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Jersey City, NJ - Manhattan (11-13; 8-7 MAAC) returns to action against Saint Peter's (11-13; 9-6 MAAC) on Wednesday, February 17 at 7:00 pm.
TOP STORYLINES
#1 - The Jaspers went 3-0 against the Peacocks last year - highlighted by a 65-48 win in the semifinals of the MAAC Tournament.
#2 - Manhattan is 23-8 over the last three years in the months of February/March and 31-12 since the start of the 2012-2013 season.
#3 - Last season, Manhattan limited Saint Peter's to less than 70 points in all three match-ups.
QUICK HITS
* The Jaspers are playing the third game of a four-game road trip and are just 3-9 away from Draddy this season.
*Manhattan has won 10-straight games in the all-time series dating back to the 2011-2012 season.
* The Jaspers dropped a 79-70 at Monmouth decision despite a career-high 22 points and eight caroms from sophomore Calvin Crawford.
* Crawford has now hit for at least 20 points in back-to-back games and is averaging 20.0 ppg and 6.7 rpg over the last three while shooting 61.5 percent (24-of-39) from the field.
* Junior Rich Williams had 20 points with six rebounds and three steals off the bench as Manhattan had two 20-point performers for the second time this season.
* Williams has now hit for at least 20 points on five occasions.
* Thanks to Crawford and Williams, the Jaspers reserves scored a season-high 47 points.
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 (2-5): 68.3 ppg | 76.0 opponent ppg | 42.6 FG % | 46.8 FG %D | 35.9 3-PT FG % | 35.2 3-PT FG %D
* In his career, head coach Steve Masiello is 10-0 against Saint Peter's and 65-37 (.637), all-time, against MAAC teams, including going 35-11 (.761) at home and 22-24 (.478) 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 8-5 in MAAC play since the 2016 calender year and an identical 8-5 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 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, the Jaspers have shot 50.0 percent or better from the floor in 8-of-15 and 40.0 percent or better on threes in 7-of-15. 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 83.5 percent (81-of-97) from the line while holding opposing teams to 38.3 percent shooting (49-of-128), including just 21.6 percent (8-of-37) 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 three games.
* The Jaspers, which had 10 steals in the win over Monmouth, are 40th 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 each of the last three games.
* The Jaspers, which forced a season-high 25 turnovers in the win over George Mason, rank 15th nationally with a MAAC-best 16.0 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 % (.735-45th), turnover margin (75th-+1.7) and 3-pt % (.364-93rd).
* This season, opposing three-point shooters are converting on 37.7 percent (78-of-207) in the first half compared to a scant 29.3 percent (55-of-188) after halftime.
* Over the last three games, Manhattan is averaging 34.0 rebounds per game after failing to hit the 30-carom threshold in seven of the previous eight games.
* This season, Crawford averaged 21.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg and 2.5 bpg against Monmouth while shooting 66.7 percent (16-of-24) from the floor. In the first meeting he had 20 points and six rebounds en route to being named MAAC Player of the Week.
* Crawford, who had 18 points in the win over Quinnipiac, has scored in double-figures in four-straight games for the first time in his career and eight times in 15 games this season.
* Sophomore Zane Waterman notched his second-straight double-double and the third of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the win at Marist after recording a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds in the victory over Quinnipiac.
* Waterman, who averaged 16.0 ppg and 11.5 rpg with a pair of double-doubles last week, has scored in double-figures in 11 of his last 14 and is averaging 12.8 points and 7.0 rebounds per game during that time while shooting 50.9 percent (58-of-114) from the floor.
* He notched his first career double-double with 12 points and a personal-best 13 caroms in the win over Siena after going for a career-high 23 points at EKU and has scored in double-digits 13 times with four double-figure rebounding performances.
* Waterman, who scored 22 points against Columbia, ranks among the league leaders in scoring (11.3 ppg-28th), rebounding (6.3 rpg-12th), FG % (.489-9th), offensive boards (2.1 orpg-13th) and defensive boards (4.2 drpg-12th).
* The Jaspers have won 10 of its last 16 games thanks to averaging 72.4 ppg while shooting 44.6 percent from the floor, including 39.6 percent from long range, and 76.4 percent from the line.
* Defensively over the last 16, Manhattan has limited the opposition to just 31.7 percent shooting from deep, including 25.8 percent (34-of-132) after halftime.
