When these two MAAC titans met in January, the result was a Manhattan
blowout at Iona's house. As expected, both teams are 13-4 heading into their return match -- tonight's game will end up settling the regular season title, the tourney No. 1 seed and a double-bye into the semis. The Jaspers had the early momentum, winning their first six, but they've been dealing with the academic suspension of leading scorer
C. J. Anderson (18.8 ppg); they've been 6-3 in MAAC play since. Iona is coming off a
home drop to Siena, but they're 11-3 since the Manhattan loss. If you can get MAAC-TV on your dish, enjoy what could be a fascinating shootout between IC's
Steve Burtt (25.0 ppg) and MC's
Jeff Xavier.