Men’s Basketball

Manhattan’s Season Ends With Overtime Loss To Canisius In MAAC Quarterfinals

March 15, 2019

by JOHN JACKSON, Senior Writer FIRST ROUND MBB: MAN 57, FAIR 53 QUARTERFINALS MBB: MAN 65, CAN 69 The No. 7 Manhattan College Jaspers saw their season come to an end on Friday, March 8 as they fell in overtime to the No. 2 Canisius College Golden [...]

Monmouth Uses Late Run To Mar Manhattan’s Senior Night

March 11, 2019

by PETE JANNY, Asst. Sports Editor Manhattan fans flooded Draddy to see the men’s basketball team (9-20, 7-10 MAAC) play their home finale versus the Monmouth Hawks (11-20, 10-8) on senior night. Prior to tip-off, the program paid tribute to the [...]

Manhattan Drops Decision to Iona

February 26, 2019

by Pete Janny, Asst. Sports Editor The Manhattan men’s basketball team (9-18, 7-8 MAAC) looked to defend home court when the Iona Gaels (12-15, 10-6 MAAC) arrived in Riverdale for a Friday night showdown between two of the MAAC’s fiercest [...]

Samson Usilo: Working Hard On and Off the Court

February 21, 2019

by MICHEVI DUFFLART, Web Editor When Samson Usilo arrived at Manhattan College, he knew he wanted to pursue engineering, but he was unsure of which discipline to choose. Now in his last year, Usilo is set to graduate with a bachelor’s of science [...]

Men’s Basketball Splits Latter Half of Four Game Home Stand

February 15, 2019

by Pete Janny, Asst. Sports Editor The Manhattan Jaspers (7-17, 5-7 MAAC) began the latter half of their four game home stand when they squared off with the first place Rider Broncs (12-10, 7-3 MAAC). The Jaspers entered the game looking to extend [...]

Manhattan Opens Up Four-Game Homestand with Victory Over Fairfield

February 9, 2019

by JOHN JACKSON, Senior Writer The Manhattan College Jaspers closed out the month of January by hosting the Fairfield Stags on the night of Jan. 31 to kick off a four-game homestand. The Jaspers came into the night 4-16 overall and last place in [...]

Men’s Basketball Falls to Marist

January 30, 2019

by Pete Janny, Asst. Sports Editor The Manhattan Jaspers (4-15, 2-5 MAAC) returned home after four straight road tilts to host the Marist Red Foxes (7-11, 2-4 MAAC) for an MLK Day showdown. With both teams hovering in the cellar of the MAAC [...]

Fall 2018 Sports Recap

December 6, 2018

by JOHN JACKSON, Sports Editor Basketball Both teams kicked off their seasons with a Draddy Gymnasium double-header on Nov. 6. The women’s team took down LIU Brooklyn 61-46 while the men fell 62-56 to Elon. Since then, the women have been on a [...]

Jaspers Drop 57-56 Battle of the Bronx Thriller to Fordham

December 4, 2018

by PETE JANNY, Staff Writer MBB: FOR: 57, MAN: 56 The Manhattan College Jaspers (2-5) hosted their crosstown nemesis the Fordham University Rams (6-1) on Saturday night in front of a near capacity crowd of 2,023 at Draddy Gymnasium. In the 111th [...]

Men’s Drop Home Opener to Elon

November 15, 2018

by PETE JANNY, Staff Writer The Manhattan College Jaspers opened their season vs. the Elon University Phoenix on the night of Nov. 6 at Draddy Gymnasium. The showdown marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs in what was an exciting, [...]