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Welcome to
#HighlanderNation
, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫‼️
👉
@GrantBillmeier
⚔️ Helped lead Maryland to 2022-23 NCAA Tournament
⚔️ Spent 11 years on the Seton Hall staff
⚔️ Played four seasons at Seton Hall and two professionally in Europe
MORE:
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This is
@AnthonyTarke
, who became the 1st
@njithighlanders
ever to record a double-double (13 pts, 10 reb) in NCAA debut & just 5th by a FR!
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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 #𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐑𝐚𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬‼️
👉
@RaShawnStores
⚔️ Served as Interim Head Coach at Manhattan last season
⚔️ Spent six seasons on the staff at Manhattan
⚔️ Two-time captain and led the Jaspers to a pair of NCAA Tournaments
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If you build it...
@njithighlanders
practicing in fabulous new home — The WEC — for first time! Waiting for Lynn to walk out from cornfields
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A Successful First Day 𝙂𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 with our New Head Coach, Grant Billmeier‼️
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Freshman
@KachelriesDavid
was a part of two of the most exciting plays in
@njithighlanders
big win over Bryn Athyn (6-3) yesterday!
@emmausboysbball
@mcall
@69Sports
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This is 6-3 Rob Ukawuba
@Robaholic23
of
@njithighlanders
taking on 6-9, Caleb Swanigan, Purdue's preseason All-BIG 10 honoree. WOW!
#SCtop10
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"𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓 - 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒚𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒎."
- Spurs forward/'21 BIG EAST Player o/t Year Sandro Mamukelashvili
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🏀🇲🇽After missing time in preseason, talented
@njithighlanders
freshman
@Dwillis14
is starting to adjust to the
@NCAA
game -- and the sky is the limit! Read more: 👉🏾
#SkyIsTheLimit
@mundobskt
@CBACADEMYSPAIN
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What a truly great day to be a Highlander! For the first time in school history,
@njithighlanders
appear in the
@AP_Top25
🏀 "others receiving votes." A great reflection on
@BKennedyhoops
and his staff, as well as the 14 "grinders" on the roster and
@njit
administration!
@NJITAD
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Thanks to 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 for coming by and offering our squad some awesome advice...
You don't often get to hear from a Hall of Famer and one of the best to ever lace them up!
🤝
@CoachEwing33
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With his fourth point tonight,
@zachcooks15
has eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in just the sixth game of his junior season!
Congrats Zach!
#sacrifice
|
#ASUNMBB
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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 #𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫‼️
👉
@TommyMessinger
⚔️ Led Hargrave Military Academy to 114-8 record in 3 seasons
⚔️ Finished 44-2,
#1
in the nation in 2022-23
⚔️ Next Up Recruits National Postgraduate Coach of the Year
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"I want to 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭. I want to 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩. I want to 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. I want to 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞. That's how I see this program being built." -
@GrantBillmeier
FULL PRESS CONFERENCE:
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Best NJIT men's basketball win of the decade?
Yeah, that's an easy one...
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1,228 minutes and 23 seconds.
No player in the country has played more D-I basketball than Zach Cooks 🤯
@zachcooks15
|
#EveryDay
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At 5'9", there's not much
@zachcooks15
can't do. Here are some of his top plays today, as he tied a career high with 25 points (10-19 FG) in
@njithighlanders
' 94-71 loss at UMass Lowell.
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Congratulations to Diego Willis on being selected as a member of the Mexican National Team! Good luck as they take on the USA & Puerto Rico this week!
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Who wants to tell them...
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🎓🎓🎓
Major congrats are in order for
@shyquan_g
, who will complete his Master's Degree this month following a tremendous career at
@NJIT
both on the court AND in the classroom!
⚔️ 125 GP (program-record)
⚔️ 3X ASUN All-Academic
⚔️ Began full-time job as an accountant in Oct.
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𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐃...
Beat the First Place Team: ✔️
Beat the Second Place Team: ✔️
NJIT Leaders:
⚔️ Tariq Francis: 26 Points, 7 Rebounds
⚔️ Elijah Buchanan: 21 Points (1,000th-career collegiate point), 5 Rebounds, 3 Blocks
⚔️ Mekhi Gray: 10 Points, 6 Rebounds, 4 Steals
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"We will look like every other successful team from New Jersey - 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐃i𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡." -
@GrantBillmeier
What a great day at NJIT, welcoming Coach Billmeier & his family to
#HighlanderNation
!
Full Gallery:
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A closer look
@AnthonyTarke
's game-high 21-point effort. He's now led
@njithighlanders
in scoring the last 4 G, avg'g 17.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.8 spg in the span
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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 #𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐬‼️
👉
@PeteLappas
⚔️ Spent 2022-23 as an Assistant Coach at Wagner
⚔️ Was on staff at FDU for prior eight seasons
⚔️ Helped Coach FDU to a pair of NEC titles and NCAA Tournament Appearances
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𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐍!
Dylan O'Hearn scores 42 points for a new 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 as NJIT comes back from 16 points down in the second half.
