FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The Marist University women's basketball team fell to Fairfield by a score of 109-48 on Thursday evening at Mahoney Arena.
Fairfield opened the game on a 17-0 run and didn't look back as the Stags shot 54% (38-for-70) from the field and 51.4% (19-for-37) on 3-pointers to record the largest margin of victory in MAAC history. Sophomore guard
Kasey Bretones scored a career-high 14 points on 5-for-7 shooting for the Red Foxes.
- The Stags opened the game with an 11-0 run, prompting a Marist timeout at the 7:20 mark.
- Fairfield extended its run to 17-0 before sophomore guard Chloe Escanillas got the Red Foxes on the board with a layup at the 6:15 mark.
- A 7-0 run over 1:11 increased the Fairfield advantage to 28-5, prompting another Marist timeout with 2:31 to play in the opening frame.
- The Stags extended the run to 15-0, taking a 36-5 lead after one.
- Marist trailed 60-22 at halftime.
- Senior captain guard Lexie Tarul scored eight of the Red Foxes' 17 points in the quarter.
- An 18-0 run increased the Stags' lead to 86-26 with 2:29 left in the third.
- The Red Foxes trailed 87-30 through three.
- Fairfield won the final frame 22-18 to secure the 109-48 victory.
- The Red Foxes face Saint Peter's on Saturday, Feb. 7 as Marist partners with Miles of Hope for its annual Pink Game.
- Tip-off from McCann Arena is set for 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
