Siena Defeats Manhattan

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Riverdale, NY - Brett Bisping scored a game-high 24 points to lead Siena to an 81-68 win over Manhattan at Draddy Gymnasium.


The Jaspers fall to 7-14 and 2-8 in the MAAC while the Saints improve to 9-12 and 6-4 in the league.

Junior Zane Waterman (Winston-Salem, NC / Fayetteville Academy) had another solid game with 14 points and nine rebounds while classmate Calvin Crawford (Middletown, NY / St. Thomas More (CT)) chipped in with 12 and junior Samson Usilo (Lagos, Nigeria / Nazareth (NY)) 11. Freshman Na'Quan Council (Blackwood, NJ / Scotland Performance (PA)) rounded out the top Manhattan performers with nine points and a career-high matching five steals.

Siena opened the game with a 14-4 run and led 31-14 with 5:02 to play in the first before the Jaspers made their first big push. Waterman canned a three off a pass from Turner before hitting a layup off another Turner helper. Usilo then capped the spurt with a driving layup. 

Manhattan would trim the deficit to five before entering intermission down 39-33.

After halftime, the Saints opened up a 20-point advantage with 6:06 to play before withstanding a late Jasper push en route to posting the aforementioned 81-68 victory.

Joining Bisping in double-figures in scoring was Marquis Wright (18), Lavon Long (13) and Khalil Richard (12).

Manhattan returns to action on Thursday, January 26 at Niagara with opening tip tabbed for 7:00 pm.