Manhattan (58) vs Fairfield (59) · Mar 9, 2021 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL/OT

Mar 9, 2021

Box Score

	1	2	OT	T
MAN	25	25	8	58
FAIR	16	34	9	59

Game Recap

Cruz leads Fairfield past Manhattan in OT in MAAC opener. Jesus Cruz had 16 points off the bench to lead Fairfield to a 59-58 overtime win over Manhattan in a first-round game of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament on Tuesday night.

Player Stats

MANHATTAN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Samba Diallo	39	5-14	0-1	3-4	11	0	1	0	2	2	13
0Warren Williams	25	5-6	0-0	1-3	4	0	1	0	1	5	11
4Samir Stewart	40	2-12	1-10	0-0	3	5	1	0	0	4	5
30Elijah Buchanan	37	2-11	0-1	3-4	6	3	1	3	3	5	7
3Ant Nelson	39	6-16	0-3	4-8	11	2	2	1	3	3	16
24Ebube Ebube	20	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	1	1	2	2
55Nick Brennen	11	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
14Marques Watson	3	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2Romar Reid	8	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
12Ethan Lasko	3	1-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	-	22-6931.9%	2-1811.1%	12-2157.1%	41	11	9	5	10	26	58

FAIRFIELD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
14Jason Edokpayi	19	2-4	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	0	0	4
35Tshiefu Ngalakulondi	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0








