The Manhattan Jaspers will travel to the McAlister Field House to take on The Citadel Bulldogs this Tuesday night in The Citadel Classic.
The Manhattan Jaspers snapped their 2-game losing streak and improved to 7-3 on the season after defeating the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, 99-75, last night. Manhattan was outstanding on the offensive end against Charleston Southern and had no trouble picking up the victory after taking a 52-27 lead into halftime. Manhattan shot 50.9% from the field & 38.1% from beyond the ac while allowing Charleston Southern to shoot 42.2% from the field & 36.0% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Jaspers was Josh Roberts who had a double-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks, & 1 steal.
On the season, Manhattan is averaging 74.3 ppg on 46.6% shooting from the field. The Jaspers are averaging 5.5 three-pointers per game on 32.7% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Manhattan has been led by Jose Perez (13.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 5.5 apg), Warren Williams (10.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg), Ant Nelson (10.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.9 spg), & Elijah Buchanan (7.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, 2.0 spg).
Defensively, Manhattan is allowing their opponents to average 69.8 ppg on 44.9% shooting from the field. The Jaspers have a rebound margin of 0.4 and a turnover margin of 1.1.
The Citadel Bulldogs had their 2-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 6-4 on the season after being defeated by the South Carolina State Bulldogs, 74-57, last night. The Citadel struggled offensively against the South Carolina State defense and could not fight back after the Bulldogs took a 55-44 lead with 9:03 left in regulation. The Citadel shot 34.3% from the field & 17.2% from beyond the arc while allowing South Carolina State to shoot 46.2% from the field & 53.3% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Bulldogs was Hayden Brown who had a double-double with 26 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, & 4 steals.
On the season, The Citadel is averaging 82.7 ppg on 47.0% shooting from the field. The Bulldogs are averaging 11.1 three-pointers per game on 34.8% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, The Citadel has been led by Hayden Brown (20.2 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.4 spg), Jason Roche (13.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg), Tyler Moffe (9.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 4.8 apg), & Stephen Clark (9.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.3 apg, 2.4 bpg).
Defensively, The Citadel is allowing their opponents to average 70.7 ppg on 38.3% shooting from the field. The Bulldogs have a rebound margin of 4.3 and a turnover margin of -1.4.
The Jaspers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Tuesday games & 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS win. The Bulldogs are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS loss & 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games.
Manhattan is coming off one of their best offensive performance of the season, however, this is still a team that recently lost by 34 against Utah and has struggled defensively this season, currently ranking just 213th in scoring defense & 282nd in defensive FG%. The Citadel is a much better team offensively than what we saw last night as the Bulldogs come into this game ranked 14th in scoring offense, 65th in FG%, & 8th in three-pointers made per game and as the Bulldogs have the best player on the court in Hayden Brown, I think The Citadel bounces back from yesterday’s loss and can do enough to cover this small home spread. Good Luck!