Bender leads Manhattan against Monmouth after 21-point performance

Thu, Dec 21, 2023
NCAAB News (AP)

Manhattan Jaspers (4-5, 1-1 MAAC) at Monmouth Hawks (6-5)

West Long Branch, New Jersey; Thursday, 2 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hawks -9; over/under is 139.5

BOTTOM LINE: Manhattan visits the Monmouth Hawks after Shaquil Bender scored 21 points in Manhattan's 76-71 loss to the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights.

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The Hawks have gone 3-1 at home. Monmouth is 1-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Jaspers are 2-4 in road games. Manhattan ranks fifth in the MAAC with 13.4 assists per game led by Jaden Winston averaging 3.7.

Monmouth is shooting 43.6% from the field this season, 1.7 percentage points lower than the 45.3% Manhattan allows to opponents. Manhattan averages 65.7 points per game, 8.3 fewer points than the 74.0 Monmouth allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Xander Rice averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Hawks, scoring 18.9 points while shooting 35.1% from beyond the arc.

Bender is scoring 11.6 points per game and averaging 3.1 rebounds for the Jaspers. Seydou Traore is averaging 11.4 points for Manhattan.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.