FAIRFIELD, Conn., - The Fairfield University Women's Basketball team will look for a perfect home stand and their fifth-straight win when they welcome the Canisius Golden Griffins to Webster Bank Arena on Saturday at 2pm. The program will also celebrate Play 4 Kay during the contest. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to promote breast cancer awareness. Fans can also pledge their donation for the National Free Throw Challenge
here.
The Stags are coming off a hard-fought 75-72 win against the Niagara Purple Eagles, the fourth-straight win for the team. For the first time this season, the Stags have five players tally double figures with
Lou Lopez-Senechal and
Sydney Lowery leading the team with 15.
Callie Cavanaugh,
Rachel Hakes, and
Sam Lewis joined the duo in double figures.
Niagara cut a 15-point deficit to just one in the fourth quarter.
Rachel Hakes connected on a long 3-pointer that beat the shot clock's buzzer which would extend the lead to seven with 3:55 left. Niagara did not give up and shaved the deficit to two in the final minute. Lewis and
Janelle Brown would ice the game combining to go 5-for-6 from the line in the last minute.
As a team, the Stags went 16-for-19 from the foul line, including a perfect 6-for-6 for Lowery.
The Stags also shot 47 percent from behind the 3-point line, extending a recent string of success. Fairfield is averaging 6.7 3-pointers and are shooting 47 percent from long range in the last three games.
With the win, the Stags boosted their conference record to 11-1, matching their best start to a conference slate since the 2011-12 season. Fairfield's best MAAC season came during the 1990-91 campaign when they finished 15-1 in the MAAC.
The 11 conference victories are tied for the most in the country, matching NC State, IUPUI, Youngstown State, and South Dakota.
Canisius enters with a 1-10 league mark after defeating Siena last week. Dani Haskell leads the team with a 14.4 scoring average and 2.2 3-pointers per game.
Fairfield will have a short break after playing three games in five days, next traveling to Iona for a Thursday night game at 7pm.
