JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | The New Jersey City University women's basketball team (0-4, 0-2 NJAC) plays host to Rowan University (2-4, 1-1 NJAC) on Saturday, December 1 at 1:00 p.m. on Coach Charlie Brown Court at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center.
 
Saturday's game will be the 2018-19 home opener, writ large, for the Knights, who have started their season with four games on the road, after their originally scheduled home opener against Pratt Institute (1-2) was postponed due to the crippling snowstorm that hit the are on November 15.              
 
COVERAGE:

• GOTHICVISION BROADCAST LINK: www.njcugothicknights.com/GothicVision
• ANNOUNCER: John Kelly Jr.
• LIVE STATS: https://njcugothicknights.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary

 
ADMISSION:

• General Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children/seniors.
• NJCU students are admitted free with student ID. As part of the NJAC's Cans Across the Conference food drive initiative, all fans who bring three (3) canned or non-perishable items will be admitted free.  

 
QUICK HITS:

• The Knights come into the game on the back of a pair of road NJAC losses. The Profs have split their conference matchups this season, defeating Rutgers-Camden 91-81 on the road in both team's conference opener, before falling 79-70 at home to preseason league favorite The College of New Jersey in the Profs' most recent outing.
• The Profs play at a fast pace, averaging the second-most points scored (74.0), as well as the most points allowed (72.3), per game of any NJAC team in 2018-19. They get lots of steals (13.5 per game, second in the NJAC), but they also allow both the most three pointers and the highest shooting percentage on threes of any team in the NJAC.

• 2018-19 NJCU Per Game Leaders
  Points:	Marajiah Bacon (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) (19.8)
  Rebounds:	Bacon (9.8)
  Assists:	Bacon (2.5)
  Minutes:	Bacon (38.0)
  3PT Made:	Bacon (1.8)
  Steals:	Bacon (3.8)
  Blocks:	Zyearah Taylor-Gaston (Jersey City, NJ/Marist (via St. Anthony)) (1.0)
  FT Made:	Bacon and Jasmine Reese (Jersey City, NJ/Hudson Catholic) (3.0)

  Looking to take advantage of those possible opportunities behind the arc will be a Gothic Knight offense headed by senior captain guard Marajiah Bacon (Neptune, NJ/Neptune). The Kean University transfer has topped 20 points in three of her four games this season, with a pair of double-doubles already. She is averaging 19.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 3.8 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game.
• The Knights will also need production from their star freshman, Jasmine Reese (Jersey City, NJ/Hudson Catholic), who tallied double-doubles in her first two games with the program. She is averaging 12.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game this season. Miesha Bacon (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) is the Knights third-leading scorer and is coming off a season-high 10 points the Knights last time out.
• For the Profs, they are led by junior guard Dominique Peters (Lawrenceville, N.J.), who is averaging 16.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, despite having started only two games and currently ranking fifth on the team in minutes per game. Freshman center Ayanna Johnson (Ewing, N.J.) will provide the size and strength inside, and she is averaging nearly a double-double this season—8.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. Also watch out for Olivia Rulon (Cape May Court House, N.J.) from deep, as she is tied for third in the league with 11 made threes this season.   

 
SERIES:

• 59th meeting. Rowan has won the past six and leads the series, 46-12.

 
LAST MEETING:

• February 3, 2018. Rowan defeated NJCU in Jersey City, 93-31.

 
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2018-19 NJAC Statistical Comparison: NJCU vs. Rowan
CATEGORY	NJCU STAT	NJCU RANK (of 10)	ROWAN STAT	ROWAN RANK (of 10)
Scoring Offense	50.8	10th	74.0	2nd
Scoring Defense	70.2	9th	72.3	10th
Scoring Margin	-19.5	10th	+1.7	7th
Free Throw Pct	.563	9th	.577	8th
Field Goal Pct	.285	10th	.405	3rd
Field Goal Pct Defense	.386	6th	.380	5th
3-Point Field Goal Pct	.141	10th	.236	6th
3-Point Field Goal Pct Defense	.333	8th	.343	10th
Rebounding Offense	43.2	3rd	42.5	4th
Rebounding Defense	52.0	10th	41.5	8th
Rebounding Margin	-8.8	10th	+1.0	4th
Blocked Shots	2.0	9th	2.3	8th
Assists	8.3	10th	13.5	5th
Steals	9.0	8th	13.5	2nd
Turnover Margin	-0.50	7th	+3.83	3rd
Assist/Turnover Ratio	0.4	10th	0.7	7th
Offensive Rebounds	18.8	2nd	15.7	3rd
Defensive Rebounds	24.5	9th	26.8	4th
Defensive Rebound Pct	.563	9th	.676	3rd
Offensive Rebound Pct	.362	3rd	.353	4th
3-Point Field Goals Made	2.8	10th	4.8	5th