Stags hosts Marist, Thursday, February 8 at 11 am

[FU73]

Fairfield Stags @fairfieldstags

Kids’ Day Out‼️
FREE admission for all fans!





Local schools from Fairfield, Bridgeport and surrounding towns will pack Mahoney Arena on Thursday, Feb. 8 when #1 Fairfield Women's Basketball (W17) hosts its annual Kids' Day Out at 11 a.m. on ESPN+. The game is FREE for all fans as the Stags challenge MAAC foe #8 Marist (L4).

Kids' Day Out events are held nationwide in conjunction with NCAA Women's Basketball and other college sports. The events not only provide an exciting field trip for students, but also introduce them to a college environment located in their area. Fairfield University has hosted Kids' Day Out events annually since 2015.

Game Notes
fairfieldstags.com/documents/2024/2/7/WBBNotes2324_-_MaristHome.pdf
goredfoxes.com/news/2024/2/6/womens-basketball-heads-to-fairfield-for-thursday-morning-maac-matchup.aspx

Fairfield (19-1)(11-0 MAAC)
Top Scorer: Meghan Andersen (17.3 PPG)
Top Rebound: Meghan Andersen (5.5 RPG)

Marist (5-15)(3-7 MAAC)
Top Scorer: Zaria Shazer (15.2 PPG)
Top Rebounder: Zaria Shazer (8.7 RPG)

ESPN+ ($)
www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401594735

Live Stats
stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=490506

Promotions
Kids’ Day Out: Students from local elementary schools will take over Mahoney Arena to cheer on the Stags!
Halftime Performance: Halftime Dogs Flying Disc Show

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

[FU73]

Stags 35-25 at the half. Janelle Brown with 9 points, 4 boards and 4 assists.

Stags 14-5 at the end of the First Quarter. Kendra McGruder with 5 points. Marist shooting 18% FG.

[nittanystag]

Those kids sure bring energy to the Leo.

[FU73]

Stags 76-49 for win #20! Marist with 29 turnovers and Stags with 35 points off the turnovers.

Fairfield is now (20-1)(12-0 MAAC) with the win streak at 18.

Fairfield will have a quick turnaround and host Saint Peter's on Saturday at 2pm as the program celebrates Black Excellence during the contest.

Stags 56-36 at the end of the Third Quarter. Kendra McGruder with 16 points. Marist with 23 turnovers.

[typhaon]

Comfortable win that was never in doubt. Brown with a stellar game along with McGruder. Lots of contributors.

[ff2001]

24 ASSISTS

[ff2001]

Lots of Marist turnovers...good win.

[stags74]

Another nice win by a boat load of points. I just love how the ball often just never touches the ground in the half court offense and the passing leads to a back cut and a score.
Kinda expected to beat Marist, a team with only five wins. These wins against a weak team are nice record stuffers. However, MAAC wins will not get FF into the AP top 25.

[typhaon]

Different ranking systems with different criteria. If the Stags keep winning, a spot in the AP25 will open up. I see it as leaning a little more towards rewarding success vs. an effort to be objectively perfect in ranking the best basketball teams.

My very amateur evaluation is that the Stags probably need just a bit more athleticism and size under the basket to be a "true" Top 25 team. But - they might be around 50 and, outside of the very top teams with the unicorn players, could defeat some AP25 teams.

[ff2001]

Feb 8, 2024 13:00:16 GMT -5 stags74 said:

Another nice win by a boat load of points. I just love how the ball often just never touches the ground in the half court offense and the passing leads to a back cut and a score.
Kinda expected to beat Marist, a team with only five wins. These wins against a weak team are nice record stuffers. However, MAAC wins will not get FF into the AP top 25.

Agreed, they have a 3-4 games towards the end that they need to win, and it will hopefully get them ready for the tourney.  I found it interesting that on the league strength of schedule info sent out that the Coastal league (that we are supposedly looking at) is only 2-3 notches higher than the MAAC.  

[stag76]

Listed attendance of 1891 is the highest for the season, both home and away. Will be interesting to see what the attendance is Saturday when it’s not Kids Day and there isn’t free admission.

[stags74]

Yeah agree more size underneath will be a drawback when and if FF gets to the NCAA tournament. Fischer at around 6’-2” provides some size but she is a Frosh and really is not all that athletic.
Some of the MAAC teams like Niagara,Canisius and now Marist have some sizable bigs. But the bigs are heavy , slow and not athletic. The stags quickness at the guards can overcome the size easily. May not be the case in the NCAA tournament.
However, as coach Carly says one win at a time.

[ff2001]

Feb 8, 2024 13:53:19 GMT -5 stags74 said:

Yeah agree more size underneath will be a drawback when and if FF gets to the NCAA tournament. Fischer at around 6’-2” provides some size but she is a Frosh and really is not all that athletic.
Some of the MAAC teams like Niagara,Canisius and now Marist have some sizable bigs. But the bigs are heavy , slow and not athletic. The stags quickness at the guards can overcome the size easily. May not be the case in the NCAA tournament.
However, as coach Carly says one win at a time.

Hopefully the 6'2 player from Canada gives us some more height and athleticism underneath for next year.  Agree on Fischer, Anderson needs a solid big with her and Selimovic (only 5'10 herself)

[ff2001]

Feb 8, 2024 14:05:16 GMT -5 ff2001 said:

Feb 8, 2024 13:53:19 GMT -5 stags74 said:

Yeah agree more size underneath will be a drawback when and if FF gets to the NCAA tournament. Fischer at around 6’-2” provides some size but she is a Frosh and really is not all that athletic.
Some of the MAAC teams like Niagara,Canisius and now Marist have some sizable bigs. But the bigs are heavy , slow and not athletic. The stags quickness at the guards can overcome the size easily. May not be the case in the NCAA tournament.
However, as coach Carly says one win at a time.

Hopefully the 6'2 player from Canada gives us some more height and athleticism underneath for next year.  Agree on Fischer, Anderson needs a solid big with her and Selimovic (only 5'10 herself)

Shazer is similar to Anderson, Seleko from Canisius is pretty slow,  Siena may have some bigs that give us issues next time we play.  Our guards do a great job rebounding, Brown, Lamoreux, Iza all get a good amount of rebounds for guards.

[typhaon]

These are good conversations to have... oh no... what might hold them back from the level of a Sweet 16 team? 😂