Men's Basketball Hosts Manhattan In Final Home Game

Feb 28, 2008

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Fairfield University (13-14 overall, 10-6 MAAC) brings a six-game winning streak into tonight's game against Manhattan College, a streak the team extended with a 60-51 win over Drexel University in the BracketBuster. Jonathan Han tallied a team-high 14 points in the Drexel win, the ninth time he has been the team's leading scorer this year . All 14 of his points came in the second half, helping the Stags turn a four-point halftime lead into a nine-point win. Han leads the team in scoring with 11.3 points per game, more than half of a point better than Anthony Johnson's 9.6 points per contest. Han remains the MAAC leader with 6.18 assists per game and 38.3 minutes played per outing. Marty O'Sullivan continues to raise his scoring average, as his nine-point against Drexel improved his average to 4.6 points per game.

Manhattan College (11-16 overall, 5-11 MAAC) won three straight conference games since dropping a 66-61 decision to Fairfield at Draddy Gym on February 8. The Jaspers saw its three-game streak come to an end with a 66-56 loss to Binghamton in a BracketBuster game last Saturday. The team has seen three different players lead the team in scoring in the last three outings. Chris Smith paced the attack against Binghamton with 14 points, after Antoine Pearson (20 points against Siena) and Darryl Crawford (24 points against Marist) accomplished the tak in the previous two games. Pearson is the team's leading scorer overall wtih 12.1 points per game, while Devon Austin adds 10.8 points every forty minutes. Rasheed Green is the team's top rebounder with 5.1 caroms per contest. Austin is the team's top three-point threat with 43 baskets from behind the arc.