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Bronx, NY - Fordham (2-3) defeated Manhattan (2-4) 70-57 in the annual "Battle of the Bronx" at Rose Hill Gymnasium.
Despite the loss, senior
Calvin Crawford (Middletown, NY / St. Thomas More (CT)) notched his second double-double of the year (11 points, 10 rebounds) and classmate
Rich Williams (Brooklyn, NY / Vermont Academy (VT)) paced the Jaspers with 12 points.
In the second half, the Rams opened a 19-point lead with 9:15 to play and appeared to be on cruise control when Manhattan ripped off 11-straight points. Sophomore Pauly Paulicap (Elmont, NY / Harcum College) capped the spurt with a three-point play that was punctuated by rim-rattling dunk in bringing the visitors to within eight at 58-50 with 6:03 to play.
Fordham would answer on the ensuing possession before Crawford again made it an eight-point game with just over five to play. Unfortunately, that would be as close as the Jaspers would get as the Rams responded with 10-straight points in extending its advantage to 70-52 with less than two minutes to play.
Senior
Zane Waterman (Winston-Salem, NC / Fayetteville Academy) had 11 points and seven rebounds and junior
Thomas Capuano (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY / Iona Prep) also added 11 in giving Manhattan four double-figure scorers for the first this season.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Jaspers forced five shot clock violations in the game.
- Fordham improves to 2-3 while Manhattan is now 2-4.
- The Jaspers still lead the all-time series by a 57-53 count as the teams have alternated wins in each of the last four years.
- Williams paced Manhattan in scoring for the fifth time this year.
- The fifth-year senior is shooting 56.0 percent (14-of-25) from long range this year.
- Crawford's double-figure rebound performance is the third of his career.
- Waterman and Capuano each recorded double-figures in points for the first time this season.
- Freshman Nehemiah Mack (Harrisburg, PA / Massanutten Academy (VA)) registered a personal-best five assists while Williams also had a career-best matching five helpers.
- Paulicap had five blocks and is now averaging 3.3 per game.
- The Jaspers won the battle of the boards (32-27) for the fourth time this year and shot 46.9 percent (23-of-49) from the floor, including 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from deep.
- Will Tavares led all players with 19 points to pace four double-figure scorers for Fordham.
UP NEXT
- Manhattan will square off with Holy Cross on Friday, December 1 at 11:30 am (EST) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
