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Riverdale, NY - Manhattan (7-13; 2-7 MAAC) returns to action against Siena (8-12; 5-4 MAAC) on Sunday, January 22 at 2:00 pm.
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#1 - Last year, the teams split their two regular season match-ups before the Saints knocked the Jaspers out of the MAAC Tournament with an 89-76 victory.
#2 - With a win, Steve Masiello would become the fifth coach in school history to reach 100 victories and is a perfect 5-0 at home against Siena.
#3 - Junior Zane Waterman notched his fourth 20-point performance of the year with a game-high 28 at Monmouth.
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* Since the start of 2017, the North Carolina native is averaging a team-best 20.3 ppg with 6.1 rpg over seven games while shooting 54.4 percent (43-79) from the floor, 50.0 percent (10-of-20) from deep and 83.6 percent (46-of-55) from the line while scoring at least 20 points three times.
* Waterman, who scored a career-high 35 points in Manhattan's most recent win over Rider ranks among the MAAC leaders in scoring (14.1 ppg-15th), rebounding (6.9 rpg-7th), FG percentage (.522-7th), 3-PT FG percentage (.426-7th) and FT percentage (.773-10th).
* His 35 markers are also the most scored by a Masiello-coached player and the most by a Jasper since George Beamon had 35 in an 84-81 win over Siena on February 13, 2011.
* Waterman, who has started 47 straight games, also scored 26 vs. Fairfield and 23 at Morgan State.
* Junior Zavier Turner had 23 points against Rider as he and Waterman gave Manhattan two 20-point scorers for a second-straight game.
* Turner then hit for at least 20 points for a fourth-straight game against Iona, finishing with a team-high 20 points.
* Turner is eighth in the MAAC in scoring (16.8 ppg), first from long range (.462), second from the line (.908), ninth in assists (3.4 apg) and 10th in 3's per game (2.2) while scoring at least 20 points eight times this year and 14 times in his career.
* In his last five games, the Ball State transfer is averaging 19.4 ppg and 3.8 apg while shooting 50.0 percent (11-of-22) from the deep and 88.9 percent (32-of-36) from the line.
* The Jaspers, which trailed by two at halftime against the Broncs, have been behind at the break in each of their last five wins.
* Manhattan had two players score at least 20 points vs. Niagara for the first time this year with Turner scoring 21 points and junior Calvin Crawford chipping in with a season-high 20.
* In the final five minutes of games/ot, Turner is averaging 3.9 ppg while shooting 47.5 percent (20-of-42) from the floor and 88.6 percent (31-of-35) from the line. He scored 12 points over the final four minutes in the win over Niagara while going 9-of-10 from the line.
* Turner, recorded 26 points in the win over St. Francis Brooklyn, making good on 7-of-9 from long range, after scoring a career-high 32 points at in the victory at Detroit Mercy, including 10 in overtime, to go along with six assists. He also had 30 against Saint Peter's, 28 at Temple and 23 against Quinnipiac.
* The duo of Turner and Waterman is fifth in the MAAC with 30.9 ppg, including 35.0 ppg during league play.
* Thanks to Turner's production, the seven newcomers are averaging a combined 41.8 ppg and 18.7 rpg while accounting for 57.1 percent of the offense and 49.3 percent of the rebounding.
* Freshman Aaron Walker Jr. scored 14 points with a team-high four assists against Monmouth, fueled by a highlight-reel dunk, has now hit for double-figures 10 times this year en route to averaging 8.9 ppg.
* Walker Jr. earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors earlier this year after averaging 12.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg over three games during the week ending November 20, highlighted by a career-high 15-point effort against Winthrop.
* Also against Monmouth, Walker Jr. earned his second start of the year while giving the Jaspers their eighth different starting line-up this year.
* Manhattan rallied from a season-high 11 point second-half deficit against Niagara thanks to forcing 12 second-half turnovers that led to 21 points.
* Over the final 14 minutes, the Jaspers outscored the Purple Eagles 38-19 while shooting 55.0 percent (11-of-20) from the floor and 90.9 percent (10-of-11) from the line.
* Manhattan also drew five charges after recording just one over the previous two games combined and improved to 5-0 when holding the opposition to less than 70 points.
* The Jasper reserves outscored the starters in the win over EKU (45-36) before matching the second unit against Marist (44-44).
* Junior Thomas Capuano had 13 points and six rebounds in the win over Niagara while classmate Samson Usilo narrowly missed his second-straight double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds.
* At Quinnipiac, Usilo had 12 points and 11 rebounds while notching the first Jasper double-double of the year and was joined in double-figures on the boards by junior Zavier Peart, who added a career-high 10 rebounds.
* Thanks to Usilo and Peart, Manhattan placed two in double-figures on the boards for the first time since Emmy Andujar (11) and Ashton Pankey (10) did so in leading the Jaspers to a 79-69 win over Iona in the 2015 MAAC Championship on March 9, 2015.
