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LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – Fairfield University women's basketball player Taryn Johnson scored her 1,000th career point as the Stags downed Siena College, 68-49, in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) contest.
 
Johnson became the 25th Stag in program history to record 1,000 points during her career. Johnson's historic basket came on her first shot of the game at the 16:22 mark to give Fairfield a 10-2 lead. Johnson is the second Stag this season to achieve the milestone as classmate Desiree Pina recorded her 1,000th point in November. Johnson had seven points for the game and tied a career-best with six assists.
 
Four Stags posted double figures with Pina leading the way with 17 points and a career-high seven assists. Junior Katelyn Linney finished with 14 points while sophomore Alexys Vazquez tallied 11 points, going 3-for-3 from the field and 4-for-5 from the free throw line. Sophomore Katie Cizynski tallied 10 points hitting five of her nine shots from the field.
 
After trading baskets to start the game, Fairfield went on an 8-0 run, capped off by Johnson's lay-up at 16:24. Siena came back and tied the game at 12-12 after the Saints' Tehresa Coles picked off a pass at half court and took it in for the lay-up with 11:18 to play.
 
Fairfield (13-5; 6-1 MAAC) regained the lead, 25-24, at 4:22 as Vazquez slashed through the lane for lay-in. The bucket sparked a run by the Stags who out-scored the Saints 8-1 over the final four minutes of the half to take a 31-25 lead into the break.
 
The Stags opened up a 10-point lead, 38-28, with 3:29 gone by in the second half on a lay-up by Pina. Siena (4-12; 2-5 MAAC) cut the gap to 38-32 at 15:51 but sophomore Christelle Akon-Akech stopped the run with a jumper at 14:16. Linney followed with back-to-back three pointers to give Fairfield a 46-32 advantage.
 
 Pina made it a 17-point game at 7:07 hitting a jumper as the shot clock expired. The Stags took their largest lead of the night, 53-34, on a lay-up by Cizynski with 6:25 left in the game. Fairfield was able to control the rest of the way.
 
Fairfield shot 56.8 percent from the field and 43.8 percent from beyond the arc. Fairfield held Siena to 33.3 percent shooting for the game. Turnovers were even at 20 apiece while the Stags out-rebounded the Saints 30-26.
 
Fairfield returns home to Alumni Hall on Sunday, January 22 to host Niagara University at 1pm.