Fairfield – Marist Early Edition Game Notes ♫ 21-22
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Fairfield – Marist Early Edition Game Notes ♫ 21-22
Fairfield University (8-5, 2-0 MAAC) VS Marist (6-6, 1-2 MAAC)
Friday, January 7, 2022 • 7:00 PM EST
Bridgeport, CT
LAST TIME OUT
Alex Morales and Elijah Ford each had 15 points as Wagner beat Fairfield 63-50, Raekwon Rogers (11 points) and Will Martinez(10 points) joined Fairfield’s Caleb Green(11 points) and Chris Maidoh was the only other players in double digits. Fairfield has now matched their longest losing streak of the season (2 games).
COMIC OF THE DAY
FAR SIDE
The Far Side, by Gary Larson is one of the most widely read comics of all time. The single-panel cartoon ran daily in newspapers from 1980 to 1995.
SERIES HISTORY
Marist is one of only 2 MAAC squads the Stags having a winning record against over the last 7 years. While overall the Stags lead the series 40-25, Fairfield split the series the last two seasons, and has won 11 of the last 13 meetings and 21 of the last 25 games.
SOME NOTABLE MARIST AND FAIRFIELD STATS
- Entering the Iona game Marist had held its last four opponents to a collective .394 field goal percentage (119-for-302).
- Marist is averaging 9.4 three-pointers made and shooting .409 from three-point range in its wins, while averaging 5.6 three-pointers made and shooting .262 in its losses. The Stags will need to defend against the three point shot to win.
- Marist is averaging 10.0 turnovers over its last four games. The Red Foxes have three games with under 10 turnovers this season. At 11.5 turnovers per game, Marist is 55th in the NCAA. As impressive as Marist has been, Fairfield is now 37th in the nation in Fewest Turnovers per game averaging only 11.1.
- Fairfield is 102nd in the nation in assist to turnover ratio while Marist is an unimpressive 354th in the nation. The reason, Marist is averaging a woeful 8.2 Assists per game while Fairfield is averaging 12.2 (200th). Both squads could stand to improve their numbers but they are each outpacing number 358 Holy Cross who has the fewest assists per game of any team in the nation.
- Marist is last in the nation (358th) in assists to field goal made, while the Stags are 282nd.
- Fairfield is 41st in the nation in Defensive rebound percentage (78.3%)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR FAVORITE
Marist Freshman guard Jao Ituka was named MAAC Player and Rookie of the Week after his 34-point game at Boston University. Ituka became the first Red Fox to earn both MAAC honors in the same week since Brian Parker on Dec. 21, 2015. Ituka became the first MAAC men's basketball player to earn both honors in the same week since Siena's Jalen Pickett on Dec. 3, 2018. Ituka had now been named MAAC Rookie of the Week for three straight weeks.
LONG AND GREEN
Long saw limited minutes versus Wagner while Caleb Green reached double digits with 11 points on 4-10 shooting.
SUPER SUBS
Fairfield’s super subs of Long, Cruz and Wojcik were a combined 2-16 or .125 from he floor versus Wagner. The bench numbers were boosted by a 4-5 performance off the bench by Chris Maidoh, who continued to connect on more than 80% of his attempts this season.
MAGIC NUMBERS
3 – The number of games Jesus Cruz needs to appear in to establish a new Stags Record for games played.
15 – Number of Assists Jesus Cruz needs to reach 200 in his career.
30 – Points needed for Caleb Green to reach the 1000 Career point milestone.
39 – Number of rebounds Taj Benning needs to 500 in his career.
49 – Points Taj Benning needs to reach the 1000 Career point mark.
256 – Points Jake Wojcik needs to reach the 1000 Career point mark.
899 – Points TJ Long needs to reach the 1000 Career point mark.
MILESTONES
Taj Benning dished off his 200th Career Assist versus Wagner
STREAKS
- Supreme Cooks season long streak of securing at least one defensive board per game ended versus Wagner, but his season long streak of games with at least one rebound continues. Cook’s 3 rebounds versus Wagner were the lowest total he has secured since the final game last season.
- Jesus Cruz has now appeared in 136 consecutive games and has played in every game since joining the program. Cruz’s streak is among the longest in program history and Jesus is now 3rd all time in games played.
- Jesus Cruz has at least one made basket in every game going back to this time last season (32 games). The Streak started last season versus Fairleigh Dickinson. Jake Wojcik’s streak of made baskets is also 32 games, beginning at Niagara. Wojcik has made at least one field goal in every game he played in since joining the Stags, but he did not appear in the game versus Canisius.
HEARD BUT PROBABLY NOT TRUE
PANTHERS REMAIN WINLESS
The 0-10 Prairie View S&M University basketball team is the only team in the NCAA where every player has refused to take the Covid-19 Vaccine. Reports say the winless players are afraid to take any shots.
MARIST SIGNS NEW MASCOT
Believing that it is finally time that women have an equal place in the Mascot world, Marist college President Dennis Murray has announced they are terminating the contract of “Frankie the Red Fox” and replacing him with a female mascot. The new Marist Mascot will simply be known as “Foxy” and she will bring to the program the “look” and “appeal” that Frankie lacked.
