Fairfield –Mount Saint Mary’s Early Edition Game Notes ♫ 23-
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Early Edition Game Notes is intended to be fun, informative and sometime irreverent way to look at the numbers, but if you take this stuff too seriously you are cautioned against reading any further. Please proceed at your own risk!
PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR!
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Fairfield –Mount Saint Mary’s Early Edition Game Notes ♫ 23-24 - 221
Fairfield University (15-10, 9-5 MAAC) VS Mount Saint Mary’s (11-14, 7-7 MAAC)
Sunday, February 18, 2024, 2:00
Leo D. Mahoney Arena, Fairfield, CT
LAST TIME OUT
Fairfield was just unable to hit the shot needed to get them over the hump and despite a late 6-0 run that pulled the Stags even with Niagara, the Purple Eagles scored the games final two points and escaped Fairfield with a 65-63 victory. Jalen Leach and Alexis Yetna paced the Stags' offense with 14 points apiece. Yetna's 14 points and team-leading nine rebounds both marked his best in each category as a Stag. Caleb Fields scored 13 points, with all of them coming after intermission. Jasper Floyd also netted double figures with 12 points to go along with seven rebounds, three assists and three steals. James Johns Jr. added eight points fueled by a 4-for-4 day at the free throw line, with Birima Seck and Peyton Smith each knocking down one foul shot to cap the scoring.
SERIES HISTORY
The Mount Saint Mary’s series goes all the way back to 1949 (1/3/1949), but despite the long duration of this series, the teams have only faced each other 3 times. The Stags lost the initial contest, but won both games last season after the Mount joined the MAAC.
ABOUT THE MOUNTAINEERS
>> Mount St. Mary's saw its four-game win streak stopped in a 61-57 loss at Rider on Friday night. The Broncs scored the final six points of the game to earn the win. Jedy Cordilia paced the Mount with 14 points while De'Shayne Montgomery added 11 off the bench.
>> Mount St. Mary's senior guard Dakota Leffew was named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week last week. Leffew averaged 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals in leading the Mountaineers to wins over Manhattan and Quinnipiac. It was Leffew's second MAAC Player of the Week award this season.
>> The Mount scored 82 points in the win over Manhattan, and 96 points versus Quinnipiac. The later performance was the teams best offensive performance this season, raising the teams scoring average at the start of the week to 73.4 ppg on 46.5 percent from the field. The Mount's 46.5 field goal percentage is the team's highest since the 1989-90 team shot 47.7 percent from the floor.
>> Dakota Leffew scored 20 points in the wins over Quinnipiac for this 12th 20-point game of the season. Leffew leads the conference in the category, Rider's Mervin James has eleven 20-point games, while Fairfield's Jalen Leach and Quinnipiac's Matt Balanc are tied for third with nine each.
TOO EARLY TO LOOK AT THE SEEDINGS?
With the loss to Niagara, the MAAC standing got even tighter as Marist, Niagara and Fairfield are now tied for 2nd in the conference at 9-5. Iona is tied in the loss column, and St. Peter’s is only one game back. Niagara holds the tiebreaker currently against Marist and Fairfield, so the Stags would need to finish a game ahead of Niagara to secure second or end up in a 3 or 4 way tie that included SPU or Rider. Fairfield holds tiebreaker advantages with Rider and SPU via their sweeps of those teams. In simple terms the Stags have become Rider and SPU fans the rest of the way, and Fairfield does not want to see Iona or Niagara win most games. Mathematically, Fairfield stays out of the play in game with 3 wins. The Stags can still finish in the 1 through 8 positions.
