Manhattan hosts Fairfield after Sparks’ 22-point game

By Canadian Press on December 4, 2025.

Fairfield Stags (5-3) at Manhattan Jaspers (3-5)

Riverdale, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Fairfield visits Manhattan after Braden Sparks scored 22 points in Fairfield’s 72-68 win over the New Hampshire Wildcats.

The Jaspers have gone 1-1 at home. Manhattan gives up 87.5 points to opponents and has been outscored by 3.7 points per game.

The Stags are 2-2 on the road. Fairfield has a 2-3 record against opponents over .500.

Manhattan scores 83.8 points, 6.2 more per game than the 77.6 Fairfield gives up. Fairfield’s 41.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 6.6 percentage points lower than Manhattan has given up to its opponents (48.2%).

The Jaspers and Stags square off Friday for the first time in MAAC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Terrance Jones averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Jaspers, scoring 12.0 points while shooting 48.5% from beyond the arc. Devin Dinkins is shooting 34.8% and averaging 15.3 points.

Sparks is shooting 38.8% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Stags, while averaging 16.1 points. Brandon Benjamin is averaging 12.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.

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

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