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Gray and NJIT knock off Fordham 80-77

AP
Dec 07, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) Mekhi Gray led NJIT with 21 points and Kjell de Graaf secured the victory with a layup with two seconds left as the Highlanders knocked off Fordham 80-77 on Wednesday night.

Gray was 5 of 13 shooting, including 4 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 7 for 8 from the line for the Highlanders (2-6). Elijah Buchanan scored 18 points and added six rebounds. Adam Hess was 4 of 8 shooting (4 for 6 from 3-point range) to finish with 14 points.

Abdou Tsimbila led the Rams (4-5) in scoring, finishing with 18 points, 14 rebounds and nine blocked shots. Fordham also got 13 points from Will Richardson and Joshua Rivera scored 11 points.

NJIT travels to face Wake Forest Saturday.

Fordham will play North Texas on Sunday in the NABC Brooklyn Showcase.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
NJIT
Highlanders
32
FOR
Rams
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Daniel Schreier vs. Kyle Rose (Rams gains possession)
19:36	+2	Japhet Medor makes two point layup	0-2
19:22		Kyle Rose personal foul
19:10	+3	Elijah Buchanan makes three point jump shot	3-2
18:46		Japhet Medor misses three point jump shot
18:44		Highlanders defensive rebound
18:31	+2	Daniel Schreier makes two point layup (Adam Hess assists)	5-2
18:10	+3	Kyle Rose makes three point jump shot (Abdou Tsimbila assists)	5-5
17:52		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Elijah Buchanan's two point layup
17:50		Abdou Tsimbila defensive rebound
17:43		Sebastian Robinson personal foul
17:34	+2	Joshua Rivera makes two point jump shot (Japhet Medor assists)	5-7
17:08		Elijah Buchanan misses three point jump shot
17:06		Kyle Rose defensive rebound
16:50		Abdou Tsimbila turnover (lost ball) (Elijah Buchanan steals)
16:29		Sebastian Robinson offensive foul
16:29		Sebastian Robinson turnover (offensive foul)
16:09	+2	Abdou Tsimbila makes two point dunk (Antrell Charlton assists)	5-9
15:51		Japhet Medor personal foul
15:51		TV timeout
15:45		Kjell de Graaf misses three point jump shot
15:43		Abdou Tsimbila defensive rebound
15:21		Will Richardson turnover (bad pass) (Mekhi Gray steals)
15:00	+2	Kjell de Graaf makes two point dunk (Tariq Francis assists)	7-9
14:51		Zach Riley turnover (Tariq Francis steals)
14:36		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Mekhi Gray's two point layup
14:34		Abdou Tsimbila defensive rebound
14:21		Elijah Gray misses two point jump shot
14:19		Elijah Buchanan defensive rebound
14:09	+2	Elijah Buchanan makes two point layup	9-9
13:54		Zach Riley misses three point jump shot
13:52		Abdou Tsimbila offensive rebound
13:44	+3	Will Richardson makes three point jump shot (Antrell Charlton assists)	9-12
13:30		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Tariq Francis's two point layup
13:28		Highlanders offensive rebound
13:17		Elijah Gray shooting foul (Kjell de Graaf draws the foul)
13:17		Kjell de Graaf misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:17	+1	Kjell de Graaf makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-12
13:04		Elijah Gray misses two point layup
13:02		Adam Hess defensive rebound
12:55		Adam Hess misses three point jump shot
12:53		Elijah Gray defensive rebound
12:39		Will Richardson misses three point jump shot
12:37		Rams offensive rebound
12:36		Adam Hess personal foul
12:32	+2	Romad Dean makes two point layup (Will Richardson assists)	10-14
12:20		Tariq Francis misses two point jump shot
12:18		Highlanders offensive rebound
12:16		Kjell de Graaf misses three point jump shot
12:14		Rams defensive rebound
12:04		Will Richardson misses two point layup
12:02		Jake Goldberg defensive rebound
11:48		Joshua Rivera blocks Tariq Francis's two point layup
