Fairfield Stags at New Hampshire Wildcats
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
63 - 57
63 - 57
Alvarez scores 23 to lead Fairfield past New Hampshire
Jesus Cruz added 10 points for the Stags (3-9) and Jonathan Kasibabu had a game-high nine rebounds. Alvarez had Fairfield's only two assists.
David Watkins had 16 points and seven rebounds for New Hampshire (2-10), which has lost 10 consecutive games. Nick Guadarrama added 11 points and six rebounds for the Wildcats.
After UNH built its largest lead, 20-13 with 8:33 remaining in the first half, Fairfield flipped the score with a 24-6 run and 37-26 lead with 16 minutes left in the game.
Neither team shot well. Fairfield shot 41 percent from the field and made 4 of 18 3-pointers while New Hampshire shot 42 percent, making 8 of 26 from distance.
Fairfield has won 10 of 12 games in the series.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:11 | Jesus Cruz made Free Throw. | 63 - 57 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Jesus Cruz made Free Throw. | 62 - 57 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Foul on Marque Maultsby. | 61 - 57 |
| 2nd 0:14 | New Hampshire Timeout | 61 - 57 |
| 2nd 0:15 | David Watkins made Three Point Jumper. | 61 - 57 |
Statistics
 FAIR |
 UNH |
|
|---|---|---|
| 20-49 | FG | 20-48 |
| 41 | Field Goal % | 42 |
| 4-18 | 3PT | 8-26 |
| 22 | Three Point % | 31 |
| 19-25 | FT | 9-13 |
| 76 | Free Throw % | 69 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 27 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 3 |
| 27 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
| 2 | Assists | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 17 | Points Off Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 16 |
| 20 | Fouls | 21 |
| 11 | Largest Lead | 7 |
Game Information
Venue: Lundholm Gymnasium
Location: Durham, NH
Attendance: 493 | Capacity:
Location: Durham, NH
Attendance: 493 | 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 |
2025-26 America East Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMBC | 14-2 | - | 24-9 |
| Vermont | 12-4 | 2 | 22-12 |
| NJIT | 10-6 | 4 | 16-17 |
| UMass Lowell | 9-7 | 5 | 15-18 |
| UAlbany | 7-9 | 7 | 11-21 |
| Maine | 6-10 | 8 | 8-24 |
| New Hampshire | 5-11 | 9 | 9-21 |
| Bryant | 5-11 | 9 | 9-22 |
| Binghamton | 4-12 | 10 | 8-23 |