Fairfield Stags vs. Iona Gaels

Jan 30, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
FAIR	34	37	71
IONA	35	35	70

Game Recap

Sparks' 27 lead Fairfield past Iona 71-70. Braden Sparks scored 27 points, including a game-tying 3-pointer with 1:02 remaining, and Halon Rawlins made a go-ahead free throw with three seconds left to give Fairfield a 71-70 victory over Iona on Friday.

Player Stats

FAIRFIELD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
20Brandon Benjamin	38	5-13	0-0	3-4	15	5	2	2	2	2	13
44Declan Wucherpfennig	38	6-12	1-4	3-4	4	2	1	1	0	2	16
11Halon Rawlins	25	2-8	2-4	3-4	7	0	1	0	1	2	9
8Tony Williams	25	1-5	0-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	2	2
4Braden Sparks	38	11-21	5-12	0-0	4	2	2	0	3	1	27
15Isaac Munkadi	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Ryan Zan	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
0Eric Mejia	15	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	3	0
3Cam Estevez	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Deuce Turner	14	2-4	0-0	0-2	0	1	0	0	2	0	4
TOTAL	-	27-6541.5%	8-2433.3%	9-1464.3%	37	13	7	3	11	12	71

IONA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
30Toby Harris	31	5-12	4-10	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	14
9Lamin Sabally	24	4-4	0-0	0-2	3	2	1	0	1	1	8
13Kosy Akametu	19	4-11	1-3	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	4	9
2Denver Anglin	31	2-4	2-3	3-3	2	1	0	0	1	1	9
11CJ Anthony	34	5-14	2-5	8-8	5	3	2	0	0	1	20
44Alliou Fall	24	2-4	0-0	3-4	6	2	3	1	3	3	7
7Luke Jungers	18	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
4Khalil Badru	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
3Chase Cormier	12	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	0	3	0	2	1	3

