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Hamden, CT - Manhattan (11-14; 8-8 MAAC) returns to action at Quinnpiac (9-17; 6-11 MAAC) on Sunday, February 21 at 2:00 pm.
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#1 - The Jaspers defeated the Bobcats 84-77 in the teams' last match-up..
#2 - Manhattan is 23-9 over the last three years in the months of February/March and 31-13 since the start of the 2012-2013 season.
#3 - The teams have split six previous match-ups.
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* The Jaspers are concluding a four-game road trip and are just 3-10 away from Draddy this season.
*In the teams' last meeting, Manhattan overcame a 13-point first half deficit thanks to placing five scorers in double-digits for the second time this year.
* The Jaspers shot a season-high 70.8 percent (17-of-24) in the second half. The performance was the best by a Manhattan squad since converting on 72.2 percent in the second half of a 111-84 win over LIU Brooklyn (11/26/01).
* Manhattan will be looking for its first sweep of a season series against Quinnipiac and has split with six other MAAC opponents.
* The Jaspers will also be looking for their first-ever win at the TD Bank Sports Center (0-2).
* Manhattan concluded a four-game, seven-day stretch with a one-point loss at Saint Peter's despite sophomore Calvin Crawford's first career double-double (15 points, 12 rebounds) and 18 points from classmate Zane Waterman.
* Crawford's performance comes on the heels of a career-high 22-point performance at Monmouth.
* He has now hit for at least 20 points three times and is averaging 17.8 ppg and 8.0 rpg over the last four while shooting 58.0 percent (29-of-50) from the field.
* Crawford, has scored in double-figures in five-straight games for the first time in his career and nine times in 16 games this season and is averaging 11.7 ppg and 4.7 rpg while shooting 50.0 percent from the field.
* Also over his last four games, Waterman is averaging 15.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg while shooting 52.3 percent (23-of-44) from the floor.
* He scored 13 points with 12 rebounds in notching his second-straight double-double and the third of the season in the win at Marist.
* Waterman has scored in double-figures in 12 of his last 15 and is averaging 13.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per game during that time while shooting 51.6 percent (64-of-124) from the floor.
* He had his first double-double with 12 points and a career-high 13 caroms in the win over Siena after going for a career-high 23 points at EKU and has scored in double-digits 14 times with four double-figure rebounding performances.
* Waterman, who scored 22 points against Columbia, ranks among the league leaders in scoring (11.5 ppg-27th), rebounding (6.3 rpg-7th), FG % (.495-7th), offensive boards (2.1 orpg-9th) and defensive boards (4.2 drpg-12th).
MAAC Home/Road Splits
Home (6-2): 74.0 ppg | 70.2 opponent ppg | 45.1 FG % | 43.8 FG %D | 38.7 3-PT FG % | 33.1 3-PT FG %D
Road (2-6): 68.4 ppg | 75.2 opponent ppg | 43.3 FG % | 47.1 FG %D | 34.0 3-PT FG % | 37.0 3-PT FG %D
* In his career, head coach Steve Masiello is 3-3 against Quinnipiac and 65-38 (.631), all-time, against MAAC teams, including going 35-11 (.761) at home and 22-25 (.468) on the road.
* Masiello defeated Marist 81-73 to become the fifth coach in school history to notch 90 wins thanks to 20 and seven rebounds from Crawford.
* Manhattan is 8-6 in MAAC play since the 2016 calender year and an identical 8-6 in MAAC games decided by 10 points or less, highlighted by three wins when trailing with less than five minutes to play.
* In the aforementioned three Jasper wins, Rider was limited without a point in the final 3:24, Monmouth the last 1:57 and Fairfield the final 3:25.
* After halftime during MAAC play, Manhattan has shot 50.0 percent or better from the floor in 8-of-16 and 40.0 percent or better on threes in 7-of-16. In the win over Quinnipiac, Manhattan notched season-highs in points (53), FG% (.708) and 3-pt FG% (.833).
