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SAINT PETER'S (4-23, 2-16 MAAC) VS. MANHATTAN (13-14, 10-8 MAAC)
Friday, February 26, 2016 @7PM
Yanitelli Center/Jersey City, NJ
Game 28:
• The Peacocks play their 19th Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game against the Iona Gaels on Friday.
• This contest between Saint Peter's and Manhattan marks the 80th meeting in the all-time series.
• Saint Peter's leads the series 52-27.
About the Jaspers:
• The Jaspers are 18-10 overall and 14-3 in MAAC action so far this season.
• The Jaspers fell to the Quinnipiac Bobcats 81-63 on February 23, 2016.
Last time we played:
- The Manhattan Jaspers defeated Saint Peter's women's basketball 63-47 in MAAC action on January 21, 2016.
- Hala Mostafa recorded her third double-double of the season with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Talah Hughes (Beacon, N.Y. / Beacon) and Janelle Mullen (Ozone Park, N.Y. / The Hun School of Princeton) both tallied seven points.
- Amani Tatum paced the Jaspers with 16 points. Taylor William followed with 11 points and five rebounds while Blake Underhill tallied nine points and five rebounds.
Last time out:
- The Saint Peter's Peacocks were defeated by the Iona Gaels 64-50 in MAAC on February 21, 2016.
- Hala Mostafa (Cairo, Egypt / Modern Narmer Language School) and Sajanna Bethea (Levittown, Pa. / Pennsbury) scored 18 points apiece. Mostafa tallied six rebounds while Bethea added eight rebounds. Rebecca Sparks (Teaneck, N.J. / Teaneck (Saint Francis)) followed with nine points and six rebounds.
- Joy Adams paced the Gaels with 20 points and seven rebounds. Alexis Lewis followed with 19 points and seven rebounds. Treyanna Clay added eight points.
Last Season:
• The Peacocks went 5-26 overall in 2014-15, averaging 50.6 points per game.
• Hala Mostafa (Cairo, Egypt / Modern Narmer Language School) scored a career-high 18 points to power Saint Peter's to a 66-58 upset victory over Marist on February 26, 2015.
• Sophomore Sajanna Bethea (Levittown, Pa./Pennbury) has been named to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Preseason second-team. Bethea, who was named to the MAAC All-Rookie team as a freshman, paced the team in 2014-15 with 10.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. The 5-11 sophomore forward reached double figures in points 18 times in her freshman campaign, including posting double digits in her last six contests.
• Bethea notched a career-best 20 points in a 65-58 win against Niagara on Jan. 29, 2015 on ESPN3. She also registered eight double-doubles last season, including both games in the league postseason.
Coach Coyle:
• Pat Coyle enters her third season as the women's basketball Head Coach in 2015-16. She makes her return to the Metro Atlantic Conference (MAAC) after coaching Loyola from 1993-98 while also coming back to the New York metropolitan area.
• Coyle spent more than 10 years with the WNBA's New York Liberty, including five plus seasons as the head coach. She comes to Jersey City after serving as Agnus Berenato's Associate Head Coach at Pittsburgh for the last two seasons.
• Coyle joined the Panthers staff in 2010-11 as an assistant coach to help Pittsburgh advance to the Big East Tournament second round in her first season in Pittsburgh before being elevated to Associate Head Coach in her second season.
