The 2025–26 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by eighth-year head coach Mike Lane, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as members of the America East Conference.
Previous season The Highlanders finished the 2024–25 season 11–18, 8–8 in AmEast play, to finish in fifth place. They were defeated by Maine in the quarterfinals of the AmEast tournament.
Offseason Departures NJIT Departures Mayah Alford 2 G 5'9" Freshman Levittown, PA Transferred to Mercer County (JUCO) Enya Maguire 8 G 5'5" Graduate Belfast, Northern Ireland Graduated Aria Myers 11 G 5'9" Graduate Cedar Grove, NJ Graduated Trinity Williams 21 F 6'1" Senior Upper Black Eddy, PA Graduated Reese Vaughan 22 G 5'9" Senior Endwell, NY Graduated Angelina Banas 55 F 6'0" Sophomore Columbus, NJ TBD; entered transfer portal
Incoming transfers NJIT incoming transfers Ava Locklear 45 F 5'11" Sophomore Tiffin, IA Saginaw Valley State (DII)
Recruiting class There was no recruiting class for the class of 2025.
Preseason On October 20, 2025, the America East Conference released their preseason poll. NJIT was picked to finish fifth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +AmEast Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 63 (7) 2 55 (2) 3 46 4 42 5 NJIT 37 6 26 7 24 8 23 9 8
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Preseason All-America East Team Preseason All-America East TeamPlayerYearPositionAlejandra ZunigaSeniorGuard Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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