NJIT Women's Basketball to Host America East Conference Quarterfinals March 5

The NJIT women's basketball team will host its first-ever America East Conference Postseason Tournament contest Saturday, March 5 inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center with tip-off slated for 4 p.m.

NJIT will host its third America East Conference postseason championship since joining the league in July 2020 – Men's and Women's Swimming Championships (April 23-25, 2021), Women's Soccer Quarterfinals (Oct. 31, 2021) and Women's Basketball Quarterfinals (March 5, 2022).

Women's Basketball Quarterfinal Tickets | Ticket Home Page
General Admission Adult $11.00
General Admission Youth 12U $5.00
Faculty/Staff With NJIT ID $5.00
America East Students With ID FREE

How We Got Here
The NJIT women's basketball team picked up its first win of the season and it was a big one, recording its first Big Ten program win with a 61-49 victory at Wisconsin Nov. 14, 2021.

The win over Wisconsin started a three-game win streak for the Highlanders (last time the Highlanders won three straight was in 2019-20 during a stretch of a pair of wins at home against St. Francis Brooklyn (Nov. 26, 2019) and Saint Peter's (Dec. 4, 2019) and on the road at Hartford (Dec. 7, 2019).

With a win at St. Francis Brooklyn on Dec. 11, 2021, NJIT closed out the non-conference slate with a 5-6 overall record.  

NJIT closed out 2021 with a bang, knocking off preseason favorite and defending America East Champions Stony Brook on December 30, 54-49, at home inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center.  It was the first time NJIT defeated the Seawolves in five meetings.

The win over Stony Brook sparked an NJIT 4-0 start in conference play for the first time in the NJIT Division I era.

NJIT picked up a pair of regular season sweeps over UMass Lowell and Binghamton this season.

The 14 wins this season is the second highest win total in the NJIT Division I level since 2012-13 when the Highlanders captured the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and won 16 games. Only the 2004-05 team (18 wins) and the 2005-06 team (17 wins in the program's final Division II season) have won more wins.

The nine wins in America East Conference is a program record and the eight road wins is also a new program record.