Harvard at Alumni Hall on Monday at 5:00 pm

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The Stags (4-6)(0-2) will close out their non-conference slate when they host Harvard (4-5) for the first time since 2007 on Monday at 5pm at Alumni Hall. The game will be the eighth home contest for the Stags already this season. Fairfield will play in 16 home games which will be the most in program history.

THE HARVARD SCOUTING REPORT: The Crimson are coming into the game on a three game losing streak and a 4-5 overall record. Harvard has not played a game since Dec. 8, after an 85-81 loss to Eastern Michigan. The Stags will have their hands filled along the perimeter, as Harvard comes in as one of the most productive 3-point shooting teams in the country. The Crimson have made 6.7 long range shots per game, the 79th most in the country. Harvard netted 12 3-pointers in their latest loss to Eastern Michigan. The Crimson have a very balanced offensive attack with five players averaging seven or more points. AnnMarie Healy leads the way with 13.9 points per game and ranks second with 5.2 boards. Their leading rebounder is Shilpa Tummala, as she is in the middle of a career season hauling down 6.9 boards. Last year, she averaged 2.9 rebounds.

Harvard Roster:
www.gocrimson.com/sports/wbkb/2015-16/roster

FAIRFIELD - Harvard
Scoring: 563 - 593
Per Game: 56.3 - 65.9
Scoring Margin: -4.2 - -2.5
Scoring Defense: 60.5 - 68.4
Field Goals-Att: 211-555 - 225-544
Field Goal Pct.: .380 - .414
Field Goal Defense: .413 - .414
3-Pt FG-Att: 34-121 - 60-193
3-Pt FG Pct.: .281 - .311
3-Pt FG Per Game: 3.4 - 6.7
3-Pt FG Defense: .340 - .301
Free Throws: 107-155 - 83-129
FT Pct.: .690 - .643
FT Made Per Game: 10.7 - 9.2
Rebounds: 333 - 349
Rebounds Per Game: 33.3 - 38.8
Rebound Margin: -4.4 - +0.8
Assists: 129 - 127
Per Game: 12.9 - 14.1
Turnovers: 137 - 141
Per Game: 13.7 - 15.7
Margin: +1.8 - -2.6
Assist/TO Ratio: 0.9 - 0.9
Steals: 65 - 59
Per Game: 6.5 - 6.6
Blocks: 35 - 26
Per Game: 3.5 - 2.9
Win/Loss Streak: L1 - L3

Game Notes:
www.nmnathletics.com/pdf9/4292610.pdf

Video webcast ($5.95 PPV):
www.fairfieldstags.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=32500

Live Stats:
www.fairfieldstags.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=32500&LIST_SPORT__BASKETBALL

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Stags (5-6)(0-2) get the 67-50 win in AH helped by Kelsey Carey's 27 points. The junior would score 13 of her career-high 27 points in the 10 minute First Quarter, helping the Stags to a lead they would never relinquish. Kelsey Carey recorded her 400th career point in the game.

“I think being aggressive and just going into them and not worrying about getting a foul called is one of the little things,” Carey said. “I think us going for the ball and not being afraid of our opponent, and rebounding, and all those little things helped us with the win.”

“Obviously the points are a huge help, but the aggressive mentality with which she played,” Head Coach Joe Frager, who won his 350th career game, said. “I think we did a better job running the floor and getting easy baskets…We’ve been trying to stress that we’re the type of team that needs to do all the little things, a lot of the blue collared things…and I thought we did that.”...

Kristine Miller also reached a milestone with her 300th career point.

“I think the mindset at the end of games is just to do anything to win,” Miller said. “Winning is our main focus so whatever any of us have to do coming off the bench to win, we are willing to do. Dive on balls, get rebounds, score in tough situations, so I think a lot of it is us have the mentality, ‘I have to do whatever I have to do right now to get a win.’”...

With the win, Fairfield has now finished a non-conference season with a winning record for the sixth time in the last seven seasons.

“We are really happy,” Miller said. “I think this is a great win for us, and it’s a really good marker into conference play. We played really well, and we had a lot of fun. We said in the locker room how much fun we just had and we are just really, really happy about the win.”

Sam Cooper back in the line up with a game high 8 boards.

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According to the box score, only 276 fans in AH for the game and the Stags are now last in MAAC home attendance (171 average) but another NO PROMOTION home game. Hoping fans will come to AH is not a plan. "A bad high school gym" or not, this should be a problem and a priority to someone in the Athletic Department and in the Administration. Joe Frager, his team and the program deserve a better effort.

Box Score:
www.fairfieldstags.com/fls/32500/Stats/WBB/2015-16/ffdw1228.htm

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My cousin's 10 year old girl asked for college basketball tickets (among other things) for Christmas. Similar 10 year olds are all over this area. It's not a tough sell.