#6 Siena at #4 Stags on Thursday at 7:00 pm

[FU73]

The final homestand in the history of Alumni Hall will begin on Thursday night when the #4 Fairfield University Women's Basketball team hosts #6 Siena at 7:00pm. The building, which hosted it's first season in 1959, has been home to the women's basketball program in nearly every season since their 1981-82 Division I debut. The Stags own an all-time record of 285-105 (73%) at Alumni Hall with a 96-43 (69%) clip under Joe Frager.

The Stags will wrap up the 2019-20 MAAC Regular Season and play the final game ever at Alumni Hall on Saturday when they take on #8 Niagara at 2:00pm on ESPN3. The program will also honor the two member senior class of Sam Kramer and Nicole Bus to celebrate their four years of dedication to the Stags on their Senior Day.

Stags
Top Scorer: Lou Lopez-Senechal (15.3 ppg)
Top Rebounder: Katie Armstrong (7.1 rpg)
58.1 Points Per Game (MAAC #8)
58.8 Opp. Points Per Game (MAC #3)

Siena
Top Scorer: Sabrina Piper (13.6 ppg)
Top Rebounder: Tobulayefa Watts (5.6 rpg)
Points Per Game 56.1 (MAAC #9)
Opp. Points Per Game 65.1 (MAAC #7)

School-MAAC-Overall-Streak
Marist 16-2, 23-4 W9
Rider 16-2, 23-4 W6
Manhattan 11-8, 14-14 W4
Fairfield 10-8, 13-14 L3
Quinnipiac 10-8, 13-14 L1

Siena 8-10, 10-17 W1
Iona 8-10, 9-18 L2
Niagara 7-11, 9-18 L2
Monmouth 5-13, 8-19 W1
Saint Peter's 5-13, 8-19 L3
Canisius 4-15, 5-23 L2

ESPN+
www.espn.com/watch?id=f0ad9aee-609a-4eaf-a556-06ca41029d8a

Live Stats
fairfieldstags.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary

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[sobro]

Curious to see how the Stags play tonight. They are coming off a stretch where they played 35% of their conference schedule in 16 days.

[FU73]

Stags 13-3 halfway through the First Quarter at 4:59.

[FU73]

Stags 21-6 at the end of the First Quarter

Siena shooting only 2/11 FG (18.2%)

Katie Armstrong with 8 points
Lou Lopez-Senechal with 0 points

Stags with 5 bench points

[FU73]

Stags 31-15 at the half shooting 40% FG (12/30) but only 10 points (4 baskets) in the second quarter.

Stags with 27/18 rebound advantage

Siena shooting only 4/25 FG (16%) but 3/10 from the 3 and only 4/11 FT (36.4%)

Katie Armstrong with 8 points and 5 boards
Lou Lopez-Senechal with 2 FT points and 5 boards but 0/4 FG

[FU73]

Stags 43-32 at the end of the Third Quarter.

Siena finishes the quarter on a 8-0 run over the final 2 minutes with a basket at the buzzer.

Siena outscores the Stags 17-12 in the quarter

Stags 2/14 from outside

Katie Armstrong with 13 points and 6 boards

[FU73]

Stags 58-46 to improve to (11-8)(14-14) and (9-4) at home in Alumni Hall. The win brings clinches a top-five finish in the MAAC.

7th time this season with the Stag defense holding the opposition to 48 points or less.

Stags had led by 19 but were 2/16 from outside.

Stags with a 45/34 rebound advantage and 15 turnovers.

Katie Armstrong with 18 points and 6 boards
Andrea Hernangomez with 10 points and 11 boards
Rachael Hakes with 8 points
Lou Lopez-Senechal with 6 points on 1/6 FG but 9 boards and 5 assists

Box Score:
sienasaints.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2019-20/fairfield/boxscore/9364

Next
#8 Niagara (7-12)(9-19) on Saturday in Alumni Hall at 2:00 pm on ESPN3. The Stags will now look to secure the third-seed in the tournament with a win against Niagara in the final game ever played at Alumni Hall.

School-MAAC-Overall-Streak
Marist 17-2, 24-4 W10
Rider 17-2, 24-4 W7
Manhattan 12-8, 15-14 W5
Fairfield 11-8, 14-14 W1
Quinnipiac 11-8, 14-14 W1

Siena 8-11, 10-18 L1
Iona 8-11, 9-19 L3
Niagara 7-12, 9-19 L3
Monmouth 5-14, 8-20 L1
Saint Peter's 5-14, 8-20 L4
Canisius 4-15, 5-23 L2

[stags74]

Kudos to the ladies for finishing at .500 and in the top of the league standings. I believe I heard that Joe Frager has had only one losing season during all his 10 years or so at FF. That really is an achievement. On to the playoffs and good luck to the women.

[stags74]

Oops did not realize they had one more game!

[FU73]

[fu80]

Do we have any chance in playoffs vs. Marist or Rider?

[FU73]

Do we have any chance in playoffs vs. Marist or Rider?....

Yes. The #4 Stags (14-14)(11-8) beat #1 Marist (24-4)(17-2) 52-48 in Alumni Hall, beat #3 Manhattan (87-47) and beat #5 Quinnipiac (14-4)(11-8) 72-60 in Alumni Hall but lost at #2 Rider (24-4)(17-2) 52-60 and lost 60-68 to Rider in Alumni Hall. Rider has lost 56-67 at St. Peter's and lost 58-63 to Marist at home.

[fu80]

Thanks for the info. Let's hope one of our teams advances in AC.