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GAME 27	Niagara Purple Eagles (11-15, 4-9 MAAC) vs. Fairfield Stags (7-19, 4-10 MAAC)
DATE | TIME	Sunday, February 17 | 2 PM
LOCATION	Frank and Barbara Layden Court at the Gallagher Center
GAME NOTES	Niagara | Fairfield
SERIES	Niagara Leads 41-34
BROADCAST	Niagara Sports Network – Todd Callen
RADIO	WGR 550 Am – Todd Callen
TICKETS	TicketMaster | Tickets@Niagara.edu | 716-286-8499
LIVE STATS	PurpleEagles.com
TWITTER	@NiagaraMBB
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   The Niagara Purple Eagles continue their home weekend versus the Fairfield Stags on Sunday, February 17 at 2 p.m.
 
Scene Setter
•  After closing out January with wins versus Monmouth and Canisius, the Purple Eagles remain in search of their first win in February.
•  Niagara's last two games have been decided in the final seconds in narrow defeats at Iona and to Manhattan.
•  The Stags got the better of the Purple Eagles in the first meeting this season, defeating Niagara 77-59 at Alumni Hall on January 7.
•  Niagara snapped a five-game losing streak to the Stags with a 95-83 win when the teams last met in the Gallagher on February 10, 2018. Niagara's 95 points were the most points scored against Fairfield since February 13, 1999 (W, 95-93).
 
Tipoff Tidbits
•  Marvin Prochet is third in the MAAC in scoring with a career-high 17.0 points per game and fourth in rebounding with 7.3 boards per game.  He is on pace to setting the program single-season 3-point field goal percent record as his career-high 45.9 three-point FG percent LEADS the league and is ninth in the nation. Prochet also LEADS the MAAC in 3-pointers per game (2.9) and is shooting a career-high 44.0 percent from the field.
•  Dominic Robb is five blocks away from tying Joe Arlauckas ('87), who finished his career with 220 blocks, for most blocks in program history.
•  Dominic Robb LEADS the MAAC in total blocks (59) and blocks per game (2.2) while ranking 14th and 20th, respectively, in those categories nationally. Robb's 59 blocks are sixth most in a season in program history.
•  Dominik Fragala had career-high performance versus Fairfield on January 7. Fragala poured in a career-high 20 points on 7 of 9 shooting from the field and was the lone Purple Eagle in double figures.
•  Niagara drained a season-high 15 three-pointers at Iona on February 10, which are two shy of tying the program record for 3-pointers in a game. The Purple Eagles have made 10 or more 3-pointers in nine games this season.
•  James Towns is third in the MAAC in free throw percentage with a career-high 81.0 percent. Towns is also averaging career-high numbers in assists per game (3.9) and in assist/turnover ratio (1.7).
•  Raheem Solomon has scored in double figures in six of the last eight games.
•  Marcus Hammond led the Purple Eagles in scoring at Iona on February 10 with a career-high 18 points. The Queens, N.Y. native shot a career-best 78 percent from the field and made a career-high four 3-pointers on five attempts.
•  The Purple Eagles LEAD the MAAC in free throw percentage (.744). The program record is 76.5 percent set during the 1987-88 season.
 
On The Court
Fairfield Stags (7-19, 4-10 MAAC)
•  Since beating Niagara on January 7, Fairfield is 3-8 and has lost its last three games - at Siena, Monmouth and at Canisius. 
•  Three Stags are averaging double figures scoring - Landon Taliaferro (11.7 ppg), Neftali Alvarez (11.4 ppg), Jonathan Kasibabu (10.8 ppg), and Jesus Cruz (10. 5 ppg). 
•  Jonathan Kasibabu leads the conference in offensive rebounds per game (2.8) and is second in the MAAC in rebounds per game (7.5).
•  Fairfield is 1-6 in MAAC away games.
 
Against the Stags (Niagara Leads 41-34)
•  After going 5-1 from January 2013 to March 2015, the Purple Eagles have won just once in the last eight meetings with the Stags.
•  Niagara and Fairfield have split the last six meetings at the Gallagher Center.
 
Last Meeting - January 7, 2019
Fairfield 77, Niagara 59
 
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Dominik Fragala led Niagara in scoring with a career-high 20 points as the Purple Eagles dropped a 77-59 decision to the Fairfield Stags on Monday night.
 

The Series	Niagara leads 41-34
Last Game	January 7, 2019
	Fairfield 77, Niagara 59
Last Niagara Win	February 10, 2018
	Niagara 95, Fairfield 83
Last Fairfield Win	January 7, 2019
	Fairfield 77, Niagara 59
Last Niagara Win at Home	February 10, 2018
	Niagara 95, Fairfield 83
Last Fairfield Win at Niagara	February 26, 2017
	Fairfield 62, Niagara 58
Current Streak	Fairfield, W2