BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont (17-11) (10-3 AE) visits NJIT (5-23) (2-11 AE) on Thursday evening. Action from the Wellness and Events Center (WEC) will tip off at 7 p.m. ET and it will be on ESPN+.  
 
BROADCAST INFORMATION
The conference clash will broadcast live on ESPN+. Fans can listen to the game for free on the Vermont Sports Network, from Learfield on The Game, which will air on 97.1 FM in Burlington, 105.9 FM in Plattsburgh, and 960 AM around the rest of the region. The radio broadcast is also available via the Varsity Network App with Brian McLaughlin on the call.
 
RELATED LINKS
Watch: ESPN+ 
Listen on Varsity Network App
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VERMONT OUTLOOK

• The Catamounts are coming off an 85-61 win against UMass Lowell on Saturday afternoon.
• Five different Catamounts earned double-digit scoring against UMass Lowell. TJ Hurley (20), Shamir Bogues (18), Sam Alamutu (14), Nick Fiorillo (12), and Ileri Ayo-Faleye (11) contributed for Vermont.
• TJ Hurley leads UVM in scoring averaging 15.8 points per game. He has had nine 20+ point games this season. Hurley ranks 32^nd in the country and 2^nd in the America East in free throw percentage. On the year, Hurley has shot 88.2 percent from the line.
• The Catamounts allow 64 points per game, which ranks UVM as the 16^th best scoring defense in the country and 1^st in the America East. UVM also ranks 63^rd in defending the three-point line, allowing opponents to shoot 31.3% from three. Vermont commits 13.9 fouls per game, which is the 13^th lowest.
• Catamounts are ranked 78^th in blocks per game (4.1). Ileri Ayo-Faleye ranks 33rd in the country with 1.82 blocks per game.
• Vermont sits in 2^nd place in the America East standings.

 
SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS

• NJIT is 5-23 on the year coming off a 91-95 loss against UMBC last Saturday.
• The Highlanders rank 38^th nationally in three-point percentage defense allowing opponents to shoot 30.6% from deep.
• NJIT ranks 100^th in the country in blocks per game (3.9).
• Sophomore guard Tariq Francis leads the Highlanders in scoring. On the year, Francis has averaged 18.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 37 assists per game. Francis ranks 3^rd in the America East in three pointers per game (2.5)
• This is the 16^th matchup between the Catamounts and the Highlanders. Vermont beat NJIT earlier this year 68-64.
• NJIT is currently 9^th in the America East standings.