Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Come on Angie, I want to shoot. oelphi in the Alumni Gym. Soph Jackie Powers led the rout registering his season's high of 25 points in the 90-76 score. gelo Lombardo and Gerry Poulson followed with 20 points iece. oy from home the Green and White found themselves at y once again. This time the West Point Cadets overtook nhattan's Team and scored a 79-71 upset. The unfamiliar Powers sinks another one at the St. John's game. The 1955-56 squad. court caused the young Jaspers to shoot erratically and play a poor floor game. They were only able to capitalize on 27 of 47 free tosses while the Black Knights were putting on an amazing shooting display by hitting on 529A: of their shots. Siena handed Manhattan its second straight upset as they dumped the Green 78-73. Manhattan took an early lead, only to have it diminish in the waning moments of the game. An ex-Jasper was the spark that sent the Green and White down to defeat for the fifth time of the season, against eight wins. 217

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216 O'Connor saves another rebound. The third Garden game was also Manhattan's third upset victory in the gigantic arena. This one finally stimulated the sports writers to recognize the Green and White as one of the East's top teams. In their win the club completely outscrapped the Mules to win in on overtime thriller, 85-79. Four Jaspers hit double figures. They were: Lombardo with 27, Powers 22, Brown 17 and Paulson 12. Let's do push-u ps. J Joseph, O'Connor and Lombardo pin the battle. The impressive seven and one record was debited with two losses on the Philadelphia trip. The St. Joseph club edged the Jaspers in a double overtime which is still being remembered by the Follow the Five members who made the trip. The final score was St. Joseph's 75, Manhattan 74. The other villain was the Temple Owl , which humiliated the Kelly Green 91-78. It took a national ranked club to run up the score, but it still was the team's third loss of the season. The old saying, there is no place like home was certainly true as the team got back to winning ways when they faced

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Powers rebounds for two. I saw it first. The court fogs and tempers flare.