Manhattan-Marist Game Notes
GAME #15: Marist Red Foxes (4-11, 3-2 MAAC) at Manhattan Jaspers (6-8, 3-2 MAAC)
Tuesday, January 12, 2016-11:00 a.m.
Riverdale, NY-Draddy Gymnasium (2,520)
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JASPERS GAMEDAY
The 2015-16 season reaches its halfway point as Manhattan (6-8, 3-2 MAAC) begins a four-game homestand by welcoming Marist (4-11, 3-2 MAAC) to Draddy Gymnasium for its annual “Kid's Day Out” contest. This is the sixth consecutive year in which Manhattan is hosting a “Kid's Day Out, ” and the Red Foxes are the opponent for the second straight time. The Jaspers, who are playing at home for the first time since Dec. 18, completed a four-game road trip with a 60-59 loss at Siena on Sunday afternoon. Marist has dropped four of its last five, including its last two contests. The Red Foxes fell, 60-52, at Monmouth on Sunday.
MANHATTAN BREAKDOWN
The Jaspers (6-8, 3-2 MAAC) return home after playing seven of their last eight on the road looking to rebound after a 60-59 loss at first-place Siena on Sunday. Sophomore guard Nyasha Irizarry has drained 12 three-pointers over the last two games to raise her scoring average from 7.3 points per game to 9.5 points per contest. She sinks 2.1 treys per outing and is shooting .391 from beyond the arc. Sophomore guard Amani Tatum tallies a team-high 11.6 points a night to go along with 2.9 assists and a conference-leading 3.0 steals per game. Sophomore center Kayla Grimme adds 7.1 points and a team-best 7.9 rebounds per contest. She also ranks second in the MAAC with 2.7 blocks per outing. Senior guard Blake Underhill, meanwhile, distributes 3.0 assists a night. After playing three games in five days, the Jaspers are off until Saturday, when they continue their season-long four-game homestand with a matchup against Fairfield, their second meeting with the Stags in eight days.
MARIST BREAKDOWN
Marist (4-11, 3-2 MAAC) has lost four of its last five contests, including a 60-52 defeat at Monmouth on Sunday. That was the Red Foxes' second straight MAAC loss, marking the first time since 2004 that Marist has dropped consecutive conference games. Senior center Tori Jarosz leads the league in scoring and ranks second in the MAAC in rebounding. She averages a double-double with 16.1 points and 10.5 boards per outing. In addition, Jarosz paces the conference with 2.9 blocks per contest, and she's fourth in field goal percentage (.446) while placing sixth in free throw percentage (.815). Senior guard Sydney Coffey tallies 13.5 points per game to go along with a team-best 3.5 assists a night. Sophomore guard Allie Clement, meanwhile, contributes 9.5 points per game and sinks 2.5 three-pointers per contest. The Red Foxes begin a five-game homestand against first-place Iona on Friday night.
ALL-TIME SERIES
Manhattan is hosting Marist in its “Kid's Day Out” game for the second consecutive season. Exactly one year ago, the Red Foxes posted a 67-45 triumph at Draddy Gymnasium. Marist then completed a season sweep with a 77-38 victory in Poughkeepsie on Jan. 29. The Red Foxes have won six straight against the Jaspers and lead the all-time series 26-23. Manhattan's last win over Marist was a 48-44 triumph in Riverdale on Feb. 4, 2012.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
In a contest that featured seven ties and six lead changes, first-place Siena held on for a 60-59 victory over the Jaspers at the Alumni Recreation Center on Sunday. Manhattan battled back from a 10-point deficit with 2:27 to go, but Kollys Scarbrough hit a pair of free throws with six seconds left to give the Saints a four-point lead. Nyasha Irizarry drained a three-pointer, her seventh of the game, at the buzzer, but the Jaspers ended up one point short. Manhattan led 21-20 at halftime and 42-40 after three. Irizarry finished with a career-high 25 points, and her seven treys were one shy of the single-game program record. Crystal Ross had 13 points and four blocks, while Shayna Ericksen matched a career-high with 12 rebounds and Blake Underhill pulled down a career-best 11 boards.
KID'S DAY OUT
This is the sixth consecutive year in which the Jaspers are hosting “Kid's Day Out” at Draddy Gymnasium. An initiative started by the MAAC, each of the conference's 11 schools designates one home game each season as “Kid's Day Out,” where they invite students at local elementary schools onto campus for a women's basketball game. Manhattan is happy to welcome more than 750 students from Community School 300, P.S. 86, P.S. 93 and P.S. 107. The students wrote essays on the topic of teamwork, with the winners being presented t-shirts at halftime. Several Manhattan College student-athletes also spoke about the importance of teamwork in their respective sports.
