POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Fairfield University Women's Basketball team limited Marist to a season-low 43 points as the Stags picked up a key road victory with a 43-34 triumph over the Red Foxes. The Fairfield defense limited Marist to just 26 percent shooting on 15 made field goals. On the offensive side, the Stags were led by a game-high 18 points from Janelle Brown and Callie Cavanaugh's 14.

"Our team was incredibly gritty tonight and I'm very proud of them for digging in and getting stops when our shots weren't falling," Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "We talk all the time about controlling the controllables and I thought that we did that for the vast majority of the game. We showed a lot of toughness and focus in our consistent communication, rebounding, and attention to detail on the scout, and I thought we did all of those at a really high level."
 
The Stags scored 13 of the final 15 points of the game after Cavanaugh tied the game at 32 with a field goal and then gave Fairfield the lead with a pair of free throws. She would score six-straight points in the decisive run of the game and was also helped by five points by Brown and a pair of free throws from Izabela Nicoletti Leite.
 
Brown also had another important bucket in the third quarter as her 3-pointer allowed Fairfield to retake the lead at 27-25 with 2:24 left in the third.
 
The defense of both teams showed their presence throughout the game as both squads combined for 24 points in the first half. The Stags held the 13-11 advantage after holding Marist to just 17 percent shooting in the first 20 minutes.
 
The two teams would find their offensive touch by combining for 29 points in the third quarter, highlighted by a Brown 5-0 run starting with a 3-pointer from the wing.
 
The Stags would outscore Marist 15-9 in the fourth quarter which was also highlighted by 5-0 run by Brown.
 
In total, Fairfield held Marist to a season-low 34 points on just 27 percent shooting from the floor. They also limited the Red Foxes to a 7.7 percent shooting from deep as they connected on just one of their 13 attempts. The Stags also grabbed a season-high 50 rebounds and out-rebounded the Red Foxes 50-33.
 
Brown led all scorers with 18 points, her sixth-straight game in double figures. Cavanaugh also notched double figures with 14. Nicoletti-Leite led the Stags with 12 rebounds while Lauren Beach was also a key contributor on the defensive end with a career-high 10 rebounds and three steals.
 
Fairfield will return home to the Leo D. Mahoney Arena on Thursday night when they host Siena at 7pm.