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Game 32
Niagara Purple Eagles (19-12, 12-6 MAAC) vs. Fairfield Stags (15-15, 9-9 MAAC)
Saturday, March 3 – 7:00 PM
Times Union Center – Albany, New York
Broadcast: ESPN3 – A.J. Kanell/Steve Bazaz
Radio: WGR 550 AM – Todd Callen 
 
The No. 3 seed Niagara Purple Eagles start their quest for a MAAC championship when they play the sixth-seeded Fairfield Stags in the 2018 MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals on Saturday, March 3 at 7 p.m.
 
Scene Setter
•  Niagara finished the regular season with the regular season with 19 wins, including 12 conference, and with nine home wins. All are the most in five seasons.
•  Niagara's 10 true road wins lead the MAAC and ties a school record in the modern-era set in the 2008-09 season.
•  The Purple Eagles are 12-4 in their last 16 games, including a five-game win streak from January 5-18, and a four-game win streak from February 4-16.
•  The Purple Eagles have faced Fairfield four times in the MAAC Tournament, including in their first-ever MAAC Tournament game in 1990. Niagara is 1-3 against the Stags with its lone win coming in the 2006 MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals.
•  The winner of Saturday's game advances to the MAAC Semifinals on Sunday at 9:30 p.m
 
Tipoff Tidbits
•  Kahlil Dukes was tabbed as MAAC Co-Player of the Year.
•  Kahlil Dukes and Matt Scott were both selected to the All-MAAC Teams. Dukes was the only unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team, while Scott was named to the All-MAAC Second Team.
•  The Purple Eagles LEAD the MAAC in points per game (84.1), total blocks (138), blocks per game (4.5), total rebounds (1,209), defensive rebounds per game (27.1) free throws made (556) and in fewest turnovers per game (11.4).
• Matt Scott is seventh on the NU all-time scoring list with 1,719 points and is 10 points behind Tremmel Darden ('04) for sixth. Scott ranks 29th among active scorers in NCAA Division I.
•  Kahlil Dukes led all scorers with a career-high 37 points at Monmouth on February 4. The 37 points are the most by a Purple Eagle since Antoine Mason's 38 points against Marist on March 6, 2014.
•  Marvin Prochet registered his eighth double-double of the season with 14 points and a game-high 10 rebounds against Marist on February 23. Prochet has averaged 15.4 points and 9.0 rebounds and has three double-doubles in the last five games.
•  Kahlil Dukes LEADS the conference in free throw percentage (.904) and in total 3-pointers made (92), and is second in 3-pointers per game (2.9). Dukes is fifth in the NCAA in career active free throw percentage (.907).
• Marvin Prochet LEADS the conference in rebounds per game (7.8) and in defensive rebounds per game (5.8). Prochet's 10 10-rebound games LEAD the MAAC.
• Kahlil Dukes led all scorers with 26 points versus Marist on February 23 for his 21st 20-point game of the season, which LEADS the MAAC and ranks sixth in the NCAA.
 
On The Court
Fairfield Stags (15-15, 9-9 MAAC)
•  Fairfield has won five straight games, including defeating Marist in the MAAC Tournament First Round on March 1, and is 8-2 in its last 10 games.
•  Tyler Nelson was named to the All-MAAC First Team after leading the MAAC in scoring at 21.8 points per game.
   
Against the Stags (Niagara Leads 41-32)
•  Niagara snapped a five-game losing streak in the series with a 95-83 win on February 10.
•  13 of the last 18 meetings have been decided by eight points or less.
•  Niagara is 1-3 against the Stags in the MAAC Tournament with its lone win coming in the 2006 MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals.
 
Last Meeting - February 10, 2018
Niagara 95, Fairfield 83
 
NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – Kahlil Dukes scored a game-high 22 points, while Matt Scott and Marvin Prochet each recorded double-doubles as the Purple Eagles sprinted past the Fairfield Stags, 95-83, on Saturday for their third straight win.
 

The Series	Niagara leads 41-32
Last Game	February 10, 2018
	Niagara 95, Fairfield 83
Last Niagara win	February 10, 2018
	Niagara 95, Fairfield 83
Last Fairfield win	January 20, 2018
	.Fairfield 104, Niagara 85
Last Niagara win at MAAC Tournament	March 3, 2006
	Niagara 84, Fairfield 77
Last Fairfield win at MAAC Tournament	March 7, 2010
	Fairfield 69, Niagara 63
Current Streak	Niagara, W1

 
Versus Fairfield In The MAAC Tournament (1-3)

1990	First Round	Albany, NY	No. S5 Fairfield 66, No. N4 Niagara 63 (OT)
1996	Semifinals	Albany, NY	No. 2 Fairfield 70, No. 6 Niagara 47
2006	First Round	Albany, NY	No. 7 Niagara 84, No. 8 Fairfield 77
2010	Semifinals	Albany, NY	No. 2 Fairfield 69, No. 6 Niagara 63

                 
 
MAAC Tournament Tidbits
•  Niagara is 24-26 with two titles (2005 & 2007) in 28 appearances at the MAAC Tournament.
•  The Purple Eagles are 13-19 all-time in 19 trips to Albany for the MAAC Tournament.
Niagara is the third seed for only the second time at the MAAC Tournament. The Purple Eagles were the three seed in the 2008 Tournament where they lost to No. 6 Marist, 66-62, in the quarterfinals.
•  Niagara is 13-10 in the quarterfinal round and will be looking to advance to the semifinals for first time since 2013.
•  Niagara won its first MAAC Tournament game since 2014 and its first MAAC Tournament win in the Times Union Center in the last four trips when the Purple Eagles topped Quinnipiac, 88-69, in the 2017 MAAC Tournament First Round.