HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball team is set to play Saturday and Sunday before taking a break for finals. The Knights will play UMass Lowell on Saturday at 2 p.m. inside the Rothman Center. Fairleigh Dickinson travels down the turnpike to Piscataway, New Jersey to face Big Ten foe Rutgers also at 2 p.m. 

QUICK HITTERS
Fairleigh Dickinson plays games on back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday for the first time since playing three straight days -- Nov. 21-23 -- back in 2015 as part of the Hall of Fame Challenge at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 

Fairleigh Dickinson has won four home games this season, which equals its total from last season. 

FDU leads the NEC in; field goal percentage, FG% defense, rebounding margin, scoring margin, and 3-point FG defense.

Fairleigh Dickinson has been atop the NEC Standings every day so far this season.  

The Knights won five games in the month of November, most in the last two seasons in a single month.

SERIES SCORE
This is the fourth straight season in which the Knights and River Hawks will encounter one another and UMass Lowell has won the previous three meetings. This is the second meeting between the two sides in Hackensack. Last year's meeting, which UMass Lowell won 61-56, was the first meeting that was decided by single digits. 

Rutgers and Fairleigh Dickinson have not met since the 1982-83 season. Fairleigh Dickinson is 0-4 all-time against Rutgers. 

LAST TIME OUT
Head coach Peter Cinella picked up his 400th career win as FDU topped Monmouth 78-61 on Wednesday night. The Knights shot 62-percent from the field in the first quarter and then used a 16-2 run late in the second and early third quarters to extend its lead. Monmouth did not get any closer than 15 in the second half. Four Knights were in double figures; Natalie Zamora had 15 points, Madelynn Comly tallied 14, Lauren Francillon had 13 off the bench and Peniel M'Bikata had 12. FDU shot 48-percent

ABOUT UMASS LOWELL
The River Hawks enter Saturday at 3-6 after a 66-60 win at Saint Peter's on Thursday night. UMass Lowell is 2-2 in its last four contests. The one common opponent between FDU and UML and that is Longwood. Both FDU and UML faced Longwood on the road. FDU beat Longwood by 20, 72-52, while UML lost 84-82 to Longwood. Kayla Gibbs leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 15.6 and 11.2. Two more players score in double figures for the River Hawks; Paula Lopez (11.4), and Brianna Rudolph (10.0). Six different players average one assist per game for UMass Lowell. 

ABOUT RUTGERS
The Scarlet Knights sit at 8-2 on the year and play Seton Hall on Friday afternoon prior to taking on the Knights on Sunday afternoon at 2. Rutgers has won three straight games since going 1-2 at the Gulf Coast Showcase at the end of November. Tyler Scaife leads the team in scoring at 20.1 per contest. Caitlin Jenkins leads the way on the glass at 7.7. 

400 WINS
HC Cinella won his 400th career game on Wednesday night against Monmouth. Cinella is the 52nd active coach in DI with 400 wins or more. Cinella is the third coach in DI to reach the plateau this season.

TOP 10 NATIONALLY
FDU has held its opposition to 22.4-percent shooting from 3-point range this season, which ranks 9th in Division I. 

HALFTIME LEADS
The Knights have led at the intermission of each of their five wins. FDU is +59 scoring the first half this season and +31 in the first quarter specifically.