Manhattan Jaspers at Columbia Lions
· NCAA Men's Basketball
71 - 70
Beamon gives Manhattan victory over Columbia 71-70
Trailing 70-68 with 4 seconds left, Manhattan's Michael Alvarado was fouled attempting a 3-pointer. After making one of the first two free throws, Alvarado missed the third intentionally. Beamon got the rebound and put in an off-balance shot and was fouled as the buzzer sounded. After a replay review, the clock was reset to 0.5. Beamon then made the free throw.
Columbia (1-1) missed a tip at game's end.
Beamon scored 28 points and is now No. 10 on Manhattan's (2-0) career scoring list with 1,330 points. Shane Richards made six of eight 3-point attempts, finishing with 19. The Jaspers made 10 of 12 3-pointers to Columbia's four of 13.
Columbia (1-1) got 23 points from Grant Mullins and 11 from Cory Osetkowski.
There were 75 free throws attempted.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 71 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Manhattan Defensive Rebound. | 71 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Luke Petrasek missed Two Point Tip Shot. | 71 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:01 | George Beamon made Free Throw. | 71 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Foul on Maodo Lo. | 70 - 70 |
Statistics
 MAN |
 COLU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 19-39 | FG | 22-46 |
| 49 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 10-12 | 3PT | 4-15 |
| 83 | Three Point % | 27 |
| 23-40 | FT | 22-35 |
| 57 | Free Throw % | 63 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
| 10 | Assists | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 4 | Points Off Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 16 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 27 | Fouls | 30 |
Game Information
Location: New York, NY
Attendance: 1,277 | Capacity:
2025-26 Metro Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack | 17-3 | - | 23-11 |
| Saint Peter's | 14-6 | 3 | 17-12 |
| Siena | 13-7 | 4 | 23-12 |
| Marist | 12-8 | 5 | 19-12 |
| Quinnipiac | 12-8 | 5 | 19-13 |
| Fairfield | 11-9 | 6 | 21-13 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 11-9 | 6 | 15-17 |
| Iona | 10-10 | 7 | 18-14 |
| Sacred Heart | 9-11 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Manhattan | 8-12 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Canisius | 5-15 | 12 | 10-21 |
| Niagara | 5-15 | 12 | 8-22 |
| Rider | 3-17 | 14 | 4-25 |