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ALBANY, NY - MARCH 07: Niagara Purple Eagles Guard Jai Moore (4) looks to pass the ball with Fairfield Stags Guard Casey Foley (14) defending during the first half of the game between the Niagara Purple Eagles and the Fairfield Stags on March 7, 2019, at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY.(Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire)
74
Winner Fairfield Fairf 11-19
69
Niagara NIAW 12-19
Winner
Fairfield Fairf
11-19
74
Final
69
Niagara NIAW
12-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Fairfield Fairf 27 17 11 19 74
Niagara NIAW 14 19 18 18 69

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Second-Half Comeback Not Enough As NU Falls To Fairfield In MAAC Tournament First Round

Game 31
SCORE No. 9 Fairfield 74 – No. 8 Niagara 69
RECORDS Fairfield (11-19, 7-11 MAAC) – Niagara (12-19, 8-10 MAAC)
LOCATION Times Union Center
 
ALBANY, N.Y. – Despite a strong second-half comeback, the Purple Eagles were defeated by the Fairfield Stags, 74-69, in the first round of the MAAC Tournament on Thursday.

Game Recap
  • Down 44-33 at the end of the first half, the Purple Eagles mounted an impressive second-half comeback. In the third quarter, four points from Adila Gathers and five from Emerald Ekpiteta helped cut the deficit to six, 48-42, with over six and a half minutes to play in the quarter. A trey from Maggie McIntyre with less than one minute left put Niagara down by just four points, 55-51, going into the fourth quarter.
  • Two free throws from Ekpiteta and another three from McIntyre put Niagara down by just one point, 57-56. A nifty bucket from Gathers followed, giving the Purple Eagles their first lead of the game, 58-57. Niagara and the Stags went back and forth and four points from Jai Moore kept Niagara ahead by one, 62-61. The Stags came back to take the lead, but a trey from Moore with 11 seconds left in the game put Niagara down by three, 70-67. The Stags, however, held on to win it, 74-69.
  • The Stags dominated for most of the first half of the game. Early in the first quarter, McIntyre sank a three to tie the score, 3-3. Moore added seven points for Niagara, leaving Niagara trailing by just four points, 14-10, with over five and a half minutes left in the quarter. The Stags, however, began to pull away in the remainder of the quarter and led the Purple Eagles, 27-14, going into the second quarter.
  • Two points from Gathers, six from Moore and four from Jordan Edwards put the Purple Eagles down by 10, 36-26, with 4:00 minutes left in the first half. Gathers added four more points and Ally Haar sank a trey at the buzzer. The Stags, however, led 44-33 going into halftime.

Eagle's Eye On…
  • Moore led the Purple Eagles in scoring with 25 points. Moore scored in double figures in 26 games this season and scored 20 or more points in 13 games.
  • Gathers led the team in rebounding with seven boards. She also added 12 points.
  • McIntyre added 11 points for NU and Ekpiteta had 10 points.
  • Edwards dished out a team-high four assists.
  • Edwards and Moore led the team in steals with three each.

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