Sacred Heart Pioneers vs. Fairfield Stags

FINAL

Feb 20, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
SHU	37	31	68
FAIR	32	46	78

Game Recap

Fairfield defeats Sacred Heart 78-68. Braden Sparks scored 21 points as Fairfield beat Sacred Heart 78-68 on Friday night.

Player Stats

SACRED HEART	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Yann Farell	26	4-9	1-5	5-5	5	0	0	0	2	3	14
7Anquan Hill	34	4-11	2-4	0-1	5	1	0	0	3	0	10
3Mekhi Conner	32	1-6	0-4	2-2	2	7	1	1	5	3	4
2Nyle Ralph-Beyer	33	5-11	4-6	0-0	6	1	1	0	1	1	14
5Dashon Gittens	36	6-9	1-3	3-4	8	1	2	1	2	4	16
11Abdou Yadd	12	1-6	0-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
13Fallou Gueye	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Jaden Slaughter	23	4-5	0-1	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	1	8


TOTAL	-	25-5843.1%	8-2729.6%	10-1283.3%	32	13	5	2	13	14	68

FAIRFIELD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
20Brandon Benjamin	36	7-12	0-0	4-6	10	1	0	2	0	0	18
44Declan Wucherpfennig	30	4-6	1-1	1-4	10	3	0	0	2	3	10
11Halon Rawlins	22	2-5	2-3	0-0	4	2	2	1	1	1	6
8Tony Williams	20	0-6	0-4	0-2	2	4	1	0	0	1	0
4Braden Sparks	35	8-14	5-9	0-0	1	3	1	1	1	2	21
15Isaac Munkadi	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
7Ryan Zan	10	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3
0Eric Mejia	20	3-7	1-3	4-5	2	2	0	0	0	3	11
3Cam Estevez	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1Deuce Turner	19	3-9	1-3	0-0	3	4	2	0	1	0	7
TOTAL	-	29-6246.8%	11-2445.8%	9-1752.9%	35	19	6	4	8	10	78

