ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Manhattan Jaspers women's basketball team (11-20, 10-10 MAAC), despite a combined 25 points from Brianna Davis (15) and Colette Mulderig (10), fell in their MAAC quarterfinal matchup against the top-seeded Bobcats from Quinnipiac (25-5, 19-1 MAAC) by a final score of 59-43 inside Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on Friday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Mulderig opened up the scoring roughly two minutes into the contest, followed by Elisa Solé Sanchez bringing the deficit back to two midway through the opening frame.
- The Scranton, Pa. native finished the quarter by tying the contest at 10 apiece with eight seconds to go, followed by a converted free throw to take a lead after ten.
- Alyssa Costigan kicked off the second and increased the Green and White advantage to four.
- After Costigan knocked down another jumper to hold that lead, the Bobcats ripped off nine unanswered points to head into the halftime break with a three point lead.
- Out of the locker room, Davis tallied her first three pointer of the afternoon to knot the game back up at 23-all.
- Quinnipiac used seven straight points to leverage themselves the rest of the third, not relenting more than a five point edge.
- Kristina Juric secured the first bucket of the final quarter, putting the margin back to ten in favor of the one seed.
- Davis' second made shot from beyond the arc proved to be the final for the Jaspers, ending their 2025-26 campaign.
STATS AND NOTES
- Senior guard Brianna Davis led the squad with 15 points, chipping in three rebounds and two steals as well.
- Graduate forward Colette Mulderig followed behind with 10 of her own, pulling down five boards and securing two blocks.
- Graduate forward Agar Farrés Garcia ended the game with both the most rebounds (10) and steals (three).
- Manhattan shot at its best rate in the third quarter, with a 42% clip.
