Kids Day Out Game on Friday in AH - FREE admission

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The Fairfield University Women’s Basketball team will host its annual Kids' Day Out Game this Friday, Jan. 8 with a special 11 a.m. tip-off against visiting Manhattan from George R. Bisacca Court at Alumni Hall. Admission to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contest is FREE for all fans!

The Stags will welcome students from area elementary schools and middle schools to the game with the Jaspers. Last season 2,162 fans packed AH for the game against St. Peter's.

With the PROMOTION SCHEDULE eliminated from the Stag website and game day promotions almost non-existent this season, the University should also make this game a FREE webcast on Stags.TV to hopefully get the parents of these kids interested in going back to AH for another game. Stag Basketball at AH and at the WBA is an "entertainment" event for most non-alumni families. This is a perfect opportunity to reach out to them. Will the University try to reach out with a FREE webcast or will they try to make a few extra bucks selling the game?

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Fairfield will celebrate their annual Kids’ Day Out, an initiative by the MAAC and other conferences to get kids from the local school systems to come enjoy college basketball games. Over 550 kids from the area schools including: Bryant School, Read School, Classical Studies Magnet Academy, High Horizons Magnet School, and Jennings Elementary School will be in attendance today. Also every fan can enjoy today’s game FREE of charge.

THE JASPER SCOUTING REPORT: One of the most improved teams in the MAAC, Manhattan comes into the game with a (5-7)(2-1) record but are led by some very young talent. Amani Tatum, a transfer from James Madison, has emerged as one of the best point guards in the MAAC in her first season in the league. She currently leads the team in PPG (12.3), assists (33), and steals (37). Sophomore Kayla Grimme is the force in the middle with a team-high 35 blocks and 8.3 rebounds. The patent 1-3-1 defense that Manhattan practices has been giving teams trouble all season long. The Jaspers are forcing an average of 21.7 turnovers this season which ranks 14th in the country, and their 10.5 steals per game ranks 38th in the nation. Also, teams are shooting just 25 percent from behind the arc, giving Manhattan the 22nd best 3-point defense. However, the Jaspers also average 19.4 turnovers per game which ranks 306th out of 344 teams.

Manhattan Roster:
www.gojaspers.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=12500&SPID=5440&SPSID=52469

FAIRFIELD - Manhattan
Scoring: 736 - 704
Per Game: 56.6 - 58.7
Scoring Margin: -1.9 - -1.5
Scoring Defense: 58.5 60.2
Field Goals-Att: 273-709 - 256-723
Field Goal Pct.: .385 - .354
Field Goal Defense: .405 - .386
3-Pt FG-Att: 49-161 - 44-176
3-Pt FG Pct.: .304 - .250
3-Pt FG Per Game: 3.8 - 3.7
3-Pt FG Defense: .325 - .255
Free Throws: 141-201 148-226
FT Pct.: .701 - .655
FT Made Per Game: 10.8 - 12.3
Rebounds: 436 - 459
Rebounds Per Game: 33.5 - 38.2
Rebound Margin: -2.3 - -1.1
Assists: 173 - 132
Per Game: 13.3 - 11.0
Turnovers: 177 - 233
Per Game: 13.6 - 19.4
Margin: +1.5 - +2.3
Assist/TO Ratio: 1.0 - 0.6
Steals: 86 - 126
Per Game: 6.6 - 10.5
Blocks: 44 - 63
Per Game: 3.4 - 5.3
Win/Loss: Streak L1 - L2

FAIRFIELD BREAKDOWN: Fairfield (6-7, 1-3 MAAC) played back-to-back one-point games during its Buffalo trip last weekend. After beating Canisius 51-50 on Saturday, the Stags suffered a 56-55 loss at Niagara on Monday night.  Junior forward Kelsey Carey paces the Stags with 13.2 points per game, and her .541 field goal percentage is second-best in the MAAC. Senior guard Kristin Schatzlein contributes 10.1 points per contest to go along with 2.5 assists and 1.4 steals a night. Schatzlein leads Fairfield with 2.1 three-pointers per outing. Junior forward Casey Smith tallies 9.9 points per game, and sophomore forward Samantha Cooper pulls down a team-high 7.9 rebounds per contest to go along with 8.6 points per outing. Senior guard Lizzy Ball, meanwhile, is the MAAC leader in assists (5.2 per game) and assist/turnover ratio (2.4). This is the only home contest in a six-game span for Fairfield, which begins a three-game road trip at Saint Peter’s on Sunday.

