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Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at NJIT Highlanders

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
8-15, 3-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
54 - 66
NJIT Highlanders
18-5, 9-2 Home

NJIT beats FGCU 66-54 for 5th straight victory

Abdul Lewis, the co-player of the week, added nine points on 4-of-10 shooting for NJIT (18-5, 6-2 Atlantic Sun), which has won 11 of its last 14 games. NJIT had an 11-0 advantage in second-chance points and its bench outscored FGCU 24-7

Troy Baxter Jr. scored a career-high 21 points with four 3-pointers for the reigning regular-season champion Florida Gulf Coast (8-15, 3-5).

Schadrac Casimir and Baxter combined to score FGCU's opening 16 points of the game as the Eagles trailed by two points. FGCU's third player to score didn't happen until Donovan Greer's basket with 5:48 left in the first half. Baxter scored 13 points in the opening 20 minutes and FGCU trailed 30-26. Casimir finished the game with seven points, seven rebounds and four assists.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 54 - 66
2nd 0:09 Zach Cooks Steal. 54 - 66
2nd 0:10 Schadrac Casimir Turnover. 54 - 66
2nd 0:12 Schadrac Casimir Steal. 54 - 66
2nd 0:13 Zach Cooks Turnover. 54 - 66

Statistics

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23-47 FG 25-56
49 Field Goal % 45
7-24 3PT 7-17
29 Three Point % 41
1-4 FT 9-17
25 Free Throw % 53
26 Rebounds 35
1 Offensive Rebounds 11
25 Defensive Rebounds 24
13 Assists 7
6 Steals 9
4 Blocks 0
19 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 16
2 Fast Break Points 6
22 Points in Paint 32
15 Fouls 9
5 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

Venue: Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center

Location: Newark, NJ
Attendance: 520 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Sun Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Austin Peay 15-3 +1 22-9
Central Arkansas 15-3 +1 22-12
Queens University 13-5 2 21-14
Lipscomb 12-6 3 19-13
Florida Gulf Coast 8-10 7 16-18
West Georgia 8-10 6 15-17
Bellarmine 7-11 8 13-19
Jacksonville 7-11 8 12-20
Stetson 7-11 8 12-21
Eastern Kentucky 7-11 7 11-21
North Florida 5-13 10 7-25
North Alabama 4-14 10 9-21

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
Full Standings