Box Score
VESTAL, N.Y. - Six Jaspers scored in double figures, including a game-high 19 points from junior guard George Beamon, as Manhattan (9-5) rolled to a 94-51 victory at Binghamton (0-12) on Friday. Jaspers' senior guard Liam McCabe-Moran poured in a career-high 14 points with two 3-pointers as Manhattan enjoyed its largest margin of victory (43) over an opponent in 18 years. Donovan Kates and Emmy Andujar added 13 points apiece, while Rhamel Brown posted 11 points and Roberto Colonette registered 10 points in the Jaspers' statement ending to December where Manhattan logged a 6-1 record during the month.
The Jaspers unleashed their best shooting performance of the season with a sweltering 59% (35-59) field goal mark and converting 16-of-17 (94.1%) free-throws. Manhattan dominated the glass outrebounding Binghamton 39-27 in the Jaspers' largest win since knocking off Wright State (91-46) during the 1994-95 campaign. It also marked the Jaspers' largest margin of victory on the road dating back to 1972-73 when Manhattan won 101-55 at Wagner.
Manhattan stormed out of the gate posting the first 11 points of the contest while the Jaspers' high pressure defense held the Bearcats scoreless for the first six minutes of the game. The Jaspers were clicking on all cylinders in the first half as they rushed out to a 27-4 advantage after back-to-back lay ups by Brown 13 minutes into the contest. Manhattan's stingy defense allowed Binghamton to only two field goals in the first 15 minutes of action.
The Jaspers continued to pour it on the Bearcats as Beamon propelled Manhattan to their largest lead of the first half (30) after sparking seven unanswered points in 50 seconds. Beamon opened the run with a 3-pointer from the corner, and then he delivered a no look feed in transition to Andujar for a layup. McCabe-Moran capped the scoring flurry with a floater through the lane at 1:18 to put the Jaspers up front 39-9, its largest first half lead of the year.
Manhattan carried a 43-13 advantage into the locker room behind its spread attack that was led by Beamon's nine points on 4-for-6 shooting and three steals. Andujar, Brown and Kates had seven points apiece at intermission. The Jaspers shot a season-high 58.1% (18-31) in the first half and limited the Bearcats to a mere 18.2% (4-22) from the field and 0-5 from downtown.
Manhattan followed its superb first half performance with an even better second half where they scored 51 points and shot 61% (17-28) from the field. Beamon and McCabe-Moran paced the squad with 10 points apiece in the stanza, and new Jaspers found their way into the scoring column as junior guard Mohamed Koita posted five points and freshman guard DeCarlos Anderson knocked down a pair of free-throws. Eleven Jaspers in total scored and they built their lead as large as 46 points in the second half.
The Jaspers forced Binghamton into 17 turnovers in the wire-to-wire victory. Junior guard Jimmy Gray led the Bearcats with 15 points and three 3-pointers. Bearcat guards Robert Mansell (14) and Chris Longoria (13) also contributed double-digit scoring efforts.
Andujar added a career-high eight assists and five rebounds to his stat line for Manhattan. Beamon pulled down a game-high eight boards and finished with four steals. Brown led the Jaspers with three blocks on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting night.
Manhattan reopens Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action on Monday when the Jaspers welcome Rider to Draddy Gymnasium at 7 p.m. The contest will be the second half of a doubleheader with the Manhattan women.
