Niagara 89-81 NJIT (16 Dec, 2023) Play-by-Play

NJIT Highlanders

2-8, 1-6 away

	1	2	T
NJIT	39	42	81
NIA	38	51	89

Niagara Purple Eagles

3-6, 2-4 home

TIME		NJIT	NIA
19:33	Kjell de Graaf made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adam Hess.	3	0
19:22	Niagara Timeout	3	0
19:02	Yaw Obeng-Mensah made Jumper.	3	2
18:45	Kjell de Graaf made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sebastian Robinson.	6	2
18:19	Harlan Obioha missed Layup.	6	2
18:14	Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.	6	2
18:09	Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.	6	2
18:01	Kjell de Graaf Offensive Rebound.	6	2
18:01	Kjell de Graaf made Dunk.	8	2
17:47	Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.	8	2
17:43	Yaw Obeng-Mensah Offensive Rebound.	8	2
17:40	Foul on Elijah Buchanan.	8	2
17:37	Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Layup.	8	2
17:34	Yaw Obeng-Mensah Offensive Rebound.	8	2
17:33	Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Layup.	8	2
17:31	Harlan Obioha Offensive Rebound.	8	2
17:30	Harlan Obioha made Layup.	8	4
17:02	Elijah Buchanan made Jumper.	10	4
16:55	Ahmad Henderson II missed Three Point Jumper.	10	4
16:50	Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.	10	4
16:40	Kjell de Graaf missed Layup.	10	4
16:40	Harlan Obioha Block.	10	4
16:33	Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.	10	4
16:29	Foul on Sebastian Robinson.	10	4
16:28	Ahmad Henderson II made Free Throw.	10	5
16:28	Ahmad Henderson II made Free Throw.	10	6
16:12	Sebastian Robinson made Layup.	12	6
15:43	Braxton Bayless made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Harlan Obioha.	12	9
15:26	Official TV Timeout	12	9
15:15	Tariq Francis missed Jumper.	12	9
15:10	Daniel Schreier Offensive Rebound.	12	9
15:08	Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daniel Schreier.	15	9
14:46	Randy Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.	15	9
14:42	Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.	15	9
14:27	Daniel Schreier missed Layup.	15	9
14:24	Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.	15	9
14:21	Braxton Bayless made Layup.	15	11
13:57	Elijah Buchanan made Layup.	17	11
13:41	Dre Bullock missed Three Point Jumper.	17	11
13:38	Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.	17	11
13:30	Elijah Buchanan Turnover.	17	11
13:30	Braxton Bayless Steal.	17	11
13:24	Braxton Bayless made Jumper.	17	13
12:52	Tariq Francis made Jumper.	19	13
12:32	Harlan Obioha made Layup.	19	15
12:32	Foul on Elijah Buchanan.	19	15
12:32	Harlan Obioha made Free Throw.	19	16
12:15	Kjell de Graaf made Dunk. Assisted by Tariq Francis.	21	16
12:00	Ahmad Henderson II missed Layup.	21	16
11:58	Aime Rutayisire Offensive Rebound.	21	16
11:57	Aime Rutayisire made Layup.	21	18
11:38	Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.	21	18
11:33	Kwane Marble Defensive Rebound.	21	18
11:32	Kwane Marble Turnover.	21	18
11:32	Official TV Timeout	21	18
11:13	Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.	21	18
11:11	Niagara Deadball Team Rebound.	21	18
11:01	Braxton Bayless Turnover.	21	18
11:01	Jeffrey Akintolu Steal.	21	18
10:56	Foul on Kwane Marble.	21	18
10:56	Kjell de Graaf missed Free Throw.	21	18
10:56	NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.	21	18
10:56	Kjell de Graaf made Free Throw.	22	18
10:41	Ahmad Henderson II missed Jumper.	22	18
10:38	Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.	22	18
10:28	Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeffrey Akintolu.	25	18
10:06	Yaw Obeng-Mensah made Layup. Assisted by Braxton Bayless.	25	20
9:49	Foul on Tariq Francis.	25	20
9:49	Tariq Francis Turnover.	25	20
9:34	Braxton Bayless Turnover.	25	20
9:25	Kjell de Graaf missed Three Point Jumper.	25	20
9:21	Ahmad Henderson II Defensive Rebound.	25	20
9:12	Harlan Obioha missed Layup.	25	20
9:08	Kjell de Graaf Defensive Rebound.	25	20
9:07	Foul on Ahmad Henderson II.	25	20
9:07	Mekhi Gray made Free Throw.	26	20
9:07	Mekhi Gray made Free Throw.	27	20
8:58	Foul on Harlan Obioha.	27	20
8:58	Harlan Obioha Turnover.	27	20
8:44	Mekhi Gray missed Layup.	27	20
8:43	Niagara Deadball Team Rebound.	27	20