MAAC STANDINGS
Quinnipiac 11-2 .846 L1
Niagara 9-5 .643 W1
Marist 9-5 .643 W4
Fairfield 9-5 .643 L1
Iona 8-5 .615 W1
Saint Peter's 8-6 .571 W1
Mount St. Mary's 7-7 .500 L1
Rider 6-8 .429 W1
Canisius 4-10 .286 L1
Siena 3-11 .214 L1
Manhattan 2-12 .143 L5
TRIVIA QUESTION
Since Fairfield’s last MAAC tournament championship, Fairfield has had 3 players shoot for better than 90% from the floor in a game. Can you name one of those 3 players?
COMIC OF THE DAY
Lola
Lola is an American gag-a-day comic strip by Todd Clark syndicated since 1999. It is published daily and centers on the Lola Rayder, an old widow who moved in with her son and his family after the death of her husband, Crawford.
TRIVIA ANSWER
Here are the only three Stags to shoot above 90% from the floor in a game since 1997 These players are:
Pct Player Opponent Date, (FG-FGA)
.929 Darren Phillip vs. Loyola, 12/5/98 (13-14)
.923 DeWitt Maxwell vs. Iona, 1/2/05 (12-13)
.917 Sam Spann at Iona 1/18/2002 (11-12)
*minimum 10 made baskets – only includes games since 1997
FREE THROWS
Since the Start of the MAAC era, only two Stags team have had a free throw shooting percentage of better than 75%. This year’s team is currently averaging 75.8% which is the 3rd best average since Fairfield joined the MAAC, and is also currently second in the conference behind Quinnipiac’s 78.3%
Season Games FT FTA FT% Comments
1983-84 28 508 657 .773 (8TH Best in Conference History)
1985-86 31 550 721 .763 (15TH Best in Conference History)
2023-2024 24 303 399 .758 (If maintained would be 27th best in conference history)
DID YOU KNOW - WITH SJ
The French like to eat “similar pastries” and “equivalent buns” with their breakfast. You can say they like “Synonym rolls”
STREAKS
Jasper Floyd continued his streak of 24 straight games with a made basket, rebound and an assist.
Brycen Goodine ended his streak of games with a rebound and a made basket at 20 games when he failed to score versus Niagara.
MAGIC NUMBERS
3 – The number of rebounds Peyton Smith needs to reach 100 as a Stag.
6 – Wins needed to get to 20. The Stags have not surpassed 20 wins in more than 10 years (2011-12 season).
8 – The number of wins Chris Casey will need to surpass Paul Cormier for 30th place all-time in MAAC coaching victories.
22 – Number of days until the MAAC Tournament begins
135 – The number of points Alexis Yetna needs to reach the 1000 career point mark.
297 – The number of points Jalen Leach needs to reach the 1000 career point mark.
572 - The number of points Brycen Goodine needs to reach the 1000 career point mark.
778 – The number of points Louie Bleechmore needs to reach the 1000 career point mark.
755 – The number of points Jasper Floyd needs to reach the 1000 career point mark
781 – The number of points James Johns needs to reach the 1000 career point mark
825 – The number of points Peyton Smith needs to reach the 1000 career point mark
SEPARATED AT BIRTH
Since the EE Staff does not have a Separated at Birth image associated with The Mount, we will share an irrelevant separated at Birth image that might appeal to Lori Lightfoot and Star Trek Fans.
HEARD BUT PROBABLY NOT TRUE
MITCH EXPANDS THE FARM
In addition to breeding horses, Mitch Buonaguoro has started breeding racing deer. It seems he’s just trying to make a quick buck.
FAN FALLS ASLEEP FOR 4 MINUTES DURING MSM/QUINNIPIAC GAME
A long time Mount Saint Mary’s fan fell asleep at the start of their game against Quinnipiac, missing the only good stretch of basketball Mount Saint Mary’s has had in the last 5 years. As tragic as this was, it would have been more tragic if this had happened in the days before games could be replayed on ESPN+. Thanks to the ability to replay games that comes with the ESPN+ broadcasts, the fan may get an opportunity to re-live the amazing 4:43 stretch of basketball when The Mount built a 10 point lead over Quinnipiac if he is willing to pay $10.99 a month and sit through 20 minutes of pregame commercials….
PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR!
.Fairfield –Mount Saint Mary’s Early Edition Game Notes ♫ 23-24 - 221
Fairfield University (15-10, 9-5 MAAC) VS Mount Saint Mary’s (11-14, 7-7 MAAC)
Sunday, February 18, 2024, 2:00
Leo D. Mahoney Arena, Fairfield, CT
LAST TIME OUT
Fairfield was just unable to hit the shot needed to get them over the hump and despite a late 6-0 run that pulled the Stags even with Niagara, the Purple Eagles scored the games final two points and escaped Fairfield with a 65-63 victory. Jalen Leach and Alexis Yetna paced the Stags' offense with 14 points apiece. Yetna's 14 points and team-leading nine rebounds both marked his best in each category as a Stag. Caleb Fields scored 13 points, with all of them coming after intermission. Jasper Floyd also netted double figures with 12 points to go along with seven rebounds, three assists and three steals. James Johns Jr. added eight points fueled by a 4-for-4 day at the free throw line, with Birima Seck and Peyton Smith each knocking down one foul shot to cap the scoring.
SERIES HISTORY
The Mount Saint Mary’s series goes all the way back to 1949 (1/3/1949), but despite the long duration of this series, the teams have only faced each other 3 times. The Stags lost the initial contest, but won both games last season after the Mount joined the MAAC.
ABOUT THE MOUNTAINEERS
>> Mount St. Mary's saw its four-game win streak stopped in a 61-57 loss at Rider on Friday night. The Broncs scored the final six points of the game to earn the win. Jedy Cordilia paced the Mount with 14 points while De'Shayne Montgomery added 11 off the bench.
>> Mount St. Mary's senior guard Dakota Leffew was named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week last week. Leffew averaged 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals in leading the Mountaineers to wins over Manhattan and Quinnipiac. It was Leffew's second MAAC Player of the Week award this season.
>> The Mount scored 82 points in the win over Manhattan, and 96 points versus Quinnipiac. The later performance was the teams best offensive performance this season, raising the teams scoring average at the start of the week to 73.4 ppg on 46.5 percent from the field. The Mount's 46.5 field goal percentage is the team's highest since the 1989-90 team shot 47.7 percent from the floor.
>> Dakota Leffew scored 20 points in the wins over Quinnipiac for this 12th 20-point game of the season. Leffew leads the conference in the category, Rider's Mervin James has eleven 20-point games, while Fairfield's Jalen Leach and Quinnipiac's Matt Balanc are tied for third with nine each.
TOO EARLY TO LOOK AT THE SEEDINGS?
With the loss to Niagara, the MAAC standing got even tighter as Marist, Niagara and Fairfield are now tied for 2nd in the conference at 9-5. Iona is tied in the loss column, and St. Peter’s is only one game back. Niagara holds the tiebreaker currently against Marist and Fairfield, so the Stags would need to finish a game ahead of Niagara to secure second or end up in a 3 or 4 way tie that included SPU or Rider. Fairfield holds tiebreaker advantages with Rider and SPU via their sweeps of those teams. In simple terms the Stags have become Rider and SPU fans the rest of the way, and Fairfield does not want to see Iona or Niagara win most games. Mathematically, Fairfield stays out of the play in game with 3 wins. The Stags can still finish in the 1 through 8 positions.
MAAC STANDINGS
Quinnipiac 11-2 .846 L1
Niagara 9-5 .643 W1
Marist 9-5 .643 W4
Fairfield 9-5 .643 L1
Iona 8-5 .615 W1
Saint Peter's 8-6 .571 W1
Mount St. Mary's 7-7 .500 L1
Rider 6-8 .429 W1
Canisius 4-10 .286 L1
Siena 3-11 .214 L1
Manhattan 2-12 .143 L5
TRIVIA QUESTION
Since Fairfield’s last MAAC tournament championship, Fairfield has had 3 players shoot for better than 90% from the floor in a game. Can you name one of those 3 players?
