Monmouth Hawks (2-13, 2-9 MAAC) - 46
Fairfield Stags (10-4, 9-3 MAAC) – 60
 
FAIRFIELD, CT – Despite a nine-point advantage in the second half, the Monmouth University women's basketball team fell to Fairfield on Sunday afternoon, 60-46.
 
The Hawks outscored the Stags 20-11 in the fourth quarter, making five three-pointers in the frame, but Fairfield's strong first half proved to be the difference.
 
Redshirt junior Jen Louro (Wall, NJ/St. Rose/UMass Lowell) led the way with a season-high 19 points, shooting 5-of-10 from long range. Louro also added four rebounds in 34 minutes.
 
Freshman Jania Hall (Gaithersburg, MD/St. Vincent Pallotti) was also efficient from beyond the arc, nailing three out of five attempts to finish with 12 points.
 
Freshman Ariana Vanderhoop (Boston, MA/Cathedral) went into double-figures for the second time in the last three games, ending with 10 points and four assists in the loss.  
 
Monmouth drops to 2-13 (2-9 MAAC) on the season, and will host Siena on Wednesday.   
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"We need to come out with the mentality we finished the fourth quarter with. It was nice to see the ball go in the basket. It shows we have it in us, but we have to bring that confidence and aggressiveness from the start." - Monmouth head coach Jody Craig
 
-Fairfield made five of its first six shots to take an early 13-2 lead.
-Freshman Gabrielle Wener buried a quick triple late in the first quarter. She was followed by a Vanderhoop jumper to cut the deficit to nine. By the end of the frame, Fairfield led 20-9.  
-Midway through the second, Louro connected on a three on the wing. The Stags answered with a 10-0 run and led 38-15 at the half.
-Monmouth opened the third on an 8-2 run, including triples from Louro and Hall.
-Each team eventually scored 11 points in the third quarter, and the Stags maintained a 23-point lead heading into the last quarter.
-The Hawks registered an 8-0 run in the middle of the fourth, including three-pointers from Louro and Hall.
-Two more triples from Louro and Hall got the run up to 14-1. Monmouth trailed 52-40 with 2:56 remaining.
-Fairfield's Lopez-Senechal hit two from long range over the last 2:33, sealing the win for the Stags.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Louro, Hall, Vanderhoop, and Wener accounted for all 46 of Monmouth's points.
-Monmouth's bench held a 19-7 advantage, all from Louro.
-Monmouth's 10 made three-pointers were a season high.
-Hall leads the team with 8.9 points per game.
-Louro jumped up to 7.9 points per game, which ranks second on the team.
-In the fourth quarter, the Hawks shot 7-of-14 (50.0%) from the floor and 5-of-7 (71.4%) from deep.
-Fairfield scored 16 points off of 16 Monmouth turnovers.
 
UP NEXT
Monmouth will return home to face Siena on Wednesday. On February 3, the Hawks pulled out a 61-60 win over the Saints behind a game-winning layup from Jen Louro