11:46		Joshua Rivera defensive rebound
11:41		Jeffrey Akintolu shooting foul
11:41		TV timeout
11:41	+1	Antrell Charlton makes regular free throw 1 of 1	10-15
11:41		Antrell Charlton misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:41		Adam Hess defensive rebound
11:36		Adam Hess turnover (lost ball) (Will Richardson steals)
11:15		Adam Hess shooting foul (Joshua Rivera draws the foul)
11:15		Joshua Rivera misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:15	+1	Joshua Rivera makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-16
10:56		Mekhi Gray misses two point layup
10:54		Mekhi Gray offensive rebound
10:47	+3	Elijah Buchanan makes three point jump shot (Mekhi Gray assists)	13-16
10:36		Romad Dean misses three point jump shot
10:34		Elijah Buchanan defensive rebound
10:27		Will Richardson personal foul
10:22		Elijah Buchanan misses three point jump shot
10:20		Romad Dean defensive rebound
10:12		Will Richardson misses three point jump shot
10:10		Elijah Buchanan defensive rebound
10:02	+3	Adam Hess makes three point jump shot (Sebastian Robinson assists)	16-16
9:40	+2	Joshua Rivera makes two point layup (Kyle Rose assists)	16-18
9:19		Joshua Rivera shooting foul (Kjell de Graaf draws the foul)
9:19		Kjell de Graaf misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:19	+1	Kjell de Graaf makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-18
9:07	+2	Abdou Tsimbila makes two point layup (Elijah Gray assists)	17-20
8:47	+2	Elijah Buchanan makes two point jump shot	19-20
8:24		Daniel Schreier personal foul
8:19	+2	Japhet Medor makes two point layup	19-22
8:06		Tariq Francis turnover (lost ball) (Elijah Gray steals)
7:43	+2	Elijah Gray makes two point dunk (Kyle Rose assists)	19-24
7:36		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Daniel Schreier's two point layup
7:34		Elijah Gray defensive rebound
7:32		Japhet Medor misses three point jump shot
7:30		Tariq Francis defensive rebound
7:23		Mekhi Gray misses three point jump shot
7:21		Elijah Gray defensive rebound
7:11	+3	Elijah Gray makes three point jump shot (Japhet Medor assists)	19-27
7:10		Highlanders 30 second timeout
7:10		TV timeout
7:05		Antrell Charlton personal foul
6:57	+3	Sebastian Robinson makes three point jump shot (Elijah Buchanan assists)	22-27
6:35	+2	Elijah Gray makes two point layup (Japhet Medor assists)	22-29
6:10		Adam Hess misses three point jump shot
6:08		Abdou Tsimbila defensive rebound
5:56		Daniel Schreier shooting foul (Abdou Tsimbila draws the foul)
5:56		Abdou Tsimbila misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:56	+1	Abdou Tsimbila makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-30
5:46		Mekhi Gray misses three point jump shot
5:44		Antrell Charlton defensive rebound
5:35		Antrell Charlton misses two point jump shot
5:33		Adam Hess defensive rebound
5:19		Japhet Medor personal foul (Kjell de Graaf draws the foul)
5:19	+1	Kjell de Graaf makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-30
5:19	+1	Kjell de Graaf makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-30
4:59	+3	Joshua Rivera makes three point jump shot (Antrell Charlton assists)	24-33
4:38		Elijah Buchanan misses three point jump shot
4:36		Antrell Charlton defensive rebound
4:30	+3	Kyle Rose makes three point jump shot (Antrell Charlton assists)	24-36
4:28		Highlanders 30 second timeout
4:28		TV timeout
4:12		Ogheneyole Akuwovo blocks Kjell de Graaf's two point layup
4:10		Ogheneyole Akuwovo defensive rebound
3:57		Joshua Rivera misses two point layup
3:55		Will Richardson offensive rebound
3:45		Ogheneyole Akuwovo turnover (out of bounds)
3:32		Joshua Rivera personal foul (Mekhi Gray draws the foul)
3:32	+1	Mekhi Gray makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-36
3:32	+1	Mekhi Gray makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-36
