Box Score (PDF)Â | Highlights
Hamden, CT - Junior
Ant Nelson (New York, NY / Seton Hall) picked up his first career double-double (15 points, 11 rebounds), but it wasn't enough as Manhattan dropped an 84-79 double-overtime heartbreaker to Quinnipiac in MAAC action at the People's United Center.
Classmate
Warren Williams (Kingston, Jamaica / St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) also had a strong game, scoring all 19 of his points after halftime, including 10 in overtime, while narrowly missing a double-double with nine rebounds.
Williams, who forced overtime with a three-point play late in regulation, was 6-of-10 from the floor, and 7-for-9 from the line, with two blocks in 27 minutes.
The Jaspers fall to 2-4 and 1-4 in the MAAC, while the Bobcats improve to 3-2 and 1-0 in the league.
Notes
* Manhattan was dominant on the glass to the tune of a 50-36 advantage, highlighted by grabbing 19 on the offensive end that led to a 13-6 advantage on second-chance opportunities.
* The Jaspers also collected 11 steals and forced 17 turnovers.
* Manhattan, which trailed by 14 early in the first half, turned a five-point deficit early in the second half into a 49-41 lead with 12:13 to play in regulation thanks to a 15-2 run.
* Junior
Elijah Buchanan (Bronx, NY / Woodstock Academy (CT)) fueled the spurt with six points, while senior
Ethan Lasko (Hollywood, FL / Indiana) added five.
* The Bobcats rallied to take a 64-61 lead with 18 seconds to play in regulation, before junior
Samir Stewart (Fort Lauderdale, FL / American Heritage) found Williams for the aforementioned old-fashioned three-point play.
* Williams started the first extra session with a pair of free throws and a thunderous dunk, before Nelson sent the game to a second overtime thanks to a free throw with 8.4 seconds remaining
* At the end of regulation and the first overtime, Quinnipiac was unable to get a shot off due to a tenacious Jasper defense.
* After Nelson opened the second overtime with a pair from the line, Williams converted a layup with the shot clock at one to put Manhattan up 74-72 with 2:28 to play.
* Unfortunately, Quinnipiac responded with nine-straight points, as Manhattan would battle back to cut it to three on a
Jason Douglas-Stanley (Mount Vernon, NY / George Mason) triple and a Williams layup before running out of time.
* Six of the last seven meetings between the teams have been decided by five points or less or in overtime.
* Stewart scored 10 points with five assists and two rebounds off the bench, and is now averaging 12.7 ppg and 5.3 apg against the Bobcats since the start of last year.
* Williams is now averaging 11.2 ppg and 5.2 rpg over five career games against Quinnipiac.
*
Marques Watson (Brooklyn, NY / Miami Dade College) scored all of his career-best matching 10 of his points in the first half, while pulling down seven rebounds with two assists and a steal in 41 minutes.
* Buchanan finished with seven points, eight rebounds, five steals, two assists and one block in a team-high 47 minutes.
* Senior
Ebube Ebube (San Juan, Puerto Rico / Lawrenceville Academy (NJ)) matched Buchanan with seven points while adding six rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench.
* The Manhattan defense forced Quinnipiac into just 23.8 percent (5-of-21) shooting from long range, and over the last three games have forced the opposition into 19.2 percent (10-of-52) from deep.
* Offensively, the Jaspers assisted on 15 of their 26 field goals.
* Tymu Chenery scored 17 points to pace Quinnipiac, which shot 45.0 percent (27-of-60) from the floor.
Up Next
* The teams will conclude their two-game set tomorrow at 4:00 pm on
ESPN3.
Â
