Rhamel Brown News

Manhattan College's comeback season ended Monday night with a three-point loss to Iona in the MAAC title game.

Seated behind Iona head coach Tim Cluess as he scouted the semifinal between Manhattan and Fairfield, I kept a close eye on his facial expressions.

There's really no way to sugarcoat it - the MAAC quarterfinal-round has been a graveyard for Manhattan for well over a decade.

MAAC Defensive Player of the Year Rhamel Brown scored 12 points with 12 rebounds and sixth-seeded Manhattan held off No.

Dylon Cormier converted a three-point play to get Loyola University Maryland within one after trailing by double digits in the second half, but three Loyola shots with under 35 seconds left were off, and Manhattan College defeated the Greyhounds, 55-52, in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Quarterfinals.