Stags at St. John's Tuesday at 2:00 pm on ESPN3

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Fresh off their best offensive game of the season, the Stags (4-5)(0-2) will travel to New York City for a contest against BIG EAST power St. John’s (8-2), a team that was ranked 25th in the country last week. Tip-off at the Carnesecca Arena is on Tuesday, December 22 at 2pm. The game will be webcasted on ESPN3.

THE ST. JOHN’S SCOUTING REPORT: The Red Storm are coming into this game after a loss to Duquesne, which took St. John’s out of the top-25 rankings. St. John’s was picked to finish second in the Big East preseason poll and support an 8-2 record. The two teams have had a similar style in the early season. The Red Storm have built their success on inside play, shooting 50 percent from inside the 3-point arc (30th nationally) and .262 from outside the arc (299th nationally). Since last season, the Red Storm are 12-1 at Carnesecca Arena against non-conference opponents, with their last loss coming on Dec. 21, 2014 to Indiana State. The Red Storm hold the Big East’s leading and second leading scorer with Danaejah Grane (19.7) and Aliyyah Handford (18.2) respectively. Before their loss to Duquesne, the squad had won eight-straight by an average of 14.5 points. That streak helped the program to receive a #25 national ranking in the AP Poll.

FAIRFIELD - St. John's
Scoring: 509 - 696
Per Game: 56.6 - 69.6
Scoring Margin: -2.5 - +8.2
Scoring Defense: 59.1 - 61.4
Field Goals-Att: 195-502 - 273-591
Field Goal Pct.: .388 - .462
Field Goal Defense: .397 - .382
3-Pt FG-Att: 32-110 - 27-103
3-Pt FG Pct.: .291 - .262
3-Pt FG Per Game: 3.6 - 2.7
3-Pt FG Defense: .321 - .313
Free Throws: 87-131 - 123-185
FT Pct.: .664 - .665
FT Made Per Game: 9.7 - 12.3
Rebounds: 308 - 352
Rebounds Per Game: 34.2 - 35.2
Rebound Margin: -3.2 - -2.4
Assists: 120 128
Per Game: 13.3 - 12.8
Turnovers: 122 - 145
Per Game: 13.6 - 14.5
Margin: +1.6 - +3.8
Assist/TO Ratio: 1.0 - 0.9
Steals: 53 - 90
Per Game: 5.9 - 9.0
Blocks: 33 - 27
Per Game: 3.7 - 2.7
Win/Loss: Streak W1 - L1

St. John's Roster:
www.redstormsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/stjo-w-baskbl-mtt.html

Game Notes:
www.nmnathletics.com/pdf9/4280106.pdf

ESPN3:
espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2701848/fairfield-vs-st-johns

LiveStats:
www.redstormsports.com/gametracker/launch/gt_wbaskbl.html?event=1439324&school=stjo&sport=wbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=&

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Stags' shoot around at the 5,602 seat Carnesecca Arena off Utopia Parkway and Union Turnpike in Queens.
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If the Fairfield University Athletic Department wants to know what a proper PROMOTION SCHEDULE is to increase home attendance:
www.redstormsports.com/ot/1516-promotions.html#wbb

SJU Game Day Promotion:
Tues. 22 vs. Fairfield at 2 p.m. in Carnesecca Arena
• Meet Santa Claus » All Fans
• Bread and Life Toy Drive (FREE admission with unwrapped toy) » All Fans
• Junior Johnnies Kids Club Day (FREE admission) » All Kids Club Members

All these 3 promotions today could have easily been planned, scheduled on the Stag website and implemented at any AH game but PROMOTION SCHEDULE has been eliminated from the Stag website.

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Stags down 13-19 at the end of the FIRST QUARTER.

St. John's shooting 66.7% FG 8/12 and Stags shooting 33.3% FG 4/12

Kristin Schatzlein with 5 points
Kelsey Carey with 4 points
Casey Smith 4 points

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Stags down 23-36 at the half.

St. John's with a 18/11 rebound advantage

Stags shooting only 28% FG 7/25 and St. John's shooting 65.2% FG 15/23

Casey Smith with 9 points
Kelsey Carey with 6 points
Kristin Schatzlein with 5 points
Lizzie Ball with 3 points, 3 boards and 2 assists

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Stags down 40-53 at the end of the THIRD QUARTER. Both teams with 17 points in the quarter.

Stags shooting only 29.7% FG 11/37

St. John's with a 30/17 rebound advantage.

Casey Smith with 15 points.
Kelsey Carey with 10 points and 4 fouls.

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Stags lose 54-73 shooting 30.8% FG 16/52 and outrebounded 39/25.

Casey Smith with 15 points and 4 boards
Kelsey Carey with 12 points and 4 boards
Lizzie Ball with 9 points, 4 boards and 2 assists
Kristen Schatzlein with 8 points and 4 steals
Casey Foley with 6 points, 4 boards, 3 steals and 5 fouls
Sam Cooper not in the lineup again

Stags now at (4-6)(0-2)

Hopefully these games will help prepare the team for MAAC games and as the entire bench saw at least some action against BIG EAST talent.

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“I think we did a lot of great things defensively today,” Head Coach Joe Frager said. “We really tried to overemphasize the pack line and I think we did a great job with that early, not letting the ball get to the rim. But you give up that 17-20 foot shot and they’re good they are going to knock some down.”...

Casey Smith scored her first career 3-pointer.

Many Stags were able to get valuable minutes against the Big East school. Casey Foley checked in for 22 minutes, and helped shutdown St. John’s in their final possession of the first half. The best moment of her extended play came in the fourth quarter, as she picked up back-to-back steals to keep the Stags within 14.

“I’m so pleased with her effort today,” Frager said. “I think she really laid it out there for us as well as a lot of our kids.”...

“There’s no doubt,” Coach Frager said about the pride he felt with the fight of the Stags. “Obviously the number one goal was to try and pull the upset but secondary it was to get better and battle regardless of what the score was and I really did believe that our kids did this.”

The Stags (4-6)(0-2) will next be in action on Monday, December 28 at 5pm at Alumni Hall against Harvard (4-5).

Box Score:
www.redstormsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2015-2016/sju11.html#GAME.BOX

After the Harvard game in AH, the team will play 5 of the next 6 MAAC games on the road starting with the Upstate New York weekend trip.

Stag MAAC Schedule:
Sat, Jan 02 - Canisius at Buffalo, N.Y. 2:00 p.m. on ESPN3
Mon, Jan 04 - Niagara at Niagara University, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Jan 08 - Manhattan in Alumni Hall 11:00 a.m
Sun, Jan 10 - Saint Peter's at Jersey City, N.J. 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 14 - Rider at Lawrenceville, N.J. 5:00 p.m. on ESPN3
Sat, Jan 16 - Manhattan at Riverdale, N.Y. 2:00 p.m.

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Joe Frager for ever trying to make a positive out of a negative. The lady's were beaten by twenty. When do the women begin to live up to there preseason high expectations?