Niagara Purple Eagles at Manhattan Jaspers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
72 - 82
Williams' 21 points leads Manhattan past Niagara 82-72
Zane Waterman scored 16 points with nine rebounds and Pauly Paulicap and Zavier Turner each scored 13 while Paulicap grabbed nine rebounds.
Calvin Crawford's 3-pointer put Manhattan up 31-29 and Turner followed with back-to-back 3s during an 11-2 run and the Jaspers never trailed again. Manhattan (13-15, 8-8 Metro Atlantic Athletic) led 43-33 at the break.
Niagara (18-11, 11-5) got within 51-46 on a 3-point play from Greg King with 13:49 left but never got closer. Kahlil Dukes' 3 preceded James Town's layup to cut it to 67-61 with 6:42 left, but Williams' jump shot and Thomas Capuano's 3 sandwiched between a Towns layup made it 72-63.
Dukes led the Purple Eagles with 20 points, Marvin Prochet scored 17, Keleaf Tate and Towns each scored 10 and King grabbed 10 rebounds.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 72 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:21 | James Towns made Layup. Assisted by Kahlil Dukes. | 72 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:26 | Greg King Defensive Rebound. | 70 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:26 | Zane Waterman missed Jumper. | 70 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:47 | Kahlil Dukes made Free Throw. | 70 - 82 |
Statistics
 NIA |
 MAN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-65 | FG | 31-65 |
| 42 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 5-20 | 3PT | 10-19 |
| 25 | Three Point % | 53 |
| 13-22 | FT | 10-18 |
| 59 | Free Throw % | 56 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 31 |
| 9 | Assists | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Off Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 26 | Points in Paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fouls | 19 |
| 3 | Largest Lead | 14 |
Game Information
Location: Riverdale, NY
Attendance: 1,074 | 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 |