FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University Women's Basketball team swept their first home opening weekend, winning both games in the America East – Metro Challenge capped by a 74-50 victory on Sunday.
Cyanne Coe led the Stags with 18 points on 9-for-12 shooting while
Kaety L'Amoreaux neared another double-double with 14 points and nine assists.
"This team is built to score in a lot of different ways," Head Coach
Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "We have a lot of depth in the post. I thought Cyanne (Coe) really showed a lot of poise in paint touches. Even though they did a really good job at taking away our rhythm 3s, I thought she was a force down low and that balance was really good for us."
The Stags led for all but one minute and 22 seconds on the weekend after L'Amoreaux's driving layup at the 8:44 mark put the home side up 4-3.
That bucket was part of a 9-0 run for the Stags after giving up the first bucket of the game. Fairfield end the period with a 7-0 spurt as they didn't allow a Vermont point for the final 3:50 of the first quarter.
Milou van Vliet started the run with a layup on a stretch that also featured an
Addison Rhodes 3-pointer and a Coe buzzer-beating layup.
Coe also beat the buzzer at the end of the second quarter with her final layup putting the Stags up 37-25.
A 9-2 run in the third quarter would extend the Fairfield lead to 20 on a van Vliet layup in the final minute of the period.
Fairfield's largest lead came on the final basket of the game as
Emma Rogers swished through her first collegiate 3-pointer to cement the 74-50 final score.
Coe, L'Amoreaux, and van Vliet all tallied double-figures. L'Amoreaux once again filled out the stat sheet with nine assists and six rebounds. For the second-straight game, van Vliet led the team on the boards with seven rebounds. Finally, Coe went 9-for-12 from the field while adding three steals and two blocks.
Fairfield will now hit the road for the first time in their campaign, visiting Seton Hall on Thursday night at 6pm.
