Fairfield takes on Mount St. Mary's, looks for 4th straight home win

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Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (14-16, 10-9 MAAC) at Fairfield Stags (19-11, 11-8 MAAC)

Fairfield, Connecticut; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Fairfield hosts Mount St. Mary's aiming to extend its three-game home winning streak.

The Stags have gone 12-3 in home games. Fairfield leads the MAAC in rebounding, averaging 35.1 boards. Brandon Benjamin leads the Stags with 10.3 rebounds.

The Mountaineers are 10-9 in conference games. Mount St. Mary's is the MAAC leader with 24.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Abdou Khadre Kebe averaging 4.3.

Fairfield averages 75.8 points per game, 4.7 more points than the 71.1 Mount St. Mary's allows. Mount St. Mary's has shot at a 43.9% clip from the field this season, 0.7 percentage points fewer than the 44.6% shooting opponents of Fairfield have averaged.

The matchup Sunday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Braden Sparks is shooting 40.1% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Stags, while averaging 17.7 points. Benjamin is shooting 54.9% and averaging 13.6 points over the last 10 games.

Arlandus Keyes is shooting 38.3% and averaging 12.1 points for the Mountaineers. Luke McEldon is averaging 12.9 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Stags: 8-2, averaging 72.3 points, 35.3 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 7.4 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.3 points per game.

Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 69.4 points, 35.6 rebounds, 13.4 assists, 5.7 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.