Sacred Heart 68, at Manhattan 80

NEW YORK (Interstat) — In a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference matchup between two teams seeking to climb out of the league’s lower tier, the Manhattan Jaspers used a dominant second half and capitalized on a decisive advantage in points off turnovers to defeat the Sacred Heart Pioneers 80-68 on Saturday at Draddy Gymnasium. The game, played before an intimate crowd of 696, saw both teams enter and exit with identical 10-16 overall records. Despite being a slight pregame underdog according to betting lines, Manhattan improved to 10-16, while Sacred Heart fell to the same mark. The most critical phase of… Read more...