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Rich Williams (Brooklyn, NY / Vermont Academy (VT)) scored a game-high 21 points to lead Manhattan to a thrilling 80-79 overtime victory against St. Francis Brooklyn in the season opener at Draddy Gymnasium.
The Jaspers battled back from a 10-point first half deficit to win their first opener since defeating La Salle 99-90 in double overtime on November 9, 2013.
In overtime, senior
Zavier Turner (Indianapolis, IN / Ball State) broke a 76-76 tie with a jumper at the top of the key with 39 seconds to play. On the other end, sophomore
Aaron Walker Jr. (Brooklyn, NY / Cardozo) stripped Jagos Lasic. After classmate
Calvin Crawford (Middletown, NY / St. Thomas More (CT)) split a pair, Manhattan forced another Terrier turnover and senior
Zane Waterman (Winston-Salem, NC / Fayetteville Academy) put the game on ice with a free throw. The visitors would hit a desperation three pointer but get no closer.
Williams was 9-of-15 from the field en route to notching his eighth career 20-point game while pulling down six rebounds. Turner added 16 points, Crawaford 11 and Waterman nine as the four Jasper seniors combined for 57 points and to go along with 24 rebounds.
The win was also the 50th for Head Coach
Steve Masiello at Draddy Gymnasium and his first season-opening victory since besting La Salle 99-90 to start the 2013-2014 season.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Over two career games against St. Francis Brooklyn, Williams is now averaging 18.0 ppg and 6.5 rpg while shooting 57.1 percent (16-of-28) from the floor.
- The Jaspers claimed their first one-point win since defeating Niagara 68-67 on February 4, 2017 and lost to Rider 69-68 in the last game of 2016-2017.
- Manhattan improves to 74-38, all-time, in season openers, including 5-0 against the Terriers.
- The Jaspers have defeated SFBK in each of the last three seasons and now hold a commanding 54-19 edge in the all-time series.
- Manhattan was the 350th Division I Men's Team to play this season with Temple being the last to open tomorrow night.
- Williams played in his first game since scoring 26 against Siena on March 5, 2016 in the MAAC Championship.
- The fifth-year senior now has an even 800 points in his career.
- Waterman's team-high 10 rebounds represent the eighth time in his career that he has hit for double-figures on the glass.
- The North Carolina native also saw his consecutive start streak snapped at 59.
- Manhattan shot 46.4 percent (26-of-56) from the floor and posted a 39-32 advantage on the glass.
- The game featured 14 lead changes and 12 ties.
- The Jaspers' erased a double-digit deficit in winning for the time since rallying from 11 down in a victory over Niagara on January 10, 2017.
- Rasheem Dunn and Glenn Sanabria each scored 13 points to pace five double-figure scorers for St. Francis Brooklyn.
- The Terriers started the game 8-of-13 from long range before being limited to 2-of-18 over the final 27-plus minutes of action.
UP NEXT
- Manhattan will look to make it two in a row when the Jaspers host Harvard in a battle of unbeatens on
ESPN3 on Saturday, November 18 at 1:00 pm.
