Jaspers Outlasted By St. Francis Brooklyn

Brooklyn Heights, NY - Three players scored in double-figures for the Jaspers Saturday, November 10 at St. Francis Brooklyn, but it was not enough to keep the Terriers at bay as they scored 23 in the fourth quarter to take a 73-65 win over Manhattan in Brooklyn.

The Jaspers fall to 1-0 on the season as St. Francis Brooklyn remains undefeated at 2-0.

Highlights:

• Freshman D'yona Davis (Bronx, NY / Truman) led Manhattan with 13 points, her first double-digit scoring performance of her collegiate career. She went 5-15 from the floor and added two rebounds and two steals to her day.
• Courtney Warley (West Chester, PA / Bishop Shanahan) paced the Jasper rebounding effort, grabbing nine boards. She also scored all of her 11 points in the fourth quarter to keep the Jaspers within reach of St. Francis Brooklyn throughout the final period, including hitting her first collegiate three-pointer.
• Also scoring in double figures was Lizahya Morgan (East Hartford, CT / Capital Magnet Preparatory) with 11 for the day. She added four assists, just one off her career-high of five earned last year.
• Manhattan took a 38-33 lead into the locker room at halftime, earned mostly behind shooting beyond the arc: The Jaspers hit nine of their 12 threes in the first half alone.
• When play resumed in the third, St. Francis Brooklyn put together a 17-10 period to take a two-point lead into the final stanza. Though the Jaspers scored 17 of their own in the fourth, Manhattan couldn't overcome the Terriers' 23.
• The Terriers went to the foul line a total of 28 times, making 23, compared to the Jaspers' 1-3 performance at the charity stripe for the game.
• St. Francis Brooklyn shot 52.4 percent for the game and 60 percent from three, while the Jaspers earned a field goal percentage of 34.2 percent and went 12-39 from beyond the arc.
• Manhattan led for more than 21 minutes in a game that saw six ties and four lead changes.
• The Jaspers out-rebounded the Terriers 38-36, including 20-4 on the offensive boards, with Warley and Julie Høier (Aabyhoej, Denmark / Marselisborg Gymnasium) each grabbing five offensive rebounds. Manhattan also nabbed 11 steals to St. Francis Brooklyn's six.

Up Next:
Manhattan remains on the road at UAlbany Wednesday, November 14 at 5:00 p.m.