Murray believes its time that women take their proper place in the Mascot world, and he finds it disturbing that only 3% of university mascots are women. He calls on other schools to follow his lead and he believes more institutions need to hire mascots like “Hot Pepper,” “Sexy Bee,” ”Lady Mac” or “Spring Chick.” Murray believes that hiring mascots like this will help break traditional gender stereotypes and will be an important step toward helping women secure more meaningful work in other fields.
While some at Marist feel that instead of promoting women, Foxy may in fact be reinforcing stereotypes of women as sex objects, Murray dismissed the thought. “There is definitely room at Marist for a mascot like “Foxy” and when she’s not busy with her game day duties she is welcome to hang in my office anytime….”
Images of new Marist Mascot
With apologies to Frankie
STAGS TO IMPLEMENT NEW PLAY
Jay Young continues to study film from other college teams and he has told his Fairfield squad that he is committed to working this play drawn up by St. John Fisher Cardinals into the game versus Marist. Keep an eye on 7’1” - 360 pound guard Connor Williams who makes the play work with his exceptionally fancy footwork. (You may need to click on the link to see this)
twitter.com/i/status/1469780981288779776
CLIMBING THE POINTS LADDER AND OTHER CAREER STATS OF NOTE
Taj Benning now has 951 career points and is 49 points away from 1000 in his career. Benning has made more than 300 Field goals in his Stag Career.
Supreme Cook now has 296 career points. Cook has also secured 240 rebounds as a Stag.
Jake Wojcik now has 398 points in his Fairfield Career and 744 points overall as a Division 1 player.
Caleb Green now has 970 points and needs 30 to reach the 1000 point mark in his career. Green has 337 poins while at Fairfield.
TJ Long has 101 points as a Stag.
Jesus Cruz now has 1279 points in his career (19th all time). He is also closing in on the 150 steal mark currently with 142 (8th best all-time) and has 185 assists. His 533 rebounds are good enough for 26th on the all-time rebounds list.
Allan Jeanee-Rose now has 192 points in his career.
Chris Maidoh now has 316 career points. Maidoh also has 49 blocks good enough for 26th on the all-time list.
Zach Crissler now has 207 career points including 151 while at Fairfield.
Jalen Leach now has 121 points as a Stag.
Makai Willis has 16 points while at Fairfield closing in on Jason Edokpayi who has 25.
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Edition 136
PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR! .
Fairfield – Marist Early Edition Game Notes ♫ 21-22
Fairfield University (8-5, 2-0 MAAC) VS Marist (6-6, 1-2 MAAC)
Friday, January 7, 2022 • 7:00 PM EST
Bridgeport, CT
LAST TIME OUT
Alex Morales and Elijah Ford each had 15 points as Wagner beat Fairfield 63-50, Raekwon Rogers (11 points) and Will Martinez(10 points) joined Fairfield’s Caleb Green(11 points) and Chris Maidoh was the only other players in double digits. Fairfield has now matched their longest losing streak of the season (2 games).
COMIC OF THE DAY
FAR SIDE
The Far Side, by Gary Larson is one of the most widely read comics of all time. The single-panel cartoon ran daily in newspapers from 1980 to 1995.
SERIES HISTORY
Marist is one of only 2 MAAC squads the Stags having a winning record against over the last 7 years. While overall the Stags lead the series 40-25, Fairfield split the series the last two seasons, and has won 11 of the last 13 meetings and 21 of the last 25 games.
SOME NOTABLE MARIST AND FAIRFIELD STATS
- Entering the Iona game Marist had held its last four opponents to a collective .394 field goal percentage (119-for-302).
- Marist is averaging 9.4 three-pointers made and shooting .409 from three-point range in its wins, while averaging 5.6 three-pointers made and shooting .262 in its losses. The Stags will need to defend against the three point shot to win.
- Marist is averaging 10.0 turnovers over its last four games. The Red Foxes have three games with under 10 turnovers this season. At 11.5 turnovers per game, Marist is 55th in the NCAA. As impressive as Marist has been, Fairfield is now 37th in the nation in Fewest Turnovers per game averaging only 11.1.
- Fairfield is 102nd in the nation in assist to turnover ratio while Marist is an unimpressive 354th in the nation. The reason, Marist is averaging a woeful 8.2 Assists per game while Fairfield is averaging 12.2 (200th). Both squads could stand to improve their numbers but they are each outpacing number 358 Holy Cross who has the fewest assists per game of any team in the nation.
- Marist is last in the nation (358th) in assists to field goal made, while the Stags are 282nd.
- Fairfield is 41st in the nation in Defensive rebound percentage (78.3%)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR FAVORITE
Marist Freshman guard Jao Ituka was named MAAC Player and Rookie of the Week after his 34-point game at Boston University. Ituka became the first Red Fox to earn both MAAC honors in the same week since Brian Parker on Dec. 21, 2015. Ituka became the first MAAC men's basketball player to earn both honors in the same week since Siena's Jalen Pickett on Dec. 3, 2018. Ituka had now been named MAAC Rookie of the Week for three straight weeks.
