JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Shane Richards scored 16 points as Manhattan held off Saint Peter's 55-53 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play Friday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
Richards had 11 points in the second half to help the Jaspers (4-9, 2-1) overcome a six-point deficit.
Manhattan, playing its seventh contest without injured All-MAAC guard George Beamon, pulled ahead 42-41 on Richards' 3-pointer with 9:27 remaining and built its own six-point cushion at 55-49.
After the Peacocks (6-7, 1-2) closed to 55-53 with 2 minutes left, neither team could score. Yvon Raymond missed two free throws with 1:01 left, and Desi Washington had a jumper blocked by Rhamel Brown and missed a 3-pointer with 1 second left.
Richards was 4 of 9 from long range while Manhattan made 9 of 27 3-pointers as a team. Brown added 11 points for his fourth straight double-digit performance.
Washington led Saint Peter's with 15 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Manhattan (4-9) « | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| St. Peter's (6-7) | 27 | 26 | 53 |
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| Manhattan Jaspers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Andujar, F | 26 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| R. McCoy, F | 13 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Brown, C | 27 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| R. Stores, G | 35 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| M. Koita, G | 24 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Richards | 29 | 4-10 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| C. Jones | 18 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Kates | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| R. Colonette | 13 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 19-48 | 8-13 | 35 | 13 | 20 | 55 | |
| 39.6% | 61.5% | ||||||
| St. Peter's Peacocks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Conley, F | 19 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| P. Jackson, F | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Washington, G | 37 | 5-17 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| B. Ffrench, G | 33 | 2-7 | 5-10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Y. Raymond, G | 26 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Burke | 28 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Tucker | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| C. Patterson | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| E. Desport | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Prescott | 10 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 20-48 | 9-20 | 32 | 9 | 20 | 53 | |
| 41.7% | 45% | ||||||
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