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FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Fairfield University Men's Basketball will compete its first road trip of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference season when it travels to Iona College on Sunday afternoon. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN3 beginning with the opening tip at 1 pm. The Stags started the road trip with a game at Manhattan and extended the run with a Friday night meeting at Rider. 

The Stags dropped their second straight road game with their 96-77 setback at Rider University. Fairfield won three of four games before this current road trip which ends today at Iona. Tyler Nelson led all Fairfield scorers with 21 points, the 12th time in 14 games in which the senior was the team's top scorer. Two Stags just missed double-doubles against the Broncs, namely Jonathan Kasibabu with 13 points and eight rebounds as well as Wassef Methnani with eight points and nine rebounds. Fairfield was hurt by its 19 turnovers which resulted in 32 Rider points, the most miscues since it committed a season-high 22 turnovers against nationally-ranked Purdue University.

Nelson leads the team in scoring with a 20.4 scoring average, and has been the team's top scorer in 12 of the team's 14 contests this year. Ferron Flavors Jr. is the team's other double-digit scorer, averaging 11-plus points per game and ranks third in the MAAC with 2.7 three pointers per game. Flavors Jr. joined the starting lineup against Rider, his first start since the Jacksonville game. 

Wassef Methnani comes off his best all-around game following his performance at Rider. The freshman set personal bests with nine rebounds and five assists as well as tying his career high with three blocks. He added eight points to his game total, his best offensive output since his nine points at LIU Brooklyn. He also made his fourth three pointer of the season and his first since November 25 against Gardner-Webb. For the season, Methnani is averaging 4.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

Trailing by 10 points with less than five minutes remaining, Iona used a 14-0 run to overcome Saint Peter's and win their second MAAC game of the season. Schadrac Casimir, who is shooting 44.7 percent from three-point range, and Rickey McGill put the mark on the team's double-digit run with back-to-back three pointers. Casimir added another three-point field goal with 23 seconds left that pushed the lead to five points and kept Saint Peter's from coming back for the win. McGill led all Iona scorers with 19 points, while Casimir made five of his eight three-point tries and finished with 18 points. Iona finished the game with 12 three pointers, improving the team's record to 6-3 this season when it connects for 10 from behind the arc.

McGill leads the team in scoring with 14.3 points per game, one of four Gaels with a double-digit scoring average. E.J. Crawford (12.1 ppg), Deyshonee Much (11.1 ppg), and Zach Lewis (10.1 ppg) are also part of that scoring distinction. TK Edogi, who grabbed five caroms against Saint Peter's, leads the team with 7.4 rebounds per game which places fourth in the MAAC.