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Riverdale, NY - Manhattan (0-2) returns to action against local-rival Hofstra (1-1) on Friday, November 18 at 7:00 pm.
TOP STORYLINES
#1 - The Jaspers lead the all-time series by a decisive 40-22 count and have won all three match-ups since Steve Masiello became Head Coach prior to the 2011-2012 season.
#2 - Manhattan won the last meeting between the teams by a 66-59 count on November 30, 2013 with staff member Michael Alvarado scoring a game-high 23 points.
#3 - Senior Rich Williams made his first career start against Hofstra in the teams' last meeting with the Brooklyn native scoring nine points in 15 minutes. Williams, who will miss Friday's game due to injury, and classmate Tyler Wilson are just two of three players from the teams to have played in the last match-up.
QUICK HITS
* Junior Zavier Turner scored a team-high 16 points to pace five double-figure scorers against Winthrop and is leading the team in scoring (13.0 ppg).
* Sophomore Thomas Capuano, like Turner, recorded double-figures in scoring for the second-straight game, finishing with 12 markers and is averaging 11.5 ppg. Capuano also pulled down a career-high six rebounds while registering his first collegiate block.
* The Manhattan basketball teams are wearing memorial patches on the left shoulder of their home and away jerseys this season in honor of Fr. George Hill, the longtime Manhattan College chaplain and an avid supporter of both teams, who passed away in September.
* Wilson, junior Calvin Crawford and freshman Aaron Walker Jr. each added 10 points as the Jaspers had five players register double-figures for the first time since an 84-77 victory over Quinnipiac (2/11/16).
* Wilson also had two assists and how has 311 for his career, ranking 10th all-time. With three more helpers he will match former teammate RaShawn Stores (314) for ninth.
* The Jaspers won the rebounding battle for the second-straight game after ranking last in the MAAC in rebounding (29.5) & offensive rebounding (7.8) a year ago.
* Four different Manhattan players pulled down at least five rebounds against Winthrop, led by Capuano's career-high six.
* Junior Ahmed Ismail blocked a career-high three shots against the Eagles as the Jaspers notched six as a team.
* Last year, Manhattan had a season-best six rejections on three occasions.
* Freshman Na'Quan Council narrowly missed scoring in double-figures vs. Winthrop, finishing up with nine points.
* Junior Zane Waterman started for the 29th straight game against the Eagles, collecting five rebounds.
* Classmate Samson Usilo scored his first collegiate basket vs. Winthrop after missing the better part of the last two years.
* Manhattan dropped a 76-64 decision to Bucknell in a game that featured six student-athletes making their Jasper debuts.
* Capuano scored 11 points while pacing Manhattan in scoring for the first time in his career. The sophomore also handed out a career-high five assists while recording three steals.
* The six Jasper newcomers combined for 37 points and 25 rebounds against Bucknell.
* Manhattan grabbed 45 rebounds, fueled by 19 offensive caroms, against the Bison and are the most by the Jaspers in a game since the 2014-2015 season.
* Masiello has led Manhattan to a 92-73 (.558) record, including going 58-38 (.604) during MAAC play and 42-20 (.677) at Draddy Gymnasium, over the last six seasons with three MAAC Title Game appearances, three postseason berths, two Metropolitan Coach of the Year honors and two 20-win campaigns..
* He has participated in the NCAA Tournament in 13 of his 20 seasons as a player or coach, including being a part of eight conference champions and one National Championship.
* Masiello has also been a part of four of the Jaspers' five MAAC Championships and five 20-win campaigns during his nine full years in Riverdale (Assistant & HC).
* He is also 3-0, all-time, against Hofstra and 3-2, all-time, against Pride Head Coach Joe Mihalich.
* Manhattan, which is averaging 8.0 steals per game, ranked second in the MAAC and 36th nationally a year ago with 7.7 thefts per game. The Jaspers are 23-3 when hitting the standard over the last three years and 34-6 during the Masiello era.
* Manhattan was also 13th nationally with 15.8 forced turnovers per game a year ago while forcing the opposition into at least 20 miscues five times and was third in the MAAC (76th NCAA) with a +1.6 turnover margin. During the Masiello era, the Jaspers are 20-11 when turning the opposition over at least 20 times.
* Manhattan returns eight letterwinners, including three starters, that accounted for 62.6 percent of the Jaspers' scoring (1,334 points) and 75.7 percent of their rebounding (693 rebounds) while welcoming seven newcomers.
* Manhattan was slated to finish sixth in the annual preseason MAAC Coaches Poll with Williams earning All-MAAC Second Team honors.
* Wilson and Wilson are the lone seniors as the duo have helped the Jaspers to a 57-42 record, two MAAC titles, two trips to the NCAA Tournament and a MAAC-best 7-1 conference tourney record.
* Williams averaged 14.8 ppg and a team-best 6.0 rpg last year, highlighted by seven 20-plus point performances and three double-doubles. Additionally, he raised both his scoring (+9.3 ppg) and rebounding (+4.5 rpg) numbers and took his game to another level at the MAAC Tournament, averaging a team-leading 21.0 ppg.