* In the last five minutes during MAAC play, the Jaspers are making good on 84.0 percent (84-of-100) from the line while holding opposing teams to 39.8 percent shooting (53-of-133), including just 27.5 percent (11-of-40) from long range.
* Manhattan had five players score in double-figures in the win over Quinnipiac for the second time this season and have placed four in double-figures in each of the last four games.
* The Jaspers, which had 10 steals in the win over Monmouth, are 43rd nationally with 7.7 thefts per game are 33-5 when hitting the 10-steal standard since Masiello took over the program, including 22-2 over the last three years.
* This season, Manhattan has recorded at least nine steals 11 times, including three of the last four.
* The Jaspers, which forced a season-high 25 turnovers in the win over George Mason, rank 17th nationally with a MAAC-best 15.8 forced turnovers per game and are 20-10 when turning the opposition over at least 20 times since Masiello took over the program prior to the 2011-2012 season.
* Manhattan forced 23 turnovers in each meeting against Fairfield and have now turned over the opposition at least 16 times on 14 occasions, including at least 20 four times.
* The Jaspers also rank among the top-100 nationally in FT % (.740-38th) and turnover margin (82nd-+1.6).
* This season, opposing three-point shooters are converting on 37.9 percent (81-of-214) in the first half compared to a scant 30.4 percent (59-of-194) after halftime.
* Manhattan has won 10 of its last 17 games thanks to averaging 72.2 ppg while shooting 44.8 percent from the floor, including 38.5 percent from long range, and 77.0 percent from the line.
* Defensively over the last 17, the Jaspers have limited the opposition to just 32.7 percent shooting from deep, including 27.5 percent (38-of-138) after halftime.
* Over the last five minutes in the previous 17 games, opposing teams are shooting 36.2 percent (51-of-141), including just 20.0 percent (9-of-45) from deep, while making good on 82.5 percent (94-of-114) from the line.
* Senior Shane Richards is averaging a team-best 17.6 ppg during that time, fueled by six 20-plus point performances, while shooting 40.2 percent (82-of-204) from the field, 39.5 percent (47-of-119) on threes and 90.7 percent (88-of-97) from the line.
* He scored all 13 of his points, fueled by two triples, at Monmouth in the second half after being saddled by early foul trouble and is now fifth in MAAC history and among active players with 298 three pointers.
* Richards, who scored a career-high 32 points in the win at Canisius, on 11-of-14 shooting (6-of-7, 3-pt). has hit for at least 20 points nine times this year and 16 over his career.
* The New York native ranks among the MAAC leaders in scoring (17.6 ppg-5th), FT % (.866-2nd), threes (2.6/game-6th) and minutes (36.7-1st) while notching double-figures in scoring 23 times, including pacing the squad on 13 occasions.
* After halftime during MAAC play, Richards is averaging 10.9 points each time out while shooting 47.7 percent (52-of-109) from the floor, including 44.1 percent (26-of-59) from long range and 88.2 percent (45-of-51) from the line, highlighted by going for 25 in the second half of the victory at Canisius, 16 after halftime in the win over Rider and 15 in the second stanza of the victory vs. Siena.
* In the win over Morgan State, Richards converted a career-high seven three pointers en route to registering 28 points with seven caroms.
* A 2015-2016 All-MAAC Preseason Second Team selection, Richards was the hero in the first win of the year, a 69-67 come-from-behind triumph over George Mason, thanks to banking in a jumper with 1.2 seconds to play after earlier becoming the 37th member of the school's 1,000-point club. He recently passed former teammate Emmy Andujar for 10th place and currently has 1,379 points.
* From long range, Richards has converted at least three triples in 60 of his 123 games - including at least four 33 times - and is the school's single-season (92-2015) and career (298) leader in threes. When he connects on four in a game, Manhattan is 23-10, including 17-7 over the last three seasons.
