Iona and Canisius Advance to the Men's Semifinals
No. 1 Iona College - 73 | No. 9 Saint Peter’s University - 71
2019 MAAC Men’s Basketball Quarterfinals
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Top seed Iona (15-15) advanced to its ninth straight semifinal after holding off Saint Peter’s (10-22), 73-71. Saint Peter’s had a 1-and-1 with two seconds left down 72-71 but missed the front end.
Iona Notes
• The Gaels have never missed the semifinals under Tim Cluess in reaching the semifinals of the MAAC Championship.
• Iona will play either No. 4 Rider University or No. 5 Siena College on Sunday, March 10 at 6 p.m. on ESPN3.
• Tajuan Agee (26), E.J. Crawford (26), and Rickey McGill (18) scored 70 of Iona’s 73 points.
• Agee had 26 points and six rebounds before fouling out. It was Agee’s seventh game of 20-plus points.
• Crawford had 20-plus for the 15th time this season.
• Iona improved to 8-3 against Saint Peter's in the MAAC Tournament, knocking the Peacocks out for the third straight year and winning their 10th in a row against SPU overall
Saint Peter’s Notes
• Redshirt-senior Davauhnte Turner led the Peacocks with 23 points (9-of-16).
• The Peacocks shot 56-percent from the field and 43-percent from three. Defensively, the Peacocks held the Gaels to 33-percent from behind the arc, including 14-percent in the second half.
• Saint Peter’s trailed by nine, 69-58, with 2:59 to play before cutting the deficit to one on a Turner 3-pointer with 35 seconds to play.
• Despite the loss, the Peacocks shot 56.5 percent from the field on the game, their best FG percentage in a game this season and their sixth time making more than half of their attempted shots in a contest.
No. 2 Canisius College – 69 | No. 7 Manhattan College – 65 (OT)
2019 MAAC Men’s Basketball Quarterfinals
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Canisius (15-16) led for only 3:53 against Manhattan (11-21) but the Golden Griffins prevailed in overtime, 69-65. The four-point margin is tied for the largest margin victory over the first five games of the championship.
Canisius Notes
• The Golden Griffins make their first semifinal appearance since 2014.
• The Griffs will face either No. 3 Quinnipiac or No. 6 Monmouth on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
• Jibreel Faulkner led the Griffs with 20 points and eight rebounds. Three other players were in double figures.
• The win was the 11th of the season decided by five points or less or in overtime. The 11 wins are the most in Division I.
• Canisius improves to 3-1 in overtime in the MAAC Championship.
Manhattan Notes
• Warren Williams had a game-high 27 points (11-of-15) and added five rebounds.
• Manhattan led by as many 12 points with 18:53 to play in the second half.
• Nehemiah Mack chipped in 13 points and three assists for the Jaspers.
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.