Box Score RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Maurice Barrow scored a team-best 17 points as the Fairfield University men's basketball team fell to Manhattan College 83-57 Saturday night at Draddy Gymnasium. KJ Rose added nine points with five assists and five rebounds for Fairfield.

The Stags jumped out to a 2-0 lead less than a minute into the game when Rose went to the basket for a layup. The Jaspers responded with 11 straight points over the next four minutes with five points coming from leading scorer George Beamon plus four free throws from Michael Alvarado. A put back layup by Maurice Barrow stopped the Manhattan run with 15:11 on the clock.

Fairfield methodically fought its way back into the game over the seven minutes as the visitors pulled within six points at 24-18 following another hoop from Rose. The score remained the same for nearly three minutes before Alvarado's jumper in the paint pushed the lead back to eight points at 26-18. The Stags would trail by seven points after Coleman Johnson's jumper made it 27-20 but the Jaspers took control with six points over three possessions to take an 11-point lead at 33-20 with 4:57 on the clock.

Manhattan would take its biggest lead of the half with under a minute to go after Beamon netted a three-point shot from the corner, giving the home team a 43-28 lead at intermission. Beamon finished the half with 15 points while Marcus Gilbert led all Fairfield scorers with seven points. Fairfield ended the half with 14 more shots, but Manhattan's shot total was skewed because 10 possessions ended up at the free throw line as the Jaspers made 16 of 21 charity tosses in the opening 20 minutes. Rose showed brilliance on several occasions, finishing the half with six points, three rebounds, two assists, and the team's only steal.

The two teams played evenly over the opening seven minutes of the second half as the lead remained at 15 points, 54-39. Barrow scored nine of the Stags' 11 second-half points to that point, all coming from behind the three-point line. Manhattan tallied the next 12 points to take control of the contest at 65-39 with 9:16 on the clock. Barrow stopped the run with a layup at the 8:49 mark, ending a near five-minute scoring drought.

Beamon led all scorers with 19 points to pace the Manhattan offense while Rich Williams added 14 markers for the Jaspers.

The Stags completed a four-game road trip this evening and look forward to a home game on January 8 when they host Saint Peter's University for a 7 pm game at Webster Bank Arena.