新泽西州纽瓦克-曼哈顿（5胜6负）将于12月23日（周六）中午12点在22号西顿大厅（10胜2负）结束非联盟比赛，这场比赛将由FSN电视转播，并由YES网络同步播出。
TOP STORYLINES
#1 -The Jaspers lead the all-time series by a 27-20 count with the Pirates taking the last meeting by a 66-52 count on November 14, 2005.
#2 - Manhattan & Seton Hall are the last two Metro NY/NJ teams to win a First Round game in the NCAA Tournament, each doing so in Raleigh, NC in 2004.
#3 - A win would give Manhattan its first victory over a ranked team since besting No. 17 Oklahoma 77-67 in the First Round of the NCAA Tourney on March 16, 1995.
QUICK HITS
* This will be the Jaspers' first game against a Big East opponent since dropping a 79-51 decision to eventual National Champion Louisville on November 11, 2012.
* Manhattan has lost seven-straight games to Big East opponents, last defeating Seton Hall by a 74-70 score on January 27, 2003 thanks to 29 points from Luis Flores.
* Head Coach Steve Masiello and Seton Hall Head Coach Kevin Willard were both assistants for Louisville from 2005-2007.
* Masiello collected his 190th career win in this his 11th season as a member of the Jasper Basketball program at Hofstra on Wednesday (107-HC | 83-Assistant).
* Masiello, who served as an assistant for Manhattan from 2001-2005 has been a member of four of the Jaspers' five MAAC Championships (2003, 2004, 2014, 2015).
* On Wednesday, Manhattan defeated Hofstra 63-61 as sophomore Aaron Walker Jr. scored a season-high 17 points while classmate Pauly Paulicap had nine rebounds, six blocks and six points.
* Paulicap leads the MAAC and ranks 14th nationally with 3.0 blocks per game while notching at least five on three occasions.
* Manhattan ranks among the top-three in seven different MAAC defensive categories, including pacing the league in blocks (4.4 - 81st NCAA) and forced turnovers (15.4-91st NCAA).
* Over the last five games, the Jaspers have limited teams to 66 points or less four times with the opposition averaging just 63.4 ppg, on 40.7 percent shooting (38.3 percent - 2nd half), including 32.8 percent from long range (.303-2nd).
* On the year, Manhattan has held six of its 11 opponents to less than 70 points and is second in the MAAC in scoring defense (68.0 ppg).
* This will be the Jaspers' ninth road/neutral game of the year as the program has traveled over 5,800 miles, highlighted by trips to Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oklahoma and Florida.
* Manhattan was the first-ever NCAA Division I team to win a game in Europe besting Holy Cross 70-54 on December 1, 2017 as part of the inaugural Belfast Classic in Northern Ireland before dropping a 56-55 thriller to Towson in the Championship.
* Six of Jaspers' 11 games have been decided by five points or less with Manhattan going 3-3.
* In the last five minutes/OT of those games, the Jaspers are shooting 45.9 percent (17-of-37) from the field, including 46.2 percent (6-of-13) from long range.
* Manhattan improved to 42-22, all-time, against Hofstra with Masiello moving to a perfect 5-0 against the Pride.
* Waterman became the 38th member of the Jaspers' 1,000 point club with his first-half slam in the win over Hofstra..
* At Tulsa, Waterman, who has also pulled down over 500 rebounds, scored a season-high 17 points with eight rebounds and is averaging 11.5 ppg and 7.3 rpg over his last six games.
* Waterman, who has hit for double-figures in points four times this year and on the glass twice, is averaging 9.1 ppg and 6.1 rpg (8th MAAC).
* In the Jaspers' 80-66 win over Morgan State, Manhattan either set or matched season-highs with 80 points, 29 field goals, 21 assists and eight blocks.
* Senior Rich Williams paced Manhattan in scoring for the sixth time against Morgan State with 16 points while also handing out a career-high eight assists.
* The fifth-year senior scored a season-high 24 points against NIU and has now eclipsed the 20-point mark 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.
* On the year, Williams ranks among the MAAC leaders in scoring (14.4 ppg-13th), 3pt-FG% (.429-10th) and FG% (.490-11th) while registering double-figures in points a team-high seven times.
* Senior Calvin Crawford earned Belfast Classic All-Tournament team honors after averaging 14.5 ppg over games against Towson and Holy Cross.
* Crawford registered his second double-double of the year against Fordham with 11 points and 10 rebounds after recording his first with 19 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Harvard.
* On the year, he ranks among the MAAC leaders in scoring (10.8 ppg - 21st) and rebounding (6.0 rpg-10th) while notching double-figures in points six times.
