GAME 25 – Sunday, February 14, 2016
Monmouth Hawks (9-15, 7-8 MAAC) at Fairfield Stags (14-10, 9-6 MAAC)
Location: Fairfield, CT – Alumni Hall
Tip: 2:00 p.m.
Live Video – MAAC.TV
Live Stats – MonmouthHawks.com
Live Audio – 89.9 FM WMCX; WMCX.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/MUHawksWBB

Monmouth continues a four-game road swing Sunday, when it travels to Fairfield. The Hawks, winners of three of their last four, are coming off a dramatic, come-from-behind 57-56 victory Thursday at Manhattan. Monmouth trailed from the three-minute mark of the first quarter until Jasmine McCall buried two free throws with 9.7 seconds left in the fourth to put the Hawks over the top. Fairfield has won six straight, including a 76-49 win over Saint Peter's on Friday.

SCOUTING THE FAIRFIELD STAGS
Kelsey Carey leads Fairfield at 12.5 points per game, while shooting a league-leading 49.6 percent. Kristin Schatzlein (11.3 ppg.) and Casey Smith (11.2 ppg.) have also averaged in double figures. Samantha Cooper has added 8.5 points and a team-best 7.8 rebounds per game. Lizzy Ball leads the MAAC in assists per game (5.2) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.7).

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. FAIRFIELD
Fairfield owns a 7-3 lead in the all-time series. The two teams had split four meetings the last two years with the home team winning each game, until the Stags took a 68-60 victory Jan. 30 at the MAC. Two of the five games over the last three years have gone to overtime, with each team winning once.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Sarah Olson scored 14 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter and Jasmine McCall hit the game-tying and winning free throws with 9.7 seconds remaining as the Hawks erased a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Manhattan, 57-56, on the road Thursday. McCall finished with 14 points, while Christina Mitchell added 11 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks.  

LAST TIME AGAINST FAIRFIELD
Dana Carbone scored 14 points and Sarah Olson scored 11 points to eclipse 1,000 for her career, but Fairfield surged past the Hawks, 68-60, Jan. 30 at the MAC. Christina Mitchell also grabbed 11 rebounds. Kelsey Carey led Fairfield with 24 points, while Kristin Schatzlein added 20 points.