Antoine Pearson News

The motion set that head coach Barry Rohrssen prefers rarely leads to anything better than a forced jumper as the shot clock winds down.

Darryl Crawford scored 26 points to lead Manhattan to a 69-62 victory over American on Wednesday night.

The lethargic "pass...dribble...dribble...pass...dribble...dribble" motion set vanished and Barry Rohrssen finally let his Manhattan College Jaspers play a fluid up-tempo offense fueled by constant movement and screens.

Antoine Pearson had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead Manhattan to a 73-66 win over Florida Atlantic on Monday night.

FAU @ Manhattan College When : Monday, Nov. 23rd 7:00 PM EST Where : Riverdale, NY - Draddy Gymnasium Live Stats : Here Manhattan Team Site : Here Probable Starters : FAU Manhattan The Series Monday night's contest will be the first ever meeting between the two teams.

Danny Sumner scored 17 points and William & Mary held off Manhattan in the final minutes to take a 75-70 victory on Saturday.

They came to get a look at new imports Kevin Laue and Rico Pickett Saturday, but in the end it was Manhattan's old guard that gave the Jaspers a victory in their opener.

Darryl Crawford scored 17 points and Manhattan defeated New Jersey Institute of Technology 70-58 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday.The Jaspers trailed 12-9 early in the first half, before going on a 12-4 run in the next five minutes.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: The Jaspers brought in junior college transfer Rico Pickett, who started his college career at Alabama and then played Juco.

Manhattan basketball fans have waited three years for head coach Barry "Slice" Rohrssen to think like Phoenix.

For what ESPN's recruiting rankings are worth, the aforementioned collegiate studs were placed lower than Manhattan-bound Rico Pickett in the ESPNU Top 100 recruits of 2007.

Manhattan College signed Barry Rohrssen four years ago because of his New York City ties.