AE Albany in Alumni Hall on Wednesday

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The Stags (3-3) host Albany (5-2) in Alumni Hall on Wednesday at 7:00 pm. This is the 10th time in program history that Fairfield has split their first six games of the season and the first time since the 2013-14 season.


This is the second Top 20 team that the Stags have faced so far this season. Ranking #20 in this week’s College Insider Women’s Mid-Major Top 25, the UAlbany Women’s Basketball team has been placed in the top-20 for the 13th consecutive poll, dating back to last season. www.collegeinsider.com/womens-mid-major-top-25.php?DB_OEM_ID=15800

THE ALBANY SCOUTING REPORT: The Great Danes have always been mid-major contenders, especially in the America East, and this year is no different. The four-time America East champions were picked to finish first again in this year’s preseason poll.
 As recently as last week Albany was receiving votes in the USA Today’s Coaches Poll. The Great Danes garnered three votes before their latest loss to Army. Shereesha Richards, the program’s first Division I All-American and all-time leading scorer, once again leads the team with 22.4 points per game. During her career, she has earned 16 conference Player of the Week awards, the most ever by one player. As a team, the Great Danes are 14th in the country shooting 48 percent from the floor including a .532 clip when they attempt 2-point field goals, which is the 12th best number. They have forced 21.7 turnovers per game, the 25th best number in the nation and opponents turn over 30 percent of the time, the second best number in the nation.

FAIRFIELD - Albany
Scoring: 350 - 465
Per Game: 58.3 - 55.9
Scoring Margin: +0.1 - -10.5
Scoring Defense: 58.2 - 55.9
Field Goals-Att: 134-334 - 176-367
Field Goal Pct.: .401 - .480
Field Goal Defense: .380 - .414
3-Pt FG-Att: 18-64 - 20-74
3-Pt FG Pct.: .281 - .270
3-Pt FG Per Game: 3.0 - 2.9
3-Pt FG Defense: .315 - .341
Free Throws: 64-96 - 93-142
FT Pct.: .667 - .655
FT Made Per Game: 10.7 - 13.3
Rebounds: 217 - 244
Rebounds Per Game: 36.2 - 34.9
Rebound Margin: -0.1 - +9.6
Assists: 78 - 101
Per Game: 13.0 - 14.4
Turnovers: 81 - 129
Per Game: 13.5 - 18.4
Margin: +0.8 - +3.2
Assist/TO Ratio: 0.9 - 0.8
Steals: 36 - 79
Per Game: 6.0 - 11.3
Blocks: 19 - 13
Per Game: 3.2 - 1.9
Win/Loss Streak: L3 - L1

Game Notes:
www.nmnathletics.com/pdf9/4239507.pdf

Albany Roster:
www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=70296

Live Video ($5.95 PPV):
www.fairfieldstags.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?DB_LANG=C&db_oem_id=32500

Live Stats:
www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=ffld

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Stags down 10-13 at the end of the First Quarter shooting 40% but with 6 turnovers.

Kristin Schatzlein with 3 points
Casey Smith with 3 points
Kelsey Carey with 2 points
Sam Cooper with 2 points

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Stags down 23-29 at the half but shooting 67% 3 ptrs. 4/6 and 10 turnovers.

Albany shooting 50% FG 13/26 with 5 steals and 24 points in the paint.

Smith with 7 points
Schatzlein with 6 points
Cooper with 3 points and 5 boards and 3 assists
Lizzie Ball with 3 points and 2 assists
Kelsey Carey with 2 points
Helena Orts with 2 points

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Stags down 39-49 at the end of the Third Quarter.

Albany shooting 56% FG 22/39

Stags hit only 1 of their last 5 FG while Albany hits 4 of their last 5.

Casey Smith with 11 points shooting 50% FG 5/10

[JoeStag]

Stags are not playing up to their #1 ranking in the MAAC. And while Lizzy Ball has improved a lot this year, I think our #1 ranking was dependent on Macey Hollenshead to be healthy and get a significant amount of time in the Backcourt. We have a chance to be very good this year, but the PG and backcourt rotation needs help from the Soph and frosh on the Roster, if we want to win the MAAC.

[FU73]

Stags lose 50-62. Fall to (3-4)

Stags shot 53% 3 ptrs. 8/15. Almost half (24 points) of the Stags 50 points came from behind the arc.

Albany with 9 steals and shot 57% FG and outrebounded the Stags 31/21.

Casey Smith with 13 points (6/12 FG)
Kristin Schatzlein with 12 points (4/8 3 ptrs.)
Sam Cooper with 11 points and 6 boards (3/6 3 ptrs.)

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“I thought that was the most committed effort we had on the defensive end of the floor that we had all year long,” Head Coach Joe Frager said. “They’re just a really, really good basketball team and the fact that we were laying out, diving all over the place for loose balls in the last minute even though we were down by 10, that says a lot.”...

Fairfield (3-4, 0-2 MAAC) also broke out of their shooting slump, recording a season-high 53 percent from behind the arc (8-for-15). Kristin Schatzlein, who snapped her streak of 18-straight games hitting a 3-pointer against Marist, tallied a season-high four long range shots in her eight attempts and finished with 12 points. Samantha Cooper also connected on 50 percent of her outside shots (3-for-6), and finished with 11 points. It is the 10th time in her last 11 games she has finished in double figures.

“I’m very happy about that, now we just have to put all these ingredients together,” Frager said. “We had flashes of really good low post play, and now tonight, finally, we had multiple players hitting down outside shots which we have really been missing in other games.”...

Only 123 fans tonight at the game in AH as the Stags are now (2-4) at home. Last season the Stags only lost 5 games at home for the entire season.

Box Score:
www.fairfieldstags.com/fls/32500/Stats/WBB/2015-16/ffdw1209.htm

Video Highlights:
www.fairfieldstags.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=4801504&db_oem_id=32500

[stags74]

ladies, not living up to preseason billing. disappointing. Its early yet,lets hope for a second semester turn around. season is still young.

[stag84]

Joestag, I dont think its the backcourt thats the problem. Lizzy has been unbelievable, her asst/to ratio is excellent which is what we want from a point guard, solid with the ball. We haven't shot it all that well, last few games haven't been too impressive offensively, i think we are too predictable offensively. Teams know we run a zillion screens run 25 sec off the shot clock then we take a shot whether its a good one or not. It would be nice to see a few fast breaks. It would also be nice if these girls had some fan support, playing in front of 100 fans at alumni hall is just not very inspiring

[JoeStag]

Dec 10, 2015 17:52:36 GMT -5 stag84 said:

Joestag, I dont think its the backcourt thats the problem. Lizzy has been unbelievable, her asst/to ratio is excellent which is what we want from a point guard, solid with the ball. We haven't shot it all that well, last few games haven't been too impressive offensively, i think we are too predictable offensively. Teams know we run a zillion screens run 25 sec off the shot clock then we take a shot whether its a good one or not. It would be nice to see a few fast breaks. It would also be nice if these girls had some fan support, playing in front of 100 fans at alumni hall is just not very inspiring

I agree that Lizzy Ball has played well, but we need more of an offensive threat at PG that can create offensive opportunities off penetration. I feel we have a very good frontcourt.

[stag84]

Just wondering what the injury is to macey h? Is she out the whole season?

[JoeStag]

Her arm was in a sling at the opener vs Lasalle, but I thought I saw her without the sling vs Albany. We are close to being a very good team and #1 in the MAAC. I just hate to think that we are missing that one piece. In the meantime, Lizzy Ball has played well.