RIVERDALE, N.Y. — Manhattan fell 62-49 to Saint Peter's on Thursday afternoon at Draddy Gymnasium. The Jaspers fell prey to cold shooting early, trailing by 21 at halftime before being unable to make up the large deficit in the second half. Manhattan drops back-to-back games for the first time this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Saint Peters scored the first seven points of the game before Nitzan Amar answered with a three-pointer to cut the deficit to four at the 6:45 mark of the first quarter.
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Amar hit her second three-pointer of the quarter to cut the deficit to 9-6 before Manhattan went cold from the field. Saint Peter's responded with a 10-0 run by virtue of eight straight points from Laila Grant.
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Overall, Grant scored 11 of the team's final 14 points of the first quarter to take a 22-10 lead after the opening 10 minutes.
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Manhattan's struggles continued in the second quarter and would not score its first basket until Amar's three-pointer at the 1:45 mark. The Jaspers were outscored 15-6 in the second stanza and went into halftime down 37-16.
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Manhattan opened the third quarter with back-to-back three-pointers from Ines Gimenez Monserrat and Hana Muhl to cut the deficit to 17.
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Manhattan's offense went cold again, going 6:25 without a made field goal. Amar got the Jaspers back on the board with a floater at the 2:28, and Manhattan closed on a 10-4 run but Saint Peter's still held a 53-35 lead at the end of the third quarter.
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The Jaspers kept fighting in the fourth quarter, cutting the deficit to 13, which was the closest it came since the start of the second quarter. The final score would settle at 62-49 in favor of the Peacocks.
STATS AND NOTES
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Amar led the way for the Jaspers with 15 points while tying her career-high in rebounds (7).
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Gimenez Monserrat contributed 13 points on 3-7 from long range.
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Petra Juric and Leyla Ozturk each had 8 rebounds but the former was held to 4 points.
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Ozturk led the team with 3 blocked shots while Amar added a season-high 2 rejections.
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Saint Peter's received dominant performances from Fatmata Janneh (26 points) and Laila Grant (17). The duo combined for 69.3 percent of the Peacocks points.
NEXT TIME OUT
Manhattan will head on the road to face the Marist Red Foxes (5-5, 0-0 MAAC) at the James McCann Center on Saturday, Dec. 21. The game will be aired on ESPN + at 7 PM.
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