ALBANY, New York – The third-seeded Marist women's basketball team defeated sixth-seeded Manhattan, 65-51, in the quarterfinal round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday afternoon at the Times Union Center.
 
Red-shirt junior Alana Gilmer scored a game-high 25 points, and scored her 1,000^th career point in the first quarter.
 

Summary

• Manhattan scored on its first three possessions, and took a 6-3 lead at the 7:55 mark.
• Gilmer scored Marist's first 14 points. Senior forward Lovisa Henningsdottir added the next five, and the Red Foxes led 19-14 after the first 10 minutes.
• Freshman Sarah Barcello scored five points in the first 3:14 of the second quarter, which ran Marist's lead to 28-16 and led to a Manhattan timeout.
• The Red Foxes held the Jaspers scoreless nearly six-and-a-half minutes in the second quarter, and led 32-22 at halftime.
• Marist held Manhattan scoreless for the first 3:39 of the third quarter, and expanded its lead to a game high of 16.
• Lynette Taitt scored six straight Manhattan points late in the third quarter, but Marist still held a 48-33 advantage after 30 minutes.
• Manhattan never cut its deficit under 13 in the final period, and Marist expanded its lead to as high as 21.

 

Key Stats

• Gilmer shot 10-for-15 from the field, 2-for-3 from three-point range, and 3-for-4 from the free-throw line. She also had five rebounds and a steal.
• The Red Foxes had four double-digit scorers. Joining Gilmer in the 10-plus club were red-shirt junior Grace Vander Weide (13 points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals), Barcello (11 points, 3-for-5 from three-point range, four rebounds), and Henningsdottir (10 points, three rebounds).
• On a day when she was held to two points, junior guard Rebekah Hand led the Red Foxes in rebounds (seven), assists (four), and tied for the team lead in steals (two).
• Barcello had the game's best individual plus-minus (+25).
• Taitt paced Manhattan with 14 points.
• Courtney Warley had a double-double for the Jaspers with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
• Marist shot 7-for-20 (.350) from three-point range, while Manhattan was 2-for-13 (.154) from deep.

 

Notes

• Gilmer became the 27^th player in program history to score her 1,000^th career point in a Marist uniform, and the third this season. Junior guard Rebekah Hand scored her 1,000^th on Nov. 23 against Stetson, and senior guard Maura Fitzpatrick reached the milestone exactly seven days later at Elon.
• Gilmer now has 1,017 career points. She has scored 996 in her two seasons at Marist, and had 21 in her freshman season at Virginia Tech.
• Gilmer had her 10^th game this season with at least 20 points.
• This was the eighth meeting in the MAAC Championships between Marist and Manhattan. The Red Foxes are 6-2 in these contests.
• Marist has now advanced to the semifinal round in 15 out of 17 seasons in head coach Brian Giorgis' tenure.

From The Head Coach

"I thought we played a tremendous game on both ends of the floor," head coach Brian Giorgis said. "We got out to a good start, and you're always worried when you're on the floor for your first game. But luckily a number of these kids have been on the floor here before. We just did a tremendous job."
 

Records

• Marist is now 22-9 overall.
• Manhattan's season concludes at 12-19 overall.

 

Up Next

Marist advances to the MAAC Championship semifinal round. The Red Foxes will take on second-seeded Rider on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. For ticket, bus, and coverage information, please visit Marist's MAAC Championship Center page.