BRONX, N.Y. – The Manhattan Jaspers women's basketball team (0-5), with four players posting in double figures, fell in the 56th Battle of the Bronx matchup with the Rams from Fordham (4-3) by a slim margin of 65-62 inside Rose Hill Gym on Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Celeste Harper and Hana Mühl got the scoring started in favor of the visitors, scoring on a mid-range and layup respectively.
- Agar Farrés Garcia extended the small Jasper lead to three on a layup of her own, completing the three point play at the stripe.
- Fordham scored six unanswered points to take a three point advantage after 10 minutes.
- Harper knocked down the first Manhattan three-pointer in the first minute of the second frame, slimming down the deficit to two.
- Going up by as much as 12 with three minutes to play to the half, Kristina Juric found a combination of four points at the stripe and in the paint to get the game within single digits.
- With only 2.4 seconds showing on the clock, Harper let the ball roll near half court before picking it up and creating separation in time for a buzzer-beating three point shot.
- Juric grabbed a pair of buckets inside to start the second half, cutting the lead to five.
- Scoring her first points of the day two minutes earlier off a layup, Elisa Solé Sanchez completed some transition offense with a make beyond the arc, trimming the margin to 51-45 with around a minute to play.
- The graduate transfer did it again midway through the fourth, getting Manhattan back inside single digits.
- On a handoff from Davis, Harper knocked down her third shot from range of the day to cut the lead to four.
- Davis brought the game inside one possession with under two seconds to play, but it proved to be too little, too late as Fordham held on at the horn.
STATS AND NOTES
- Freshman guard Celeste Harper led the way in scoring, tallying 17 off of six-for-14 shooting from the field and three-for-nine beyond the arc.
- Senior forward Kristina Juric grabbed a season-high 14 points, leading with six field goals made.
- Senior guard Brianna Davis posted her fourth game in double figures this season, accumulating 12 in 29 minutes of play.
- Graduate forward Agar Farrés Garcia pulled down nine rebounds, maintaining her double digit average.
- Graduate guard Elisa Solé Sanchez scored her Division I high with 10 points in only 12 minutes off the bench.
- Manhattan shot at its best rate in the third quarter, with a 45% clip.
NEXT UP:
Manhattan will continue its 2025-26 campaign on the road for two more games when the Jaspers participate in the Navy Classic alongside host Navy, Liberty, and Duquesne. Starting on Saturday, November 29, the Green and White will square off with the home Midshipmen. The contest is scheduled for a 1 p.m. opening tip-off and can be streamed on ESPN+ with a paid subscription.
