Game #28: Manhattan Jaspers @ Sacred Heart Pioneers
Thursday, March 6, 2025 | 7:00 PM
William H. Pitt Athletic Center | Fairfield, CT
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FAIRFIELD, CT - The Jaspers have gotten red hot at the right time heading into the penultimate game of the regular season. Manhattan has gotten contributions from everyone, led by senior forward
Petra Juric, who's coming off of her fourth double-double of the campaign. To open the month of February, the Jaspers and Pioneers met for the first time in eight seasons, and the first as members of the MAAC. Against Canisius, the Jaspers held the Golden Griffins to a season-low 35 points allowed, while taking down Niagara by double-digits inside Draddy Gymnasium. In the last four games, the elder Juric has averaged 11 points-per-game, while averaging nine rebounds per contest. Throughout the mini stretch, Manhattan has outscored its opponents by an average 10 points, while holding its opponents to 35% from the floor. Finally, the turnovers have gone down nearly double-digits in the last four.
Scouting the Opposition:
•Sacred Heart became the 13th official member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference on October 23, 2023 with most sports moving into the conference.
•The Pioneers are led by 12th year head coach Jessica Mannetti. Throughout Mannett's tenure as head coach, the Pioneers were NEC Champions the last two years.
•The Pioneers logged the most rebounds in the conference with 54 v. Morgan State
•Junior guard Ny'Ceara Pryor highlights the Sacred Heart women's basketball program with an All-MAAC Preseason Selection to open it's tenure in the Edison based conference. Currently, Pryor leads the team and MAAC averaging 19.3 PPG.
•The Pioneers have fallen in eight of their last nine, with their most recent loss coming at Fairfield 69-58 this past Saturday. Pryor led the team with 20 points.
•Pryor leads the MAAC by a wide margin averaging 3.9 steals-per-game, and 106 overall. Exactly 40 more than the second best in Niagara's Safiatu Kolliegbo.
•Junior guard Amelia Wood has been fantastic in the paint, leading the Pioneers with 19 blocks on the season.
•As a team, Sacred Heart averages the highest amount of offensive rebounds-per-game with 12.2 and 330 overall. The most in the MAAC.
•Defensive ability has been a strong suit for Sacred Heart, dating back to its Northeast Conference days, and continues strong in the MAAC, as the Pioneers average 9.9 steals-per-game. Second best behind Niagara.
•The Pioneers were selected to finish fifth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
Last Five Meetings:
Series Tied 4-4 Since '08
2/01/25...........................MAN 64-58 (OT)
12/16/18...................................SHU 74-46
11/15/17.....................................SHU 65-61
12/17/12...................................SHU 55-38
12/30/11..................................MAN 62-50