8:35	Foul on Tariq Francis.	27	20
8:30	Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Layup.	27	20
8:28	Jeffrey Akintolu Defensive Rebound.	27	20
8:23	Sebastian Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.	27	20
8:20	Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.	27	20
8:16	Yaw Obeng-Mensah made Dunk. Assisted by Ahmad Henderson II.	27	22
7:55	Sebastian Robinson missed Jumper.	27	22
7:51	Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.	27	22
7:47	Foul on Sebastian Robinson.	27	22
7:47	Official TV Timeout	27	22
7:36	Braxton Bayless missed Three Point Jumper.	27	22
7:33	Harlan Obioha Offensive Rebound.	27	22
7:31	Harlan Obioha made Layup.	27	24
7:19	Foul on Luke Bumbalough.	27	24
6:59	Adam Hess missed Three Point Jumper.	27	24
6:56	Ahmad Henderson II Defensive Rebound.	27	24
6:56	Foul on Sebastian Robinson.	27	24
6:56	Ahmad Henderson II made Free Throw.	27	25
6:56	Ahmad Henderson II made Free Throw.	27	26
6:41	Elijah Buchanan made Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.	29	26
6:19	Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Layup.	29	26
6:13	Yaw Obeng-Mensah Offensive Rebound.	29	26
6:13	Yaw Obeng-Mensah made Dunk.	29	28
6:03	Foul on Luke Bumbalough.	29	28
6:02	Adam Hess missed Free Throw.	29	28
6:02	NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.	29	28
6:02	Adam Hess missed Free Throw.	29	28
6:02	NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.	29	28
6:02	Adam Hess made Free Throw.	30	28
5:41	Randy Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.	30	28
5:38	Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.	30	28
5:33	Tariq Francis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mekhi Gray.	33	28
5:08	Ahmad Henderson II made Layup. Assisted by Harlan Obioha.	33	30
4:47	Adam Hess missed Jumper.	33	30
4:43	Randy Tucker Defensive Rebound.	33	30
4:32	Yaw Obeng-Mensah missed Jumper.	33	30
4:29	NJIT Deadball Team Rebound.	33	30
4:07	Tariq Francis missed Three Point Jumper.	33	30
4:04	Tariq Francis Offensive Rebound.	33	30
4:03	Tariq Francis made Jumper.	35	30
3:40	Braxton Bayless made Jumper.	35	32
3:12	Mekhi Gray missed Layup.	35	32
3:10	Elijah Buchanan Offensive Rebound.	35	32
3:08	Elijah Buchanan missed Jumper.	35	32
3:06	Kjell de Graaf Offensive Rebound.	35	32
3:00	Elijah Buchanan made Layup.	37	32
3:00	Foul on Ahmad Henderson II.	37	32
3:00	Official TV Timeout	37	32
3:00	Elijah Buchanan missed Free Throw.	37	32
2:58	Kwane Marble Defensive Rebound.	37	32
2:38	Kwane Marble made Layup.	37	34
2:24	Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.	37	34
2:21	Kwane Marble Defensive Rebound.	37	34
2:04	Braxton Bayless missed Jumper.	37	34
2:00	Harlan Obioha Offensive Rebound.	37	34
1:58	Foul on Mekhi Gray.	37	34
1:58	Kwane Marble made Free Throw.	37	35
1:58	Kwane Marble made Free Throw.	37	36
1:33	Kjell de Graaf missed Layup.	37	36
1:31	Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.	37	36
1:24	Harlan Obioha Turnover.	37	36
0:59	Tariq Francis missed Layup.	37	36
0:59	Kwane Marble Block.	37	36
0:54	Kwane Marble Defensive Rebound.	37	36
0:40	Braxton Bayless made Layup.	37	38
0:39	NJIT Timeout	37	38
0:28	Foul on Aime Rutayisire.	37	38
0:28	Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.	38	38
0:28	Elijah Buchanan made Free Throw.	39	38
0:03	Randy Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.	39	38
0:00	Adam Hess Defensive Rebound.	39	38
0:00	End of 1st half	39	38

Gallagher Center

6:00 PM, 16 December 2023

Niagara Falls, NY

Attendance: 362

Referees:
John Cahill Jr.
Carl Luciano
Matt Lavigne

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
UAlbany	0-0	-	3-1
Bryant	0-0	-	3-2
UMass Lowell	0-0	-	3-2
UMBC	0-0	-	3-3
Maine	0-0	-	2-3
Vermont	0-0	-	2-3
Binghamton	0-0	-	2-4
New Hampshire	0-0	-	2-6
NJIT	0-0	-	0-6

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Marist	0-0	-	3-1
Mount St. Mary's	0-0	-	3-2
Quinnipiac	0-0	-	3-2
Rider	0-0	-	3-2
Siena	0-0	-	3-2
Manhattan	0-0	-	2-2
Fairfield	0-0	-	2-3
Saint Peter's	0-0	-	2-3
Sacred Heart	0-0	-	2-5
Merrimack	0-0	-	1-3
Iona	0-0	-	1-4
Niagara	0-0	-	1-4
Canisius	0-0	-	0-6

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