Box Score | Highlights
Loudonville, NY - Siena rallied for a 64-56 win over Manhattan in the finale between the teams at the UHY Center.
Junior
Elijah Buchanan (Bronx, NY / Woodstock Academy (CT)) scored a team-high 18 points with five rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block to pace the Jaspers on offense.
Classmate
Samir Stewart (Fort Lauderdale, FL / American Heritage) also netted double-figures in points, finishing with 13 points, while adding a pair of steals.
Junior
Warren Williams (Kingston, Jamaica / St. Benedict's Prep) paced all players with 10 rebounds in notching double-digits for the seventh time this season.
Manhattan came out firing to start the game, as Williams hit a hook shot to start the scoring, before Stewart canned back-to-back three points to give the visitors an early 8-0 lead.
The Jasper lead would reach a half-high 10 on two occasions, the second of which came following Stewart's third three pointer of the stanza.
For the half, the Jaspers limited the Saints to just 29.6 percent shooting (8-of-27), after Siena made good on 63.2 percent (12-of-19) in the second half of yesterday's game.
After intermission, the Saints got back in the game with a 12-0 spurt, before using a late 8-0 run in opening up a five-point advantage they wouldn't relinquish the rest of the way.
Notes
* Manhattan won the rebounding battle 37-34, including 15-9 on the offensive end that led to a 17-7 advantage on second-chance points.
* The Jaspers are now 6-11 and 5-11 in the MAAC, while the Saints improve to 11-3 and 11-3 in the league.
* Buchanan scored 14 of his 18 points after halftime in notching double-figures for the eighth time this season.
* Stewart recorded double-digits in scoring for the seventh time on the year.
* Williams narrowly missed a double-double, finishing with eight points.
* Junior
Ant Nelson (New York, NY / Seton Hall) scored six points with career-best matching three steals as the Jaspers registered nine total thefts.
* Classmate
Samba Diallo (Rufisque, Senegal / UMass) also had six points with two steals.
* Junior Marquis Watson (Brooklyn, NY / Miami Dade College) had five points and four rebounds to lead the way for the second unit.
* Siena shot 42.0 percent (21-of-50) from the floor, including 56.5 percent (13-of-23) after halftime, and 81.8 percent (18-of-22) from the line.
* Manny Camper scored a career-high 25 points with nine rebounds and four assists to pace the Saints.
Up Next
* Manhattan will host Fairfield on Thursday, March 4 with opening tip tabbed for 6:00 pm.
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