Manhattan University Athletics

Poughkeepsie, NY - Manhattan women's basketball will take on the Marist Red Foxes Sunday, January 27 in Poughkeepsie, NY. The game, which will be aired live on ESPN3, will tip at 2:00 p.m.

Game Notes:

Last Outing
Manhattan women's basketball (3-14, 1-5 MAAC) earned a season-high 48 rebounds against Niagara Thursday, January 24, including 32 defensive boards, but it wasn't enough to keep the Purple Eagles at bay, as Niagara took the win 58-54. Courtney Warley (West Chester, PA / Bishop Shanahan) led the Jaspers with 11 rebounds, while freshman D'yona Davis (Bronx, NY / Truman) earned a team-high 10 points.

Career Night(s)
Warley and Julie Hoier (Aabyhoej, Denmark / Marselisborg Gymnasium) each earned career-highs in blocks Thursday night, combining for all of Manhattan's 11 in the game. Warley nabbed six, besting her previous high of five and recording the MAAC's best blocking performance of the season, while Hoier earned four. Hoier also had a career night on the boards, grabbing 10 total, the first double-digit rebounding night of her career.

MAAC Numbers
The Jaspers continue to hold opponents to less than 60 points per game, ranking second in the MAAC (59.5 scoring defense). Manhattan is the conference's fourth-best rebounding team, with 37.4 boards per contest. The team blocks more than four shots per game (leading the MAAC), and averages more than nine steals per game (fifth in the league). 

After nabbing 11 rebounds against Niagara, Warley leads the MAAC in rebounding, averaging 8.3 a game this season. She also leads the conference in offensive boards, with 3.8 per game. Warley is one of the MAAC's best shot blockers (1.6 per match-up, second in the league), while ranking third in steals with 2.1 per game.

About the Red Foxes
Marist (15-5, 7-1 MAAC) leads the MAAC in scoring, with nearly 70 points per game (69.6). The Red Foxes rank just behind Manhattan in scoring defense, allowing 59.7 points per game. The team makes a MAAC-high 8.4 threes per game, shooting .369 from behind the arc. Now sitting in second place in the league standings, the Red Foxes are on a five-game win streak since losing to Quinnipiac 76-69 on January 10.

Marist's Rebekah Hand ranks second in the league in scoring with 17.3 points per game, and eighth in rebounds with 6.2 boards per game. Teammate Alana Gilmer sits in third in scoring with 15.6 points per contest. Both Hand and Gilmer were selected to the MAAC's preseason All-MAAC First Team.

Last Meeting
The Jaspers and Red Foxes last met in the quarterfinals of the 2018 MAAC Championships on March 2, 2018. The Jaspers fell 80-64, as Marist ultimately went on to the league finals. Then-senior guard Amani Tatum scored her 1,000th Manhattan-career point during the game, finishing her career in Riverdale as the 21st 1,000-point scorer in program history. The Red Foxes shot 60 percent from the floor for the game, including an 80 percent second quarter where they went on an 11-0 run to break the game open at 31-12. Marist went 10-19 from three for the game, and missed just one of 15 free throws. The Red Foxes also out-rebounded Manhattan 37-26, including 31 defensive boards. 

All-Time Series
Marist leads the all-time series 33-24.