Marist University Athletics

(16-11, 11-7 MAAC)

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(14-14, 13-5 MAAC)

	Stat Comparison Fairfield Marist  FG Made-Attempted 27-61   23-62     FG Percentage .443 .371  3P Made/Attempted  5-17  5-26   3P Percentage .294  .192  FT Made-Attempted  4-6  13-15  FT Percentage  .667 13-15   Rebounds 36  39   Assists 16  7   Turnovers 9   7
	Individual Leaders  Stat Fairfield Marist  Points Smith/Carey, 14 Tori Jarosz, 29  Rebounds Schatzlein, 8 Tori Jarosz, 18  Assists Ball, 9 Sydney Coffey, 5  Steals Three with 1 Allie Clement, 3  Blocks Two with 1 Tori Jarosz, 2
	Up Next Who: Siena When: Thurs. Feb. 25 - 7 p.m. Where: Loudonville, NY  Audio | Full Schedule

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - A Tori Jarosz layup with 1.8 seconds remaining gave the Red Foxes a thrilling 64-63 victory over the Fairfield University Stags on Sunday at McCann Arena. The win brings Marist to 14-14 (13-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) while the loss drops Fairfield to 16-11 (11-7 MAAC).

Jarosz led the Red Foxes with a career high 29 points on 11-for-17 shooting from the field and 7-for-7 from the free throw line to go along with 18 rebounds, good for her 22nd double-double of the year. Senior Sydney Coffey chipped in with 19 points on 7-for-16 shooting from the floor, 1-for-4 from three and 4-for-6 from the charity stripe.

Juniors Casey Smith and Kelsey Carey led the Stags with 14 points apiece on 6-for-14 and 7-for-13 shooting from the field. 

The Red Foxes shot .371 from the field, .192 from three and .867 from the free throw line. Fairfield shot .443 from the floor, .294 from deep and .667 from the charity stripe. Marist outrebounded the Stags 39-36, including 14-10 on the offensive glass. 

The Stags jumped out to a 19-12 lead, shooting 67 percent from the field and 75 percent from three. Fairfield went on to finish the quarter shootings 9-for-15 from the field and 3-for-6 from deep. Comparatively the Red Foxes shot just 5-for-16 from the field and 2-for-10 from downtown and trailed the Stags 22-13 after the first.

A three from Eileen Van Horn with 6:22 to go in the half cut the Marist deficit back down to single digits but a three from Fairfield's Kristen McLaughlin on the ensuing possession pushed the Stags lead back up to 12.

Fairfield ended the half leading 34-25, holding Marist to just 25 percent shooting in the half and 3-for-17 from behind the arc. Jarosz finished the half with 11 points and nine rebounds, one shy of her 22^nd double-double of the season.

After the Stags scored the first bucket of the half, the Red Foxes reeled off a 7-2 run to cut the deficit to 38-32 with seven minutes to go in the third. A jumper from Fairfield's Kelsey Carey was answered right back with another 4-0 Marist run to cut the once 14 point deficit down to four by the third quarter media timeout. 

Allie Clement extended the Red Foxes run to a 7-0 one right out of the timeout, cutting the deficit to just one with 3:49 left in the third. A Fairfield turnover and a steal by Clement, who then went coast-to-coast and earned a foul put Marist up 41-40. The lead was the Red Foxes first since the 9:35 mark in the first quarter.

A slick crossover and floater from Clement put Marist up 45-43 with just a minute to go in the third but a buzzer beating layup from the Stag's Kristine Miller knotted the score at 45-45 heading into the fourth.

Both teams came out blazing in the fourth quarter, as each team started 3-for-3 from the field and traded buckets on every possession. The Red Foxes stayed hot and followed their 3-for-3 start in the fourth with three more consecutive baskets and a 7-0 run. A deep wing three from Clement and then back-to-back lay-ins from Sydney Coffey put Marist up 58-51 with 5:37 to go.

Fairfield kept up however and answered with a 6-0 run coming out of the media timeout to pull the game back to within one. Needing a response, Coffey coolly took her defender off the dribble and nailed a pull up jumper to put Marist back up by three with just a minute to go.

The Stags answered on their next possession on a layup by Carey with :36 seconds left, trimming the lead to 62-61.

An empty possession by the Red Foxes gave Fairfield the ball with 23 seconds left who called timeout and advanced the ball to half court. Three consecutive fouls by Marist during the possession gave the Stags the ball out of bounds with seven seconds remaining.

A deflected inbounds pass, bounced past several Red Fox players before Carey picked up the loose ball on the left side and hit an open layup to put Fairfield up 63-62 with just under five seconds left in the game.

The Red Foxes called a timeout and advanced the ball to half court, before drawing up a play. Clement inbounded the ball to Coffey on the left wing, who dumped it to Jarosz on the left block. Jarosz spun to the right and laid the ball up and in to put Marist up 64-63 with 1.8 seconds remaining.

The Stags inbounded the ball and dribbled to half court before heaving a last second three that fell short as time expired with the Red Foxes emerging victorious.

Up next the Red Foxes head out on the road for the final team this regular season with a trip to face the Siena Saints on Thursday, February 25^th. Tip set for 7 p.m.