Monmouth visits NJIT on 5-game road skid

Monmouth Hawks (3-6) at NJIT Highlanders (2-8)

Newark, New Jersey; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Monmouth will attempt to stop its five-game road skid when the Hawks play NJIT.

The Highlanders have gone 1-4 in home games. NJIT is second in the America East with 22.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Trinity Williams averaging 5.6.

The Hawks have gone 0-5 away from home. Monmouth has a 0-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

NJIT scores 69.3 points per game, 1.2 more points than the 68.1 Monmouth gives up. Monmouth has shot at a 39.1% rate from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points below the 40.7% shooting opponents of NJIT have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alejandra Zuniga is scoring 18.7 points per game with 3.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Highlanders.

Damaris Rodriguez is averaging 13.9 points and 3.6 assists for the Hawks.

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