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Lawrenceville, NJ - Manhattan (12-16; 9-10 MAAC) will wrap up the regular season at Rider (11-19; 7-12 MAAC) on Sunday, February 28 at 6:00 pm in a game that will be streamed on ESPN3.
TOP STORYLINES
#1 - The Jaspers will either be the No. 6 or No. 7 seed for the upcoming MAAC Tournament and can clinch the sixth spot with a victory or an Iona win over Canisius.
#2 - Manhattan is 24-11 over the last three years in the months of February/March and 32-15 since the start of the 2012-2013 season.
#3 - Shane Richards scored 28 points in the teams' first meeting and has scored at least 18 points and converted at least four three pointers five times against the Broncs.
QUICK HITS
* The Jaspers fell on Senior Night to rival Iona by an 86-73 count despite a career-high 27 points from junior Rich Williams.
* Richards scored 17 points and senior RaShawn Stores handed out five assists with three steals in their final games at Draddy Gym.
* Stores also cracked the Manhattan career top-10 assist list and is currently 10th with 305.
* Richards was also honored prior to the game for becoming the fifth player in MAAC history to convert on 300 three pointers.
* In the first meeting with Rider, Richards scored 28 points and has reached the 20-point mark 10 times this year and 17 for his career.
* Over seven career games against the Broncs, Richards has scored at least 18 points and converted at least four three pointers five times.
* Since Steve Masiello is 5-4, all-time, against Rider including going 3-1 in Lawrenceville.
MANHATTAN MAAC Home/Road Splits
Home (6-4): 70.5 ppg | 70.9 opp. ppg | 43.1 FG % | 44.5 FG %D | 35.7 3-PT FG % | 33.1 3-PT FG %D
Road (3-6): 67.8 ppg | 73.4 opp. ppg | 43.5 FG % | 46.8 FG %D | 35.6 3-PT FG % | 36.4 3-PT FG %D
* Prior to the Iona game, former student-athlete, head coach and administrator Jack Powers' former number 34 became the first-ever retired number by the school.
* Masiello, who holds a career record of 91-69 (58-37 MAAC) set the school-record for MAAC Tournament wins a year ago with his eighth against Iona while breaking ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla's previous Jasper mark.
* In his career, Masiello is 66-40 (.623), all-time, against MAAC teams, including going 35-13 (.729) at home and 23-25 (.479) on the road.
* Manhattan is 9-6 in MAAC games decided by 10 points or less, highlighted by recording three wins when trailing with less than five minutes to play, thanks to shooting 81.3 percent (91-of-112) from the line over the last five minutes.
* 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.
* Manhattan, which had 10 steals in the win over Monmouth, is 35th nationally with 7.8 thefts per game and 34-5 when hitting the 10-steal standard since Masiello took over the program, including 23-2 over the last three years.
* In the win over George Mason, the Jaspers forced a season-high 25 turnovers and rank 15th nationally with a MAAC-best 15.9 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 turned Fairfield over 23 times in each meeting and has now forced the opposition at least 16 turnovers on 17 occasions, including at least 20 four times.
* The Jaspers also rank among the top-100 nationally in FT % (34th-.736) and turnover margin (84th-+1.6).
* This season, opposing three-point shooters are converting on 35.3 percent (89-of-252) in the first half compared to a scant 32.7 percent (72-of-220) after halftime.
* Over the last five minutes in the previous 19 games, opposing teams are shooting 38.9 percent (61-of-157), including just 21.2 percent (11-of-52) from deep, while making good on 80.8 percent (105-of-130) from the line.
* Also during that time, Richards is averaging a team-best 17.2 ppg during that time, fueled by seven 20-plus point performances, while shooting 39.7 percent (95-of-239) from the field, 38.7 percent (53-of-137) on threes and 91.8 percent (101-of-110) from the line.
* 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 10 times this year and 17 over his career.
* The New York native ranks among the MAAC leaders in scoring (17.3 ppg-4th), FT % (.877-2nd), threes (2.5/game-6th) and minutes (36.5-1st) while notching double-figures in scoring 25 times, including pacing the squad on 14 occasions.
