Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kristians Feierbergs Turnover.
P1 Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Mekhi Gray. 14–10
P1 Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Clayton. 14–12
P1 Foul on Justin Anderson.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Peter Filipovity missed Free Throw.
P1 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis Turnover.
P1 Kellen Tynes Steal.
P1 A.J. Lopez made Dunk. Assisted by Kellen Tynes. 14–14
P1 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Kristians Feierbergs Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Elijah Buchanan.
P1 Peter Filipovity missed Free Throw.
P1 Maine Offensive Rebound.
P1 Peter Filipovity made Free Throw. 14–15
P1 Mekhi Gray made Jumper. 16–15
P1 Kristians Feierbergs Turnover.
P1 Jeffrey Akintolu Steal.
P1 Mekhi Gray Turnover.
P1 Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish Steal.
P1 Kellen Tynes missed Jumper.
P1 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 18–15
P1 Quion Burns missed Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P1 Kristians Feierbergs Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kellen Tynes missed Jumper.
P1 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Lawal Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 A.J. Lopez made Jumper. 18–17
P1 Sebastian Robinson missed Jumper.
P1 Quion Burns Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quion Burns made Jumper. 18–19
P1 Foul on Jeffrey Akintolu.
P1 Quion Burns made Free Throw. 18–20
P1 Jeffrey Akintolu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 21–20
P1 Foul on Mekhi Gray.
P1 Adam Cisse made Free Throw. 21–21
P1 Adam Cisse missed Free Throw.
P1 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sebastian Robinson Turnover.
P1 Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Adam Cisse Offensive Rebound.
P1 Adam Cisse missed Layup.
P1 Adam Cisse Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Daniel Schreier.
P1 Adam Cisse made Free Throw. 21–22
P1 Adam Cisse made Free Throw. 21–23
P1 Foul on Quion Burns.
P1 Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw. 22–23
P1 Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw. 23–23
P1 Jaden Clayton missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 NJIT Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adam Hess. 26–23
P1 Jaden Clayton Turnover.
P1 Tariq Francis Steal.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Layup.
P1 Mekhi Gray Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kellen Tynes.
P1 Elijah Buchanan missed Jumper.
P1 Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish Block.
P1 Maine Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kellen Tynes missed Jumper.
P1 Kristians Feierbergs Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kellen Tynes Turnover.
P1 Justin Anderson Steal.
P1 Foul on Jaden Clayton.
P1 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 28–23
P1 Kristians Feierbergs missed Layup.
P1 Tariq Francis Block.
P1 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Jumper.
P1 Maine Defensive Rebound.
P1 Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Kellen Tynes. 28–25
P1 NJIT Timeout
P1 Tariq Francis made Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan. 30–25
P1 Maine Timeout
P1 Kellen Tynes Turnover.
P1 Justin Anderson Steal.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Maine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Jumper.
P2 Peter Filipovity Defensive Rebound.
P2 Peter Filipovity made Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish. 30–27
P2 Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Tariq Francis. 32–27
P2 Kellen Tynes Turnover.
P2 Adam Hess Steal.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P2 Adam Cisse Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Peter Filipovity made Free Throw. 32–28
P2 Peter Filipovity made Free Throw. 32–29
P2 Elijah Buchanan missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Adam Cisse Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Clayton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.
P2 Kellen Tynes Defensive Rebound.
P2 Peter Filipovity missed Layup.
P2 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kellen Tynes.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Peter Filipovity Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kellen Tynes made Layup. Assisted by Peter Filipovity. 32–31
P2 Elijah Buchanan made Jumper. 34–31
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Kristians Feierbergs made Free Throw. 34–32
P2 Kristians Feierbergs made Free Throw. 34–33
P2 Mekhi Gray Turnover.
P2 Kellen Tynes Steal.
P2 Peter Filipovity made Layup. Assisted by Kellen Tynes. 34–35
P2 Elijah Buchanan made Layup. 36–35
P2 Kellen Tynes Turnover.
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu Steal.
P2 Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan. 39–35
P2 Kellen Tynes missed Jumper.
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Buchanan made Jumper. 41–35
P2 Foul on Mekhi Gray.
P2 A.J. Lopez made Free Throw. 41–36
P2 A.J. Lopez made Free Throw. 41–37
P2 Levi Lawal missed Layup.
P2 A.J. Lopez Block.
P2 Kristians Feierbergs Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kellen Tynes made Dunk. Assisted by Kristians Feierbergs. 41–39
P2 NJIT Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.
P2 Quion Burns Defensive Rebound.
P2 Quion Burns made Jumper. 41–41
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Quion Burns made Free Throw. 41–42
P2 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P2 NJIT Offensive Rebound.
P2 Levi Lawal missed Layup.
P2 Kristians Feierbergs Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Justin Anderson.
P2 Kellen Tynes missed Jumper.
P2 NJIT Defensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Elijah Buchanan missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 NJIT Offensive Rebound.
P2 NJIT Turnover.
P2 Quion Burns made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kellen Tynes. 41–45
P2 Foul on Kellen Tynes.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Elijah Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.
P2 Levi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Adam Cisse.
P2 Levi Lawal missed Free Throw.
P2 NJIT Offensive Rebound.
P2 Levi Lawal made Free Throw. 42–45
P2 Quion Burns made Jumper. 42–47
P2 Tariq Francis Turnover.
P2 A.J. Lopez Steal.
P2 Quion Burns made Jumper. 42–49
P2 NJIT Timeout
P2 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P2 Jaden Clayton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Clayton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kellen Tynes. 42–52
P2 Justin Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Elijah Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Buchanan missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 NJIT Offensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Justin Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Peter Filipovity Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kellen Tynes missed Jumper.
P2 Justin Anderson Block.
P2 Kellen Tynes Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kellen Tynes missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Adam Cisse Offensive Rebound.
P2 Adam Cisse missed Layup.
P2 Elijah Buchanan Block.
P2 Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Buchanan missed Jumper.
P2 Mekhi Gray Offensive Rebound.
P2 Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Mekhi Gray. 44–52
P2 Jaden Clayton made Jumper. 44–54
P2 Sebastian Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray. 47–54
P2 Quion Burns Turnover.
P2 Justin Anderson Steal.
P2 Sebastian Robinson made Jumper. 49–54
P2 Maine Timeout
P2 Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
P2 Jaden Clayton made Free Throw. 49–55
P2 Jaden Clayton made Free Throw. 49–56
P2 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P2 Maine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Jaden Clayton missed Jumper.
P2 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Peter Filipovity Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kristians Feierbergs missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Peter Filipovity.
P2 Foul on Kristians Feierbergs.
P2 Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw. 50–56
P2 Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw. 51–56
P2 Jaden Clayton missed Jumper.
P2 Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kellen Tynes Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Tariq Francis.
P2 Jaden Clayton made Free Throw. 51–57
P2 Jaden Clayton made Free Throw. 51–58
P2 NJIT Timeout
P2 Foul on Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish.
P2 Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw. 52–58
P2 Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw. 53–58
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Kellen Tynes made Free Throw. 53–59
P2 Kellen Tynes missed Free Throw.
P2 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Levi Lawal missed Layup.
P2 Adam Cisse Defensive Rebound.
P2 Peter Filipovity made Dunk. Assisted by Kellen Tynes. 53–61
P2 Tariq Francis missed Layup.
P2 Peter Filipovity Block.
P2 Peter Filipovity Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Adam Hess.
P2 Peter Filipovity made Free Throw. 53–62
P2 Peter Filipovity made Free Throw. 53–63
P2 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Peter Filipovity Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Peter Filipovity made Free Throw. 53–64
P2 Peter Filipovity made Free Throw. 53–65
P2 Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.
P2 Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tariq Francis. 56–65
P2 Foul on Tariq Francis.
P2 Jaden Clayton made Free Throw. 56–66
P2 Jaden Clayton made Free Throw. 56–67
P2 Foul on Peter Filipovity.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Free Throw.
P2 NJIT Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tariq Francis made Free Throw. 57–67
P2 Tariq Francis made Free Throw. 58–67
P2 Foul on Jeffrey Akintolu.
P2 Jaden Clayton made Free Throw. 58–68
P2 Jaden Clayton missed Free Throw.
P2 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray Turnover.
P2 Peter Filipovity Turnover.
P2 Elijah Buchanan Steal.
P2 Elijah Buchanan Turnover.

