Manhattan University Athletics

Loudonville, NY - Manhattan women's basketball (6-8, 3-2 MAAC) will play its third-straight road match-up at Siena (3-11, 1-4 MAAC) on Thursday, January 16. Tip-off is scheduled for 11:00 am on ESPN3. 

GAME NOTES

Last Outing
Manhattan's three-game win streak ended January 11, as the Jaspers fell to Quinnipiac 70-58 in Hamden. Courtney Warley (West Chester, PA / Bishop Shanahan) scored a team-high 18 points, setting a season-best while also pulling down 13 rebounds. She tied her career high of four assists, while also adding four steals on the night. Emily LaPointe (Staten Island, NY / Staten Island Academy) contributed 10 points to the Jasper offense, while Julie Høier (Aabyhoej, Denmark / Marselisborg Gymnasium) added nine. Høier pulled down nine rebounds and tied her career-high of six assists, the second-straight game she has hit that mark.

D-Up!
Manhattan leads the MAAC in steals, averaging 9.6 per contest as a team. The Jaspers also rank third in scoring defense, allowing 61.0 points per contest, and second in three-point field-goal percentage defense, holding opponents to .296 shooting from behind the arc. The Jaspers average 3.0 blocks per game, as well, tying for fourth in the league. 

Protect the Ball
Manhattan ranks 43rd in Division I for fewest turnovers per game (13.7). The squad also ranks among the nation's top 50 for best turnover margin, coming in at 44th (4.21).

Top Performers
Warley ranks in the MAAC's top 20 for scoring (17th, 11.0 points per game), while ranking third in rebounding (8.0 per game). With 2.4 steals per game, she is tied for second in the league and ranks 54th in all of Division I. Gabby Cajou (Stony Point, NY / North Rockland) ranks fifth in the MAAC for assists per game (3.9), and ninth in steals per game (1.6), while also achieving the league's fifth-best assist/turnover ratio (1.9) and ranking ninth in field-goal percentage (.473). With 9.5 points per game, she is 23rd in the league.

Milestones
With 537 career rebounds, Warley is four away from tying Linda Bores (1980-84) for 16th in program history. She is also 47 steals away from 15th on that all-time list. Currently fifth on the program's all-time blocks list, Warley is six away from 100 for her career.

Now at 252 career assists, Cajou is five away from tying Donna Seybold (1986-90) for 16th all-time, and is 25 steals away from tying Michelle Pacheco (2006-10) on that all-time list. 

Pamela Miceus (Haverstraw, NY / North Rockland) is just one block away from 46, which would tie her with both Barbara Kelly (1980-81) and Lindsey Loutsenhizer (2008-12) for 16th all-time.

About the Saints
Siena enters Thursday's game at 3-11 overall and 1-4 in the MAAC, with a 68-63 win over Canisius on January 11. The team holds the league's ninth-best scoring offense at 55.6 points per game, while pulling down 33.8 rebounds per game, also ninth in the MAAC. 

Sabrina Piper leads the Saints with 14.8 points per game, ranking seventh in the conference. She adds 5.7 boards per game, while Siena's top rebounder is Julia Hauer, who nabs 5.9 rebounds per contest. 

Previous Meeting
Manhattan overcame a 12-point second quarter deficit on February 3, 2019 to defeat Siena 52-48 in Draddy Gymnasium. Warley filled in the entire stat line against the Saints, with game-highs in points (16), rebounds (nine), blocks (four) and steals (six). After scoring four in the first half, she went on a tear in the third quarter, notching eight of the Jaspers 13 points in the period and helping Manhattan subtract its deficit to eight (43-35) going into the final 10 minutes.

All-Time Series
Manhattan is 23-45 against Siena all-time after splitting with the Saints last season. In the Jaspers' previous trip to Loudonville on January 11, 2019, Manhattan took Siena to extra time before falling 62-56.