Quinnipiac Bobcats at Fairfield Stags
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
64 - 59
64 - 59
McLean scores 23, leads Quinnipiac past Fairfield 64-59
Donovan Smith added nine points and a career-best 10 rebounds for Quinnipiac.
Fairfield (12-10, 6-6 Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference) missed five straight field-goal attempts and went scoreless for more than four minutes and Quinnipiac (7-13, 4-7) used an 11-0 run to go up 56-49 with six minutes to play.
The Stags responded by scoring six straight, trimming their deficit to one with 3:46 left before McLean hit a 3 to make it 59-55.
Two free throws by Marcus Gilbert pulled Fairfield within two, 61-59, with a minute remaining, but McLean hit 3 of 4 foul shots in the final 35 seconds to cap the scoring.
Tyler Nelson scored 13 and Gilbert added 11 points for Fairfield, which came in averaging 79.9 points per game, tops in the Metro-Atlantic.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 64 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Giovanni McLean made Free Throw. | 64 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Giovanni McLean made Free Throw. | 63 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Foul on Jerome Segura. | 62 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Quinnipiac Timeout | 62 - 59 |
Statistics
 QUIN |
 FAIR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 19-56 | FG | 22-61 |
| 34 | Field Goal % | 36 |
| 9-26 | 3PT | 7-23 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 17-24 | FT | 8-11 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 73 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 10 | Assists | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 16 | Points in Paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fouls | 21 |
| 7 | Largest Lead | 10 |
Game Information
Venue: Total Mortgage Arena
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Capacity:
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Capacity:
2025-26 Metro Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack | 17-3 | - | 23-11 |
| Saint Peter's | 14-6 | 3 | 17-12 |
| Siena | 13-7 | 4 | 23-12 |
| Marist | 12-8 | 5 | 19-12 |
| Quinnipiac | 12-8 | 5 | 19-13 |
| Fairfield | 11-9 | 6 | 21-13 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 11-9 | 6 | 15-17 |
| Iona | 10-10 | 7 | 18-14 |
| Sacred Heart | 9-11 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Manhattan | 8-12 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Canisius | 5-15 | 12 | 10-21 |
| Niagara | 5-15 | 12 | 8-22 |
| Rider | 3-17 | 14 | 4-25 |