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www.fairfieldstags.com/mbb November 9, 2013 Fairfield Stags (0-0 overall) vs Sacred Heart Pioneers. (0-0 overall) Webster Bank Arena - Bridgeport, Conn. - 8 pm - Radio : WICC (600 AM) 2013-14 Schedule Sacred Heart Fairfield Date Opponent (TV) Time Pioneers University 11/9 Sacred Heart! 8 pm 11/13 Hartford# 7 pm Team Information Team Information 11/16 at Loyola (MASN) 8 pm 11/20 Holy Cross# 7 pm 2012-13 Record: 9-20 overall, 7-11 NEC 2012-13 Record: 19-16 overall, 9-9 MAAC 11/23 vs. Louisville#^ 2 pm Last Game: St. Francis Brooklyn, L, 80-92 Last Game: Kent State, L, 73-60 11/24 Richmond/UNC#^ TBA Head Coach: Anthony Latina Head Coach: Sydney Johnson 11/29 at Providence (Fox 1) 12:30 pm Overall Record: 0-0 (1st Season) Overall Record: 105-84 (7th year) 12/6 at Quinnipiac (ESPN3)* 8:30 pm Record at School: 0-0 (1st Season) Record at School: 41-31 (3rd year) 12/8 Iona* 1:30 pm 12/11 at Belmont 7 pm CST Returning 2012-13 Statistical Leaders Returning 2012-13 Statistical Leaders 12/15 Northeastern (SNY) 1 pm 12/21 at Green Bay 1 pm CST Minutes: Phil Gaetano (35.3) Minutes: Maurice Barrow (26.9) 12/28 at Bucknell 2 pm Points/Game: Louis Montes (14.4) Points/Game: Maurice Barrow (8.9) 1/2 at Marist* 7 pm Rebounds/Game: Louis Montes (6.2) Rebounds/Game:Amadou Sidibe (6.2) 1/4 at Manhattan* 7 pm Three Pointers: Steve Glowiak (61) Three Pointers: Marcus Gilbert (35) 1/8 Saint Peter’s* 7 pm Assists: Phil Gaetano (222) Assists: Maruice Barrow (38) 1/10 at Iona* 7 pm Blocks: Louis Montes/Mostafa Abdel Latif (15) Blocks: Maurice Barrow (22) 1/16 Niagara* (ESPN 3) 8:30 pm Steals: Steve Glowiak (41) Steals: Maurice Barrow (31) 1/18 Manhattan* (SNY) 1:30 pm 1/23 at Monmouth* (ESPN 3) 7 pm Field Goal % - Louis Montes (.479 - 147-307) Field Goal % -Amadou Sidibe (.527 - 79 of 150) 1/26 Siena* Noon Free Throw %- Phil Gaetano (.816 - 31 of 38) Free Throw % - Justin Jenkins (.778 - 21 of 27) 2/1 Canisius* 1 pm Three Point %- Steve Glowiak (.372 - 61 of 164) Three Point % - Marcus Gilbert (.365 - 35 of 96) 2/3 at Rider 7 pm 2/7 Monmouth* (TBA) TBA Team Comparison 2/10 at Siena* 7 pm 2/13 Quinnipiac* (ESPN 3) 8:30 pm Category SHU FFD 2/15 Rider* 4 pm Points Per Game 70.2 60.6 2/20 at Niagara* 7 pm Points Allowed Per Game 76.3 59.2 2/22 at Canisius* 2 pm Field Goal Percentage .440 .423 2/25 at Saint Peter’s* 7 pm Opponent FG Percentage .452 .405 2/28 Marist* 7 pm Three Point Field Goal Percentage .352 .316 ! - Connecticut 6 Classic Free Throw Percentage .722 .685 # - HOF Tip Off Tournament Rebounds Per Game 34.5 33.3 ^ - Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncassville, Conn.) * - MAAC Game Rebounding Margin -1.4 +0.7 Turnovers Per Game 15.2 13.5 Turnover Margin -2.7 +0.1 Stags Statistics Returning Players 2012-13 Statistics No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School GP/GS PPG RPG AST BLK ST 0 Justin Jenkins So. G 6-2 175 Bronx, N.Y./Wings Academy 25/0 3.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.3 2 Steve Johnston Jr. G 6-0 170 Stamford, Conn./St. Luke’s 17/0 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.1 14 Marcus Gilbert So. F 6-6 185 Smyrna, Del./Academy New Church 33/23 5.8 3.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 15 Maurice Barrow Sr. F 6-5 210 Queens, N.Y./Christ the King 35/14 8.9 3.9 1.1 0.6 0.7 21 Amadou Sidibe So. F 6-8 215 Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes 34/28 5.7 6.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 35 Coleman Johnson So. F 6-6 215 Oak Hill, Va./Paul VI 29/0 3.4 2.0 0.3 0.8 0.4 Newcomers 5 Lincoln Davis Fr. G 6-3 180 Pittsburgh, Pa./New Hampton School 20 K.J. Rose Fr. G 6-1 190 Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton 24 Doug Chappell Fr. G 6-2 175 Alexandria, Va./Episcopal 25 Steve Smith Fr. G 6-9 190 Gwynedd Valley, Pa./LaSalle College 44 Malcolm Gilbert Jr. C 6-22 235 Smyrna, Del./Academy New Church 55 Sean Grennan So. G 6-3 172 Toms River, N.J./Msgr. Donovan Head Coach: Sydney Johnson, Third Season Associate Head Coach: Tony Newsom, Third Season Assistant Coaches: Tyson Wheeler, Third Season, Martin Bahar, Third Season 2013-14 Fairfield University Men’s Basketball Scouting The Pioneers: The Pioneers six schools