The Niagara Purple Eagles, winner of two straight games, head back on the road to face the Fairfield Stags on Friday, January 15 at 7 p.m.
 
Tipoff Tidbits
•  A Justin Satchell tip-in with 1.2 seconds remaining lifted the Niagara Purple Eagles to a 55-53 win over the two-time defending MAAC champions Manhattan Jaspers on Saturday as Niagara improved to 3-3 in MAAC play.
•  The Purple Eagles have won consecutive games (Saint Peter's, Manhattan) for the first time since reeling off four straight wins to end the 2014-15 regular season.
•  With wins over Saint Peter's and Manhattan, Niagara has won consecutive home conference games for the first time since January 2013.
•  Niagara's 3-3 conference record is its best start through six games under Chris Casey and the best since a 5-1 start in the 2012-13 season.
•  NU won its first game when trailing at halftime this season when it beat Manhattan (trailed 29-28 at halftime).
•  The Purple Eagles tied a season-high in assists with 17 while having a season-low 10 turnovers in the win over Saint Peter's.
•  Freshman Marvin Prochet averaged 13.5 points per game, shot over 55 percent from the field, and had a team-leading 5.5 rebounds per game in Niagara's two conference road games (Siena and Iona).
•  Emile Blackman leads the MAAC in field goal attempts (229). He has attempted at least 10 shots in every game except in the season opener.
•  NU is 4-1 when making more free throws than its opponents (Brown, North Carolina A&T, Saint Peter's) with the lone defeat to St. Bonaventure.
•  Niagara is third in the MAAC in overall scoring defense (69.7) and is on pace for its lowest points per game allowed total since the 2009-10 season (69.4).
•  Through six league games, the Purple Eagles lead the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.304) and are second in scoring defense (63.7).
•  Chris Casey is 3-1 against Fairfield (best record against an MAAC opponent).
•  NU will be playing its ninth road game of the season and is in search of its first road win since defeating Canisius on February 24, 2015 in its final road game of the regular season.
 
Chairmen of the Boards
•  In Niagara's win over Manhattan on January 9, the Purple Eagles outrebounded the Jaspers with a season-high 46 rebounds to 27, including 19 offensive rebounds.
•  The plus-19 rebounding margin is the largest since having a plus-24 advantage at Siena on Feb. 25, 2006; the 19 offensive rebounds are the most since having 21 at Iona on Jan. 4, 2014. 
•  The 46 rebounds are the most since grabbing 48 against Iona on Feb. 7, 2014.

On The Court
Fairfield Stags (8-8/2-4 MAAC)
•  Fairfield has alternated wins and losses in the last six games (lost previous game).
•  Marcus Gilbert is third in the conference in scoring at 19.5 points per game, Tyler Nelson is third in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2) and free throw percentage (.868), and Jerome Segura is second in assists per game (5.6).
•  The Stags are third in the MAAC in scoring (79.0 per game) and 3-pointers per game (9.8), and second in 3-point field goal percentage (.454) and assists (16.3 per game).
 
Against the Stags (Niagara leads, 40-27)
•  Niagara holds a 40-27 lead in a series that dates back to January 31, 1966.
•  The Purple Eagles have won five of the last six meetings with the Stags, including three straight at the Webster Bank Arena.
•  NU has swept the season series in three of the last four seasons, including last season.
•  Since the 2011-12 season, neither team has won by more than eight points.
 
Last Meeting – March 1, 2015
Niagara 57, Fairfield 56
 
NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – The Niagara Purple Eagles edged the Fairfield Stags, 57-56, on Sunday to wrap up their regular season on a four-game winning streak.
 

 
Satchell Awakens
•  After going scoreless in four straight games and playing a total of 17 minutes, Justin Satchell erupted with a career-high 22 points in 24 minutes to lead all scorers against Saint Peter's on January 7.
•  Satchell's previous career-high was 20 points against the State College of Florida in January 2015 while he was a member of NJCAA's St. Petersburg College. His previous season-high was 17 points against Brown.
•  He shot 83.3 percent (10-for-12) from the field which is the highest by a MAAC player this season, passing teammate Dominic Robb who shot 81.8 percent at Albany.
•  His 10 field goals are the most since Emile Blackman's 10 at Rider on February 21, 2015.
 
Three's Company
•  Matt Scott collected his third double-double of the season with 11 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, while also leading the team with five assists.
•  His three double-doubles are tied for fifth in the MAAC.
• Scott's three double-doubles are the most by a Purple Eagle guard since Anthony Nelson had four, including a triple-double, during the 2010-11 season.