Game 4: Manhattan (1-2) vs. Dayton (3-1)
Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 2 p.m.
University of Dayton Arena (13,266) - Dayton, Ohio.
*Free Live Video at DaytonFlyers.com
Scouting Report
Manhattan (1-2)
Manhattan is coming off its first victory of the season defeating Hofstra (67-56) on Wednesday in the team's home opener. The Jaspers received a 29-point performance from senior guard George Beamon who missed Manhattan's two road contests at 2012 NCAA Tournament participants #2 Louisville and Harvard due to an injury.
Beamon was the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's scoring champion in 2011-12 averaging 19.0 points and he was in the league's top-10 for five other statistical categories. The 6'4" wing picked up where he left off last season by producing his 19th career 20+ point performance against Hofstra, the 49th straight contest he scored in double-figures. Beamon shot 10-for-15 from the field and grabbed seven rebounds.
Junior Rhamel Brown has developed into one of the premier big men in the MAAC.
Brown, a 6'7" 230-pound forward from Brooklyn, is the league's reigning Defensive Player of the Year. Through three starts this season, Brown ranks third in the league in rebounding (9.3) and field goal percentage (.652), while averaging 12.0 points.
Point guard Michael Alvarado is the third Jasper averaging double-figures in scoring with 11.3 points per game. The junior from the Bronx is leading Manhattan in three-point shooting and has shot 57.1% beyond the arc in the last two contests.
Beamon, Brown and Alvarado are the Jaspers' co-captains and each garnered Preseason All-MAAC accolades. Sophomore forward Emmy Andujar was the fourth Jasper to receive the conference's preseason honor. Andujar is a 6'6", 205-pound forward from the Bronx who is averaging 5.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and a team-high 2.3 assists through three contests. He was an All-Rookie Team selection last year after leading the team in assists (105) and rebounds (189), going along with an 8.5 scoring average.
Manhattan is still in search of its first road win of the year. The Jaspers were one of the top road teams in the country last year. In 10 road wins, Manhattan averaged 72.2 points per game, shot 45.7% from the field and outrebounded opponents 36.2 to 30.6.
Dayton (3-1)
Dayton won two of its three games last week at the Charleston Classic, knocking off Boston College (Nov. 16) and Auburn (Nov. 18) after falling to Colorado (Nov. 15). The Flyers are led by senior guard Kevin Dillard who is averaging a team-high 14.0 points per game and shooting 90.9% (20-22) at the free-throw line.
Junior Vee Sanford, a 6'3" guard from Lexington, Ky., is also averaging double-figures (11.5 ppg) in four starts this season. Devin Oliver, a 6'7" junior forward, has been one of the Flyers top producers in the post with 9.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
Dayton's roster also features the reigning Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week Dyshawn Pierre. Pierre averaged 11.3 points in three games, shooting 63.2% (12-19) from the field and 50% (6-12) from three-point territory. He helped lift Dayton to a 87-71 victory over Boston College by scoring 23 points without missing a shot. He was 8-for-8 from the field, 5-for-5 from three-point range and 2-for-2 at the free-throw line.
The Flyers won their only contest this season at the University of Dayton Arena defeating Arkansas State in the opener, 74-61, on Nov. 10 before 12,265 fans. Sanford scored a career-high 18 points by hitting 7-of-10 shot attempts, including three three-pointers.
As a team, Dayton is shooting 47.9% from the field and nearly 40% from downtown. The Flyers have a free-throw percentage of 74.4%.
