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Lafayette Leopards at NJIT Highlanders

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Lafayette Leopards
1-2, 0-2 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
66 - 80
NJIT Highlanders
3-1, 2-0 Home

Coleman with 16 points, leads NJIT over Lafayette 80-66

Ky Howard had 17 points with seven assists for NJIT (3-1). Terrence Smith scored 17 points, Winfield Willis had 15 points, and Damon Lynn added 11 points with six assists for the Highlanders, who have won eight straight home games dating to last season.

Matt Klinewski scored 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting to lead Lafayette (1-2).

NJIT led 44-27 at halftime before the Leopards used a 19-6 run to pull to 50-46 with 13 minutes left. Klinewski scored eight points during the span.

Willis made a pair of free throws to spark a 12-7 surge to stretch NJIT's lead to 62-47, and the Highlanders led by double digits the rest of the way.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 66 - 80
2nd 0:14 Tyler Barlow made Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Orender. 66 - 80
2nd 0:28 NJIT Turnover. 64 - 80
2nd 0:54 NJIT Timeout 64 - 80
2nd 1:01 Matt Klinewski made Layup. Assisted by Eric Stafford. 64 - 80

Statistics

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23-59 FG 27-53
39 Field Goal % 51
3-14 3PT 7-21
21 Three Point % 33
17-25 FT 19-22
68 Free Throw % 86
30 Rebounds 38
13 Offensive Rebounds 10
17 Defensive Rebounds 28
17 Assists 21
6 Steals 3
2 Blocks 4
11 Turnovers 16
1 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 16
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Off Turnovers 13
6 Fast Break Points 6
30 Points in Paint 32
20 Fouls 21
3 Largest Lead 18

Game Information

Venue: Fleisher Center

Location: Newark, NJ
Capacity:

2025-26 Patriot League Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Navy 17-1 - 26-8
Colgate 11-7 6 18-15
Lehigh 11-7 6 18-17
Boston University 10-8 7 17-17
American University 9-9 8 16-16
Loyola Maryland 8-10 9 12-20
Lafayette 8-10 9 11-21
Bucknell 6-12 11 10-23
Army 5-13 12 11-21
Holy Cross 5-13 12 11-22

2025-26 America East Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
UMBC 14-2 - 24-9
Vermont 12-4 2 22-12
NJIT 10-6 4 16-17
UMass Lowell 9-7 5 15-18
UAlbany 7-9 7 11-21
Maine 6-10 8 8-24
New Hampshire 5-11 9 9-21
Bryant 5-11 9 9-22
Binghamton 4-12 10 8-23
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