in the Classic through the first Series History finished the 2012-13 season with a 9-20 four years. overall record and a 7-11 Northeast Con- - Tonight’s game will represent the fifth ference slate. Sacred Heart lost one of the Season Opener Streak: The Stags will meeting between these two teams, a series nation’s top scorers to graduation in the try to win their season opener for the fifth which began in 2007-08. Fairfield has won all person of Shane Gibson, who finished straight season tonight, tying the best run four previous meetings, including an 84-75 2012-13 ranked eighth in Division I. Louis in school history. The Stags won five decision in the inaugural game. This is the first Montes is the Pioneers’ top returning straight openers from 1950-51 to 1954-55 meeting since the two teams played each other and also from 1976-77 to 1980-81. Before in 2010-11 as part of the Connecticut 6 Classic scorer with a 14.4 scoring average, followed this present run, the Stags lost 13 of 14 which was played at Mohegan Sun Arena, the by Steve Glowiak’s 10.4 points per game. only time this series has traveled outside Glowiak netted 61 three-point field goals a season openers between 1996-97 and 2008- Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport. This is year ago, better than two per game, and 09. During that 14-game run, Fairfield also the second time that the two teams met shot a solid 37 percent from behind the arc. played Duke, Kansas, Wake Forest, and in the season opener, the other coming in 2010- Phil Gaetano was the team’s main distribu- Memphis. 11. tor of the basketball with 7.9 assists per game (222 in 28 contests). Sacred Heart will Speaking Of Streaks: Fairfield brings Series History (Fairfield Leads 4-0) play seven of its first eight games on the a streak of five straight winning seasons Season Score Site road with the lone home game coming on into this year, the longest such streak in 2007-08 Fairfield 84-75 H November 16 against Brown. school history. The Stags posted a 19-16 2008-09 Fairfield 70-54 H record last year, which was one shy of what 2009-10 Fairfield 93-77 H Scouting The Stags: It’s an even split would have been its fourth straight 20-win 2010-11 Fairfield 62-45 MSA for the Stags as the team roster shows six campaign. Two of those five winning sea- student-athletes who donned a Fairfield sons have come under Head Coach Sydney uniform a year ago and six student-athletes Johnson. The team has 41 wins in Season Openers Since 1970 who did not. Fortunately for the Stags, Johnson’s first two years at the helm, the three of the six experience players started most by any Fairfield men’s basketball 1970-71 at Southern Conn. W, 82-65 1971-72 Southern Conn. W, 99-78 games in 2012-13, giving the team a good coach through his first two seasons. 1972-73 Southern Conn. W, 75-46 base for this year. Maurice Barrow is the 1973-74 Northeastern W, 79-59 team’s top returning scorer with 8.9 points One More Streak: The Stags ac- 1974-75 at Northeastern L, 61-67 every forty minutes, and trailed only Derek cepted an invitation to the 1975-76 vs. Niagara L, 78-83 ot CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tourna- 1976-77 vs. Northwestern W, 92-74 Needham’s 14.6 scoring average last sea- 1977-78 Loyola, MD. W, 100-89 son. Amadou Sidibe led all Fairfield ment (CIT) a year ago, its fourth straight 1978-79 North Tesas State W, 96-85 rebounders last year with 6.2 rebounds per postseason berth. Fairfield started the 1979-80 Bridgeport W, 102-66 contest. streak with a CIT bid in 2010 before earn- 1980-81 vs. Rice W, 79-72 ing a berth to the 2011 postseason NIT. 1981-82 vs. Virginia L, 66-107 Fairfield picked up a CIT bid in each of the 1982-83 at Niagara W, 79-69 Exhibition Game: The Stags dropped 1983-84 vs. W. Michigan L, 63-72 an exhibition game to the University of last two seasons, giving the team its long- 1984-85 at Marist W, 79-76 Bridgeport on November 1, a 63-59 deci- est postseason streak in school history as 1985-86 Utica W, 59-48 sion at Webster Bank Arena. Fairfield led well. The Stags own a 5-4 record in the 1986-87 Stonehill W, 62-60 past four postseason berths, including 1987-88 Central Conn. L, 57-58 by as many as 11 in the second half, but 1988-89 vs.