* Wilson finished second in the MAAC with 5.2 assists per game while also ranking third in assist/turnover ratio (2.0) and fifth in steals (1.5 spg). He dished out at least seven assists 11 times while becoming the first Jasper notch double-figures in assists in 15 years, doing so twice, while his 161 total assists rank third in the Manhattan single-season annals.
* Waterman and Crawford each posted breakout campaigns a year. Waterman ranked among the league leaders in scoring (11.0 ppg-27th), rebounding (6.0 rpg-12th) and field goal percentage (.492-8th). Crawford, meanwhile, averaged 10.8 ppg and scored 20 points in a 78-71 win over Monmouth en route to accruing MAAC Player of the Week accolades.
* The trio of Williams, Waterman and Crawford combined to account for all 10 double-digit rebounding performances by Manhattan a year ago and all eight double-doubles.
* The Jaspers also welcome back Usilo, Capuano (5.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg), sophomore Ak Ojo (1.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg), classmate Matt Maloney (0.5 ppg, 0.3 rpg) and Usilo (DNP).
* Joining the fray this year are senior Sky Williams, Turner, Ismail, junior Zavier Peart, Council, freshman Oliver Ehrnvall and Walker Jr.
* Thanks to the influx of talent, Manhattan now boasts five foreign-born players in R. Williams (Jamaica), Ismail (Egypt), Usilo (Nigeria), Ojo (Nigeria) and Ehrnvall (Sweden).
* The Jaspers graduated Shane Richards and Stores from last year's squad, with the duo helping Manhattan to three MAAC title games, two titles and 71 total wins.
* Richards was recently selected in the Second Round of the NBA D-League Draft by the Erie BayHawks before being traded to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers and is the second Jasper in the last three years to be drafted by the NBADL, joining 2014 MAAC Tournament MVP George Beamon.
* Richards earned All-MAAC First Team honors a year ago and graduated eighth in school history with 1,472 points, fueled by a school-record 311 three pointers. He converted on at least four threes on 35 occasions with the Jaspers going 25-10 during that time.
* Williams is the lone returning Manhattan player to have record at least four triples in a game as a Jasper, having done so twice in his career.
* Tuesday's game against Winthrop is one of 11 non-conference games for Manhattan against 11 different conferences (ACC, American, Atlantic 10, Big South, Big 12, CAA, Horizon, MEAC, NEC, OVC, Patriot). The Jaspers will also play in six states: NY (5), PA (2), FL (1), MD (1), MI (1), WV (1).
* Included in the 11-game schedule are six games (Temple (NCAA), WVU (NCAA), Bucknell (NIT), Florida State (NIT), Hofstra (NIT) and Fordham (CIT)) against teams that qualified for the postseason a year ago.
* The Jaspers will also participate in the 2016 Orange Bowl Classic in Sunrise, FL against Florida State on Saturday, December 17 at 1:30 pm.
* Since returning to Riverdale, Masiello has led Manhattan to a pair of MAAC Titles as well as a pair of 20-plus win campaigns. In his first tenure, he was a part of two MAAC Championships and three 20-plus win seasons. All told, Masiello has been a member of four of the five Jaspers' MAAC Championship teams and five of the school's 12 20-win seasons in accruing a 175-109 record.
* In his 21st season as either a player or a coach, Masiello has a career collegiate record of 455-219, including 334-191 on the sidelines, with one National Title, two National Championship Game appearances, two Final Fours, six Elite Eight berths, eight conference championships, 13 NCAA Tournament appearances and 15 20-win seasons.
* Joining the staff this year is assistant coach Shawn Finney, who spent the last six years at UCF. Finney coached Masiello and Kentucky before giving him his first job at Tulane.
THE MATCH-UP
Manhattan will be facing a Hofstra team that won 24 games and advanced to the NIT a year ago.
KEY MATCH-UPS
1. Offense: The Jaspers scored 81 points in their last game and will be going against a Pride defense that has yielded an average of 81.0 ppg this season with opposing teams shooting at a 47.2 percent clip.
2. Depth: Manhattan, which played 12 players in its last game, will be facing a Hofstra team that had just eight players see action the last time out.
3. Pressure: The Jaspers are averaging 8.0 steals per game and will need to continue to force the issue against a Pride team that is averaging just 12.5 turnovers each time out.
NOT SHABBY
Over the last three years, Manhattan is 45-6 when leading at the half, 21-7 when limiting teams to less than 40 percent shooting, 26-11 when winning the battle of the boards and 38-18 when forcing more turnovers than the opposition. Additionally, since the start of 2014-2015 the Jaspers are also 27-3 when leading with five minutes to play.
MASIELLO AT MANHATTAN
Masiello has been a part of four of Jaspers' five MAAC Championships while helping lead the Jaspers to a 175-109 record in 10 seasons in this his 10th season in Riverdale.
THE WORLDWIDE LEADER
Manhattan is slated to appear on the ESPN family of networks 10 times during the 2016-2017 season, including seven during MAAC play, once on Fox Sports and once on Root Sports. The Jaspers will travel to Temple on Sunday for a 2:00 pm ESPN3 tilt.