NJIT Highlanders @ American University Eagles

73–87Final · Nov 16, 2023

NJIT 73 AMER 87 Final

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NJIT0-3	39	34	73
AMER2-2	45	42	87

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Mekhi Gray made Layup.
2–0
Matt Mayock made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball.
2–3
Adam Hess made Free Throw.
3–3
Adam Hess made Free Throw.
4–3
Sebastian Robinson made Jumper.
6–3
Matt Rogers made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Stephens.
6–5
Adam Hess made Layup.
8–5
Matt Rogers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Stephens.
8–8
Sebastian Robinson made Free Throw.
9–8
Sebastian Robinson made Free Throw.
10–8
Colin Smalls made Layup. Assisted by Jermaine Ballisager Webb.
10–10
Mekhi Gray made Layup.
12–10
Geoff Sprouse made Three Point Jumper.
12–13
Adam Hess made Jumper.
14–13
Geoff Sprouse made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Rogers.
14–16
Tariq Francis made Layup.
16–16
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
18–16
Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Stephens.
18–18
Mekhi Gray made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
21–18
Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Jumper. Assisted by Geoff Sprouse.
21–20
Sebastian Robinson made Jumper.
23–20
Lincoln Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lorenzo Donadio.
23–23
Sebastian Robinson made Jumper.
25–23
Colin Smalls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball.
25–26
Sebastian Robinson made Layup.
27–26
Lorenzo Donadio made Three Point Jumper.
27–29
Matt Rogers made Jumper.
27–31
Matt Rogers made Free Throw.
27–32
Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
29–32
Matt Rogers made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Stephens.
29–34
Colin Smalls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball.
29–37
Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
32–37
Matt Rogers made Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball.
32–39
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
34–39
Sebastian Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adam Hess.
37–39
Matt Rogers made Layup.
37–41
Matt Rogers made Jumper.
37–43
Jake Goldberg made Jumper.
39–43
Lorenzo Donadio made Layup.
39–45
Mekhi Gray made Layup.
41–45
Matt Rogers made Jumper.
41–47
Matt Rogers made Dunk. Assisted by Elijah Stephens.
41–49
Matt Mayock made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lorenzo Donadio.
41–52
Jake Goldberg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
44–52
Daniel Schreier made Layup. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
46–52
Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Free Throw.
46–53
Mekhi Gray made Three Point Jumper.
49–53
Sebastian Robinson made Jumper.
51–53
Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Free Throw.
51–54
Colin Smalls made Layup. Assisted by Lincoln Ball.
51–56
Elijah Stephens made Layup.
51–58
Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Tariq Francis.
53–58
Adam Hess made Layup. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.
55–58
Geoff Sprouse made Free Throw.
55–59
Geoff Sprouse made Free Throw.
55–60
Levi Lawal made Jumper. Assisted by Tariq Francis.
57–60
Lorenzo Donadio made Free Throw.
57–61
Lorenzo Donadio made Free Throw.
57–62
Elijah Stephens made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lorenzo Donadio.
57–65
Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
59–65
Matt Rogers made Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Stephens.
59–67
Tariq Francis made Jumper.
61–67
Elijah Stephens made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball.
61–70
Daniel Schreier made Layup.
63–70
Lorenzo Donadio made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Stephens.
63–73
Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Free Throw.
63–74
Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Free Throw.
63–75
Mekhi Gray made Layup.
65–75
Mekhi Gray made Free Throw.
66–75
Matt Rogers made Layup. Assisted by Lorenzo Donadio.
66–77
Matt Rogers made Free Throw.
66–78
Mekhi Gray made Layup.
68–78
Mekhi Gray made Free Throw.
69–78
Colin Smalls made Free Throw.
69–79
Matt Rogers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Stephens.
69–82
Elijah Stephens made Free Throw.
69–83
Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.
71–83
Geoff Sprouse made Free Throw.
71–84
Geoff Sprouse made Free Throw.
71–85
Elijah Stephens made Free Throw.
71–86
Elijah Stephens made Free Throw.
71–87
Tariq Francis made Free Throw.
72–87
Tariq Francis made Free Throw.
73–87