* Junior Rich Williams, also ranks among the MAAC leaders in scoring (14.6 ppg-14th), rebounding (6.0 rpg-13th), 3-PT FG % (.370-13th), FT % (.779-14th) and defensive boards (4.6 drpg-7th).
* The duo of Richards and Williams became the first set of Jasper teammates to each notch 20 points in a game this year in the win at Morgan State and are averaging a combined 32.2 points per game (4th MAAC).
* Williams had his fifth 20-point performance with an even 20 at Monmouth, while combing with Crawford (22) to help fuel a season-high 47-points from the bench.
* In the victory over Quinnipiac, Williams had 18 points, on 7-of-9 shooting, with five rebounds and notched his third career double-double (19 points, 11 rebounds) in the win at Canisius with a career-high five assists.
* He has paced the squad in scoring on five occasions and on the glass a team-high 12 times while improving both his scoring (+9.1 ppg) and rebounding (+4.5) numbers from a year ago.
* Williams had his second double-double (23 points, 10 rebounds) in the win over Morgan State after registering his first against Columbia (17 points, 11 rebounds) and scored a career-high 26 in the victory over George Mason.
* In the backcourt, senior RaShawn Stores has a 2.2 assist/turnover ratio while also averaging 8.3 points, 3.0 assists (12th MAAC) and 1.3 steals (14th MAAC) per game and is sixth in the circuit with a 40.4 percent (36-of-89) conversion rate from long range.
* Stores hit for a career-high matching 18 points in the win at Marist after scoring 18 points in the first meeting with the Red Foxes and has notched double-figures in the scoring column eight times.
* Stores, who helped close out the win over Marist with six-straight free throws over the final 1:14, capped his 15-point effort in the victory over Niagara, highlighted by converting four free throws over the final 11.9 seconds.
* This season, Stores (17-of-18) & Richards (25-of-27) are making good on 95.5 percent (42-of-44) on from the line in the last five minutes of 10-point games.
* Stores, a 2015-2016 All-MAAC Preseason Third Team selection, is shooting 40.8 percent (69-of-169) on threes after halftime for his career, including making good on 43.1 percent (44-of-102) since the start of last year. Stores also has a 3.2 assist/turnover ratio (74 assists/23 TO) over the last two years in the second half.
* Manhattan is 46-26 over the last three years when Stores, who was granted an extra year of eligibility on July 22, 2015 by the NCAA, starts including going 17-8 last year.
* Both Richards & Stores are the only MAAC student-athletes to have played in the last three MAAC title games and have been a part of 69 total wins, including going 8-1 during MAAC Tournament play.
* Junior Tyler Wilson, who helped energize the Jaspers' back-to-back 90-point performances in early January has registered a career-high 10 assists twice this season, including most recently in the victory at Morgan State.
* Wilson, who has led Manhattan in assists 21 times this season, also dished out 10, against one turnover, vs. Marist. His performance against the Red Foxes was the first double-figure outing by a Jasper student-athlete since Von Damien Green had 10 against Saint Peter's on January 30, 2002.
* On the year, Wilson has handed out at least six assists on 14 occasions and is second in the MAAC and 39th nationally (5.4 apg) while also ranking among the league leaders in steals (1.5 spg-5th) and assist-turnover ratio (1.9-3rd).
* Masiello, who holds a career record of 90-67 (57-35 MAAC) set the school-record for MAAC Tourney wins a year ago with his eighth against Iona while breaking ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla's previous Manhattan mark.
* Since returning to Riverdale, Masiello has led 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 Championships and three 20-plus win seasons. All told, Masiello has been a member of four of the five Manhattan MAAC Championship teams and five of the Jaspers' 12 20-win seasons in accruing a 173-103 record.
* In his 20th season as either a player or a coach, Masiello has a career collegiate record of 451-213, including 330-185 on the sidelines, with one National Title, two National Championship appearances, two Final Four appearances, six Elite Eight berths, eight conference championships, 13 NCAA Tournament appearances and 15 20-win seasons.