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Through five games,
@zachcooks15
is averaging 24.6 ppg, that ranks:
-1⃣st in
@ASUNMBB
-8⃣th in the
@NCAA
The 5-9 junior is also just four points away from 1,000 for his career.
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Prior to last night's game,
@NJITAD
and
@BKennedyhoops
presented
@zachcooks15
with a commemorative ball for scoring his 1,000th-career point.
Cooks, a junior, currently has 1,106 career points, which ranks 27th in program history.
#sacrifice
|
#ASUNMBB
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"𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑵𝑱𝑰𝑻 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍."
- Seton Hall University Head Coach Shaheen Halloway
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Thanks to
@SC_ESPN
for recognizing the
@njithighlanders
in the Top-10 Plays last night... and for pronouncing
@Robaholic23
's name properly!
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Win #🔟 for
@njithighlanders
-- holding Fordham to 2 points over the final 5:55 of the game for a 53-50 win! Fastest to 🔟 wins in the 97-year history of the program!
@ASUNMBB
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Kjell de Graaf scores 18 second half points, including the final two of the game, as NJIT comes back from 22-point deficit to defeat host UMBC for Grant Billmeier's first-career America East Conference win!
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Relive the first dunk in WEC history as
@njithighlanders
sophomore
@AnthonyTarke
throws down last night (the first of MANY)
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For the first time since 2012-13...𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝟑-𝟎 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘‼️
More 🔜...
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🎬| 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐚𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬
NJIT's Matt Provence recently sat down with the newest member of
#HighlanderNation
,
@RaShawnStores
.
FULL INTERVIEW:
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We'd like to welcome our incoming Freshman to campus for orientation! Check out Freshman Features & learn more about the newest Highlanders!
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.
@AnthonyTarke
is the leading freshman scorer in
@ASUNMBB
play (12.0 ppg). He's avg'g 19.0 since becoming a starter last 3G
@njithighlanders
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A message to all
@njithighlanders
,
@SHUAthletics
, and New Jersey Basketball fans from Head Coach Grant Billmeier:
🎟️|
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HIGHLANDERS WIN!
Kjell de Graaf converts a putback with 2.0 on the clock and NJIT comes from behind to defeat Fordham 80-77!
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Our guy! Please identify yourself and know that you always have a prime ticket at the WEC to watch
@njithighlanders
ANYTIME you can make it to Newark!
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We would like to formally welcome our incoming Freshman to the NJIT Basketball Family! Learn more about our three newest Highlanders here:
#Souleymane
@Dwillis14
@Kjellbball
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🗓️ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 🗓️
@zachcooks15
became the 31st player in program history to score his 1,000th career point.
Cooks enters the 2020-21 season with 1,464 points, which ranks 10th all-time.
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𝐆𝐎𝐓. 𝐈𝐓. 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄.
The Highlanders Hand Vermont Its First America East Loss in Over a Year!
NJIT Leaders:
⚔️ Tariq Francis: Career-High 31 Points, 8 Rebounds
⚔️ Elijah Buchanan: 12 Points, 3 Assists
⚔️ Mekhi Gray: 8 Points, 5 Rebounds
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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒆𝒕...
Grant Billmeier has promoted Mike Hamlin and hired Vincent Tamburo to complete his inaugural staff!
⚔️HC:
@GrantBillmeier
⚔️AC:
@RaShawnStores
⚔️AC:
@PeteLappas
⚔️AC:
@TommyMessinger
⚔️AC:
@coach_m_hamlin
⚔️DOBO:
@VinnieT023
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🗣️ 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅‼️
👉 Grant Billmeier's Introductory Press Conference
🗓️| Thursday, April 20
⌚️| 12pm
🏟️| NJIT's Wellness and Events Center (Please Enter at the NE Corner of Warren and Lock Streets)
Can't make it to Newark? The event will be streamed on ESPN+!
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HIGHLANDERS WIN!
Tariq Francis scores a career-high 31 and NJIT ends Vermont's 23-game America East Conference Winning Streak!
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🚨 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖 🚨
👉 Grant Billmeier Introductory Press Conference
📍| Newark, NJ
⌚️| 12pm
🏟️| NJIT's Wellness and Events Center
💻| ESPN+
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MUST WATCH VIDEO!
@njithighlanders
freshman
@zachcooks15
continues to heat up. The Lawrenceville, Ga., native has been in the Top 10 in
@ASUNMBB
in steals per game while ranking 5th in scoring among ASUN freshmen. You realize 'there's never enough Cooks!'
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One of the top
@njithighlanders
moments at Temple Saturday was a thunderous dunk from Anthony Tarke, caught on film by Michael McLaughlin!
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Hey Siri, play Started From The Bottom by
@Drake
🎶📈
If you played College Hoops 2K8 you know New Jersey Tech (NJIT) was the lowest independent the worst team in the game.
Currently, NJIT is higher in the RPI than:
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This is
@njithighlanders
freshman point guard
@zachcooks15
. Evidentially, the Lawrenceville, Ga., native is a true “can’t miss” prospect!