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Levi LawalF	35	9	4-7	0-0	1-2	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	5
Tariq FrancisG	34	16	6-20	2-10	2-3	7	3	4	1	1	3	4	2
Mekhi GrayG	38	9	3-7	1-2	2-2	8	4	3	0	0	2	6	2
Adam HessG	28	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1
Elijah BuchananG	31	16	5-16	0-4	6-6	3	3	1	2	1	2	1	2
Jeffrey AkintoluF	8	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2
Daniel SchreierF	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac HesterG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastian RobinsonG	10	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Justin AndersonG	13	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2
Levi LewalF
JJ ChaikovskyF
Eyal NankinF
Kjell de GraafF
Cameron PiggeeG
Jake GoldbergG
Jalen RobinsonG

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Peter FilipovityF	29	21	7-9	0-1	7-9	7	1	1	0	1	0	7	3
Adam CisseF	20	7	2-4	0-0	3-4	6	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Jaden ClaytonG	33	12	2-7	1-4	7-8	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Kellen TynesG	36	7	3-11	0-1	1-2	3	8	4	3	0	2	1	3
Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeishG	26	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	1
Kristians FeierbergsF	20	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	6	1	2	0	0	2	4	1
AJ LopezG	19	6	2-2	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Quion BurnsG	17	13	5-6	1-1	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Keelan SteeleF
John SheaF
Novak PerovicF
Milos NenadicC
Ayme DaguilhG
Bryce LausierG
Isaac BonillaG
Logan CareyG
Okay DjamgouzG

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