St. John's coach Chris Mullin congratulates NJIT
coach Jim Engles after the game
Hearty congratulations to the NJIT
Highlander basketball team who defeated the Red Storm of St. John's
University 83-74 at Carnesecca Arena. Yours truly, Karen and Lee
were in the stands rooting the team representing my employer.
Congratulations are in order for all the players, coaches, and
Athletic Director Lenny Kaplan as for the first time NJIT has beaten
a school from the Big East Conference.
It seems strange that I never seen the
men's basketball team at Newark, but I saw them twice at St. Johns
and once at Hofstra as they lost all three games. As I mentioned
before I got the tickets about a week ago at a bargain from Stub Hub.
We drove over to the campus and we ran into Lenny in the lobby as we
entered.
The Highlanders lead for most of the
game as Damon Lynn led with 32 points. Chris Jenkins, Ky Howard,
and Tim Coleman also scored in double figures. The Highlanders now
have a 7-5 in games outside the Atlantic Sun Conference which they
joined this past year.
When NJIT scored a basket I looked to
my left and saw a handful of people cheering. I went over during
halftime and found out they were from the Athletics Department. One
of the gentlemen I spoke to was the tennis coach. I did find any
students in the stands.
I must say that this victory was a
pleasant surprise for me. I must admit that when NJIT first moved to
Division I sports from Division II I was skeptical that the teams
could be competitive at that level. It took a few years and
recruiting the right student athletes for the team to succeed.
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