Movement Towards March Madness Starts Monday

Written by: Deric Raymond
Published: Monday, February 26, 2018

The No. 4 seeded NJIT Highlanders (14-15, 7-7 ASUN) will host the No. 5 seeded North Florida Ospreys (13-18, 7-7 ASUN) in the ASUN Quarterfinals Monday night at the state-of-the art Wellness and Events Center (WEC) in Newark.

The Highlanders closed the regular season with a 76-67 victory at USC Upstate Thursday, while North Florida dropped an 86-81 decision at Jacksonville.

NJIT is 0-2 all-time in ASUN Tournament contests after falling in the quarterfinals to No. 7 seed Stetson in 2015-16 and No. 2 seed Lipscomb in 2016-17.

The winner of this contest will play the winner of No. 1 seed Florida Gulf Coast/No. 8 seed USC Upstate in the ASUN Semifinals Thursday, March 1.

NJIT went 10-6 at the WEC this season.

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