3:16		Elijah Gray turnover (traveling)
3:03	+3	Mekhi Gray makes three point jump shot (Elijah Buchanan assists)	29-36
2:44	+2	Zach Riley makes two point layup	29-38
2:37		Elijah Gray personal foul (Kjell de Graaf draws the foul)
2:37	+1	Kjell de Graaf makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-38
2:37	+1	Kjell de Graaf makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-38
2:14	+2	Jahmere Tripp makes two point layup	31-40
2:03		Kjell de Graaf misses two point dunk
2:01		Romad Dean defensive rebound
1:52		Zach Riley misses three point jump shot
1:50		Sebastian Robinson defensive rebound
1:45		Sebastian Robinson misses three point jump shot
1:43		Zach Riley defensive rebound
1:36		Sebastian Robinson personal foul
1:36		Ogheneyole Akuwovo misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:36		Ogheneyole Akuwovo misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:36		Highlanders defensive rebound
1:15		Elijah Buchanan misses three point jump shot
1:13		Jahmere Tripp defensive rebound
1:09		Jahmere Tripp personal foul (Tariq Francis draws the foul)
1:09		Tariq Francis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:09	+1	Tariq Francis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-40
0:54	+2	Will Richardson makes two point layup	32-42
0:31		Mekhi Gray turnover (lost ball) (Will Richardson steals)
0:22		Rams 30 second timeout
0:02		Zach Riley misses two point jump shot
0:00		Ogheneyole Akuwovo offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NJIT
Highlanders
48
FOR
Rams
35

Time		Play	Score
19:45	+2	Daniel Schreier makes two point layup (Elijah Buchanan assists)	34-42
19:22		Antrell Charlton misses three point jump shot
19:20		Daniel Schreier defensive rebound
19:18		Abdou Tsimbila personal foul (Daniel Schreier draws the foul)
18:58		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Mekhi Gray's two point layup
18:56		Abdou Tsimbila defensive rebound
18:46		Joshua Rivera misses three point jump shot
18:44		Antrell Charlton offensive rebound
18:33		Antrell Charlton misses two point layup
18:31		Abdou Tsimbila offensive rebound
18:25	+2	Abdou Tsimbila makes two point layup	34-44
18:03		Highlanders turnover (shot clock violation)
17:51	+2	Japhet Medor makes two point layup	34-46
17:26		Sebastian Robinson turnover (traveling)
16:58		Kyle Rose misses two point layup
16:56		Daniel Schreier defensive rebound
16:52		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Adam Hess's two point layup
16:50		Highlanders offensive rebound
16:45	+3	Adam Hess makes three point jump shot (Sebastian Robinson assists)	37-46
16:23	+2	Joshua Rivera makes two point dunk (Antrell Charlton assists)	37-48
16:06		Elijah Buchanan misses two point layup
16:04		Abdou Tsimbila defensive rebound
15:52		Joshua Rivera turnover (bad pass) (Kjell de Graaf steals)
15:43	+2	Sebastian Robinson makes two point jump shot	39-48
15:43		Japhet Medor personal foul
15:43		TV timeout
15:27	+2	Elijah Buchanan makes two point layup (Sebastian Robinson assists)	41-48
15:11		Elijah Buchanan personal foul (Will Richardson draws the foul)
15:11		Keith Urgo technical foul
15:11		Rams turnover
15:11	+1	Adam Hess makes technical free throw 1 of 2	42-48
15:11	+1	Adam Hess makes technical free throw 2 of 2	43-48
15:11	+1	Will Richardson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-49
15:11		Will Richardson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:11		Elijah Buchanan defensive rebound
14:53		Will Richardson personal foul
14:35		Mekhi Gray offensive foul
14:35		Mekhi Gray turnover (offensive foul)
14:10		Mekhi Gray personal foul
13:51	+2	Will Richardson makes two point layup	43-51
13:27	+3	Mekhi Gray makes three point jump shot	46-51
13:04	+2	Abdou Tsimbila makes two point layup (Antrell Charlton assists)	46-53
