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RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Manhattan will take on Hofstra on Saturday, November 30 at 4 p.m. The Jaspers have won their first three road games for the first time since the 1994-95 season. That year, the Jaspers began the campaign at 8-0 on their way to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

THE SERIES WITH HOFSTRA
Manhattan and Hofstra will meet for the eighth consecutive season. The Jaspers won last year's contest, 67-56 at Draddy Gym behind 29 points from George Beamon and 15 points and eight rebounds by Rhamel Brown. Manhattan is 40-22 all-time against the Pride and has won the last two games, including a 68-59 win in the last game on Long Island on December 10, 2011.

BROWN SETS BLOCKS MARK
Senior Rhamel Brown already holds the program's record for career blocked shots and blocked shots in a single season. On Tuesday vs. Fordham, Brown set the program record for blocked shots in a single game with nine rejects.

BEAMON BEAMS BRIGHTLY
Manhattan senior George Beamon continued his terrific start to the season with a team-high 24 points and 11 rebounds in Tuesday's game against Fordham for his 10th career double-double. Beamon has scored at least 24 points in each of Manhattan's first five games this season and has scored 20+ in 27 games during his stellar career.

CONFERENCE PLAY LOOMS
Following the game at Hofstra, Manhattan will begin MAAC play at Marist on Friday, December 6. The Jaspers return home to face Monmouth for the first time as conference foes at Draddy Gym on Sunday, December 8. The Jaspers will play three more non-conference games during December before returning to exclusive MAAC action on January at Saint Peter's.

CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS
Manhattan has outrebounded its opponent in four of the team's first five games this season. Against Fordham on Tuesday, the Jaspers edged the Rams on the glass, 45-42 and had 18 offensive rebounds to Fordham's 14. On the season, the Jaspers hold a +4.8 rebounding margin over its opposition.

JASPERS VS. THE CAA
This will be Manhattan's first of two games against an opponent from the Colonial Athletic Association. The Jaspers will take on UNC Wilmington on Sunday, December 15 in their second matchup with a CAA school this season.

TAKING CARE OF THE ROCK
In the game vs. Fordham, Manhattan valued the basketball better than it had all season. Despite an up-tempo pace, the Jaspers committed a season-low nine turnovers.

LIFE BEGINS AT 70
During the offseason, head coach Steve Masiello preached a faster pace to his team and that has resulted in final scores above 70 points in each game this season. The Jaspers are scoring 1.08 points per possession this season after averaging 0.93 points per possession last season.

JASPERS MOVE UP TO #10 IN MID-MAJOR POLL
In the latest mid-major poll released by CollegeInsider.com on November 25, Manhattan moved up a spot to #10, its high water mark this season. The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic.

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
Of the 13 players on the Manhattan roster, nine hail from the greater New York metropolitan area, including eight from the five boroughs of New York City. The Jaspers also have players from New Jersey (Carlton Allen), Kentucky (Donovan Kates), Illinois (CJ Jones) and California (Adam Lacey). Below are the nine players from the New York City area and their respective high schools. Five Jaspers hail from the Bronx.

BEAMON IS BACK
Manhattan senior George Beamon has had a terrific first five games of the season, averaging 26.8 points per game, including five straight games of 24 points or more. Last time out vs. Fordham, Beamon totaled 24 points and 11 rebounds. He now ranks ninth on Manhattan's all-time scoring list, just behind former teammate Darryl Crawford '10.

RHAMEL'S BLOCK PARTY
Senior Rhamel Brown has averaged 13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.5 blocked shots over his last two games. That includes a terrific all-around effort vs. Fordham on Tuesday, when he racked up 12 points, seven rebounds and nine blocked shots, which set a career high and a program record for blocked shots in one game. The Brooklyn native moved closer to second place on the MAAC's all-time blocked shots list.

MANHATTAN AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS
Through Monday, Nov. 24, the Jaspers are ranked among the national leaders in several categories.

EMMY AWARD WINNING
Through the first five games, junior Emmy Andujar is shooting 50 percent from the field, averaging 7.2 points, 5.2 rebounds per game, while leading the team with seven steals.

STORES RETURNS AFTER ALL-ROOKIE SEASON
Junior RaShawn Stores finished with five points, three assists and three steals in a strong all-around effort in Manhattan's 79-70 victory at Illinois State on Nov. 20. Stores currently ranks second on the squad in assists (14) and steals (six).

RICHARDS DIALS LONG DISTANCE
Sophomore Shane Richards is averaging 10.6 points per game off the bench and shooting 44.4 percent from three-point range over the first five games of the season. The sophomore sharpshooter recently matched his career high with 19 points in the Jaspers' Nov. 12 win at Columbia.

PANKEY BACK ON THE COURT
Sophomore Ashton Pankey sat out last season after transferring from Maryland prior to the 2012-13 campaign. He has contributed solid minutes in the frontcourt off the bench, averaging 5.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.

MR. JONES
Sophomore CJ Jones has started the last two games for Manhattan. Against Fordham on Nov. 26, he dished out three assists and scored four points in 13 minutes.

WELCOME FRESHMEN
Freshmen Rich Williams and Tyler Wilson had strong efforts off the bench in the game vs. Fordham. Williams showcased his athleticism, grabbing five rebounds with a spectacular blocked shot in nine minutes. Wilson also showed some flair, scoring five points, including a pretty driving layup, to go along with a pair of assists in 12 minutes.

