Mount St. Mary’s plays Fairfield, seeks 5th straight road win

By Canadian Press on February 27, 2025.

Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (17-10, 10-6 MAAC) at Fairfield Stags (10-17, 6-10 MAAC)

Fairfield, Connecticut; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary’s will try to keep its four-game road win streak intact when the Mountaineers play Fairfield.

The Stags are 6-6 in home games. Fairfield ranks fifth in the MAAC with 10.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Prophet Johnson averaging 2.9.

The Mountaineers are 10-6 against MAAC opponents. Mount St. Mary’s ranks eighth in the MAAC allowing 71.6 points while holding opponents to 41.8% shooting.

Fairfield is shooting 40.3% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points lower than the 41.8% Mount St. Mary’s allows to opponents. Mount St. Mary’s 44.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.7 percentage points lower than Fairfield has allowed to its opponents (47.0%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Jamie Bergens is averaging 9.4 points for the Stags. Johnson is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games.

Dola Adebayo is shooting 53.0% and averaging 12.6 points for the Mountaineers. Carmelo Pacheco is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Stags: 3-7, averaging 65.9 points, 30.7 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 6.0 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 39.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.2 points per game.

Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 70.6 points, 34.2 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 5.1 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.8 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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