#9 Stags at #10 St. Peter's on Sunday at 2:00 pm

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The Stags (6-8)(1-4) travel to Jersey City to play St. Peter's (3-11)(1-4) on Sunday at 2:00 pm.

FAIRFIELD - St. Peter's
Scoring: 791 - 740
Per Game: 56.5 - 52.9
Scoring Margin: -2.9 - -10.5
Scoring Defense: 59.4 - 63.4
Field Goals-Att: 295-763 - 286-795
Field Goal Pct.: .387 - .360
Field Goal Defense: .408 - .378
3-Pt FG-Att: 53-177 - 46-204
3-Pt FG Pct.: .299 - .225
3-Pt FG Per Game: 3.8 - 3.3
3-Pt FG Defense: .327 - .304
Free Throws: 148-212 - 122-176
FT Pct.: .698 - .693
FT Made Per Game: 10.6 - 8.7
Rebounds:: 467 - 538
Rebounds Per Game: 33.4 - 38.4
Rebound Margin: -2.0 - -0.7
Assists: 189 - 165
Per Game: 13.5 - 11.8
Turnovers: 195 - 244
Per Game: 13.9 - 17.4
Margin: +1.1 - -5.2
Assist/TO Ratio: 1.0 - 0.7
Steals: 91 - 68
Per Game: 6.5 - 4.9
Blocks: 44 - 44
Per Game: 3.1 - 3.1
Win/Loss: Streak L2 - L1

Game Notes:
www.nmnathletics.com/pdf9/4342006.pdf

St. Peter's Roster:
www.saintpeterspeacocks.com/sports/wbkb/2015-16/roster

THE PEACOCK SCOUTING REPORT: The 3-11 record that Saint Peter’s currently holds does not show the amount of fight they have shown in games this season, especially during MAAC play. Led by Head Coach Pat Coyle, the former Head Coach of the New York Liberty of the WNBA, the Peacocks have been on the wrong side of three single-digit losses in conference play, including a one-point game against a current 5-0 Siena team. Their second win of the season was against a Brown team that was 10-1 at the time. Returning seven of their top-nine scorers from last season, the Peacocks were expected to be a more experienced team this season, and they have shown that in the close games. Sajanna Bethea is once again the team’s leading scorer with 11 points per game. The squad has struggled in a couple of categories this season, including 3-pointers made where they rank 330th out of 343 teams in the country, and steals where they rank last in the nation.

Live Video ($4.95 ppv):
www.saintpeterspeacocks.tv/mediaPortal/player.dbml?&db_oem_id=27800

LiveStats:
www.saintpeterspeacocks.com/sports/wbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20160110_zgga.xml

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Stags down 8-10 at the end of the First Quarter shooting only 16% FG (3/16)

Casey Smith with 6 points and 3 boards
Sam Cooper with 2 points and 3 boards
Kristin Schatzlein with 2 points

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Stags down 19-20 at the half now shooting 27.6% FG 9/28 but only 4 turnovers.

Casey Smith with 10 points and 3 boards
Kelsey Carey with 5 points and 1 board
Sam Cooper with 2 points and 6 boards
Kristin Schatzlein with 2 points and 1 board

Casey Smith shooting 50% FG 4/8 but Cooper and Schatzlein are shooting just 1/6.

St. Peter's with a 17/14 rebound advantage.

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St. Peter's starts the Third Quarter on a 7-0 run. Stags go scoreless for almost 5 minutes until Khadidiatou Diouf's basket.

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Stags down 25-37 at the end of the Third Quarter and outscored 17/6 in the quarter.

Stags shooting only 21.7% FG 10/46 and 0/6 from behind the arc.

Schatzlein and Cooper are a combined 2/18 FG shooting.

Khadidiatou Diouf with 4 points shooting 2/3 FG and making the only 2 baskets for the Stags in the entire 10 minute quarter.

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It is hard to fathom how a team that is picked to win the conference somehow is now (arguably) the worst team in the conference. Mind boggling.

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Stags lose 46-56 shooting only 26.2% FG 17/65 for the game.

Casey Smith with 12 points
Kristin Schatzlein with 9 points
Helena Orts with 7 points
Casey Foley with 6 points
Kelsey Carey with 5 points
Khadidiatou Diouf with 4 points
Sam Cooper with 2 points

Stags drop down to (6-9)(1-5) and to the bottom of the MAAC.

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“I thought for the first 20 minutes, our defense was outstanding,” Head Coach Joe Frager said. “We had opportunities in the first half but missed a lot of open shots. I think we got discouraged and our shoulders dropped, but they responded well in the fourth.”.....

“I think the starters were struggling to shoot the ball and unfortunately their shoulders dropped,” Frager said. “I was real happy with what Dija gave us and what Orts gave us and what Foley gave us off the bench. They gave us a ton of energy and sparked our mini comeback....

The #10 Stags (6-9)(1-5) will play at #11 Rider (3-12)(0-6) on this Thursday at 5pm on ESPN3.