Mount St. Mary's at Fairfield Game Day, Saturday 2pm

[FU73]

After defeating five Division I conferences during their non-league slate, the Fairfield University Women's Basketball team will try for a win against their most important conference, as they open up MAAC play against Mount St. Mary's at Mahoney Arena on Saturday at 2pm and on ESPN+. Fairfield enters the weekend on a five-game winning streak and a (7-1) overall record, marking their best eight-game start in 40 years.

FAIRFIELD
Top Scorer: Janelle Brown (16.8 PPG)
Top Rebound: Meghan Andersen (6.3 RPG)

MOUNT ST. MARY'S
op Scorer: Jo Raflo (12.0 PPG)
Top Rebounder: Isabella Hunt (8.0 RPG)

The Stags are (3-0) at home in Mahoney Arena and averaging 824 fans.

Game Notes
fairfieldstags.com/documents/2023/12/14/WBBNotes2324_-_MSMHome.pdf
s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/mountathletics.com/documents/2023/12/13/MSM_Notes2324_Fairfield_Game9.pdf

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Live Stats
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[stag76]

Nice of the MAAC to give us two home games to open MAAC play. Hope the Roadrunners are ready to run and we get off to a 1-0 start in the MAAC today.

[paulie74]

Hate to miss the MAAC opener. Roadrunners will hopefully be on fire.

Darn family commitments getting in the way of Stags Basketball.😂

[ctbobs]

Dec 16, 2023 10:00:16 GMT -5 paulie74 said:

Hate to miss the MAAC opener. Roadrunners will hopefully be on fire.

Darn family commitments getting in the way of Stags Basketball.😂

Exact same for me!

[FU73]

Stags 16-15 at the end of the First Quarter.

Stags 31-17 at the half. Emina Selimovic with 11 points. MSM with only 1 FG in the second quarter. Stags with 11 turnovers in the game and MSM with 13.

[stag79]

Dec 16, 2023 14:26:42 GMT -5 FU73 said:

Stags 16-15 at the end of the First Quarter.

Mount defends. Strong in the post and some length on the wing.

[stag79]

Selimovic and Andersen lead the way. Mount sealing off guards driving. Didn't matter. Stag’s really turn up the intensity in their man defense. 31-17.

[FU73]

Stags 45-33 at the end of the Third Quarter. Meghan Andersen with 15 points and 7 boards.



Stags 62-44 for the win with 20 turnovers and 48/31 rebound advantage.



"It was definitely a slog," Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "I'm proud of how we stayed with it even when the offense was a little ugly and a little bit stagnant. It was a good job by Emina to step up and carry us throughout the game and there's a lot to learn going into Manhattan."

Selimovic had her career-high coming off the bench as the Fairfield reserves out-scored the Mountaineers' bench players 25-9. For the season, Fairfield is averaging nearly 25 points per game from their bench, ranking in the top-100 in the nation.

"That's going to be us all year long," Coach Thibault-DuDonis said. "That's what we talk a lot to our team about. The value of our depth and there's no pressure that you have to do it all because there's always a teammate with you, behind you, next to you that can help pick you up."

Emina Selimovic with 21 points (Career High) and 8 boards.
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/emina-selimovic/6312
Meghan Andersen with 19 points and 8 boards.
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/meghan-andersen/6308

Box Score
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2023-24/mount-st-mary-s/boxscore/13878

Home attendance listed at 612 fans.

Fairfield is now (8-1)(1-0 MAAC) and on a 4 game winning streak and (4-0) at home .

Next: Manhattan (6-2)(1-0 MAAC) at Mahoney Arena on Monday, December 18 at 7:00 pm on ESPN+.

[stags74]

I watched the end of 3rd quarter and the game was really in the bag at that point. As CTD described kinda of a “ slog” game , not very pretty but a “w” and that is what is important.

[stag76]

[vastagman]

Looks like Monday's game against Manhattan (6-2) should be a good test.

masseyratings.com/cbw2024/2527

[nashvillestag]

Dec 16, 2023 15:29:41 GMT -5 FU73 said:

Stags 45-33 at the end of the Third Quarter. Meghan Andersen with 15 points and 7 boards.



Stags 62-44 for the win with 20 turnovers and 48/31 rebound advantage.



"It was definitely a slog," Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "I'm proud of how we stayed with it even when the offense was a little ugly and a little bit stagnant. It was a good job by Emina to step up and carry us throughout the game and there's a lot to learn going into Manhattan."

Selimovic had her career-high coming off the bench as the Fairfield reserves out-scored the Mountaineers' bench players 25-9. For the season, Fairfield is averaging nearly 25 points per game from their bench, ranking in the top-100 in the nation.

"That's going to be us all year long," Coach Thibault-DuDonis said. "That's what we talk a lot to our team about. The value of our depth and there's no pressure that you have to do it all because there's always a teammate with you, behind you, next to you that can help pick you up."

Emina Selimovic with 21 points (Career High) and 8 boards.
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/emina-selimovic/6312
Meghan Andersen with 19 points and 8 boards.
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/meghan-andersen/6308

Box Score
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2023-24/mount-st-mary-s/boxscore/13878

Home attendance listed at 612 fans.

Fairfield is now (8-1)(1-0 MAAC) and on a 4 game winning streak and (4-0) at home .

Next: Manhattan (6-2)(1-0 MAAC) at Mahoney Arena on Monday, December 18 at 7:00 pm on ESPN+.

Even when the best player on the team has an off shooting night (as Nellie Brown did), others step up and do the job, and this is exactly what happened yesterday. A great performance by a freshman. Same could be said for the transfer from Siena. But what's also apparent from watching in person is the connectivity of the squad no matter what is happening on the court. This is especially so because of the leadership of Brown who showed absolutely no dejection even though she was obviously struggling a little bit. When your most important player has a great attitude, that's a plus. And because that is indeed what the situation is with this team, the Stags are in great shape.