Women's Basketball Opens Conference Play vs. Saint Peter's

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RIVERDALE, NY - Conference play comes 12 days after the Jaspers' final non-conference tilt in the great state of Vermont. Despite the result, Manhattan is ready to go following one of its best out-of-conference seasons put together by head coach Heather Vulin. The Jaspers were without Nitzan Amar for the second time this year in their most recent outing against the Catamounts on December 7. Manhattan looks to welcome one of its top student-athletes back on the floor during Kids Day. The Jaspers return to Draddy Gymnasium for the first time in 29 days, following four games away from Riverdale, and kick off three of their next four from their home digs. Under Vulin, the Jaspers did not fall to the Peacocks until last February, when Saint Peter's was able to defeat Manhattan. Prior to last February's meeting inside Run Baby Run Arena, Vulin was a perfect 18-0 including postseason meetings.

SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION:

•Saint Peter's enters Thursday morning's Kids Day contest coming off its second victory of the season with a commanding performance against LIU.

•Head Coach Jen Leedham leads the Peacocks in her third season after completing a three-year stint as the Associate Head Coach at St. Francis Brooklyn. Current Manhattan AD Irma Garcia was the AD at SFBK prior.

•Senior forward Fatmata Janneh leads the MAAC in points-per-game averaging 18.9 throughout the first nine games of the 2024-25 season.

•Janneh also leads the MAAC averaging 9.8 rebounds-per-game, a full two rebounds higher than Canisius's Shariah Gailes, averaging 7.8 per-game.

•As a team, the Peacocks rank sixth in total three-pointers made per game averaging 6.2. One spot above the Jaspers, who average 5.8 per-game.

•Saint Peter's sits fifth in the MAAC in assist-to-turnover ratio with a 0.71.

•Most recently, Janneh was named MAAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week following yet another dominant performance, that saw another double-double tallied to her resume against the LIU Sharks.

•Sophomore Layla Laws ranks second on the team averaging 9.0 points-per-game. Laws, is a transfer from Saint Francis University in the NEC.

•Junior guard Louella Allana leads the Peacocks with 49 assists on the season. A whopping +39 more than the next most in Janneh, who sits with 10 assists. Allana has tallied at least three assists per-game this season.

Last Five Meetings vs. Saint Peter's:

Manhattan Leads 4-1

2/15/24....................................SPU 61-55

1/13/24....................................MAN 41-37

3/07/23..................................MAN 59-56

2/18/23...................................MAN 67-57

2/04/23..................................MAN 57-44