12:44		Adam Hess misses two point jump shot
12:42		Elijah Gray defensive rebound
12:39		Mekhi Gray shooting foul (Will Richardson draws the foul)
12:39		Will Richardson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:39		Will Richardson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:39		Adam Hess defensive rebound
12:20		Will Richardson personal foul
12:19		Mekhi Gray turnover (out of bounds) (Antrell Charlton steals)
12:07		Tariq Francis flagrant 1 (Elijah Gray draws the foul)
12:07		TV timeout
12:07	+1	Elijah Gray makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	46-54
12:07		Elijah Gray misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
12:04		Elijah Gray misses two point layup
12:02		Elijah Gray offensive rebound
11:57	+2	Elijah Gray makes two point layup	46-56
11:44	+3	Adam Hess makes three point jump shot (Sebastian Robinson assists)	49-56
11:18		Kjell de Graaf shooting foul (Will Richardson draws the foul)
11:18	+1	Will Richardson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-57
11:18	+1	Will Richardson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-58
10:58	+3	Mekhi Gray makes three point jump shot (Sebastian Robinson assists)	52-58
10:32		Will Richardson misses two point jump shot
10:30		Highlanders defensive rebound
10:30		Elijah Gray personal foul
10:17		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Mekhi Gray's two point layup
10:15		Antrell Charlton defensive rebound
10:11		Antrell Charlton turnover (lost ball)
9:53		Mekhi Gray turnover (traveling)
9:33		Antrell Charlton misses two point jump shot
9:31		Abdou Tsimbila offensive rebound
9:31		Kjell de Graaf personal foul (Abdou Tsimbila draws the foul)
9:31	+1	Abdou Tsimbila makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-59
9:31	+1	Abdou Tsimbila makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-60
9:17	+2	Mekhi Gray makes two point layup	54-60
8:55		Japhet Medor misses three point jump shot
8:53		Romad Dean offensive rebound
8:48		Romad Dean misses three point jump shot
8:46		Jake Goldberg defensive rebound
8:46		Romad Dean shooting foul (Sebastian Robinson draws the foul)
8:46		Sebastian Robinson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:46		Sebastian Robinson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:46		Kjell de Graaf offensive rebound
8:43		Sebastian Robinson turnover (bad pass)
8:27		Kjell de Graaf personal foul (Abdou Tsimbila draws the foul)
8:27		Abdou Tsimbila misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:27		Adam Hess defensive rebound
8:12	+3	Mekhi Gray makes three point jump shot (Elijah Buchanan assists)	57-60
7:41	+2	Abdou Tsimbila makes two point layup (Antrell Charlton assists)	57-62
7:15		Mekhi Gray misses three point jump shot
7:13		Abdou Tsimbila defensive rebound
7:06		Sebastian Robinson personal foul (Japhet Medor draws the foul)
7:06		TV timeout
7:06	+1	Japhet Medor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-63
7:06	+1	Japhet Medor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-64
6:45	+2	Elijah Buchanan makes two point jump shot	59-64
6:29		Abdou Tsimbila offensive foul (Kjell de Graaf draws the foul)
6:29		Abdou Tsimbila turnover (offensive foul)
6:24		Tariq Francis turnover (lost ball) (Antrell Charlton steals)
6:24		Tariq Francis personal foul
6:24		Antrell Charlton misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:24		Antrell Charlton misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:24		Elijah Buchanan defensive rebound
6:06		Mekhi Gray misses two point layup
6:04		Antrell Charlton defensive rebound
5:57		Elijah Buchanan shooting foul (Abdou Tsimbila draws the foul)
5:57	+1	Abdou Tsimbila makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-65
5:57	+1	Abdou Tsimbila makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-66
