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Manhattan Earns First Postseason Win In Nine Years!
Women's Basketball
Posted: 3/20/2021 2:21:00 PM
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Frankfort, KY - Sophomore Emily LaPointe (Staten Island, NY / Staten Island Academy) scored the final six Manhattan points, highlighted by converting a three-point play with 2:17 to play, in leading the Jaspers to a 56-51 win over Loyola Chicago in the 2021 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI).

With the victory, Manhattan will next play the winner of the Abilene Christian and FIU tomorrow in the WBI Consolation Championship game at 2:30 pm.

The Jaspers improve to 11-8 with the win, while the Ramblers fall to 11-15.

LaPointe scored eight of her team-leading 11 points in the decisive fourth quarter to help Manhattan stave off a late Loyola Chicago comeback effort.
After the Ramblers made it a one-possession game, the Staten Island native converted the aforementioned three-point play that gave the Jaspers what would prove to be an insurmountable 54-48 advantage, before hitting a pair from the line for good measure.

Notes
* Manhattan's win was the first in postseason play since defeating Holy Cross 78-63 in the semifinals of the WBI on March 18, 2012. * The Jasper offense featured seven players that scored at least six points.
* LaPointe paced the team in scoring for the second time this year, while notching double-figures for the fifth time.

* Senior Courtney Warley (West Chester, PA / Bishop Shanahan) narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.
* The Green & White opened the game with a 5-1 run, highlighted by a pair of jumpers from junior Dee Dee Davis (Bronx, NY / Truman) and classmate Sydney Watkins (Wanaque, NJ / Saddle River Day).
* Manhattan then ripped off a 14-2 run that bridged the end of the first and the beginning of the second quarters that extended their advantage out to 18-6 at the 6:52 mark of the second quarter.

* Cajou scored eight of the 14 Jaspers points, while junior Jenna Jordan (Valley Cottage, NY / St. Francis Brooklyn) added four and Warley two.
* Cajou led all players with eight points in the opening stanza, thanks to going a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor.
* Loyola Chicago got back into the game with a 10-2 run, before LaPointe split a pair and Jordan hit a long jumper to give the Jaspers a 23-16 halftime advantage.
* The Green & White is now a perfect 9-0 when leading at intermission.

* Jordan would finish with a season-high eight points with five rebounds and two blocks off the bench.
* Sophomore Christina Katsamouri (Thessaloniki, Greece / Hellenic College of Thessaloniki) also had a strong game off the bench with six points with seven rebounds and two steals.

* After halftime, Manhattan extended its lead out to a game-high 14 points on two occasions.
* The Jaspers forced 16 miscues that led to a 17-12 advantage in points off turnovers.
* Head Coach Heather Vulin is now 6-1 in games decided by five points or less this season, and when her squad registers at least 10 steals.

* Manhattan limited Loyola Chicago to just 31.7 percent (19-of-60) shooting, including a paltry 20.7 percent (6-of-29) in the first half.
 
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