COMIC OF THE DAY
Lola
Lola is an American gag-a-day comic strip by Todd Clark syndicated since 1999. It is published daily and centers on the Lola Rayder, an old widow who moved in with her son and his family after the death of her husband, Crawford.
TRIVIA ANSWER
Here are the only three Stags to shoot above 90% from the floor in a game since 1997 These players are:
Pct Player Opponent Date, (FG-FGA)
.929 Darren Phillip vs. Loyola, 12/5/98 (13-14)
.923 DeWitt Maxwell vs. Iona, 1/2/05 (12-13)
.917 Sam Spann at Iona 1/18/2002 (11-12)
*minimum 10 made baskets – only includes games since 1997
FREE THROWS
Since the Start of the MAAC era, only two Stags team have had a free throw shooting percentage of better than 75%. This year’s team is currently averaging 75.8% which is the 3rd best average since Fairfield joined the MAAC, and is also currently second in the conference behind Quinnipiac’s 78.3%
Season Games FT FTA FT% Comments
1983-84 28 508 657 .773 (8TH Best in Conference History)
1985-86 31 550 721 .763 (15TH Best in Conference History)
2023-2024 24 303 399 .758 (If maintained would be 27th best in conference history)
DID YOU KNOW - WITH SJ
The French like to eat “similar pastries” and “equivalent buns” with their breakfast. You can say they like “Synonym rolls”
STREAKS
Jasper Floyd continued his streak of 24 straight games with a made basket, rebound and an assist.
Brycen Goodine ended his streak of games with a rebound and a made basket at 20 games when he failed to score versus Niagara.
MAGIC NUMBERS
3 – The number of rebounds Peyton Smith needs to reach 100 as a Stag.
6 – Wins needed to get to 20. The Stags have not surpassed 20 wins in more than 10 years (2011-12 season).
8 – The number of wins Chris Casey will need to surpass Paul Cormier for 30th place all-time in MAAC coaching victories.
22 – Number of days until the MAAC Tournament begins
135 – The number of points Alexis Yetna needs to reach the 1000 career point mark.
297 – The number of points Jalen Leach needs to reach the 1000 career point mark.
572 - The number of points Brycen Goodine needs to reach the 1000 career point mark.
778 – The number of points Louie Bleechmore needs to reach the 1000 career point mark.
755 – The number of points Jasper Floyd needs to reach the 1000 career point mark
781 – The number of points James Johns needs to reach the 1000 career point mark
825 – The number of points Peyton Smith needs to reach the 1000 career point mark
SEPARATED AT BIRTH
Since the EE Staff does not have a Separated at Birth image associated with The Mount, we will share an irrelevant separated at Birth image that might appeal to Lori Lightfoot and Star Trek Fans.
HEARD BUT PROBABLY NOT TRUE
MITCH EXPANDS THE FARM
In addition to breeding horses, Mitch Buonaguoro has started breeding racing deer. It seems he’s just trying to make a quick buck.
FAN FALLS ASLEEP FOR 4 MINUTES DURING MSM/QUINNIPIAC GAME
A long time Mount Saint Mary’s fan fell asleep at the start of their game against Quinnipiac, missing the only good stretch of basketball Mount Saint Mary’s has had in the last 5 years. As tragic as this was, it would have been more tragic if this had happened in the days before games could be replayed on ESPN+. Thanks to the ability to replay games that comes with the ESPN+ broadcasts, the fan may get an opportunity to re-live the amazing 4:43 stretch of basketball when The Mount built a 10 point lead over Quinnipiac if he is willing to pay $10.99 a month and sit through 20 minutes of pregame commercials….
Edition 221 @stagsmensbball , #stagsmensbball, #MAACHoops , #heardbutprobablynottrue , #EEGN , #HBPNT ♫2023-2024♫
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