MANHATTAN INKS FOUR IN CLASS OF 2018
Manhattan College men's basketball coach Steve Masiello and his staff have inked four standout incoming student-athletes during the NCAA early signing period. Nazareth (N.Y.) high school teammates Samson Akilo, a 6-foot-8 forward, and Samson Usilo, a 6-foot-4 wing, will join the Jaspers along with 6-foot-8 wing Calvin Crawford (Middltown, N.Y.) and 6-foot-9 wing Zane Waterman (Fayetteville, N.C.) in a highly regarded Manhattan class of 2018. “It's a very important class, losing three seniors in Michael Alvarado, George Beamon and Rhamel Brown, who mean a great deal to this program,” Masiello said. “We wanted to have a very strong class overall to really complement what we have on this team. I give a ton of credit to our staff, especially Rasheen Davis and Mathiew Wilson, for their help in recruiting this excellent group of young men.”

MANHATTAN ATOP MAAC POLL
The Jaspers were picked atop the 2013-14 MAAC preseason poll, as voted by the conference's 11 head coaches. Defending champion Iona was picked second, followed by Canisius, Rider, Marist, Fairfield, Quinnipiac, Niagara, Saint Peter's, Siena and Monmouth.

JASPERS ON TV IN 2013-14
Manhattan will have at least seven games on television in 2013-14. All remaining home games and select road contest will be available on JasperVision.TV in high definition:

NEW FACES, OLD PLACES
There are two new, but familiar faces, on the Manhattan sidelines this season. Mathiew Wilson, formerly the director of basketball operations, was promoted to an assistant coach position on Steve Masiello's staff over the summer. Masiello then brought in former colleague Mike Bramucci to fill the director of operations slot. Bramucci and Masiello coached together at Manhattan College from 2001-03.

Roberto Colonette, a 2013 Manhattan College graduate and two-year letterwinner, is also on the staff this season as the team's strength and conditioning coach. Colonette is currently enrolled in the Manhattan College School of Continuing and Professional Studies, pursuing his Master's degree in organizational leadership.

WHAT'S A JASPER?
The unique nickname of Manhattan College's athletic teams, the Jaspers, comes from one of the College's most memorable figures, Brother Jasper of Mary, F.S.C., who served as the College's athletic director in the late 19th century. One of the greatest achievements of Brother Jasper was that he brought the then little-known sport of baseball to Manhattan College and became the team's first coach.

Since Brother Jasper was also the Prefect of Discipline, he supervised the student fans at Manhattan College baseball games while also directing the team itself. During one particularly warm and humid day when Manhattan College was playing a semi-pro baseball team called the Metropolitans, Brother Jasper noticed the Manhattan students were becoming restless and edgy as Manhattan came to bat in the seventh inning of a close game. To relieve the tension, Brother Jasper called timeout and told the students to stand up and stretch for a few minutes until the game resumed. Since the College annually played the New York Giants in the late 1880's and into the 1890s at the old Polo Grounds, the Manhattan College practice of the “seventh inning stretch” spread into the major leagues, where it has now become a time-honored custom practiced by millions of fans annually.

FLORES NAMED TO MAAC HONOR ROLL
Former Manhattan standout Luis Flores '04 will be part of the MAAC Honor Roll, at the Basketball Hall of Fame, joining other Jasper greats Keith Bullock '93 and Jack Powers '58, who were inducted in the last two years. Flores is recognized as one of the greatest players in Manhattan College history, and helped engineer one of the greatest wins in school history. He scored 26 points to lead 12th-seeded Manhattan to a 75-60 victory over fifth-seeded Florida in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 18, 2004.

BROWN, MAHONEY INDUCTED INTO MC HALL OF FAME
Former Manhattan greats Durelle Brown '01 and Charles Mahoney '75 were recently inducted into the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame. Brown ranks among the top 10 in field goals made and field goal percentage in a career. Fourth on the all-time points list with 1,634, Brown was also dominant on the boards, pulling down 6.1 per game in his junior and senior years. He was named first team All-MAAC during his junior and senior years and All-Metropolitan second team in 2000-01.

Mahoney set a Manhattan career assist record of 394 in only three years. The high school New York State Tournament State Championship MVP, Mahoney scored 389 points as a freshman and added 904 during his varsity years for a total of 1,293 points. Coaches and sportswriters alike considered Charlie one of the best point guards in the metropolitan area.

WATCH AND LISTEN ON GOJASPERS.COM
For the 16th year, Manhattan College men's basketball games will be broadcast live over the internet on GoJaspers.com. Manhattan College Hall of Famer Brian Mahoney returns as the color analyst, along side play-by-play broadcaster Christian Heimall. Each broadcast will begin with the “Steve Masiello Pre-Game Report” 15 minutes prior to tipoff.

108TH SEASON OF JASPERS BASKETBALL
In its 108th season, the Manhattan College men's basketball program boasts a 1283-1148 overall record and 243-270 MAAC mark in 33 seasons as a conference member. The Jaspers storied men's basketball team was established in 1904-05 and served a two-year hiatus during the 1943-44 and 1944-45 season due to World War II.