* After halftime during MAAC play, Richards is averaging 10.4 points each time out while shooting 46.8 percent (58-of-124) from the floor, including 43.1 percent (28-of-65) from long range and 90.0 percent (54-of-60) from the line. He went 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 1,424 points.
* From long range, Richards has converted at least three triples in 61 of his 126 games - including at least four 34 times - and is the school's single-season (92-2015) and career (304) leader in threes. When he connects on four in a game, Manhattan is 24-10, including 18-7 over the last three seasons.
* Junior Rich Williams notched his sixth career 20-point performance with a career-high 27 against Iona and ranks among the MAAC leaders in scoring (14.2 ppg-15th), rebounding (6.1 rpg-11th), FT % (.788-11th) and defensive boards (4.6 drpg-7th) while notching double-figures 21 times.
* 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 32.0 points per game (4th MAAC).
* Williams scored an even 20 at Monmouth, while combing with sophomore Calvin Crawford (22) to help fuel a season-high 47-points from the bench.
* He has three double-doubles and notched his fourth double-digit rebounding performance with 10 against Saint Peter's.
* In the series sweep against Quinnipiac, Williams averaged 16.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg after notching his third career double-double (19 points, 11 rebounds) in the win at Canisius with a career-high five assists.
* Williams has paced the squad in scoring on six occasions and on the glass a team-high 13 times while improving both his scoring (+9.2 ppg) and rebounding (+4.6) numbers from a year ago.
* In the backcourt, Stores is third in the MAAC with a 1.9 assist/turnover ratio while ranking among the league leaders in steals (1.5 spg-3rd), three-point percentage (.385-8th) and assists (3.0 apg-10th).
* 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 has closed out wins at Quinnipiac with four-straight free throws over the final 7.1 seconds, at Marist with six-straight free throws in the final 1:14 and Niagara with four free throws over the final 11.9 seconds.
* This season, Stores (22-of-25) & Richards (25-of-27) are making good on 90.4 percent (47-of-52) 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 39.4 percent (69-of-175) on threes after halftime for his career, including making good on 40.7 percent (44-of-108) since the start of last year. Stores also has a 2.6 assist/turnover ratio (78 assists/30 TO) over the last two years in the second half.
* Manhattan is 47-28 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 70 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 is third in the MAAC with 5.1 apg, fourth with a 1.9 assist/turnover ratio and fourth in st and fourth with 1.5 spg.
* Also over his last seven games, Wilson has 21 assists, against just seven turnovers, and recently cracked the single-season Jasper top-five list and is fifth with 143 helpers.
* Sophomore Zane Waterman registered his fourth career double-double with 18 points and a game-high 10 rebounds against Iona and over his last seven games is averaging 13.3 ppg and 7.9 rpg with three double-doubles while shooting 50.0 percent (35-of-70) from the floor.
* Waterman, who has scored in double-figures in 14 of his last 18 has also posted double-doubles in wins at Marist (13 points, 12 rebounds), Quinnipiac (19 pints, 11 rebounds) and Siena (12 points, 13 rebounds) after scoring a career-high 23 points at EKU.
* Waterman, who scored 22 points against Columbia, ranks among the league leaders in scoring (11.5 ppg-27th), rebounding (6.3 rpg-8th), FG % (.491-7th), offensive boards (2.0 orpg-11th) and defensive boards (4.3 drpg-11th) while scoring in double-digits 17 times with five double-figure rebounding performances.
* Also over his last seven games, Crawford is averaging 12.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 1.9 bpg while shooting 52.4 percent (33-of-63) from the field.
* Crawford notched his first career double-double (15 points, 12 rebounds) at Saint Peter's after scoring a career-high 22 points at Monmouth.
* He has now scored at least 20 points three times while hitting for double-figures in points nine times over his 19 games.
* Crawford, who also had 20 points and eight rebounds at Marist, is averaging 10.9 ppg and 4.7 rpg while shooting 49.3 percent from the field.
* Since returning to Riverdale, Masiello has led Manhattan 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 JasperMAAC Championship teams and five of the school's 12 20-win seasons in accruing a 174-105 record.
* In his 20th season as either a player or a coach, Masiello has a career collegiate record of 452-215, including 331-187 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.
