Riverdale, NY - Graduate student Pamela Miceus (Haverstraw, NY / North Rockland) scored a career-high 13 points to go along with 10 rebounds in posting her first career double-double, while senior Courtney Warley (West Chester, PA / Bishop Shanahan) had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead Manhattan to a 75-70 win over Saint Peter's.
Playing before a nationally televised audience, the Jaspers and the Peacocks traded body blows over the first three periods, before the Green & White took control in the fourth. Down by two with just over nine minutes to play, junior Dee Dee Davis (Bronx, NY / Truman) hit a three pointer off a Christina Katsamouri (So., Thessaloniki, Greece / Hellenic College of Thessaloniki) pass. Katsamouri then converted a three-point play, before draining two more from the charity stripe in staking Manhattan to what would prove to be an insurmountable 59-53 lead with 7:03 to play.
Saint Peter's would make it a one-possession game on three more occasions, but was unable to further dent the lead.
The Jaspers improve to 8-6, while the Peahens are now 6-10.
Notes
* Today's game will go in the record books as a non-conference game.
* Manhattan has won 16-straight games against Saint Peter's, with Head Coach Heather Vulin improving to 12-0.
* The Jaspers scored a season-high 75 points while winning for the 13th-straight time dating back to the 2017-18 season when scoring at least 70 points.
* Manhattan also improved to 7-0 this season when leading at the half, and is 4-1 in games decided by five points or less.
* The Jaspers shot a season-high 45.6 percent (26-of-57) from the field.
Media (4:53-4th) // Jordan converts the fastbreak opportunity as we head to the final controlled stoppage of the game.
— Manhattan WBB (@Manhattan_WBB) February 6, 2021
Manhattan 65 Saint Peter's 61
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* Warley recorded her 19th career double-double and the fifth of this season.
Media (2nd-7:26) // Warley with four-straight points to force a Saint Peter's timeout.
— Manhattan WBB (@Manhattan_WBB) February 6, 2021
Manhattan 25 Saint Peter's 14
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* She also registered double-figures on the glass for the 41st time this year, and the ninth this season.
* This year against the Peahens, she averaged 14.3 ppg, 11.0 rpg and 3.3 spg.
We've seen this before! Cajou finds Warley as Manhattan leads Saint Peter's 73-68 with 1:13 to play in regulation.
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* Warley moved past Gina Somma '96 and Stacey Jack '87 into sixth place for career rebounds, and now has 838.
* Graduate student Gabby Cajou (Stony Point, NY / North Rockland) handed out six assists, against one turnover, with two steals and six points.
We've seen this before! Cajou finds Warley as Manhattan leads Saint Peter's 73-68 with 1:13 to play in regulation.
— Manhattan WBB (@Manhattan_WBB) February 6, 2021
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* She has now handed out at least five assists 27 times in her career.
Media (3rd-4:44) // Cajou finds a streaking Katsamouri as we head to the first controlled stoppage of the second half.
— Manhattan WBB (@Manhattan_WBB) February 6, 2021
Manhattan 42 Saint Peter's 38
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* Davis matched Cajou with a career-best six assists to go along with 12 points, while notching double-digits for the team-best 12th time.
* Katsamouri matched her previous high of 14 points, set on January 2 against Saint Peter's, while pulling down a career-best seven rebounds.
UPDATE // Katsamouri with the last five Manhattan points as the Jaspers have ripped off seven-straight in opening up a 59-55 advantage with 6:45 to play in regulation.
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* Miceus blocked four shots and now has 97 for her career.
Can your big do this??
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WOW!
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* She also finished up the year averaging 11.3 ppg, 8.7 rpg and 3.3 bpg while shooting a combined 58.8 percent (14-of-24) over three outings against the Peahens.
TO (3rd-3:20) // Warley finds Miceus as Manhattan leads Saint Peter's 44-43
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* Manhattan made six of its first eight shots in the opening stanza, en route to shooting 61.5 percent (8-of-13) in the period.
* The Jaspers closed out the win by shooting 58.3 percent (7-of-12) in the fourth.
* Saint Peter's was led by Kendra Williams, who scored 20 points.
Up Next
* Manhattan will host Iona on Friday, February 12 at 6:00 pm.