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"I'm excited to welcome Ricardo Rush Jr. to the NJIT Basketball Family! Ricardo brings a tremendous amount of experience having working at all levels of the game, from AAU all the way to the NBA."
-Head Coach Brian Kennedy
MORE:
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⚔️ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒘 ⚔️
Meet our 6⃣ freshmen:
0⃣ Levar Williams (Hyde Park, MA)
1⃣0⃣ Caleb Matthews (Smyrna, DE)
1⃣3⃣ Jason Murphy (Owings Mills, MD)
2⃣2⃣ Byron 'Tre' Breland III (New Haven, CT)
3⃣2⃣ Xavier Mayo (Beacon, NY)
3⃣5⃣ Da'mir Faison (Philadelphia, PA)
#Sacrifice
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✅ First ASUN Championship Win
✅ First Win at FGCU
✅ Tie Program Wins Record
✅ Eleventh Road Win
Onward to Lipscomb ⚔️
#EveryDay
|
#ASUNMadness
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A 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥 FOR OUR FIRST
@AMERICAEAST
W!
San Antonio Brinson's putback at the buzzer gives
@NJIT
the W over league favorite Vermont!
More Soon...
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L3⃣VAR WILLIAMS‼️
@LWill_2
scored a career-high 1⃣1⃣ points last night with three 3⃣-pointers followed by a steal and a layup.
Check it out ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Can't wait to have fans back at the WEC, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐝-𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲!
📍 Wellness and Events Center | Newark, NJ
⚔️ Est. 2017
⚔️ Capacity: 3,500
⚔️ Located right on campus
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Damon Lynn with the shot! W/ 2 treys,
@Boobi3Lynn
(413) passes the great Steph Curry (414) for 8th all-time in career 3FGM!
@njithighlanders
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Senior captain
@shyquan_g
wasn't getting back on the bus without a W.
Nine second half points for the
@SAHSFriarNation
product -- none bigger than these two.
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Thank you to Coach Hurley, a Naismith Hall of Fame member and coaching icon, for speaking to the NJIT Student-Athletes at our Welcome Back BBQ this afternoon!
#Sacrifice
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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 to the WEC,
@shyquan_g
...
Shyquan Gibbs '20 was on campus this afternoon checking in on the Highlanders' practice!
No one in NJIT Men's Basketball history has played in more games than Gibbs (125), who was the starting PG on our 22-win squad in 2018-19.
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The Show Must Go On! ⚔️
@NJIT
will host
@QU_MBB
in the CIT on Monday, March 18!
#EveryDay
|
#HighlanderNation
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#SCTop10
🤝
@Jameslee_4
James Lee's big dunk in last night's win was featured as the Number 8 play on ESPN SportsCenter this morning!
👀⬇️
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Have been waiting awhile to see Emmaus HS standout
@KachelriesDavid
in
@njithighlanders
uniform. Net doesn’t move. Get used to that!
#scorer
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We would like to wish a Happy Brithday to Head Coach
@BKennedyhoops
and the newest addition to the Highlander Family,
@Dwillis14
! ⚔️🏀⚔️
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On a cold day in Newark, here's a blazing-hot stat:
@njithighlanders
freshman
@zachcooks15
leads the
@ASUNMBB
in three-point FG% at a sizzling .586 (17-for-29) in conference play! For the season, he ranks 3rd at in impressive .455 from deep!
@GaLawrenceville
@BerkmarHoops
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One of just 1⃣2⃣ D-I players to average 17+ Points Per Game and 2+ Steals Per Game...
Zach Cooks is ELITE ⚔️🏀
#EveryDay
|
#HighlanderNation
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🏅 𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗖 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 🏅
Congrats to
@ZachCooks15
who earned his second-career
@NABC1927
All-District Honor as he was one of four
@AmericaEast
players named All-District 1!
#EveryDay
|
#AEHoops
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Inside, outside. Offensive, defensive --
@zachcooks15
was simply nastu tonight for
@njithighlanders
(27 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals).
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4⃣2⃣ Points‼️
⚔️ Most in Program History
⚔️ 36 Points After Halftime
⚔️ All 15 of NJIT's Points in the Overtimes
⚔️ 13-of-15 from the Foul Line
⚔️ Played All 50 Minutes
🤝 Have A Day,
@5dylanprice
🤝
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𝐍𝐉𝐈𝐓 🤝 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥
The Highlanders and Pirates are teaming up to benefit
@TEAMWALKERJC
...
NJIT will host Seton Hall in a charity exhibition on October 28 in efforts to raise money and awareness for Team Walker!
MORE:
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Miles Coleman scores a career-high 24 points to help us
#ProtectTheWEC
for the second-straight game...
We'll look for three in a row at home on Thursday!
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Great news for the
@njithighlanders
family, as Damon Lynn has signed to play in the NBA G-League with the Texas Legends, minor league affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks. Read more:
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