Play-by-play

P1 Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Lincoln Ball Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lorenzo Donadio missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mekhi Gray made Layup. 2–0
P1 Matt Mayock made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball. 2–3
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P1 Matt Rogers Block.
P1 Lincoln Ball Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lorenzo Donadio missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P1 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P1 Matt Mayock missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Elijah Stephens.
P1 Adam Hess made Free Throw. 3–3
P1 Adam Hess made Free Throw. 4–3
P1 Colin Smalls missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sebastian Robinson made Jumper. 6–3
P1 Matt Rogers made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Stephens. 6–5
P1 Adam Hess made Layup. 8–5
P1 Matt Rogers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Stephens. 8–8
P1 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P1 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lincoln Ball Turnover.
P1 Sebastian Robinson Steal.
P1 Foul on Elijah Stephens.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Sebastian Robinson made Free Throw. 9–8
P1 Sebastian Robinson made Free Throw. 10–8
P1 Lorenzo Donadio missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jake Goldberg Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jermaine Ballisager Webb.
P1 Mekhi Gray Turnover.
P1 Colin Smalls made Layup. Assisted by Jermaine Ballisager Webb. 10–10
P1 Jake Goldberg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jermaine Ballisager Webb Defensive Rebound.
P1 Geoff Sprouse missed Jumper.
P1 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mekhi Gray made Layup. 12–10
P1 Matt Rogers missed Jumper.
P1 American University Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jake Goldberg.
P1 Foul on Jeffrey Akintolu.
P1 Geoff Sprouse made Three Point Jumper. 12–13
P1 Adam Hess made Jumper. 14–13
P1 Geoff Sprouse made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Rogers. 14–16
P1 NJIT Timeout
P1 Tariq Francis Turnover.
P1 Lorenzo Donadio Steal.
P1 Lincoln Ball missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Lorenzo Donadio Offensive Rebound.
P1 Matt Rogers missed Jumper.
P1 Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Matt Rogers.
P1 Tariq Francis made Layup. 16–16
P1 Matt Rogers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jake Goldberg Defensive Rebound.
P1 Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Lincoln Ball Defensive Rebound.
P1 Elijah Stephens Turnover.
P1 Tariq Francis Steal.
P1 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Matt Mayock Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lincoln Ball missed Jumper.
P1 Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 18–16
P1 Elijah Stephens missed Layup.
P1 Levi Lawal Block.
P1 American University Offensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Stephens. 18–18
P1 Mekhi Gray Turnover.
P1 Geoff Sprouse missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Daniel Schreier Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Greg Jones.
P1 Mekhi Gray made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 21–18
P1 Matt Mayock Turnover.
P1 Daniel Schreier Steal.
P1 Sebastian Robinson Turnover.
P1 Foul on Daniel Schreier.
P1 Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Jumper. Assisted by Geoff Sprouse. 21–20
P1 Sebastian Robinson made Jumper. 23–20
P1 Lincoln Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lorenzo Donadio. 23–23
P1 Sebastian Robinson made Jumper. 25–23
P1 Lorenzo Donadio missed Jumper.
P1 American University Offensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Colin Smalls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball. 25–26
P1 Adam Hess missed Jumper.
P1 Lorenzo Donadio Defensive Rebound.
P1 Colin Smalls missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sebastian Robinson made Layup. 27–26
P1 Lorenzo Donadio made Three Point Jumper. 27–29
P1 Jake Goldberg Turnover.
P1 Matt Rogers made Jumper. 27–31
P1 Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
P1 Matt Rogers made Free Throw. 27–32
P1 Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Mekhi Gray. 29–32
P1 Matt Rogers made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Stephens. 29–34
P1 Tariq Francis Turnover.
P1 Lorenzo Donadio Steal.
P1 Colin Smalls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball. 29–37
P1 NJIT Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 32–37
P1 Matt Rogers made Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball. 32–39
P1 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 34–39
P1 Matt Rogers missed Jumper.
P1 Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sebastian Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adam Hess. 37–39
P1 Colin Smalls missed Jumper.
P1 Lincoln Ball Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
P1 Matt Rogers made Layup. 37–41
P1 Tariq Francis missed Layup.
P1 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tariq Francis.
P1 Geoff Sprouse missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mekhi Gray Block.
P1 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tariq Francis Turnover.
P1 Matt Rogers Steal.
P1 Matt Rogers made Jumper. 37–43
P1 Jake Goldberg made Jumper. 39–43
P1 Lorenzo Donadio made Layup. 39–45
P1 Daniel Schreier missed Jumper.
P1 Jake Goldberg Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray made Layup. 41–45
P2 Matt Rogers missed Layup.
P2 Matt Rogers Offensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Rogers made Jumper. 41–47
P2 Adam Hess missed Jumper.
P2 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Rogers made Dunk. Assisted by Elijah Stephens. 41–49
P2 Sebastian Robinson Turnover.
P2 Elijah Stephens Steal.
P2 Matt Mayock made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lorenzo Donadio. 41–52
P2 Jake Goldberg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 44–52
P2 Lorenzo Donadio missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Matt Rogers Offensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Mayock missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 NJIT Defensive Rebound.
