Manhattan vs. Loyola (MD): Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Manhattan 55

(13-17, 6-12 away)

Loyola (MD) 52

(21-11, 13-4 home)

Venue: MassMutal Center

10:30PM ET / 7:30PM PT, March 09, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Manhattan	34	21	55
Loyola (MD)	30	22	52

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Manhattan	R Brown 12	R Brown 12	E Andujar 2
Loyola (MD)	D Cormier 14	D Cormier 7	R Williams 3

Manhattan squared off with Loyola (MD) on Saturday, Mar. 9 and held on to beat the Greyhounds 55-52 in the quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament. With the win, the Jaspers are now 1-2 against Loyola (MD) this season. Rhamel Brown earned a double-double in the win with a team-high 12 points and 12 rebounds. Roberto Colonette also had a strong showing, scoring seven points and adding eight rebounds. For the Greyhounds, Dylon Cormier got a game-high 14 points and seven rebounds. Loyola (MD) (21-11) finished the regular season second in the MAAC with a 12-6 conference record.

Manhattan Game Notes

The last time Manhattan started the season 13-17 was 2006.
Manhattan beat the spread by six points. That makes the 16th time this season the Jaspers have beaten the spread.
The Jaspers have won five close games this season (a win by five or fewer points). Since 2007, Manhattan is 26-35 in close games.
The Jaspers have won 88 percent of the time this season (7-1) after recording six or more blocks.
Manhattan has won 80 percent of the time this season (4-1) after holding an opponent to under 33.3 percent field goal percentage.
Manhattan set a season low for steals (three).
Rhamel Brown accounted for 33.3 percent of the team's rebounds.
Rhamel Brown has led the team in scoring nine times and in rebounding 18 times in 30 games this season.
Rhamel Brown recorded the 18th double-digit rebound game of his career.
Rhamel Brown recorded a double-double. It was his sixth this season and 13th of his career.

Loyola (MD) Game Notes

The Greyhounds have lost four times this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Since 2007, Loyola (MD) is 32-29 in close games.
The top two scorers (Dylon Cormier and Anthony Winbush) accounted for 50.0 percent of the points.
The top two rebounders (Dylon Cormier and Anthony Winbush) accounted for 40.6 percent of the rebounds.
Dylon Cormier has led the team in scoring 14 times and in rebounding four times in 32 games this season.
This was the first foul out of the season for R.J. Williams.

MAN Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Rhamel Brown	26	12	12	2	0	3	1
A	R. Colonette	28	7	8	2	2	3	1
B	Emmy Andujar	26	9	8	2	0	0	2
C+	Donovan Kates	35	6	3	2	0	0	2
C	RaShawn Stores	27	9	0	1	1	0	1
C	Shane Richards	27	9	2	1	0	0	2
D	M. Alvarado	25	3	1	0	0	0	1
-	CJ Jones	6	0	0	0	0	0	1

LMDU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Jarred Jones	15	7	4	1	2	1	1
A	Dylon Cormier	40	14	7	3	0	1	3
B	Anthony Winbush	33	12	6	1	0	1	2
B-	R.J. Williams	33	5	4	3	2	0	1
C+	Robert Olson	26	8	5	1	1	0	2
C	Erik Etherly	40	6	5	0	1	0	1
-	Eric Laster	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Franz Rassman	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
-	Tyler Hubbard	3	0	0	0	0	0	0