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Manhattan ends Peacocks' win streak 68-63

NEW YORK (AP) Emmy Andujar scored 21 points to reach 1,000 career points and Ashton Pankey added 18 and Manhattan beat Saint Peter's 68-63 on Wednesday night to end the Peacocks' four-game win streak.

Andujar and Pankey combined to go 21 of 25 from the free-throw line. RaShawn Stores added 10 points for the Jaspers (6-8, 3-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), who shot 50 percent from the field.

Tyler Gaskins scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Peacocks (8-8, 2-3), who had won eight of their last 11 coming into Wednesday's game. Rodney Hawkins added 14 points. The Jaspers held the Peacocks' two leading scorers, Desi Washington (16.4 ppg) and Marvin Dominique (14.7), to six points each.

The Jaspers made their first nine field-goal attempts in taking a 41-22 halftime lead. The Peacocks rallied and got within three points with five seconds left but Donovan Kates made two free throws to seal it.