P2 Daniel Schreier made Layup. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 46–52
P2 Foul on Daniel Schreier.
P2 Geoff Sprouse missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Colin Smalls Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Daniel Schreier.
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb missed Free Throw.
P2 American University Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Free Throw. 46–53
P2 Mekhi Gray made Three Point Jumper. 49–53
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb Turnover.
P2 Mekhi Gray Steal.
P2 Sebastian Robinson made Jumper. 51–53
P2 Colin Smalls missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Adam Hess.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Free Throw. 51–54
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb missed Free Throw.
P2 Daniel Schreier Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Layup.
P2 Colin Smalls Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Smalls made Layup. Assisted by Lincoln Ball. 51–56
P2 Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Mayock missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Justin Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Matt Mayock Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Justin Anderson.
P2 Elijah Stephens made Layup. 51–58
P2 Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Tariq Francis. 53–58
P2 Matt Mayock Turnover.
P2 Adam Hess made Layup. Assisted by Mekhi Gray. 55–58
P2 Foul on Mekhi Gray.
P2 Geoff Sprouse made Free Throw. 55–59
P2 Geoff Sprouse made Free Throw. 55–60
P2 Levi Lawal made Jumper. Assisted by Tariq Francis. 57–60
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Mekhi Gray.
P2 Lorenzo Donadio made Free Throw. 57–61
P2 Lorenzo Donadio made Free Throw. 57–62
P2 Sebastian Robinson missed Jumper.
P2 Levi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tariq Francis missed Jumper.
P2 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Stephens made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lorenzo Donadio. 57–65
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Smalls missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Elijah Stephens Offensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Stephens Turnover.
P2 Tariq Francis Steal.
P2 Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 59–65
P2 Lincoln Ball missed Layup.
P2 Levi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sebastian Robinson Turnover.
P2 Matt Rogers made Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Stephens. 59–67
P2 Tariq Francis made Jumper. 61–67
P2 Lincoln Ball Turnover.
P2 Tariq Francis Steal.
P2 Sebastian Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Lincoln Ball Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Rogers missed Jumper.
P2 Lincoln Ball Offensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Stephens made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lincoln Ball. 61–70
P2 NJIT Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Adam Hess missed Jumper.
P2 Elijah Stephens Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elijah Stephens Turnover.
P2 Daniel Schreier Steal.
P2 Daniel Schreier made Layup. 63–70
P2 Lorenzo Donadio made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Stephens. 63–73
P2 Foul on Matt Mayock.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Lorenzo Donadio Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Free Throw. 63–74
P2 Jermaine Ballisager Webb made Free Throw. 63–75
P2 Mekhi Gray made Layup. 65–75
P2 Foul on Jermaine Ballisager Webb.
P2 Mekhi Gray made Free Throw. 66–75
P2 Matt Rogers made Layup. Assisted by Lorenzo Donadio. 66–77
P2 Foul on Lorenzo Donadio.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Free Throw.
P2 NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Free Throw.
P2 Elijah Stephens missed Layup.
P2 Geoff Sprouse Defensive Rebound.
P2 Daniel Schreier Defensive Rebound.
P2 Adam Hess missed Jumper.
P2 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Smalls Turnover.
P2 Daniel Schreier missed Layup.
P2 Matt Rogers Block.
P2 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Geoff Sprouse missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Lincoln Ball Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Smalls missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Matt Mayock Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Daniel Schreier.
P2 American University Timeout
P2 Matt Rogers made Free Throw. 66–78
P2 Matt Rogers missed Free Throw.
P2 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mekhi Gray made Layup. 68–78
P2 Foul on Matt Mayock.
P2 Mekhi Gray made Free Throw. 69–78
P2 NJIT Timeout
P2 Foul on Adam Hess.
P2 Colin Smalls made Free Throw. 69–79
P2 Colin Smalls missed Free Throw.
P2 Mekhi Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sebastian Robinson missed Jumper.
P2 Matt Mayock Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Rogers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Stephens. 69–82
P2 Sebastian Robinson missed Jumper.
P2 Levi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Matt Rogers.
P2 Foul on Lincoln Ball.
P2 Sebastian Robinson Turnover.
P2 Matt Rogers Steal.
P2 Elijah Stephens missed Jumper.
P2 Jake Goldberg Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sebastian Robinson missed Layup.
P2 Matt Rogers Block.
P2 Matt Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Mekhi Gray.
P2 Elijah Stephens missed Free Throw.
P2 American University Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Elijah Stephens made Free Throw. 69–83
P2 Levi Lawal made Layup. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson. 71–83
P2 NJIT Timeout
P2 Foul on Sebastian Robinson.
P2 Geoff Sprouse made Free Throw. 71–84
P2 Geoff Sprouse made Free Throw. 71–85
P2 Jeffrey Akintolu missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Lincoln Ball Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Levi Lawal.
P2 Elijah Stephens made Free Throw. 71–86
P2 Elijah Stephens made Free Throw. 71–87
P2 Foul on Colin Smalls.
P2 Tariq Francis made Free Throw. 72–87
P2 Tariq Francis made Free Throw. 73–87
P2 American University Turnover.

