{"id":118110,"date":"2026-01-31T03:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/118110\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T03:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:42:08","slug":"womens-basketball-welcomes-in-state-foe-iona-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/118110\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Basketball Welcomes In-State Foe Iona on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Game #21: Iona Gaels\u00a0at Manhattan Jaspers
\nSaturday, January 31, 2026 | 2:00 PM
\nDraddy Gymnasium | Riverdale, N.Y.
\nWatch:\u00a0shorturl.at\/m3wI9<\/a>

\nLive Statistics: shorturl.at\/DtHVD<\/a>

\nInternational Feed:\u00a0shorturl.at\/2eRrZ<\/a>

\nTickets:\u00a0shorturl.at\/CXogQ<\/a><\/p>\n

RIVERDALE, N.Y. –\u00a0<\/p>\n

After dropping their road contest to Sacred Heart on Thursday, the Manhattan Jaspers look to get back on track at home on Saturday against the Gaels from Iona. Leading Manhattan in the points category has been Senior guard Brianna Davis<\/a>, averaging 13.3 points a night, including a Division I high of 23 points and 11 rebounds on Jan. 19 against Rider. Her scoring average puts her in a tie for seventh in the MAAC. On the defensive end, Graduate forwards Colette Mulderig<\/a> and Agar Farr\u00e9s Garcia have helped anchor that end of the floor, with the former’s 1.7 average on blocks putting her in second place across the MAAC, while the latter’s 6.9 rebounds have her in fifth. The Green and White will look to get back to .500 in conference play before going on a two-game road trip to Rider on Thursday (Feb. 5) and Siena on Saturday (Feb. 7).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scouting the Opposition:

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\u2022After starting the 2025-26 season 7-3 through the non-conference slate, the Iona Gaels have settled at 6-6 so far through the MAAC schedule, sitting in a tie for sixth place with Mount St. Mary’s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022In their most recent stretch, Iona has won two of their last three games, dropping to Merrimack last time out 87-63, but defeating Rider and Marist.<\/p>\n

\u2022The Gaels are led by the two-headed monster of Graduate guard Isabellah Middleton (13.6) and Junior forward Zoey Ward (12.6), averaging a combined 26.1 points a night. The former’s 26 points against Saint Peter’s on Jan. 19 were a season-high, shooting 10-for-18 from the field.<\/p>\n

\u2022Two other players average eight or more points apiece, in Junior guard Mya Zaccagnini (8.7) and Graduate guard Ella Fajardo (8.2).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022Iona was selected to finish sixth in this year’s edition of the MAAC Preseason Poll, putting them exactly where they stand at this point.<\/p>\n

\u2022The Gaels finished the 2024-25 season with an overall record of 11-21, going 8-12 within the MAAC.<\/p>\n

\u2022Squeezing into the last spot in the 2025 MAAC Championship at the 10 seed, Iona upset seventh-seeded Saint Peter’s in the first round by the final score of 42-40. Their season came to an end in the quarterfinals against Quinnipiac, 79-51.<\/p>\n

\u2022This will serve as the 96th matchup between Iona and Manhattan, with the Jaspers winning three of the last four.<\/p>\n

\nLast Five Meetings vs. Gaels:
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Manhattan Leads 59-36<\/p>\n

2\/20\/25……………………………MAN 68-65<\/p>\n

1\/30\/25…………………………….IONA 64-47<\/p>\n

3\/9\/24……………………………..MAN 66-56<\/p>\n

1\/27\/24…………………………….MAN 64-56<\/p>\n

3\/11\/23……………………………..IONA 73-60<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links MAN Game Notes IONA Game Notes …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-118110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}