Fairfield University Athletics

2015-16

Marcus Gilbert capped his senior season by earning an All-MAAC first team berth, his second straight appearance on the conference’s postseason team. The forward was an All-MAAC third teamer after the 2014-15 campaign. Gilbert’s skill set has led him to a great deal of success over the years. Gilbert received his accolades after averaging 16.7 points per game which ranked fifth among the MAAC scoring leaders. The forward netted 1,661 points during his career which ranks fourth all-time in Fairfield basketball annals. He places second in the Fairfield record book for career three-point field goals, registering just over 240 long-range jumpers. Gilbert ranked among the MAAC leaders in several categories during his senior season, namely scoring average (5th – 16.7 ppg), three-point field goals made (6th – 2.5 pg), free throw percentage (13th - .782), three-point field goal percentage (13th - .373), and rebounding (19th – 5.2 rpg). He also collected a spot on the All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) and earned several NBA workouts following the season.

2014-15
Gilbert emerged as one of the top scorers in the MAAC by averaging 16.4 points per game, good enough for fifth overall and second among non-senior players in the conference. He also ranked 10^th in the MAAC for free throw percentage with a .777 mark (143 of 184). He placed second among his teammates with 5.6 rebounds per game, while his 25 steals were a team standard. He became the latest member o thet 1,000-point club when he netted a free throw at Saint Peter’s. Gilbert was a second-half scorer, netting 61 percent of his points after halftime. Perhaps his most memorable shot of the year came at Quinnipiac when he netted a 25-foot three pointer at the buzzer to tie the Bobcats at 46-46, a game which the Stags would go onto win 56-52. He was a preseason All-MAAC player and backed that up with a spot on the All-MAAC third team accolades following the regular season. Gilbert tallied10 or more points in 28 of his 31 appearances and scored 20 points or more nine times. He netted 30 points at Rider on February 5, the second time he hit the 30-point plateau in his career (31 vs. Quinnipiac in December, 2013). He put together a pair of games which resulted in a double-double average. He recorded 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds at Rider which he followed with 28 points and 7 rebounds at Saint Peter’s, averaging 29 points and 10 rebounds over the two-game run.

2013-14
Gilbert developed into one of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference’s (MAAC) top three-point shooters in 2013-14. The sophomore netted 73 of 199 attempts from behind the arc (.367), and connected on six or more three pointers in three contests - Holy Cross (6 of 14), at Quinnipiac (6 of 10), and at Monmouth (6 of 14). He made four of his three-point field goals in the opening half against Monmouth. Gilbert ended the year ranked second among his teammates with a 13.9 scoring average, just one-tenth off Maurice Barrow’s team-high 14.0 points per game. Gilbert scored 10 or more points in 24 of his 32 games, including seven 20-plus point performances. He netted a career-best 31 points against Quinnipiac on December 6, netting 11 of 19 field goals overall and six of 10 from three-point range. He ranked as one of the team’s most accurate shooters with a .406 field goal percentage and .768 free throw percentage.

2012-13 
Gilbert earned a spot on the MAAC All-Rookie team after a successful freshman campaign. The forward was named the MAAC rookie of the week three times, the last of which came on March 4 after averaging a team-best 12 points per game in a 0-2 week. He also garnered the award on December 3 and December 31. He tallied a career-high 11 points against Austin Peay on the road to earn the honor in early December and picked up eight points and a personal-best 10 rebounds in a road victory against Old Dominion on December 29. He received his first career start in the Austin Peay game and went on to start 20 more games. He owned a streak of 19 straight games from December 22 at Saint Joseph's through the regular-season finale at Marist on March 3. He tallied a double-digit game with 10 points against Kent State in the CollegeInsider.com (CIT) tournament, a game which also returned the Delaware native back to the starting lineup. Gilbert shot 54 percent from the floor in the team's four postseason tournament games, netting seven of 13 attempts. He averaged five points per game in the three MAAC tourney games and the one CIT contest. 


Before Fairfield 
Gilbert averaged 17 points and eight rebounds per game at Academy of New Church. He helped the team post a 19-7 overall record and a 6-1 mark in conference play. A true scorer, Gilbert reached double figures in 25 of his 26 games during 2011-12, including a seven games with 20 or more points. He netted a season high against South Shore, netting 34 of the team's 58 pionts in a 72-58 setback. He shot 54 percent from the floor as a senior, connecting on 169 of 314 field goal attempts. He shot 63 percent from inside the three-point line (151 of 241). In his junior season, he averaged seven points, four rebounds and nearly a block and an assist per game. He shot 56 percent from the floor a year ago, and made a sizzling 67 percent of his shots inside the three-point line. His brother Malcolm Gilbert played basketball at the University of Pittsburgh before tranferring to Fairfield University to join Marcus on the Stags basketball roster. 

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