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* Manhattan and Holy Cross have each taken part in the NCAA First Four over the last three years with the Jaspers losing in 2015 and the Crusaders winning in 2016.
* Manhattan will be looking to snap a four-game losing streak while Holy Cross has lost three in a row.
* A win would give the Jaspers their first win over a Patriot League team since defeating American on November 25, 2007.
* Manhattan has won the rebounding battle in four of its six games.
* The Jaspers are also pacing the MAAC in rebounding defense with 31.3 each time out and has limited the opposition to 30 or less three times.
* Holy Cross is averaging just 26.0 rebounds per game while being outrebounded by an average of 11.8 each time out.
* Manhattan also leads the MAAC in three-point percentage (.367) and blocks (4.2/game)
* At Fordham, senior Rich Williams paced the Jaspers in scoring for the fifth time in six games with 12 points while while adding a career-high matching five assists.
* Classmate Calvin Crawford registered his MAAC-best second double-double of the year against the Rams with 11 points and 10 rebounds
* Sophomore Pauly Paulicap blocked a career-high matching five shots at Fordham and has 14 rejections over his last three games en route to ranking eighth nationally with a MAAC-leading 3.3 blocks per game. The Harcum College transfer also has more blocks (20) than five MAAC teams.
* His five blocks against Missouri State were were the most by a Manhattan players since Rhamel Brown had nine rejections at Siena on February 21, 2014.
* Williams has gotten off to a hot start after missing all of last year and is averaging 17.0 ppg (7th MAAC) while shooting 54.2 percent from the floor (8th MAAC) and 56.0 percent from deep (2nd MAAC).
* The fifth-year senior scored a season-high 24 points against NIU and has now hit for at least 20 points three times this year and on 10 occasions in his career.
* In the Jaspers' season-opening win over SFBK, he had 21 points before going for 20, on the strength of a career-high five three pointers, in a victory over Harvard.
* Crawford has notched double-figures in scoring four times this year, highlighted by his first double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Harvard. He is averaging 10.8 ppg (23rd) and a team-leading 7.3 rpg (3rd MAAC).
* Paulicap had a career-high 17 points, on perfect 6-for-6 shooting, and eight rebounds against NIU to cap a solid week at the Gulf Coast Classic, in which he averaged 10.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg and 4.0 bpg over the three-day event.
* Senior Zane Waterman and junior Thomas Capuano each had 11 points at Fordham in giving Manhattan four double-figure scorers for the first time this year.
* Freshman Nehemiah Mack had a career-high five assists at Fordham and now has 10 helpers, against just one turnover, over his last three games.
* Senior Zavier Turner handed out a career-high matching eight assists against NIU after registering seven in the victory over Harvard and is averaging 3.8 apg (9th MAAC).
* Sophomore Aaron Walker Jr. scored team-high matching 15 points against Missouri State after leading the way with 14 points against UMKC.
* Walker Jr. registered all 11 of his markers in the final 5:51 in helping the Jaspers erase a late six-point deficit in the win over Harvard. He also came up big in the victory over SFBK, canning a pair of late free throws to force OT.
* Opposing shooters have now converted on just 32-of-104 (.308) against the Manhattan defense after SFBK started 8-of-13 (.615) in the opener.
* The Jaspers forced five shot clock violations at Fordham after drawing six charges against NIU.
* Against Missouri State, Manhattan scored 12-straight points in the first half en route to ripping off a 17-3 run that took 6:13 while turning a six-point deficit into a 27-19 advantage with 5:43 to play until halftime.
* All told, the Jaspers scored on 10 of their next 14 possessions against the Bears, spanning 8:50.
* Manhattan defeated Harvard despite trailing with five minutes to play ... A year ago, the Jaspers went 1-19 when losing with five to play.
* Waterman hit the game-clinching free throws against Harvard after registering his eighth career double-figure rebound performance with 10 caroms against St. Francis Brooklyn and has 947 career points.
* The senior quartet of Crawford, Turner, Waterman and Williams has accounted for 62.6 percent (254/406) of Manhattan's scoring and 58.7 percent (118/201) of the Jaspers' rebounding.
* Masiello, who collected his 50th career victory at Draddy Gymnasium against St. Francis Brooklyn, has a stellar .662 (51-26) winning percentage at home.
