FAIRFIELD, Conn. – For the 750th time in their Division I history, the Fairfield University Women's Basketball team is victorious as the Stags cruised to a 94-47 win over Staten Island on Tuesday night. Four Stags reached double-figures led by graduate transfer Raiana Brown who poured in a season-high 21 points. The freshmen duo of Julia Karpell and Cyanne Coe combined for 31 points highlighted by a 6-for-8 display from 3-point range for Karpell. Izabela Nicoletti Leite was the orchestrator of the offense dishing out a career-high 11 assists.
 
"It's something that we are always proud of is how our team is so balanced," Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "We've been talking with Jules [Karpell] to stay ready for her moment because she's been working her butt off. I knew she would be ready for whe her moment came and I'm really proud of her for not just making shots but all-around. She's playing defense, she's talking, she's playing really well in our system."
 
The Stags (5-2) led for all but 13 seconds of the game starting with an Emina Selimovic bucket to open up the scoring. Selimovic would be the first Stag to reach double-digits as she netted 10 in the opening quarter, as Fairfield opened up a 21-10 lead.
 
Fairfield's best defensive stand came in the second quarter as they held Staten Island to a single point as the Dolphins went 0-for-10 from the field. The Stags totaled 23 points themselves with Raiana Brown hitting all three of her attempts.
 
Through the first 20 minutes of the game, Nicoletti Leite was well on her way for the best passing game of her career with seven dimes in the first half. She would need just four helpers in the second half to account for her career-high 11 assists.
 
Karpell helped finish off those buckets as she went a perfect 4-for-4 from deep in the second half
 
In total, Fairfield hit 13 3-pointers to increase their season total to 73. Fairfield entered the game ranked 12th in the nation in made 3-pointers per game.
 
Fairfield will now look for their 751st win as a Division I program when they welcome Villanova to campus on Sunday at 2pm.