* Over the last five minutes in the previous 16 games, the Jaspers are holding opposing teams to 34.6 percent (47-of-136) shooting, including just 14.3 percent (6-of-42) from deep, while making good on 82.0 percent (91-of-111) from the line.
* Senior Shane Richards is averaging a team-best 17.7 ppg during that time, fueled by six 20-plus point performances, while shooting 40.0 percent (76-of-190) from the field, 40.7 percent (46-of-113) on threes and 91.4 percent (85-of-93) 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 297 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-4th), ft % (.869-4th), threes (2.6/game-6th) and minutes (36.7-1st) while notching double-figures in scoring 22 times, including pacing the squad on 13 occasions.
* After halftime during MAAC play, Richards is averaging 11.4 points each time out while shooting 49.0 percent (50-of-102) from the floor, including 45.6 percent (26-of-57) 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 1,363 points.
* From long range, Richards has converted at least three triples in 60 of his 122 games - including at least four 33 times - and is the school's single-season (92-2015) and career (297) leader in threes. When he connects on four in a game, Manhattan is 23-10, including 17-7 over the last three seasons. His 297 threes also rank fifth in the MAAC record books.
* Joining Richards as one of the top all-around players in the MAAC is Williams, who ranks among the MAAC leaders in scoring (14.8 ppg-12th), rebounding (6.2 rpg-10th) and defensive rebounds (4.9 drpg-6th).
* 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 32.4 points per game (4th MAAC).
* 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 (+9.3 ppg) and rebounding (+4.7) 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 has hit for at least 20 points five times, highlighted by a career-high 26 in the victory over George Mason.
* In the backcourt, senior RaShawn Stores is second in the MAAC with 2.3 assist/turnover ratio while also averaging 8.7 points, 3.0 assists (10th MAAC) and 1.2 steals (3rd MAAC) per game. He also is fifth in the circuit with a 41.4 percent (36-of-87) conversion rate from long range and 15th with 1.7 triples per game.
* 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 41.1 percent (69-of-168) on threes after halftime for his career, including making good on 43.6 percent (44-of-101) since the start of last year. Stores also has a 3.5 assist/turnover ratio (73 assists/21 TO) over the last two years in the second half.
* Manhattan is 46-25 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, who has nine assists against no turnovers in his last two games, has handed out at least six assists on 14 occasions and is second in the MAAC and 34th nationally (5.6 apg) while also ranking among the league leaders in steals (1.5 spg-4th) and assist-turnover ratio (1.9-7th).
* Masiello, who holds a career record of 90-66 (57-34 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 173-102 record.
* In his 20th season as either a player or a coach, Masiello has a career collegiate record of 451-212, including 330-184 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.
KEY MANHATTAN MATCH-UPS
Toughness - Saint Peter's is regarded as one of the toughest teams in the league and Manhattan will need to lean on its championship experience.
Balance - The Jaspers have seen four of their eight available scholarship players hit for at least 20 points in a game this year and will need to continue to play a 'team' game to continue the recent success.
Bench Play - Manhattan's bench has outscored its counterparts in eight of the last nine games and will need to keep up that production.
LAST 16 GAME JASPER SPLITS
Second Half FG% (.485) (203-419) | First Half FG% (.408) (174-426)
Second Half FG% D (.421) (195-452) | First Half FG% D (.464) (195-420)
Second Half 3-Point O (.449) (73-of-169) | First Half 3-Point O (.358) (57-of-159)
Second Half 3-Point D (.252) (34-of-132) | First Half 3-Point D (.374) (52-of-139)
THE MANHATTAN BENCH
In the first meeting with Monmouth, the Jasper bench scored 46 points, on 51.9 percent (18-of-34) shooting, before going for 47 points, on 51.6 percent (16-of-31) shooting. In both games the reserves outscored the starters
NOT SHABBY
Over the last three years, Manhattan is 43-5 when leading at the half, including going a perfect 15-0 a year ago, 21-7 when limiting teams to less than 40 percent shooting, 25-8 when winning the battle of the boards and 37-16 when forcing more turnovers than the opposition. Additionally, since the start of last season the Jaspers are 25-2 when leading with five minutes to play.
UP NEXT
The Jaspers are at Quinnpiac on Sunday, February 21 with opening tip slated for 2:00 pm.