TOTAL	-	2-450.0%	0-00.0%	0-00.0%	6	1	1	0	0	1	4

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMANFAIR

(19:37) Elijah Buchanan Turnover.
(19:37) Taj Benning Steal.
(19:32) Jake Wojcik missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:28) Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(19:22) Elijah Buchanan missed Jumper.
(19:18) Taj Benning Defensive Rebound.
(18:54) Caleb Green missed Layup.
(18:52) Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:45) Samir Stewart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan.
30
(18:25) Zach Crisler Turnover.
(18:25) Elijah Buchanan Steal.
(18:22) Foul on Zach Crisler.
(18:22) Anthony Nelson missed Free Throw.
(18:22) Manhattan Offensive Rebound.
(18:22) Anthony Nelson missed Free Throw.
(18:22) Jason Edokpayi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:52) Jason Edokpayi made Jumper. Assisted by Zach Crisler.
32
(17:40) Samba Diallo Turnover.
(17:40) Taj Benning Steal.
+2 (17:34) Caleb Green made Layup. Assisted by Taj Benning.
34
(17:17) Elijah Buchanan missed Layup.
(17:14) Jake Wojcik Defensive Rebound.
(17:02) Caleb Green missed Jumper.
(16:56) Warren Williams Defensive Rebound.
(16:41) Elijah Buchanan Turnover.
(16:41) Caleb Green Steal.
(16:15) Zach Crisler missed Jumper.
(16:12) Zach Crisler Offensive Rebound.
(16:06) Zach Crisler missed Layup.
(16:06) Elijah Buchanan Block.
(16:01) Anthony Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(16:00) Samir Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:56) Ebube Ebube Offensive Rebound.
(15:41) Samir Stewart missed Layup.
(15:38) Jesus Cruz Defensive Rebound.
(15:34) Taj Benning missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:34) Anthony Nelson Block.
(15:34) Fairfield Offensive Rebound.
(15:34) Official TV Timeout
(15:11) Jesus Cruz missed Jumper.
(15:08) Anthony Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(15:00) Anthony Nelson missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:56) Samba Diallo Offensive Rebound.
(14:54) Samba Diallo missed Layup.
(14:52) Jesus Cruz Defensive Rebound.
(14:35) Jesus Cruz Turnover.
(14:35) Samba Diallo Steal.
(14:30) Samba Diallo missed Layup.
(14:26) Anthony Nelson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:26) Anthony Nelson made Layup.
54
(14:05) Supreme Cook missed Jumper.
(14:01) Anthony Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(13:57) Samir Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:53) Jake Wojcik Defensive Rebound.
(13:48) Caleb Green missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:43) Samir Stewart Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:30) Samba Diallo made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan.
74
(13:12) Taj Benning missed Jumper.
(13:08) Anthony Nelson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:05) Anthony Nelson made Layup.
94
(13:05) Foul on Caleb Green.
+1 (13:05) Anthony Nelson made Free Throw.
104
(12:31) Jason Edokpayi missed Jumper.
(12:28) Warren Williams Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:22) Elijah Buchanan made Jumper.
124
(11:49) Taj Benning missed Layup.
(11:46) Allan Jeanne-Rose Offensive Rebound.
(11:46) Foul on Marques Watson.
(11:46) Official TV Timeout
+2 (11:28) Caleb Green made Jumper.
126
(11:12) Foul on Caleb Green.
(11:12) Marques Watson missed Free Throw.
(11:12) Manhattan Offensive Rebound.
+1 (11:12) Marques Watson made Free Throw.
136
(10:52) Zach Crisler missed Jumper.
(10:48) Anthony Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(10:29) Marques Watson missed Jumper.
(10:25) Jason Edokpayi Defensive Rebound.
(10:08) Jesus Cruz missed Layup.
(10:05) Nick Brennen Defensive Rebound.
(9:46) Samba Diallo missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:42) Zach Crisler Defensive Rebound.
(9:33) Jake Wojcik missed Jumper.
(9:30) Elijah Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:22) Anthony Nelson made Jumper.
156
+2 (8:58) Jason Edokpayi made Jumper.
158
+2 (8:42) Warren Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Nelson.
178
(8:29) Jason Edokpayi missed Jumper.
(8:21) Warren Williams Defensive Rebound.
(8:21) Foul on Warren Williams.
(8:21) Warren Williams Turnover.
(8:03) Foul on Nick Brennen.
+1 (8:03) Jesus Cruz made Free Throw.
179
+1 (8:03) Jesus Cruz made Free Throw.
1710
(7:43) Anthony Nelson Turnover.
(7:43) Jesus Cruz Steal.
(7:37) Jesus Cruz missed Layup.
(7:37) Ebube Ebube Block.
(7:37) Fairfield Offensive Rebound.
(7:37) Official TV Timeout
(7:16) Jesus Cruz missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:16) Elijah Buchanan Block.
(7:10) Samba Diallo Defensive Rebound.
(6:59) Elijah Buchanan missed Jumper.
(6:57) Taj Benning Defensive Rebound.
(6:57) Foul on Samba Diallo.
(6:26) Jesus Cruz missed Jumper.
(6:23) Jesus Cruz Offensive Rebound.
(6:21) Jake Wojcik Turnover.
(5:54) Anthony Nelson missed Jumper.
(5:54) Manhattan Offensive Rebound.
(5:54) Foul on Jesus Cruz.
(5:43) Foul on Taj Benning.
(5:28) Foul on Anthony Nelson.
(5:28) Anthony Nelson Turnover.
(5:11) Foul on Romar Reid.
(5:07) Jake Wojcik Turnover.
(5:07) Romar Reid Steal.
(4:38) Ethan Lasko missed Jumper.
(4:31) Jason Edokpayi Defensive Rebound.
(4:05) Official TV Timeout
(4:05) Fairfield Timeout
(4:05) Ebube Ebube Turnover.
(4:05) Jason Edokpayi Steal.
+2 (4:01) Jake Wojcik made Jumper. Assisted by Caleb Green.
1712
+2 (3:53) Elijah Buchanan made Jumper.
1912
(3:52) Foul on Caleb Green.
(3:52) Caleb Green Turnover.
(3:49) Samir Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:44) Jason Edokpayi Defensive Rebound.
(3:40) Jesus Cruz Turnover.
(3:40) Warren Williams Steal.
(2:56) Samba Diallo missed Layup.
(2:56) Jake Wojcik Defensive Rebound.
(2:41) Zach Crisler Turnover.
+2 (2:18) Warren Williams made Layup. Assisted by Samir Stewart.
2112
(2:18) Foul on Jesus Cruz.
(2:17) Warren Williams missed Free Throw.
(2:16) Supreme Cook Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:50) Supreme Cook made Layup. Assisted by Tshiefu Ngalakulondi.
2114
+2 (1:31) Warren Williams made Layup. Assisted by Samir Stewart.
2314
(1:18) Jesus Cruz missed Layup.
(1:15) Samba Diallo Defensive Rebound.
(0:54) Elijah Buchanan missed Jumper.
(0:49) Anthony Nelson Offensive Rebound.
(0:44) Manhattan Timeout
+2 (0:35) Samir Stewart made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Buchanan.
2514
(0:12) Supreme Cook missed Layup.
(0:12) Manhattan Defensive Rebound.
(0:12) Foul on Tshiefu Ngalakulondi.
(0:12) Samba Diallo missed Free Throw.
(0:12) Tshiefu Ngalakulondi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:02) Taj Benning made Jumper.
2516
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Overtime

Team Stats

MAN

FAIR

58Points59

22-69(31.9%)Field Goal(%)17-50(34%)

2-18(11.1%)3-Point(%)5-16(31.3%)

12-21(57.1%)Free Throw(%)20-28(71.4%)

44(20)Rebounds(Offensive)42(12)

11Assists7

9Steals7

5Blocks4

10Turnovers15

26(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

11Largest Lead5

Game Details

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 · 7:30 PM

Leo D. Mahoney Arena · Fairfield, CT

capacity: 3,500

spread: MAN -3

over/under: 126