By Steven M. Glassman
Director of Sports Information
July 16, 2020
JENKINTOWN, PA—The 2019-2020 Manor College Athletics season was filled with memorable games and moments. Manor Athletics will chronologically look back at those top games and moments from this past school year. Today's feature is about the Men's Basketball's 69-67 overtime road win at Rowan College at Burlington County on January 9, 2020.
Highlights: Burlington County freshman guard Emmanuel Jeh's jump shot tied the game at 59 with under 15 seconds left in regulation. Barons sophomore forward Jonathan Baruti missed a potential game-winning slam dunk at the buzzer.
Manor sophomore guard Jewel Funchess' (Philadelphia, PA/Olney) three-point basket (with an assist by freshman guard Jeremiah Staten [Chicago, IL/Hillcrest]) with 1:54 left in overtime broke the 64-all tie. Barons' freshman forward Samuel Adejumo missed a game-tying free throw with 0:14 left which was rebounded by Baruti. However, Baruti fouled Blue Jay freshman forward/center Kebba Jange (East Stroudsburg, PA/Glen Mills) on the play with 0:13 seconds remaining. Jange sank the second free throw and Burlington County called a time out. Barons' freshman guard Delroy Gayle missed a game-tying jump shot that went off the rim with 0:02 left. Jange got the defensive rebound to clinch the win.
Notes: Manor won its third straight road game at the time. They also improved its road record at the time to 4-5. The win was its fifth in the previous six game.
This was the third time this season that the Blue Jays won a game after trailing at halftime.
This was also Manor's second straight overall overtime victory and three of the last five after starting out 1-11 since they entered the NJCAA for the 2008-2009 season. This was also the Blue Jays' third straight overtime road win after losing five straight since 2008-2009.
The Blue Jays won its third straight overall versus the Barons and four of its previous six. They swept the season series from Burlington County for the first time since the 2015-2016 season. This was second time in this season series that Manor won at Burlington County. The Blue Jays previously won on the road versus the Barons on January 12, 2016 (97-80).
Individually, Funchess led Manor and set season and career single-game bests in overall field goals made and attempts, three-point field goals and attempts, and points (24). At the time, it was the fifth time this season that he scored in double-figures and 19th career. Staten set a season-high at the time with 13 points. His nine rebounds led the Blue Jays and were also a personal season-best. He also paced the squad with five assists. Sophomore forward Manuel Alvarez (Reading, PA/Governor Mifflin) came off the bench and scored 10 points and led Manor with a career-best four steals. It was the second time this season he scored in double-figures coming off the bench.
The box score can be found at this link.
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