Box score

NJIT

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Levi LawalF	23	10	5-5	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	1	2	4	3
Jake GoldbergG	30	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
Sebastian RobinsonG	29	17	7-12	1-2	2-2	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	3
Mekhi GrayG	38	18	7-14	2-5	2-4	6	2	2	1	1	0	6	3
Adam HessG	37	8	3-10	0-3	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Jeffrey AkintoluF	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel SchreierF	18	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	4
Tariq FrancisG	19	13	5-9	1-3	2-2	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	1
Isaac HesterG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin AndersonG	3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Levi LewalF
JJ ChaikovskyF
Eyal NankinF
Kjell de GraafF
Cameron PiggeeG
Jalen RobinsonG
Elijah BuchananG

AMER

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Matt MayockF	25	6	2-5	2-5	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	2
Matt RogersF	28	28	12-18	2-3	2-3	11	1	0	2	3	2	9	2
Elijah StephensG	28	11	3-6	2-2	3-4	2	8	3	1	0	1	1	2
Lorenzo DonadioG	24	10	3-8	2-6	2-2	3	4	0	2	0	1	2	1
Lincoln BallG	32	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	8	6	2	0	0	2	6	1
Greg JonesF	7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jermaine Ballisager WebbC	12	8	2-2	0-0	4-6	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	2
Geoff SprouseG	18	10	2-7	2-6	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Colin SmallsG	26	11	4-10	2-7	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Noah JonesF
Gibraltar ColemanF
Mason WhittakerF
Matt DelaneyF
Adam HolodG
Alex DanielsG
Adrian SamuelsG
Chris GleatonG

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