Late Rally Falls Short In Loss At Samford

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Birmingham, AL - Manhattan trimmed a 15-point second half deficit to six late in the game, but could get no closer in dropping a 70-57 decision to Samford.

The Bulldogs improve to 3-3 while the Jaspers fall to 2-1.

Sophomore Tykei Greene (Queens, NY / Long Island Lutheran) paced Manhattan with 13 points and eight rebounds while classmate Christian Hinckson (Queens, NY / Tilton School (NH)) added 12 points with eight caroms.

Samford was led by Josh Sharkey, who finished with a game-high 17 points and eight assists.

Trailing 53-38 with 9:58 remaining, the Jaspers rattled off eight-straight points to make it a seven-point game with 6:34 remaining following an Elijah Buchanan (Bronx, NY / Woodstock Academy (CT)) layup.

Unfortunately, the Bulldogs would answer on the subsequent possession and pushed the lead back out to 13 when Manhattan made one final valiant push with seven-straight points in just 1:20. Buchahan hit a jumper off a Nehemiah Mack (Jr., Harrisburg, PA / Massanutten Academy (VA)) feed, before Greene pulled down the rebound on the ensuing end and canned a triple off a Buchahan kickout. After Greene corralled another errant shot, Buchahan found Warren Williams (So., Kingston, Jamaica / St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)) for an easy flush to trim Samford advantage to just 61-55 with just 2:24 to play.

After holding firm on the first 29 seconds of the next possession, the Jaspers came up with a steal before the shot clock hit zero, but were whistled for a traveling call to give possession back to the Bulldogs, as the visitors would get no closer the rest of the way.

Notes
* Manhattan shot a solid 48.3 percent (14-of-29) after halftime.

* The Jaspers posted a decisive 15-9 margin on the offensive glass that led advantages in points in the paint (32-20) and second-chance points (15-14). 

* Greene paced Manhattan in scoring for the third game to start the season and is averaging a team-best 15.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.

* After halftime, Greene is averaging 9.7 points each time out while shooting 52.6 percent (10-of-19) from the floor.

* Hinckson matched his career-high with eight rebounds to go alon with 12 points.

* Sophomore Samir Stewart (Fort Lauderdale, FL / American Heritage) had a game and career-high matching five steals, while Buchahan added eight points, three assists and two steals.

* Junior Pauly Paulicap (Elmont, NY / Harcum College) had eight points with six rebounds and two blocks.

* He is now seventh in the all-time Manhattan annals with 93 rejections.

* Williams made his season debut, finishing with five points in just over 11 minutes.

Up Next
* The Jaspers will head to Elon on Saturday, November 23 with opening tip tabbed for 4:00 pm.