ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Manhattan women's basketball team are prepared to embark on a quest to hoist the MAAC Championship trophy this week at the 2023 Hercules Tires Women's Basketball MAAC Championships.
Manhattan will arrive in Atlantic City as the six seed and draws the Saint Peter's Peacocks for their first-round game, with the two teams set to face off at Jim Whealen Boardwalk Hall on Tuesday with tipoff at 2:30 p.m. Fans can watch the game on
ESPN+ while tickets for the game may be purchased
HERE.
Manhattan finished up the regular season with an even mark of 10-10 in the MAAC and an overall record of 13-16 while the Peacocks will take to the court at 0-29 overall and 0-20 in the MAAC.
Even though they are winless, the Peacocks have given the Jaspers all they could handle in both their meetings during the regular season. The first meeting ended in a 57-44 victory. A couple of weeks later, Manhattan defeated the Peacocks 67-57 in Jersey City.
Manhattan is led by First Team All-MAAC selection
Dee Dee Davis, who paced the Green and White in the majority of major stat categories, including points (16.1) rebounds (7.9), assists (3.0) and steals, (2.4).
Davis returns to a site that she is just as comfortable in as any. At last year's MAAC Championship, she turned heads with marvelous performances game in and game out en route to their title game appearance, including a than career-high 30 points against Fairfield in the title game.
Bella Nascimento has had a breakout sophomore season for the Jaspers, which all kicked off when the team went out to Arizona for the GCU Thanksgiving Classic. The Grafton, Mass native has gone from 2.8 points a game to being the team's third-leading scorer at 10.4 points a game including four 20-point outings, and will aim to play her part.
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