RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The Manhattan Jaspers women's basketball team (0-8), in its first home game in three weeks, fell to the Lions of Columbia University (5-4) by a final score of 84-38 inside Draddy Gymnasium on Wednesday evening.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After the Lions opened the game with eight unanswered points, Brianna Davis put the Jaspers on the board putting together a well-executed shimmy move to create separation from the defense.
- Just before the introductory media timeout, Colette Mulderig drew contact down in the paint, converting on both of her chances from the stripe to cut the deficit to six.
- Columbia ended the quarter on a 12-0 run, putting the Green and White down 18 at the first horn.
- Elisa Solé Sanchez both collected a steal and knocked down a shot from beyond the arc for the first Manhattan points in the second frame.
- Davis and Alyssa Costigan tallied the final three points of the half from the free throw line before the halftime buzzer.
- It was Davis once more to kick off the second half scoring, with Solé Sanchez feeding her down low.
- In a stretch that lasted less than 20 seconds, Solé Sanchez took advantage of her inside layup opportunity, Agar Farrés Garcia swiped a ball on the other end, and Solé Sanchez completed the fast break back where she started.
- Mulderig tallied her third and fourth points of the night on a pull-up jumper in the final minute of the third.
- Mulderig eventually increased her point total to 10, knocking down three shots in the final frame.
- While Johlana Tatum and Costigan contributed with fourth quarter scoring, Columbia was able to maintain their lead wire-to-wire.
STATS AND NOTES
- Senior guard Brianna Davis continued her stretch of double-digit efforts, posting 10 points and converting on all four chances from the stripe.
- Freshman guard Johlana Tatum tied Davis for the most boards with four.
- Graduate forward Agar Farrés Garcia swiped the ball three times, one shy of her season-high.
- Graduate forward Colette Mulderig posted a Division I high in points with 10, with four made field goals.
- Manhattan shot at its best rate in the final quarter, with a 39% clip.
NEXT UP:
Manhattan will continue its 2025-26 campaign on Sunday, December 7 back on the road when the Jaspers travel to Newark, N.J. to take on the Highlanders of NJIT from the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness Center. The contest is scheduled for a 1 p.m. opening tip-off and can be streamed on ESPN+ with a paid subscription.