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSHUFAIR

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Sacred Heart.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Fairfield.
(19:29) Anquan Hill misses driving layup.
(19:27) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
(19:21) Braden Sparks misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(19:17) Declan Wucherpfennig Offensive Rebound.
(19:15) Tony Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:12) Anquan Hill Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:09) Yann Farell makes layup (Mekhi Conner assists).
20
+3 (18:41) Halon Rawlins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Declan Wucherpfennig assists).
23
+3 (18:24) Nyle Ralph-Beyer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mekhi Conner assists).
53
(18:06) Declan Wucherpfennig bad pass turnover.
(18:06) Dashon Gittens Steal.
(17:46) Nyle Ralph-Beyer misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:44) Declan Wucherpfennig Defensive Rebound.
(17:24) Halon Rawlins bad pass turnover.
+2 (16:56) Nyle Ralph-Beyer makes 2-foot dunk (Mekhi Conner assists).
73
(16:36) Braden Sparks misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:33) Anquan Hill Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:25) Nyle Ralph-Beyer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dashon Gittens assists).
103
(16:13) Halon Rawlins misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:13) Sacred Heart Defensive Rebound.
(15:55) Anquan Hill bad pass turnover.
(15:55) Halon Rawlins Steal.
+2 (15:47) Brandon Benjamin makes layup (Declan Wucherpfennig assists).
105
(15:24) Anquan Hill misses driving layup.
(15:22) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:19) Braden Sparks makes 6-foot floating jump shot.
107
(15:03) Anquan Hill traveling turnover.
(14:52) Foul on Yann Farell.
(14:52) Tony Williams misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:52) Fairfield Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:51) Tony Williams misses free throw 2 of 2.
(14:49) Yann Farell Defensive Rebound.
(14:28) Foul on Tony Williams.
(14:22) Nyle Ralph-Beyer misses 8-foot pullup jump shot.
(14:22) Halon Rawlins Block.
(14:18) Nyle Ralph-Beyer Offensive Rebound.
(14:17) Nyle Ralph-Beyer bad pass turnover.
(14:17) Halon Rawlins Steal.
(14:12) Brandon Benjamin misses dunk.
(14:12) Declan Wucherpfennig Offensive Rebound.
(14:12) Declan Wucherpfennig misses tip in layup.
(14:12) Declan Wucherpfennig Offensive Rebound.
(14:12) Foul on Dashon Gittens.
(14:12) Declan Wucherpfennig misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:12) Fairfield Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:11) Declan Wucherpfennig misses free throw 2 of 2.
(14:10) Yann Farell Defensive Rebound.
(13:45) Mekhi Conner misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:42) Declan Wucherpfennig Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:21) Declan Wucherpfennig makes 3-foot dunk (Brandon Benjamin assists).
109
(13:11) Mekhi Conner traveling turnover.
(12:56) Foul on Abdou Yadd.
+2 (12:46) Braden Sparks makes driving layup.
1011
(12:27) Yann Farell misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:24) Halon Rawlins Defensive Rebound.
(12:16) Braden Sparks misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(12:16) Mekhi Conner Block.
(12:11) Dashon Gittens Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:06) Abdou Yadd makes driving layup.
1211
(11:48) Brandon Benjamin misses layup.
(11:46) Mekhi Conner Defensive Rebound.
(11:32) Abdou Yadd misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(11:28) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
(11:12) Braden Sparks bad pass turnover.
(11:12) Mekhi Conner Steal.
+2 (11:06) Dashon Gittens makes driving layup.
1411
(10:54) Tony Williams misses driving layup.
(10:54) Brandon Benjamin Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:54) Brandon Benjamin makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1413
(10:54) Foul on Yann Farell.
(10:54) Brandon Benjamin misses free throw 1 of 1.
(10:54) Nyle Ralph-Beyer Defensive Rebound.
(10:24) Anquan Hill misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(10:18) Dashon Gittens Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:18) Dashon Gittens makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1613
(10:01) Brandon Benjamin misses 4-foot hook shot.
(9:58) Nyle Ralph-Beyer Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:33) Dashon Gittens makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden Slaughter assists).
1913
(9:16) Deuce Turner misses 16-foot step back jumpshot.
(9:13) Jaden Slaughter Defensive Rebound.
(9:04) Abdou Yadd misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:02) Deuce Turner Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:54) Eric Mejia makes driving layup.
1915
(8:54) Foul on Abdou Yadd.
+1 (8:54) Eric Mejia makes free throw 1 of 1.
1916
+2 (8:39) Jaden Slaughter makes driving layup.
2116
+2 (8:23) Eric Mejia makes 16-foot pullup jump shot.
2118
+2 (8:03) Anquan Hill makes layup (Mekhi Conner assists).
2318
(7:39) Eric Mejia misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(7:35) Nyle Ralph-Beyer Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:12) Nyle Ralph-Beyer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mekhi Conner assists).
2618
+2 (6:55) Brandon Benjamin makes driving layup (Deuce Turner assists).
2620
(6:44) Foul on Eric Mejia.
+1 (6:44) Mekhi Conner makes free throw 1 of 2.
2720
+1 (6:44) Mekhi Conner makes free throw 2 of 2.
2820
(6:35) Ryan Zan bad pass turnover.
(6:35) Jaden Slaughter Steal.
+2 (6:31) Jaden Slaughter makes driving layup.
3020
(6:07) Eric Mejia misses driving layup.
(6:05) Jaden Slaughter Defensive Rebound.
(5:55) Mekhi Conner misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:53) Ryan Zan Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:34) Ryan Zan makes 24-foot three point jumper (Deuce Turner assists).
3023
(5:00) Nyle Ralph-Beyer misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(4:57) Eric Mejia Defensive Rebound.
(4:44) Cam Estevez traveling turnover.
(4:24) Mekhi Conner misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(4:19) Deuce Turner Defensive Rebound.
(4:13) Deuce Turner misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:10) Mekhi Conner Defensive Rebound.
(3:53) Fallou Gueye misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:51) Sacred Heart Offensive Rebound.
(3:39) Foul on Eric Mejia.
+1 (3:39) Dashon Gittens makes free throw 1 of 2.
3123
+1 (3:39) Dashon Gittens makes free throw 2 of 2.
3223
+2 (3:08) Declan Wucherpfennig makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Halon Rawlins assists).
3225
(2:42) Mekhi Conner misses driving layup.
(2:37) Anquan Hill Offensive Rebound.
(2:37) Anquan Hill misses tip in layup.
(2:31) Halon Rawlins Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:29) Braden Sparks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tony Williams assists).
3228
+3 (2:17) Anquan Hill makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nyle Ralph-Beyer assists).
3528
(1:54) Foul on Jaden Slaughter.
+1 (1:54) Brandon Benjamin makes free throw 1 of 2.
3529
+1 (1:54) Brandon Benjamin makes free throw 2 of 2.
3530
(1:31) Mekhi Conner bad pass turnover.
(1:26) Halon Rawlins misses 20-foot jumper.
(1:20) Nyle Ralph-Beyer Defensive Rebound.
(1:12) Anquan Hill misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:10) Brandon Benjamin Defensive Rebound.
(0:55) Tony Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:50) Halon Rawlins Offensive Rebound.
(0:50) Halon Rawlins misses tip in layup.
(0:50) Halon Rawlins Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:47) Declan Wucherpfennig makes driving layup.
3532
(0:29) Anquan Hill misses layup.
(0:29) Brandon Benjamin Block.
(0:25) Jaden Slaughter Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:25) Jaden Slaughter makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3732
(0:03) Declan Wucherpfennig bad pass turnover.
(0:03) Dashon Gittens Steal.

2nd half

Team Stats

SHU

FAIR

68Points78

25-58(43.1%)Field Goal(%)29-62(46.8%)

8-27(29.6%)3-Point(%)11-24(45.8%)

10-12(83.3%)Free Throw(%)9-17(52.9%)

36(8)Rebounds(Offensive)35(9)

13Assists19

5Steals6

2Blocks4

13Turnovers8

14(0)Fouls(Technical)10(0)

10Largest Lead15

Game Details

Friday, February 20, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Leo D. Mahoney Arena · Fairfield, CT

attendance: 3,565 (101.9%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: FAIR -4.5

over/under: 158.5