* Walker Jr., who has scored in double-digits six times this season, finished with a team-high 16 points in the Belfast Championship game and is averaging 9.3 ppg and 1.5 spg (6th MAAC).
* In the victory over Holy Cross, Manhattan ripped off a 26-8 run that bridged the end of the first half and the beginning of the second into registering a season-high 26 point advantage.
* Despite the loss to the Tigers, the Jaspers recorded a season-high 12 steals and 20 forced turnovers while scoring 21-straight points that were a direct result of a Towson miscue at one point.
* Manhattan is 38-9 when reaching double-figures in thefts under Masiello, including, 27-6 the last five years, and 21-12 when forcing at least 20 turnovers.
* Paulicap's six blocks in the win over Hofstra, included three in the final five minutes, and were the most by a Jasper since Rhamel Brown had nine rejections at Siena on February 21, 2014.
* 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.
* On the year, Paulicap also leads the MAAC in field goal percentage (.571) while ranking 11th with 5.8 rpg to go along with 8.4 ppg.
* Senior Zavier Turner scored 13 points in the win over Hofstra after handing out a career-high matching eight assists against NIU and is averaging 3.5 apg (9th MAAC) and 8.1 ppg.
* The senior quartet of Crawford, Turner, Waterman and Williams has accounted for 59.2 percent (438/740) of Manhattan's scoring and 54.9 percent (196/357) of the Jaspers' rebounding. For their careers, Turner (1,165), Waterman (1,005), Williams (909) and Crawford (715) have combined for 3,794 points.
* Masiello, who collected his 50th career victory at Draddy Gymnasium against St. Francis Brooklyn, is 3-0 at home this year and has a career .667 (52-26) winning percentage in Riverdale.
* 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.
* In the OT win over SFBK, 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.
* 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).
* 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.
* Masiello has led Manhattan to a 107-99 (.519) record, including going 63-53 (.543) during MAAC play and 52-26 (.667) 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 190-135 record.
* Now in his 22nd season as either a player or a coach, Masiello has a career collegiate record of 470-245, including 349-217 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.
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 5,853 miles during its non-conference schedule:
Belfast, Northern Ireland (3,159) | Tulsa, OK (1,355) | Estero, FL (1,283) | Garden City, NY (29) | Newark, NJ (24) | Fordham (3).
OF NOTE
* Masiello has now coached Manhattan in 19 different states, the District of Columbia and Northern Ireland.
* Paulicap paces the Jaspers with 10 dunks and narrowly missed his first career double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds at Tulsa.
* Manhattan drew five charges against Morgan State and turned them into seven points.
* 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 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.
* Also in the win, Walker Jr. registered all 11 of his markers in the final 5:51 in helping the Jaspers erase a late six-point deficit.
* Walker Jr. also came up big in the victory over SFBK, canning a pair of late free throws to force OT.
* Manhattan has played in five neutral site games this year while Masiello holds an all-time record of 15-14 in netural site games.
FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Manhattan raised $1,200 for Hurricane Relief efforts in Puerto Rico during their exhibition game against Sacred Heart.
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 38-9 when registering 10 steals, including 27-6 over the last four years, and 21-12 when forcing at least 20 turnovers.
NOT TOO SHABBY
Over the last five years, the Jaspers are 52-13 when leading at the half, 29-10 when limiting teams to less than 40 percent shooting and 46-25 when forcing more turnovers than the opposition.
MASIELLO AT MANHATTAN
Masiello has been a part of four of Manhattan's five MAAC Championships while helping lead the Jaspers to a 190-135 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.
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, 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.
STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
Manhattan features three point guards that earned titles as Jaspers in Alvarado, Stores and Wilson. Additionally, color commentator Chris "Smooth" Williams was a point guard on the Jaspers' 1993 MAAC Championship Team.
RICHARDS MAKES G-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 G-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 112th season, the Manhattan men's basketball program boasts a 1354-1216 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 ...
52-13 WHEN LEADING AT THE HALF
48-15 WHEN HOLDING TEAMS TO LESS THAN 70 POINTS
29-4 WHEN HOLDING TEAMS TO LESS THAN 40% SHOOTING
37-21 WHEN WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS
35-23 IN FEBRUARY/MARCH
27-6 WHEN RECORDING 10+ STEALS
7-2 DURING MAAC TOURNAMENT PLAY
UP NEXT
Manhattan will host Fairfield on Saturday, December 30 at 7:00 pm in the Jaspers' MAAC opener.
