#1 Stags at Marist Game Day, Saturday at 4pm

[FU73]

The #1 Fairfield University Women's Basketball team will look to continue their momentum when they travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to face the #6 Marist Red Foxes on Saturday, January 20 at 4pm on ESPN+. The Stags will put their 12-game winning streak and their perfect 6-0 mark in the MAAC on the line when they meet the Red Foxes (5-11)(3-3 MAAC), who are winners of three-straight.

The Fairfield winning streak at 12-straight is the third-longest active streak in the nation behind just No. 1 South Carolina and No. 2 Iowa. It is also the fourth-longest streak in program history. The (14-1) record is also the best start for the Stags in their 42-year Division I era.

Marist is (3-3) at home in their McCann Center with a box score attendance average of 884.

Fairfield
Top Scorer: Meghan Andersen (17.9 PPG)
Top Rebound: Meghan Andersen (6.1 RPG)

Marist
Top Scorer: Zaria Shazer (14.9 PPG)
Top Rebounder: Zaria Shazer (8.5 RPG)

Game Notes
fairfieldstags.com/documents/2024/1/19/WBBNotes2324_-_MaristRoad.pdf
goredfoxes.com/news/2024/1/19/womens-basketball-womens-hoops-puts-three-game-streak-on-the-line-against-fairfield-on-saturday.aspx

ESPN+ ($)
www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401594712

Live Stats
goredfoxes.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary

Tickets ($6-$10)
goredfoxes.com/sports/2017/10/11/basketball-tickets.aspx

Poughkeepsie Saturday Weather
Cloudy. High 22F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Evening clouds will give way to clearing overnight. Low 12F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.

MAAC Women's Basketball Standings
maacsports.com/standings.aspx?path=wbball

[typhaon]

Stags should handle Marist, but they have been playing better. Can't lose focus.

[FU73]

Stags 13-14 at the end of the First Quarter. Meghan Andersen with 5 points.



Stags 37-21 at the half. Stags outscore Marist 24/7 in the quarter. Meghan Andersen with 11 points.

[typhaon]

Home whistle is getting silly in the 3Q.

* I think at one point it was like 8 fouls on Fairfield and 1 on Marist.

[vastagman]

Ladies shooting 3-22 on 3's and 13-21 on 2's. Might want to emphasize getting closer shots because they are letting Marist get back in the game.

Might want to be a bit more careful with the ball too. Committing a lot of turnovers.

[FU73]

Stags 43-34 at the end of the Third Quarter. Stags were outscored 13/6 in the quarter. Meghan Andersen with 16 points.



Stags 60-46 for the win, (W13)(15-1) and (7-0) in the MAAC but with 23 turnovers.

"We relied on our defense," Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "It wasn't pretty but we got the stops we needed to on defense to give ourselves a bit of a cushion. We rebounded the ball a little better in the second half but when your offense doesn't travel, you have to rely on your defense."

"We challenged all our 'Road Runners' at halftime to be better on the defensive boards," Coach Thibault-DuDonis said. "She (Emina Selimovic) took the challenge. Doing things on defense and things you can control gives you some offense and she got big buckets for us down the stretch."

Box Score
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2023-24/marist/boxscore/13884

Meghan Andersen with 19 points and 5 boards
Emina Selimovic with 15 points and 10 boards (First career double double)
Janelle Brown with 9 points, 6 boards and 4 steals
Kendall McGruder with 9 points and 1 board

Marist shot just 23.2% FG (13/56) in the game.

The Stags will stay on the road for this Thursday's night game at Quinnipiac at 5pm on ESPN+.

[typhaon]

"Defense travels..." - CTD

Certainly helped them get the win, today. Need to be more careful with the ball. A few too many forced passes, I thought. Credit Marist with a nice defensive plan. Stags keep winning the tough ones.

[stag76]

[stags74]

Back from Poughkeepsie. Stags did not look sharp on offense but played enough defense to get it done. It is apparent that Marist is not a very good team and their way under .500 record supports that. Nonetheless a road win which is always difficult to get. So stags up, way up!!

[nittanystag]

Carbon copies: the 3s by Selimovic and Goodine respectively from that same left wing were eerily similar. Both knew the ball was in and headed back down the floor before the ball went through the hoop. Money!!