The Canisius men's basketball team will travel to play at NJIT on Saturday, March 28 in the quarterfinal round in the 2015 CollegeInsiders.com Postseason Tournament, the CIT selection committee announced on Tuesday. This will be Canisius' second trip to the CIT quarterfinals in the last three years, and it will also mark the first time the Golden Griffins and the Highlanders have met on the hardwood.

The Griffs (18-14) advanced to the quarterfinal round following an 82-59 win at Bowling Green March 21. The 23-point victory stands as the program's largest postseason victory in school history. NJIT (20-11) has earned a spot among the final eight teams in the CIT field after the Highlanders defeated Cleveland State 80-77 Monday night in Newark, N.J. The only independent school at the NCAA Division I level, NJIT has won 20 games for the first time since moving to Division I in 2006, and the team boasts victories over Michigan, Duquesne, Yale and Hampton this season.

The other three quarterfinal games will be played March 25-27, starting in Richmond, Ky., when Eastern Kentucky (21-11) hosts UT-Martin (20-12) March 25. On March 26, UL-Lafayette (22-13) will play host to Evansville (21-12) and March 27 features Northern Arizona (21-14) playing host to Kent State (23-11). The tournament semifinal games will be played March 31 and the CIT championship game will be played April 2. The semifinal and championship rounds will be televised live on CBS Sports Network.

In Canisius' win over Bowling Green, senior center Josiah Heath scored a career-high 23 points, junior Jamal Reynolds secured his third double-double in four games with 16 points and 11 boards and the Griffs shot 49.2 percent from the field as a team. In two CIT games this season, Canisius is averaging 84.5 points per game while holding Dartmouth and Bowling Green to an average of 65.5 points per game. The 59-points allowed to Bowling Green March 21 marks the 17th time this season the Griffs have held their opponents to 60-points or less in a game, which is the most for the program since the 1996-97 season.

NJIT had four players averaging in double-figures, led by sophomore guard Damon Lynn and his 17.4 points per game. As a team, the Highlanders, out of Newark, N.J., average 71.9 points per game, and the team will enters Saturday's match-up on a five-game winning streak, which dates back to a 89-55 victory over Maine Fort-Kent Feb. 16. NJIT is 14-2 at home this season in the Fleisher Athletic Center, with its last home loss coming Feb. 13, when Albany posted a 65-59 win in Newark, N.J.