5:57		Elijah Gray personal foul (Kjell de Graaf draws the foul)
5:57	+1	Kjell de Graaf makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-66
5:57	+1	Kjell de Graaf makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-66
5:50		Jeffrey Akintolu personal foul (Joshua Rivera draws the foul)
5:50	+1	Joshua Rivera makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-67
5:50		Joshua Rivera misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:50		Adam Hess defensive rebound
5:40		Kjell de Graaf offensive foul
5:40		Kjell de Graaf turnover (offensive foul)
5:30		Jeffrey Akintolu personal foul (Abdou Tsimbila draws the foul)
5:30	+1	Abdou Tsimbila makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-68
5:30		Abdou Tsimbila misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:30		Elijah Buchanan defensive rebound
5:21		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Elijah Buchanan's two point layup
5:21		Highlanders offensive rebound
5:21		Highlanders 30 second timeout
5:21		TV timeout
5:06	+3	Tariq Francis makes three point jump shot	64-68
4:51		Will Richardson misses two point layup
4:49		Mekhi Gray defensive rebound
4:49		Abdou Tsimbila personal foul
4:49		Mekhi Gray misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:49	+1	Mekhi Gray makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-68
4:36	+3	Will Richardson makes three point jump shot (Antrell Charlton assists)	65-71
4:20		Tariq Francis turnover (bad pass) (Kyle Rose steals)
4:07		Elijah Buchanan blocks Joshua Rivera's two point layup
4:05		Abdou Tsimbila offensive rebound
3:54		Joshua Rivera offensive foul (Tariq Francis draws the foul)
3:54		Joshua Rivera turnover (offensive foul)
3:54		TV timeout
3:37		Joshua Rivera personal foul (Mekhi Gray draws the foul)
3:37	+1	Mekhi Gray makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-71
3:37	+1	Mekhi Gray makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-71
3:10		Elijah Gray misses two point jump shot
3:08		Kjell de Graaf defensive rebound
3:00		Kjell de Graaf misses three point jump shot
2:58		Adam Hess offensive rebound
2:50	+3	Adam Hess makes three point jump shot	70-71
2:39		Rams 60 second timeout
2:30		Will Richardson misses two point layup
2:28		Abdou Tsimbila offensive rebound
2:22	+2	Abdou Tsimbila makes two point layup	70-73
2:07	+2	Elijah Buchanan makes two point layup	72-73
1:46		Kyle Rose misses three point jump shot
1:44		Will Richardson offensive rebound
1:36		Elijah Gray misses two point layup
1:34		Adam Hess defensive rebound
1:20	+2	Sebastian Robinson makes two point jump shot	74-73
0:52	+2	Antrell Charlton makes two point jump shot	74-75
0:42		Highlanders 60 second timeout
0:37	+2	Elijah Buchanan makes two point layup	76-75
0:37		Abdou Tsimbila shooting foul (Elijah Buchanan draws the foul)
0:37		Elijah Buchanan misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:37		Abdou Tsimbila defensive rebound
0:34		Rams 30 second timeout
0:22		Antrell Charlton misses two point layup
0:20		Abdou Tsimbila offensive rebound
0:17		Mekhi Gray shooting foul (Japhet Medor draws the foul)
0:17	+1	Japhet Medor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-76
0:17	+1	Japhet Medor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-77
0:04		Abdou Tsimbila blocks Elijah Buchanan's two point layup
0:02		Kjell de Graaf offensive rebound
0:02	+2	Kjell de Graaf makes two point layup	78-77
0:02		Rams 30 second timeout
0:01		Kyle Rose turnover (bad pass) (Mekhi Gray steals)
0:01		Antrell Charlton personal foul (Mekhi Gray draws the foul)
0:01	+1	Mekhi Gray makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-77
0:01	+1	Mekhi Gray makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-77
0:00		End of period

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Mekhi Gray makes regular free throw 2 of 2