# 2017–18 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team

The 2017–18 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team represented New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by sixth-year head coach Steve Lanpher, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey. They were third-year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun). They finished the season 4–26, 2–12 in A-Sun play, to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.
On March 8, 2018, head coach Steve Lanpher resigned. He finished at NJIT with a six-year record of 55–124.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | at South Dakota State | L 48–92 | 0–1 | Frost Arena (2,169) Brookings, SD |
| November 10, 2017* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at North Dakota State | L 58–105 | 0–2 | Scheels Arena (327) Fargo, ND |
| November 16, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Fairleigh Dickinson | L 70–74 | 0–3 | Wellness and Events Center (536) Newark, NJ |
| November 19, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Saint Peter's | L 52–59 | 0–3 | Wellness and Events Center (407) Newark, NJ |
| November 22, 2017* 5:00 p.m. | | at Army | L 49–79 | 0–4 | Christl Arena (428) West Point, NY |
| November 26, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | | at Dartmouth | L 50–81 | 0–5 | Leede Arena (585) Hanover, NH |
| November 29, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | LIU Brooklyn | L 49–67 | 0–6 | Wellness and Events Center (239) Newark, NJ |
| December 2, 2017* 2:30 p.m. | | at Morgan State | L 43–55 | 0–7 | Talmadge L. Hill Field House (239) Baltimore, MD |
| December 6, 2017* 11:00 a.m. | | at Lehigh | L 50–64 | 0–8 | Stabler Arena (4,009) Bethlehem, PA |
| December 10, 2017* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | L 36–67 | 0–9 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,170) Vestal, NY |
| December 11, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | St. Joseph's–Brooklyn | W 106–42 | 1–9 | Wellness and Events Center (103) Newark, NJ |
| December 16, 2017* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Rider | L 64–79 | 1–10 | Wellness and Events Center (175) Newark, NJ |
| December 28, 2017* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Long Beach State NJIT Highlanders Christmas Tournament semifinals | W 73–57 | 2–10 | Wellness and Events Center (308) Newark, NJ |
| December 29, 2017* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Penn NJIT Highlanders Christmas Tournament championship | L 38–77 | 2–11 | Wellness and Events Center (400) Newark, NJ |
| January 3, 2018* 11:00 a.m., ESPN3 | | Cornell | L 46–61 | 2–12 | Wellness and Events Center (1,457) Newark, NJ |
| Atlantic Sun regular season ||||||
| January 6, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | USC Upstate | L 57–95 | 2–13 (0–1) | Wellness and Events Center (199) Newark, NJ |
| January 13, 2018 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Florida Gulf Coast | L 66–90 | 2–14 (0–2) | Alico Arena (2,068) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 15, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Stetson | L 55–73 | 2–15 (0–3) | Edmunds Center (357) DeLand, FL |
| January 20, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Jacksonville | L 58–88 | 2–16 (0–4) | Wellness and Events Center (28) Newark, NJ |
| January 22, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | North Florida | W 75–65 | 3–16 (1–4) | Wellness and Events Center (259) Newark, NJ |
| January 27, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Lipscomb | L 58–74 | 3–17 (1–5) | Wellness and Events Center (367) Newark, NJ |
| February 1, 2018 11:00 a.m., ESPN3 | | at Kennesaw State | L 65–80 | 3–18 (1–5) | KSU Convocation Center (367) Kennesaw, GA |
| February 3, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Lipscomb | L 58–66 | 3–19 (1–7) | Allen Arena (273) Nashville, TN |
| February 7, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Kennesaw State | L 58–61 | 3–20 (1–8) | Wellness and Events Center (289) Newark, NJ |
| February 10, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Stetson | L 53–72 | 3–22 (1–9) | Wellness and Events Center Newark, NJ |
| February 12, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Florida Gulf Coast | L 43–80 | 3–23 (1–10) | Wellness and Events Center (289) Newark, NJ |
| February 17, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at North Florida | W 66–62 | 4–23 (2–10) | UNF Arena (314) Jacksonville, FL |
| February 19, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Jacksonville | L 53–73 | 4–24 (2–11) | Swisher Gymnasium (433) Jacksonville, FL |
| February 24, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at USC Upstate | L 67–74 | 4–25 (2–12) | G. B. Hodge Center (237) Spartanburg, SC |
| Atlantic Sun women's tournament ||||||
| March 2, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (8) | at (1) Florida Gulf Coast Quarterfinals | L 62–83 | 4–26 | Alico Arena (2,006) Fort Myers, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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