Game Notes:
www.nmnathletics.com/pdf9/4332208.pdf

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

LiveStats
www.fairfieldstags.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32500&LIST_SPORT__BASKETBALL

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Stags up 20-15 at the end of the First Quarter shooting 66.7% FG 8/12.

Casey Smith with 9 points and 1 board
Kristine Miller with 8 points and
Kristin Schatzlein with 0 points but 2 boards and 4 assists
Sam Cooper with 3 points and 3 boards

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Stags down 27-32 at the half.

Manhattan outscores the Stags 17/7 in the quarter.

Stags go scoreless for almost half the Second Quarter until Sam Cooper's 3 pointer at the 5:40 mark.

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Stags down 44-50 at the end of the Third Quarter now with 16 turnovers .

Manhattan outscores the Stags 18/17 in the quarter but finishes the last 2:44 of the quarter on a 9-2 run including a basket with 2 seconds left.

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Stags lose 55-70 and were outscored 20/11 in the Fourth Quarter.

Manhattan finishes the game on a 12/2 run. Stags couldn't get any closer than 51-54.

Down by 5 and with the score at 53-58, the Stags scored only 2 points over the last 4:08 of the game.

Stags with 18 turnovers.

Manhattan with 92% FT 23/25 but Stags only 62.6% FT 7/11.

Manhattan
Score 70
Field Goals 44.7%(21-47)
3-Point FGs 35.7%(5-14)
Free Throws 92%(23-25)
Rebounds 31(7-24)
Steals 9
Blocks 1
Assists 7
Turnovers 13

STAGS
Score 55
Field Goals 40.7%(22-54)
3-Point FGs 25%(4-16)
Free Throws 63.6%(7-11)
Rebounds 31(11-20)
Steals 5
Blocks 3
Assists 16
Turnovers 18

Sam Cooper with 16 points and 8 boards
Casey Smith with 16 points and 4 boards
Kristine Miller with 10 points and 7 boards
Kelsey Carey with 6 points and 5 boards
Krisitin Schatzlein with 4 points and
Lizzie Ball with 3 points and 5 assists

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The Stags score 27 points in the first half and then only 23 points in the second half with the game on the line. The shots weren't dropping for Kristin Schatzlein (4 pts) and Kelsey Carey (6 pts) who had a total of 10 points and were a combined 4/17 FG shooting (23.5%). Carey was leading the team in scoring with 13.2 ppg and Schatzlein was second averaging 10.1 ppg. Those points were missed as the team had been averaging 56.6 ppg.

1,432 fans at the game in AH.

Box Score:
www.fairfieldstags.com/fls/32500/Stats/WBB/2015-16/ffdw0108.htm

Stags drop down into PIG territory (6-8)(1-4) with the next 3 games on the road:

Sun, Jan 10 #2 Saint Peter's * at Jersey City, N.J. 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 14 # 11 Rider * at Lawrenceville, N.J. 5:00 p.m. on ESPN3
Sat, Jan 16 #4 Manhattan * at Riverdale, N.Y. 2:00 p.m.

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Postgame comments from Joe Frager:

“I think the biggest thing about this team right now is that they want to do well and when we struggle to knock shots down, I think our decision making starts to go a little,” Head Coach Joe Frager said. “We made some uncharacteristic mistakes with the basketball and turning the ball over 18 times, that’s not Fairfield women’s basketball. In order for us to be successful, we have to take better care of the ball.”...

“I thought we played well in the first quarter, both offensively and defensively,” Coach Frager said. “We were doing a really nice job sticking to our defensive game plan. We were guarding shooters a certain way, guarding drivers another way, and trying to handle low post with a little extra attention. I thought we did a good job with that.”...

“The easiest thing to do right now when you’re scuffling like this is to say ‘okay we need to change this, we need to change that’ a complete overhaul of what we do offensively and defensively is not needed,” Frager said. “What we need to do is tighten some things up and do them the way we are capable of doing them. Three games on the road is a test of their mental toughness. If you want to be a good basketball team you need to be able to compete on the road, and in order to do that we need to do a better job at keeping control of the ball, we have to rebound the ball, and we need to knock down open shots.”...