Riverdale, N.Y. (February 27, 2008) ? On Senior Night, Lady Jasper senior Caitlin Flood scored a career high 28 points, but her effort wasn't enough as Fairfield's Sabra Wrice hit a three pointer with 3.2 second left to down Manhattan 59-58.
Fairfield raced out to a 13-6 advantage six minutes into the first half, but the Lady Jaspers scored three quick points and cut their deficit to four, 13-9 with 12:23 left to play in the first half. But the Lady Stags got the momentum back as they jumped out to eight point lead, 20-12 going into the eight minute media timeout. But Flood caught fire as in the next three minutes, scoring ten consecutive points for the Lady J's to bring Manhattan back to within three, 25-22 with just under five minutes to go in the first half. Both teams played evenly for the rest of the half with the half ending 27-26 Fairfield. Flood had 16 first half points.
In the second half, both teams went on short runs but with just under eight minutes to play, the Lady J's faced a nine point deficit. Slowly, but surely, though, Manhattan chipped away at the lead and a jump shot by Flood tied the game at 51 with four minutes remaining. On the next possession, Flood gave Manhattan its first lead of the game, 53-51, but coming down to crunch time, a bucket by Fairfield gave them the lead back. Then, Lady J Harrison showed poise and control as she hit a deep three to put Manhattan back in front, 56-54.
Another bucket by Fairfield tied the game at 56, but Flood then nailed a 15 foot jumper for a 58-56 lead with less than a minute in the game. A missed free throw by Flood, though,t the end gave Fairfield an opportunity as the Lady Stags' Wrice hit her game clinching three from the top of the key.
Flood 12-16 from the field, hit 2-3 from three point range for her 28 points. She narrowly missed a double-double as grabbed eight rebounds on the day, and also dished out three assists. Harrison finished the game with five points alongside Joann Nwafili's 6 point, 8 rebound performance. Nwafili also dished out three assists in the game as she tallied four steals as well.
The Lady Jaspers will close out their MAAC regular season when they travel to Iona College on Saturday, March 1. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
