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She's picking Manhattan mostly for aesthetic reasons. "They've been doing really well," she says of the 2-2 Jaspers and warns that Harvard should watch out for senior Tim Cain.
At 6ft 8in and 6ft 4in they'll tower over the Jaspers Maurice "Mo" Williams who stands just 5ft 11in but is rumored to have the ability to dunk.
But Powers saw the squad while it was still getting its bearings, in a pathetic 79-57 loss in Manhattan in late December. "That was a pretty quiet game," he recalled of the appearance of the entire Harvard bench against the Jaspers.
Then, with Mahbattan leading, 16-14, the Crimson stopped scoring for 5:54. The Jaspers proceeded to dash off to a 79-57. conquest.
THE NOTEBOOK For those of you who are wondering, the Jaspers are named after Brother Jasper. Manhattan College's first basketball coach and the man the Jaspers claim invented baseball's seventh inning stretch. The Crimson hosts Army Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.