RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The Manhattan Jaspers women's basketball team (0-1), after an impressive third quarter, fell to the Rhode Island Rams (1-0) by a score of 52-38 inside Draddy Gymnasium on Monday evening.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Defense shined in the opening sequences, as neither team was able to net a point in any fashion until nearly the five minute mark.
- Colette Mulderig used her size inside to grab a pair of layups to put Manhattan within two midway through the first.
- A 9-0 Ram run created some separation near the end of the period, giving Rhode Island a nine-point advantage after one.
- Kristina Juric opened up the scoring to open quarter two inside the paint, for the Green and White's seventh and eighth points on the night.
- Brianna Davis and Ishuana Hunter put together a pair of buckets towards the end of the half, but another short spurt put the visitors up 20 by the buzzer.
- The third frame flipped the script in favor of Manhattan, with four of the first six points coming at the line via Davis and Hana Mühl.
- Lighting up the Draddy crowd, Davis' drive to the lane called for an and-one, converting at the stripe and putting the Jaspers within 14.
- Withstanding a couple of responses from the Rams, the home team continued to earn trips to the free throw line, eventually doing so 16 times in a span of ten minutes.
- Juric's layup with under a minute to go brought Manhattan back within seven, igniting the bench and crowd.
- Davis tallied the first seven points of the final quarter, including a make from beyond the arc.
- Ishuana Hunter scored the final points for the Jaspers, for Manhattan's 16th point in the paint.
STATS AND NOTES
- Senior guard Brianna Davis set her second-highest scoring total of her Jasper career, with 18 points on five-for-12 shooting.
- In her Division I debut, Graduate forward Colette Mulderig netted seven points with two field goals and three points from the stripe.
- 11 of the Jaspers' 17 third quarter points came at the free throw line, resulting in a 17-4 frame.
NEXT UP:
Manhattan will continue its 2025-26 campaign on the road this Friday, November 7, when the Jaspers travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers from the University of Minnesota. The contest can be streamed on Big Ten Network+ with a paid subscription.