* Usilo is averaging 7.7 ppg and 7.3 rpg over the last five games after notching just 1.9 ppg and 2.4 rpg over his first 14 games.
* Capuano set a career-high with 18 points to go along with five rebounds, four assists and four steals at Morgan State.
* Senior Tyler Wilson had a season-best matching 10 points against Fairfield.
* Wilson handed out four assists, against just one turnover, in the win over Niagara while moving past Jason Wingate into eighth place on the program's all-time assist list and now has 344, highlighted by a season-high five in the victory vs. Rider.
* The Bronx native had the momentum-changing three-point play that gave Manhattan the lead for good in the win over Fordham after drawing the game-clinching charge at Detroit Mercy.
* Crawford notched 19 in the victory over EKU before hitting for a team-high 18 at Marist. He has hit for double-figures in scoring eight times en route to averaging 8.2 ppg.
* Freshman Na'Quan Council scored a career-high 12 points in the Jaspers' win over EKU.
* Junior Ahmed Ismail grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds in the win over Detroit Mercy while sophomore Ak Ojo scored a career-best nine. Ismail has notched nine points on a pair of occasions while Ojo grabbed a career-high seven rebounds against Fairfield.
* Manhattan concluded non-conference play with a 27-point come-from-behind victory over EKU thanks to recording a season-high 13 steals.
* The 13 thefts are the most since recording 13 in a win over Quinnipiac on March 1, 2015 while the 27-point margin of victory was the third-highest in Masiello's six years on campus.
* Over the last three-plus years, the Jaspers are 25-3 when recording double-figures in steals and 36-6 since Masiello took over prior to the 2011-2012 season.
* Manhattan has won the rebounding battle in 15 of its 20 games while ranking first in the MAAC in rebounding margin (+3.1) and second in rebounding defense (34.8) while registering at least 40 caroms seven times, highlighted by a season-high 51 at Marist, including 21 offensive caroms.
* The Jaspers are 3-0 this year when limiting teams to less than 60 points (EKU (54), SFBK (54) & Fordham (53) and 38-4 during Masiello's six years.
* The 51 rebounds are the most since registering the same number in a season-opening 99-90 victory at La Salle on November 9, 2013.
* Manhattan opened the second half against EKU on a 23-5 run, including 12-straight at one point after ripping off a 13-4 run to start the second half against SFBK.
* After halftime, the Jaspers limited the Colonels to just 37.2 percent shooting, including 29.4 percent from deep, and the Terriers to just 30.9 percent, including 24.0 percent from long range.
* Thanks to the aforementioned performance against EKU following halftime, Manhattan scored a season-high 53 second-half points while shooting 68.0 percent (17-of-25) from the floor.
* In the win over Detroit Mercy, the Jaspers went 9-for-12 from the line in overtime with Walker Jr. sinking two free throws to tie the game up with 0.7 seconds remaining in the first extra session.
* In an 80-68 win over Hofstra, Manhattan shot a blistering 53.7 percent (29-for-54) from the floor, including a perfect 100 percent (17-for-17) from the line, and scored on seven of the Pride's nine first-half turnovers, parlaying the miscues into 17 points.
* The Jaspers finished non-conference play with a 5-6 record with their six losses coming to teams that have a combined 77-35 record (.688), including games against No. Florida State and WVU, both of whom are ranked in the top-10.
* Senior Rich Williams averaged 14.8 ppg and a team-best 6.0 rpg last year, highlighted by seven 20-plus point performances and three double-doubles. Additionally, he raised both his scoring (+9.3 ppg) and rebounding (+4.5 rpg) numbers.
* Masiello has led Manhattan to a 99-84 (.541) record, including going 60-45 (.571) during MAAC play and 47-23 (.671) at Draddy Gym over his six seasons with three MAAC Title Game appearances, three postseason berths, two Metropolitan Coach of the Year honors and two 20-win campaigns.
* Masiello has participated in the NCAA Tournament in 13 of his 20 seasons as a player or coach, including being a part of eight conference champions and one National Title.
* Since returning to Riverdale, Masiello has guided the Jaspers to a pair of MAAC Titles as well as a pair of 20-plus win campaigns. In his first tenure, he was a part of two MAAC Titles and three 20-plus win seasons. All told, Masiello has been a member of four of Manhattan's five MAAC Championship teams and five of the school's 12 20-win seasons in recording a 182-120 record.
* In his 21st season as either a player or a coach, Masiello has a career collegiate record of 462-230, including 341-202 on the sidelines, with one National Title, two National Championship Game appearances, two Final Fours, six Elite Eight berths, eight conference championships, 13 NCAA Tournament appearances and 15 20-win seasons.
