Hana Mühl celebrating the win against Marist.GOJASPERS.COM / COURTESY
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Sarah Rolka Asst. Features Editor
Women’s Basketball
As the MAAC conference games begin, the Manhattan Jaspers women’s basketball secured the win from the Marist University Red Foxes, 64-55, last Thursday afternoon inside Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
By the end of the first round, senior guard Brianna Davis anchored 25 points which secured a decent lead against Marist. Additionally, Davis, Agar Farrés Garcia and Elisa Solé Sanchez teamed up again to score the first nine points with a jumper to force an early timeout against Marist. Hana Mühl kept the energy up through the rest of the first round with an additional seven points, with Jaspers achieving a double-digit lead after the first 10 minutes.
Manhattan kicked off the second round with an 11-2, stretching their advantage against Marist out to 20 after Davis scored the first three-pointer of the game. Kristina Juric, a freshman forward, was back in the game action for the first time since Jan. 24 and scored her first two points of the game midway through the second round.
During an 11-2, the Red Foxes caught up to the Jaspers within six points; yet, freshman guard Celeste Harper found her footing and helped the Jaspers attain an 11 point advantage right before the halftime break horn.
As the players came back onto the court, graduate student forward Collette Mulderig hit two jump shots during the third round. At the same time, the Jaspers had a 10+ point advantage for the rest of the quarter. Mühl and Mulderig came together on the last two Jasper field goals to end the third round with a 13 point advantage.
However, during the last nine minutes on the clock of the fourth round, Marist scored 10 points and caught up to Manhattan with only a five point deficit with two minutes left on the clock.
Farrés Garcia found Juric open in the paint with 35 seconds remaining, which Juric easily knocked down. Juric helped eliminate any signs of Marist winning during the first round matchup and the Manhattan Jaspers took the victory.
Men’s Basketball
The Manhattan Jaspers men’s basketball ended their season with a fall to Fairfield University Stags, 71-60, at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall last Thursday evening.
Hoping to attain their first victory in Atlantic City since the turn of the decade, the Jaspers tried their best against the Stags after their last game against them during the regular season.
In the pinnacle in the first half, Manhattan traded baskets with the Stags for the first five minutes of the game. Terrance Jones, a graduate guard, helped cut the deficit to three points as he was on a second-chance. The Jaspers caught back up with the Stags’ lead again when Fairfield turned the ball over with a travel. Fraser Roxburgh, sophomore forward, was also able to score with a hook shot and cut the deficit 21-17 near the end of the first half.
Terrance Jones helped tie the game at 22 points with a three-pointer out of a media timeout after Roxburgh missed a three-pointer. Jones has helped build momentum for the Jaspers this past season, and this game has rounded off his efforts.
However in the second half, the Jaspers were unable to catch up to a double-digit deficit even when freshman guard Jaden Winston was able to take his third steal and bury the basket.