Game #23: Fairfield Stags @ Manhattan Jaspers
Saturday, February 15, 2025 | 2:00 PM
Draddy Gymnasium | Riverdale, NY
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RIVERDALE, NY - The Jaspers kick off four of their next five games inside the friendly confines of Draddy Gymnasium beginning on Saturday. The tough task? Facing the reigining MAAC Champions, and unanimous preseason favorites, Fairfield Stags. The last meeting in Fairfield featured a double-digit point loss, and an injury sustained. Manhattan has fallen in five of its last six, and sit in eighth place in the MAAC table, clinging to a tournament spot. Manhattan surrendered a double-digit advantage to the Merrimack Warriors on Thursday night inside Lawler Arena, and were heartbroken down the stretch. Senior guard Ines Gimenez-Monserrat logged a season-high 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting with four assists, one block, and one steal as the Mallorca native attempted to put the team on her back. The last time Fairfield and Manhattan squared off, Gimenez-Monserrat led all Jaspers with ten.
Scouting the Opposition
•The Fairfield Stags are the reigning MAAC Champions - after taking down the Niagara Purple Eagles in the 2024 MAAC Championships in Atlantic City.
•Preseason Player of the year graduate guard Janelle Brown tore her ACL in the victory over Villanova on December 16, 2024. She scored her 1,000th career-point just the game before. At the time, she averaged 8.3 points-per-game.
•The Stags have started the MAAC season 14-0 for the second time in program history and the second time under Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis.
•Fairfield has now won 37 straight games against conference opponents with their last loss coming 705 days ago on March 9, 2023 in Atlantic City.
•Third year Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis kicks off her third season as the head coach of the Fairfield Stags. She is the reigning MAAC Coach of the Year, Maggie Dixon All-Met Coach of the Year, ECAC Coach of the Year, Kay Yow National Coach of the Year, and Kathy Delaney Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Finalist.
•During the championship run last season, the Stags won a program record 31 games, which featured a 29 game winning streak. The second longest behind the eventual national champions and #1 team in the nation, South Carolina Gamecocks.
•Fairfield was nationally recognized for the first time in program history by receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll, and sat #25 in the Associated Press Poll down the stretch of the year. Additionally, the Stags finished the year Top-5 Nationally in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll.
Last Five Meetings:
Fairfield Leads All-Time 54-33
1/23/25....................................FFD 69-44
3/02/24....................................FFD 77-53
12/18/23...................................FFD 82-58
2/02/23....................................MAN 53-46
1/07/23....................................FFD 52-50
