The Manhattan Jaspers (9-15, 7-8 MAAC) are on the road Sunday with a visit to Fairfield, Connecticut and the Leo D Mahoney Arena to play Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rival the Fairfield Stags (12-14, 8-8 MAAC). Manhattan was defeated by Iona 70-61 on Friday night and the Jaspers have lost two of the last three. Fairfield defeated Marist 70-61 on Friday night and has won each of its last two. Manhattan does not have any players on its injury report, while Fairfield will play without Brycen Goodine.
Manhattan is allowing an average of 70.3 points (196th) per game, while holding opponents to a field goal shooting percentage of 44.0% (218th) and a three-point shooting percentage of 35.3% (283rd). Fairfield's offense cannot keep pace with what the defense is allowing as the Jaspers are scoring an average of only 67.8 points (278th) per game. Manhattan has a field goal shooting percentage of (250th) and a three-point shooting percentage of 35.0% (148th).
Ant Nelson is scoring an average of 15.0 points per game to lead Manhattan. Nelson is shooting only 38.3% overall and 31.0% from behind the line. Samir Stewart is the second leading scorer with an average of 13.9 points per game and is also shooting 38.3% overall, while hitting 41.9% of his three-point attempts. Four of the top five scorers for Manhattan shoot betwe en 38.3% and 45.4%. Nelson is the leader in assists with an average of 4.6 dishes per contest, while as a team Manhattan averages.12.5 assists and 14.3 turnovers per game. On the boards, Manhattan averages 31.7 rebounds per game with Josh Roberts the leading rebounder with an average of 9.9 boards per contest. Roberts is the swat leader with an average of 1.8 blocked shots per game and Nelson is the leader in steel is an average of 1.8 per game.
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