* Manhattan rallied from 10 points down against SFBK in registering the team's largest comeback win since erasing an 11-point deficit against Niagara on January 10, 2017.
* The Jaspers are now 74-38, all-time, in openers and 54-19 against SFBK, including 5-0 in season openers.
* Manhattan turned the Terriers over 18 times with nine steals before forcing 17 miscues by UMKC and are forcing 14.8 turnovers per game in 2017-2018.
* A year ago, the Jaspers ranked 58th nationally with 14.6 forced turnovers/game and 71st with a MAAC-best 7.0 steals each time out.
* In the OT win over the SFBK, the Manhattan scored on four straight possessions in the extra session and 7-of-9 en route in a win that featured 14 lead changes and five ties.
* In the last five minutes/OT of games of the Jaspers' four games decided five points or less, Manhattan is shooting 50.0 percent (13-of-26) from the floor and 55.6 percent (5-of-9) from deep.
* Manhattan was tabbed to finish second in the annual MAAC Preseason Poll and paced the circuit with three All-League selections.
* Waterman (1st), Williams (2nd) and Turner (3rd) were all named to the All-MAAC preseason teams.
* Williams is the lone remaining member of the program's Back-to-Back MAAC Championship squads while Crawford and Waterman were also on the 2015 squad.
* After serving as a special assistant to the Head Coach last year, former All-MAAC guard Michael Alvarado has been promoted to assistant coach.
* Joining the staff this season is last year's lone graduating senior Tyler Wilson, who played in 129-straight games over the last four years. Wilson and second-year staff member RaShawn Stores are former Jasper student-athletes on staff under Masiello.
* Manhattan is 38-8 when notching double-figures in thefts under Masiello, including, 27-5 in the last four years, and 21-11 when forcing at least 20 turnovers under Masiello.
* Masiello has led Manhattan to a 104-97 (.517) record, including going 63-53 (.543) during MAAC play and 51-26 (.662) at Draddy Gym over his seven seasons with three MAAC title game appearances, three postseason berths, two Metropolitan Coach of the Year honors and two 20-win campaigns. He has also participated in the NCAA Tournament in 13 of his first 21 seasons as a player or coach, including being a part of eight conference champions and one National Title.
* Since returning to Riverdale, Masiello has guided the Jaspers 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 titles and three 20-plus win seasons. All told, Masiello has been a member of four of Manhattan's five MAAC Championship teams and five of the school's 12 20-win seasons in recording a 187-133 record.
* Now in his 22nd season as either a player or a coach, Masiello has a career collegiate record of 467-243, including 346-215 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.
NEWS & NOTES
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 baseball games while also directing the team itself. During one particularly warm and humid day when the college was playing a semi-pro baseball team called the Metropolitans, Brother Jasper noticed the Manhattan students were becoming restless and edgy with the team coming 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 1890's 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.
THIS IS MANHATTAN COLLEGE
• U.S. News & World Report ranks Manhattan 15th out of 138 in the Best Regional Universities (North) category of its 2016-17 Best Colleges list. This is the tenth year in a row the College has placed in the regional top 20. U.S. News & World Report also ranks Manhattan College as 8th among 52 regional universities that are attractive colleges for veteran students.
• Brookings ranks Manhattan College ninth out of more than 7,000 two and four-year schools in an analysis that examined how well schools prepare students for successful careers.
• Why is Manhattan College in the Bronx? Our campus was originally located in Manhattan at the intersection of 131st Street and Broadway. In 1923, Manhattan College moved to its present Riverdale location in order to accommodate a growing student body. But with more than 60 years of history established as Manhattan College, the institution decided to retain the name despite the geographic misnomer.
• 17 alumni are members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering — an impressive number for an institution the size of Manhattan College.
• Alumni include Rudy Giuliani '65, former mayor of New York City; James Patterson '69, best-selling author; and Raymond Kelly '63, former commissioner of the NYPD.
• Manhattan is one of only 182 remaining colleges founded in the United States before the Civil War.
GO THE DISTANCE
The Jaspers will travel approximately 5,852 miles during its non-conference schedule:
Belfast, Northern Ireland (3,159) | Tulsa, OK (1,354) | Estero, FL (1,283) | Garden City, NY (29) | Newark, NJ (24) | Fordham (3)
MASIELLO AT NEUTRAL SITES
Masiello is 14-13, all-time, in neutral site games.
FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Manhattan raised $1,200 for Hurricane Relief efforts in Puerto Rico during their exhibition game against Sacred Heart.
FILLING IT UP
Waterman, who earned Third Team All-MAAC honors a year ago, tallied a career-high 35 points in a win over Rider (1/13/17), which was the most by a Jasper since George Beamon had 35 in an 84-81 win over Siena on February 13, 2011. All told, Waterman had eight 20-point games last year, including two of at least 30, and has notched at least 20 on 10 occasions during his career.
ZT RECAP
A year ago, Turner led Manhattan in scoring 14.9 ppg (12th MAAC) and with 3.3 apg (10th MAAC) while hitting for at least 20 points 10 times, including on four straight occasions midway through the season. The Ball State transfer scored a game-high 27 points against MAAC Regular Season Champion Monmouth while going over 1,000 for his career before notching his 10th 20-point performance of the year and the 16th of his career at Siena.
POINT GUARD U
Manhattan features three point guards that earned titles as Jaspers in Alvardo, Stores and Wilson. Additionally, color commentator Chris "Smooth" Williams was a point guard on the Jaspers' 1993 MAAC Championship Team.
THE BEST AROUND
The 1993 MAAC Championship squad was recently inducted to the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame.
THE MASIELLO WAY
Since Masiello took over the program in 2011-2012, Manhattan is 38-8 when registering 10 steals, including 27-5 over the last four years, and 21-11 when forcing at least 20 turnovers.
NOT SHABBY
Over the last five years, the Jaspers are 49-12 when leading at the half, 27-9 when limiting teams to less than 40 percent shooting and 44-24 when forcing more turnovers than the opposition.
60-POINT CLUB
The Jaspers were 3-0 a year ago when holding teams to less than 60 points (EKU (54), SFBK (54) & Fordham (53) and are 38-4 under Masiello when achieving the standard.
MASIELLO AT MANHATTAN
Masiello has been a part of four of Manhattan's five MAAC Championships while helping lead the Jaspers to a 187-133 record in 11 seasons (7-HC/4-AC) in Riverdale.
PRESEASON POLL
Manhattan was slated to finish second in the annual preseason MAAC Coaches Poll with Waterman (1st), Williams (2nd) and Turner (3rd) earning All-League honors.
THE WORLDWIDE LEADER
Manhattan played the first of three Jasper Sports Network produced ESPN3 games on Saturday, November 18 against Harvard with opening tip tapped for 1:00 pm.
INTRIGUING
Masiello was named at one of the "25 Most Intriguing Coaches" in college basketball by Yahoo and has twice been named as the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Coach of the Year (2012 | 2014).
MEET THE STAFF
Masiello is joined on the bench by Matt Grady, Shawn Finney, Branden McDonald, Michael Alvarado, Brandon Kuhn, RaShawn Stores and Tyler Wilson. Grady is in his seventh year as an associate head coach with Finney beginning year two. Alvarado was promoted to assistant in the offseason after spending two years as a special assistant. Kuhn is in his first year as the Strength & Conditioning Assistant/Director of Operations while Stores and Wilson are Special Assistants to Masiello.
RICHARDS SELECTED IN NBA D-LEAGUE DRAFT
Shane Richards recently made the Rio Grande Valley Vipers roster after missing last year due to injury. A year ago, Richards was selected in the Second Round of the NBA D-League Draft by the Erie BayHawks before being traded to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. He is the second Jasper in the last three years to be drafted by the NBAGL, joining 2014 MAAC Tournament MVP George Beamon.
112TH SEASON OF JASPERS BASKETBALL
In its 111th season, the Manhattan men's basketball program boasts a 1352-1214 overall record (285-307 MAAC). The Jaspers' storied men's basketball team was established in 1904-05 and took a two-year hiatus during the 1943-44 and 1944-45 season due to World War II.
MANHATTAN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS ...
49-12 WHEN LEADING AT THE HALF
45-14 WHEN HOLDING TEAMS TO LESS THAN 70 POINTS
27-3 WHEN HOLDING TEAMS TO LESS THAN 40% SHOOTING
35-21 WHEN WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS
35-23 IN FEBRUARY/MARCH
27-5 WHEN RECORDING 10+ STEALS
7-2 DURING MAAC TOURNAMENT PLAY
UP NEXT
Manhattan will conclude play at the Belfast Classic against either La Salle or Towson.
