NEW YORK (AP) - Daniel Stewart scored 22 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds to lead Rider to a 69-60 victory over Manhattan in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game Thursday night.
The junior forward's three-point play and layup gave the Broncs (8-9, 3-2) a 59-53 lead with 3:42 left after the Jaspers (4-11, 2-3) had cut a 10-point second-half deficit to 54-53.
Anthony Myles added 13 points and 14 rebounds for Rider, which shot 52 percent (13 of 25) in the second half.
The Broncs outscored Manhattan 18-7 over the final 8 1/2 minutes of the first half to take a 28-20 lead at the break. Stewart had 13 points and 11 rebounds by halftime.
Shane Richards scored 18 points to lead the Jaspers, making 6 of 13 shots from 3-point range. Rhamel Brown had 15 points and 11 rebounds and C.J. Jones scored 11 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rider (8-9) « | 28 | 41 | 69 |
| Manhattan (4-11) | 20 | 40 | 60 |
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| Rider Broncs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Stewart, F | 31 | 7-11 | 8-8 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| D. Nd-Ezuma, C | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Thompson, G | 38 | 0-7 | 8-10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Myles, G | 36 | 4-12 | 5-11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| N. Lindsey, G | 15 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Sadler | 28 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| S. Valentine | 23 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| T. Pereira | 13 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Fortunat | 12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Totals | 21-50 | 24-36 | 48 | 5 | 21 | 69 | |
| 42% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Manhattan Jaspers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Andujar, F | 24 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| R. Brown, F | 21 | 6-10 | 3-8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| D. Kates, G | 32 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| R. Stores, G | 24 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| M. Koita, G | 22 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Richards | 31 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| C. Jones | 25 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| R. McCoy | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| R. Colonette | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-57 | 9-19 | 32 | 11 | 30 | 60 | |
| 36.8% | 47.4% | ||||||
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