Niagara (60) vs Fairfield (61) · Feb 21, 2020 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Feb 21, 2020

Game Recap

Benning's late shot gives Fairfield 61-60 win over Niagara. j Benning scored with 11.1 seconds to give Fairfield a 61-60 win over Niagara on Friday night.

Box Score

	1	2	T
NIA	38	22	60
FAIR	23	38	61

NIAGARA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Greg Kuakumensah	31	2-6	1-2	1-2	3	1	1	0	0	3	6
10Marcus Hammond	29	2-8	1-3	4-6	6	2	1	0	2	2	9
11Raheem Solomon	21	3-8	0-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6
12Shandon Brown	20	0-2	0-0	3-4	1	1	1	0	3	0	3
0Justin Roberts	19	3-5	3-4	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	3	9
22Nick MacDonald	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Damani Thomas	15	3-3	2-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8
33Steven Levnaic	24	1-2	0-1	1-1	1	0	2	0	0	3	3
5James Towns	33	6-11	0-0	4-4	6	5	1	0	3	3	16

TOTAL		20-4643.5%	7-1741.2%	13-1776.5%	21	11	7	0	9	17	60

FAIRFIELD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Allan Jeanne-Rose	28	5-7	0-1	1-2	5	1	0	0	2	2	11
1Chris Maidoh	18	1-3	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	0	1	2	2
23Vincent Eze	28	3-6	0-0	1-4	11	1	2	0	1	3	7
25Landon Taliaferro	31	4-12	2-6	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	3	12
2Taj Benning	29	4-11	2-6	4-6	2	0	0	0	0	4	14
15Wassef Methnani	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
12Kevin Senghore-Peterson	8	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
11Calvin Whipple	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
24Jesus Cruz	26	4-8	1-2	0-0	4	1	0	0	3	0	9
5Aidas Kavaliauskas	24	3-5	0-1	0-1	3	2	1	0	3	2	6
TOTAL		24-5543.6%	5-1729.4%	8-1553.3%	39	8	3	2	12	17	61