LONG AND GREEN
Long saw limited minutes versus Wagner while Caleb Green reached double digits with 11 points on 4-10 shooting.
SUPER SUBS
Fairfield’s super subs of Long, Cruz and Wojcik were a combined 2-16 or .125 from he floor versus Wagner. The bench numbers were boosted by a 4-5 performance off the bench by Chris Maidoh, who continued to connect on more than 80% of his attempts this season.
MAGIC NUMBERS
3 – The number of games Jesus Cruz needs to appear in to establish a new Stags Record for games played.
15 – Number of Assists Jesus Cruz needs to reach 200 in his career.
30 – Points needed for Caleb Green to reach the 1000 Career point milestone.
39 – Number of rebounds Taj Benning needs to 500 in his career.
49 – Points Taj Benning needs to reach the 1000 Career point mark.
256 – Points Jake Wojcik needs to reach the 1000 Career point mark.
899 – Points TJ Long needs to reach the 1000 Career point mark.
MILESTONES
Taj Benning dished off his 200th Career Assist versus Wagner
STREAKS
- Supreme Cooks season long streak of securing at least one defensive board per game ended versus Wagner, but his season long streak of games with at least one rebound continues. Cook’s 3 rebounds versus Wagner were the lowest total he has secured since the final game last season.
- Jesus Cruz has now appeared in 136 consecutive games and has played in every game since joining the program. Cruz’s streak is among the longest in program history and Jesus is now 3rd all time in games played.
- Jesus Cruz has at least one made basket in every game going back to this time last season (32 games). The Streak started last season versus Fairleigh Dickinson. Jake Wojcik’s streak of made baskets is also 32 games, beginning at Niagara. Wojcik has made at least one field goal in every game he played in since joining the Stags, but he did not appear in the game versus Canisius.
HEARD BUT PROBABLY NOT TRUE
PANTHERS REMAIN WINLESS
The 0-10 Prairie View S&M University basketball team is the only team in the NCAA where every player has refused to take the Covid-19 Vaccine. Reports say the winless players are afraid to take any shots.
MARIST SIGNS NEW MASCOT
Believing that it is finally time that women have an equal place in the Mascot world, Marist college President Dennis Murray has announced they are terminating the contract of “Frankie the Red Fox” and replacing him with a female mascot. The new Marist Mascot will simply be known as “Foxy” and she will bring to the program the “look” and “appeal” that Frankie lacked.
Murray believes its time that women take their proper place in the Mascot world, and he finds it disturbing that only 3% of university mascots are women. He calls on other schools to follow his lead and he believes more institutions need to hire mascots like “Hot Pepper,” “Sexy Bee,” ”Lady Mac” or “Spring Chick.” Murray believes that hiring mascots like this will help break traditional gender stereotypes and will be an important step toward helping women secure more meaningful work in other fields.
While some at Marist feel that instead of promoting women, Foxy may in fact be reinforcing stereotypes of women as sex objects, Murray dismissed the thought. “There is definitely room at Marist for a mascot like “Foxy” and when she’s not busy with her game day duties she is welcome to hang in my office anytime….”
Images of new Marist Mascot
With apologies to Frankie
STAGS TO IMPLEMENT NEW PLAY
Jay Young continues to study film from other college teams and he has told his Fairfield squad that he is committed to working this play drawn up by St. John Fisher Cardinals into the game versus Marist. Keep an eye on 7’1” - 360 pound guard Connor Williams who makes the play work with his exceptionally fancy footwork. (You may need to click on the link to see this)
twitter.com/i/status/1469780981288779776
CLIMBING THE POINTS LADDER AND OTHER CAREER STATS OF NOTE
Taj Benning now has 951 career points and is 49 points away from 1000 in his career. Benning has made more than 300 Field goals in his Stag Career.
Supreme Cook now has 296 career points. Cook has also secured 240 rebounds as a Stag.
Jake Wojcik now has 398 points in his Fairfield Career and 744 points overall as a Division 1 player.
Caleb Green now has 970 points and needs 30 to reach the 1000 point mark in his career. Green has 337 poins while at Fairfield.
TJ Long has 101 points as a Stag.
Jesus Cruz now has 1279 points in his career (19th all time). He is also closing in on the 150 steal mark currently with 142 (8th best all-time) and has 185 assists. His 533 rebounds are good enough for 26th on the all-time rebounds list.
Allan Jeanee-Rose now has 192 points in his career.
Chris Maidoh now has 316 career points. Maidoh also has 49 blocks good enough for 26th on the all-time list.
Zach Crissler now has 207 career points including 151 while at Fairfield.
Jalen Leach now has 121 points as a Stag.
Makai Willis has 16 points while at Fairfield closing in on Jason Edokpayi who has 25.
@stagsmensbball , #stagsmensbball, #MAACHoops , #heardbutprobablynottrue , #EEGN ♫2021-2022♫ ***************************************************************************