Jan. 31, 2005
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The Fairfield University men's basketball team will host California State University-Northridge on February 19 at the Arena at Harbor Yard. Fairfield University was one of 64 teams in the original ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday pool, along with fellow MAAC teams Manhattan College and Niagara University. Game time is slated for 3 pm, with the women's basketball team taking on Niagara University at 1 pm.
The Stags drew the Matadors for their game on February 19, but the game will not be part of the televised Bracket Buster Saturday. Fairfield will travel to Cal State-Northridge next season as part of a two-year deal. This year's match up will mark the first time that these two teams have played in school history.
Cal State Northridge currently has a 10-9 overall record and a 7-3 record in the Big West, and comes off a 94-72 victory over the University of California-Davis. The Matadors are led by three players with double digit scoring average, namely Ian Boylan (14.3 ppg), Davin White (12.6 ppg), and Joseph Frazier (11.2 ppg). The team owns a 5-2 record at home, a 4-6 mark on the road, and a 1-1 slate in neutral site games.
Fairfield University also owns a 10-9 overall record and a 7-3 mark in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), which includes a 69-61 setback to Manhattan College in its last outing. Fairfield also has three double figure scorers, led by junior guard Terrence Todd with 15.1 points per game. Deng Gai (14.6 ppg), and DeWitt Maxwell (11.4 ppg) are also netting more than 10 points per outing. Gai leads the nation in blocked shots with 5.6 rejections every forty minutes.
Tickets for the Cal State Northridge game can be purchased at the Arena at Harbor Yard box office, through ticketmaster.com, or by calling the Fairfield University athletic ticket office at (203) 254-4103.