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halfniafair

(19:44) Landon Taliaferro missed Jumper.
(19:41) Chris Maidoh Offensive Rebound.
(19:35) Foul on Justin Roberts.
(19:34) Vincent Eze missed Free Throw.
(19:34) Fairfield Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (19:34) Vincent Eze made Free Throw.
01
(19:17) Shandon Brown missed Jumper.
(19:13) Chris Maidoh Defensive Rebound.
(18:47) Taj Benning missed Jumper.
(18:43) Marcus Hammond Defensive Rebound.
(18:40) Raheem Solomon missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:35) Vincent Eze Defensive Rebound.
(18:12) Foul on Chris Maidoh.
(18:12) Chris Maidoh Turnover.
+3 (18:00) Marcus Hammond made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Roberts.
31
(17:37) Foul on Landon Taliaferro.
(17:37) Landon Taliaferro Turnover.
+2 (17:20) Raheem Solomon made Jumper.
51
(16:56) Landon Taliaferro missed Layup.
(16:51) Marcus Hammond Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:49) Justin Roberts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Hammond.
81
(16:13) Landon Taliaferro missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:10) Vincent Eze Offensive Rebound.
(16:06) Foul on Justin Roberts.
(15:47) Taj Benning missed Layup.
(15:44) Vincent Eze Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:38) Allan Jeanne-Rose made Layup.
83
(15:10) Raheem Solomon missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:06) Vincent Eze Defensive Rebound.
(15:02) Allan Jeanne-Rose Turnover.
(15:02) Marcus Hammond Steal.
+2 (14:57) Raheem Solomon made Dunk. Assisted by Marcus Hammond.
103
(14:33) Foul on Greg Kuakumensah.
(14:33) Official TV Timeout
(14:25) Landon Taliaferro missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:21) James Towns Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:04) Greg Kuakumensah made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Towns.
133
(13:40) Vincent Eze Turnover.
(13:40) Steven Levnaic Steal.
+2 (13:24) James Towns made Jumper.
153
(12:55) Taj Benning missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:51) Marcus Hammond Defensive Rebound.
(12:47) Marcus Hammond missed Layup.
(12:43) Jesus Cruz Defensive Rebound.
(12:39) Jesus Cruz missed Jumper.
(12:36) Vincent Eze Offensive Rebound.
(12:35) Foul on Steven Levnaic.
(12:35) Vincent Eze missed Free Throw.
(12:35) Fairfield Deadball Team Rebound.
(12:35) Vincent Eze missed Free Throw.
(12:35) James Towns Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:05) Damani Thomas made Layup.
173
(11:56) Chris Maidoh missed Jumper.
(11:53) Kevin Senghore-Peterson Offensive Rebound.
(11:52) Kevin Senghore-Peterson missed Jumper.
(11:49) Chris Maidoh Offensive Rebound.
+3 (11:48) Jesus Cruz made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chris Maidoh.
176
(11:25) Shandon Brown Turnover.
(11:25) Official TV Timeout
(11:18) Foul on Aidas Kavaliauskas.
(11:18) Aidas Kavaliauskas Turnover.
+2 (10:49) James Towns made Layup.
196
(10:30) Taj Benning missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:26) Jesus Cruz Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:25) Jesus Cruz made Layup.
198
(10:01) James Towns missed Jumper.
(9:56) Calvin Whipple Defensive Rebound.
(9:38) Jesus Cruz Turnover.
(9:38) James Towns Steal.
+2 (9:32) James Towns made Layup.
218
(9:31) Fairfield Timeout
(9:12) Jesus Cruz missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:08) James Towns Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:04) Raheem Solomon made Jumper. Assisted by James Towns.
238
+3 (8:39) Taj Benning made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Calvin Whipple.
2311
(8:06) Greg Kuakumensah missed Jumper.
(8:03) Calvin Whipple Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:43) Taj Benning made Layup.
2313
(7:22) Marcus Hammond missed Jumper.
(7:22) Marcus Hammond Offensive Rebound.
(7:22) Foul on Calvin Whipple.
(7:22) Official TV Timeout
+1 (7:22) Marcus Hammond made Free Throw.
2413
(7:21) Marcus Hammond missed Free Throw.
(7:20) Vincent Eze Defensive Rebound.
(6:52) Jesus Cruz Turnover.
(6:52) Steven Levnaic Steal.
(6:27) James Towns Turnover.
(6:10) Foul on Raheem Solomon.
(6:03) Foul on Marcus Hammond.
(5:57) Landon Taliaferro missed Jumper.
(5:53) James Towns Defensive Rebound.
(5:45) Raheem Solomon missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:41) Vincent Eze Defensive Rebound.
(5:32) Jesus Cruz missed Jumper.
(5:28) James Towns Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:23) James Towns made Layup.
2613
(5:07) Taj Benning missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:05) Landon Taliaferro Offensive Rebound.
(5:02) Taj Benning missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:58) Raheem Solomon Defensive Rebound.
(4:36) Raheem Solomon missed Jumper.
(4:33) Taj Benning Defensive Rebound.
(4:24) Foul on Marcus Hammond.
+1 (4:24) Taj Benning made Free Throw.
2614
+1 (4:24) Taj Benning made Free Throw.
2615
(4:09) Nick MacDonald missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:09) Wassef Methnani Block.
(4:00) Chris Maidoh Defensive Rebound.
(3:47) Aidas Kavaliauskas Turnover.
(3:47) Damani Thomas Steal.
+2 (3:27) James Towns made Jumper.
2815
+2 (3:08) Landon Taliaferro made Layup. Assisted by Wassef Methnani.
2817
+2 (2:44) James Towns made Layup.
3017
+2 (2:14) Chris Maidoh made Dunk.
3019
+3 (1:42) Damani Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Roberts.
3319
(1:40) Niagara Timeout
(1:40) Official TV Timeout
(1:21) Foul on Damani Thomas.
+1 (1:21) Landon Taliaferro made Free Throw.
3320
+1 (1:21) Landon Taliaferro made Free Throw.
3321
(1:21) Foul on Taj Benning.
(1:11) Foul on Landon Taliaferro.
+1 (1:11) Shandon Brown made Free Throw.
3421
+1 (1:11) Shandon Brown made Free Throw.
3521
(0:57) Wassef Methnani missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:53) Steven Levnaic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:43) Damani Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shandon Brown.
3821
(0:24) Aidas Kavaliauskas missed Jumper.
(0:22) Chris Maidoh Offensive Rebound.
(0:21) Chris Maidoh missed Layup.
(0:18) Allan Jeanne-Rose Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:17) Allan Jeanne-Rose made Layup.
3823
(0:01) Greg Kuakumensah missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:01) James Towns Offensive Rebound.
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Team Stats

NIA

FAIR

60Points61

20-46(43.5%)Field Goal(%)24-55(43.6%)

7-17(41.2%)3-Point(%)5-17(29.4%)

13-17(76.5%)Free Throw(%)8-15(53.3%)

23(3)Rebounds(Offensive)41(15)

11Assists8

7Steals3

0Blocks2

9Turnovers12

17(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

17Largest Lead3

Game Details

Friday, February 21, 2020 · 7:00 PM

Leo D. Mahoney Arena · Fairfield, CT

attendance: 1,656 (47.3%)

spread: FAIR -3.5

over/under: 126.5