TOTAL	-	23-5541.8%	10-2638.5%	14-1782.4%	25	9	10	1	10	13	70

Play-by-Play

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1st halfFAIRIONA

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Fairfield.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Iona.
(19:42) Halon Rawlins bad pass turnover.
(19:42) Kosy Akametu Steal.
+3 (19:14) Denver Anglin makes 24-foot three pointer.
03
(18:59) Braden Sparks misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:56) Lamin Sabally Defensive Rebound.
(18:42) Toby Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:39) Tony Williams Defensive Rebound.
(18:27) Halon Rawlins misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(18:24) Lamin Sabally Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:04) Toby Harris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Denver Anglin assists).
06
(17:45) Tony Williams bad pass turnover.
(17:45) CJ Anthony Steal.
+2 (17:42) CJ Anthony makes driving layup.
08
+3 (17:25) Halon Rawlins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Benjamin assists).
38
(16:55) Toby Harris misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(16:51) Lamin Sabally Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:51) Lamin Sabally makes 0-foot tip in layup.
310
+2 (16:37) Braden Sparks makes driving layup.
510
+2 (16:08) Lamin Sabally makes 8-foot floating jump shot.
512
(15:58) Braden Sparks misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:57) Halon Rawlins Offensive Rebound.
(15:57) Foul on Lamin Sabally.
+1 (15:57) Halon Rawlins makes free throw 1 of 2.
612
+1 (15:57) Halon Rawlins makes free throw 2 of 2.
712
(15:38) Kosy Akametu misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(15:34) Braden Sparks Defensive Rebound.
(15:31) Tony Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:29) CJ Anthony Defensive Rebound.
(15:17) Kosy Akametu misses driving layup.
(15:15) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
(15:14) Brandon Benjamin bad pass turnover.
(15:14) Alliou Fall Steal.
(14:51) CJ Anthony misses 21-foot step back jumpshot.
(14:48) Alliou Fall Offensive Rebound.
(14:27) Kosy Akametu misses layup.
(14:27) Iona Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:27) team shot clock turnover .
+3 (14:10) Braden Sparks makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tony Williams assists).
1012
(13:49) Foul on Braden Sparks.
+1 (13:48) CJ Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2.
1013
+1 (13:48) CJ Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2.
1014
(13:27) Braden Sparks misses 7-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:24) Toby Harris Defensive Rebound.
(13:18) Luke Jungers misses driving layup.
(13:18) Declan Wucherpfennig Block.
(13:18) Iona Offensive Rebound.
+3 (13:15) Toby Harris makes 26-foot three pointer.
1017
(12:54) Declan Wucherpfennig misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:49) Braden Sparks Offensive Rebound.
(12:46) Tony Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:42) Denver Anglin Defensive Rebound.
(12:35) Foul on Alliou Fall.
(12:35) Alliou Fall turnover.
+2 (12:22) Deuce Turner makes 16-foot pullup jump shot.
1217
(12:08) CJ Anthony misses driving layup.
(12:05) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:02) Braden Sparks makes driving layup (Brandon Benjamin assists).
1417
(11:40) Alliou Fall misses 6-foot hook shot.
(11:38) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
(11:27) Braden Sparks turnover.
(10:58) Toby Harris misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(10:55) Eric Mejia Defensive Rebound.
(10:31) Foul on Toby Harris.
+1 (10:31) Declan Wucherpfennig makes free throw 1 of 2.
1517
(10:31) Declan Wucherpfennig misses free throw 2 of 2.
(10:30) Alliou Fall Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:14) Alliou Fall makes layup (Toby Harris assists).
1519
(9:50) Deuce Turner misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(9:46) Khalil Badru Defensive Rebound.
(9:32) Denver Anglin misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(9:30) Eric Mejia Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:22) Brandon Benjamin makes layup (Deuce Turner assists).
1719
(8:51) Khalil Badru bad pass turnover.
(8:51) Braden Sparks Steal.
+2 (8:47) Braden Sparks makes driving layup.
1919
(8:22) Toby Harris misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(8:19) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:01) Brandon Benjamin makes layup.
2119
(7:34) Denver Anglin misses driving layup.
(7:31) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
(7:27) Deuce Turner bad pass turnover.
(7:27) Alliou Fall Steal.
+2 (7:11) Toby Harris makes layup (Alliou Fall assists).
2121
+2 (6:47) Brandon Benjamin makes driving layup.
2321
(6:26) Khalil Badru bad pass turnover.
(6:12) Cam Estevez misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(6:07) Kosy Akametu Defensive Rebound.
(5:53) Foul on Eric Mejia.
+1 (5:53) CJ Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2.
2322
+1 (5:53) CJ Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2.
2323
(5:41) Ryan Zan misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:38) CJ Anthony Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:25) Kosy Akametu makes 26-foot three point jumper (CJ Anthony assists).
2326
(5:17) Ryan Zan bad pass turnover.
(5:17) CJ Anthony Steal.
+2 (5:12) Kosy Akametu makes layup (CJ Anthony assists).
2328
(4:55) Foul on Kosy Akametu.
(4:55) Deuce Turner misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:55) Fairfield Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:55) Deuce Turner misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:53) Kosy Akametu Defensive Rebound.
(4:27) CJ Anthony misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(4:24) Ryan Zan Defensive Rebound.
(4:18) Deuce Turner bad pass turnover.
(4:18) Chase Cormier Steal.
+2 (4:06) Kosy Akametu makes 15-foot pullup jump shot.
2330
(3:41) Braden Sparks misses driving layup.
(3:36) Brandon Benjamin Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:35) Brandon Benjamin makes layup.
2530
(3:35) Brandon Benjamin misses layup.
(3:35) Brandon Benjamin Offensive Rebound.
(3:21) Foul on Brandon Benjamin.
(3:21) Lamin Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:21) Iona Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:21) Lamin Sabally misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:20) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
(2:57) Brandon Benjamin misses layup.
(2:55) Iona Defensive Rebound.
(2:38) Chase Cormier misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(2:34) Declan Wucherpfennig Defensive Rebound.
(2:28) Foul on Kosy Akametu.
+1 (2:28) Brandon Benjamin makes free throw 1 of 2.
2630
+1 (2:28) Brandon Benjamin makes free throw 2 of 2.
2730
(2:14) Luke Jungers bad pass turnover.
(2:14) Braden Sparks Steal.
+2 (2:10) Declan Wucherpfennig makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Eric Mejia assists).
2930
+3 (1:47) Chase Cormier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lamin Sabally assists).
2933
+3 (1:33) Declan Wucherpfennig makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Benjamin assists).
3233
(1:04) Luke Jungers misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(1:00) Eric Mejia Defensive Rebound.
(0:57) Halon Rawlins misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:54) Eric Mejia Offensive Rebound.
(0:37) Braden Sparks misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(0:34) Halon Rawlins Offensive Rebound.
(0:29) Declan Wucherpfennig misses layup.
(0:25) Brandon Benjamin Offensive Rebound.
(0:25) Brandon Benjamin misses tip in layup.
(0:23) Brandon Benjamin Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:18) Brandon Benjamin makes layup (Braden Sparks assists).
3433
+2 (0:04) Lamin Sabally makes driving layup.
3435
(0:00) Braden Sparks misses 38-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Fairfield Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

FAIR

IONA

71Points70

27-65(41.5%)Field Goal(%)23-55(41.8%)

8-24(33.3%)3-Point(%)10-26(38.5%)

9-14(64.3%)Free Throw(%)14-17(82.4%)

42(21)Rebounds(Offensive)31(11)

13Assists9

7Steals10

3Blocks1

11Turnovers11

12(0)Fouls(Technical)13(0)

5Largest Lead8

Game Details

Friday, January 30, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Hynes Athletics Center · New Rochelle, NY

attendance: 1,978 (76.7%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: IONA -1.5

over/under: 146.5