FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Perez's Last-Second Shot Lifts Manhattan Past Iona.
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Jose Perez’s step-through floater with 1.9 seconds to play gave Manhattan a 74-72 win over Iona on Thursday.
Perez dribbled to the foul line with Quinn Slazinski of Iona guarding. The leading scorer in the MAAC worked his way to the elbow before a pump fake got Slazinski to bite and allowed Perez to step through for the game-winner. The Bronx native finished with a game-high 27 points. Ten of which came from the charity stripe.
The game was tied three times inside the last two minutes. Iona (24-6, 16-3 MAAC) tied the game at 68 with a Tyson Jolly dunk off his own miss. Then at 70 with a pair of free throws with 66 seconds to play and then 72 on an Elijah Joyner layup.
Manhattan (15-14, 8-12 MAAC) retook the lead on each ensuing possession to the pleasure of the neat capacity crowd inside Draddy Gymnasium. Perez hit a pair of free throws when the game was tied at 68. Josh Roberts put back a third-chance opportunity with 46 seconds to play before Perez hit the game-winner.
The Jaspers built a 15-point lead early in the second half only to see the Gaels chip away and eventually take a 56-55 lead with 10:29 to play on the back of a 9-0 run over 1:44. Neither team would lead by more than four the rest of the way.
Perez added six assists and four rebounds. Roberts finished with eight points and seven rebounds. Samba Diallo and Marques Watson finished 13 points and went a combined 8-13 from the field.
Nelly Junior Joseph 18 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists to pace the Gaels.
The Jaspers will now wait and see what seed they will be in next week’s MAAC Tournament. The final day of the MAAC regular season is Saturday.
Perez dribbled to the foul line with Quinn Slazinski of Iona guarding. The leading scorer in the MAAC worked his way to the elbow before a pump fake got Slazinski to bite and allowed Perez to step through for the game-winner. The Bronx native finished with a game-high 27 points. Ten of which came from the charity stripe.
The game was tied three times inside the last two minutes. Iona (24-6, 16-3 MAAC) tied the game at 68 with a Tyson Jolly dunk off his own miss. Then at 70 with a pair of free throws with 66 seconds to play and then 72 on an Elijah Joyner layup.
Manhattan (15-14, 8-12 MAAC) retook the lead on each ensuing possession to the pleasure of the neat capacity crowd inside Draddy Gymnasium. Perez hit a pair of free throws when the game was tied at 68. Josh Roberts put back a third-chance opportunity with 46 seconds to play before Perez hit the game-winner.
The Jaspers built a 15-point lead early in the second half only to see the Gaels chip away and eventually take a 56-55 lead with 10:29 to play on the back of a 9-0 run over 1:44. Neither team would lead by more than four the rest of the way.
Perez added six assists and four rebounds. Roberts finished with eight points and seven rebounds. Samba Diallo and Marques Watson finished 13 points and went a combined 8-13 from the field.
Nelly Junior Joseph 18 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists to pace the Gaels.
The Jaspers will now wait and see what seed they will be in next week’s MAAC Tournament. The final day of the MAAC regular season is Saturday.
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