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coreymike
76
Winner Wagner College WAGNER 6-3
64
Fairfield University FFD 4-5
Winner
Wagner College WAGNER
6-3
76
Final
64
Fairfield University FFD
4-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wagner College WAGNER 32 44 76
Fairfield University FFD 26 38 64

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men’s Basketball Earns 76-64 Win at Fairfield Behind Henson’s 18, Carey’s Double-Double

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Bridgeport, CT – With a season-high 13 made three-pointers from five different players, the Wagner men's basketball team earned a 76-64 victory over its third and final Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) opponent, the Fairfield University Stags, on Friday evening at Webster Bank Arena.

Two Seahawks paved the way, scoring in double-figures, led by sophomore guard Corey Henson (Upper Marlboro, MD/DeMatha Catholic), who tallied a game-high 18 points, which included a career-best 6-of-6 from three-point range.  Junior guard Michael Carey (Nassau, Bahamas/Lamar Consolidated [San Jacinto College]) posted his second career "double-double," finishing with 16 points 13 rebounds, each of which are career highs.

Redshirt senior guard Dwaun Anderson (Suttons Bay, MI/Suttons Bay [Michigan State]) along with sophomore guard Aaren Edmead (Deer Park, NY/Deer Park) each finished with nine points. Graduate forward Henry Brooks (New Orleans, LA/Miller Grove [University of Pennsylvania]) chipped in with eight points. 

Fairfield had two players in double-digits, led by Jerome Segura's team-high 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting in 36 minutes of play.  Matija Milin scored 10 points in 18 minutes of action while Coleman Johnson grabbed a team-leading 11 rebounds in defeat.

After a slow start from the Seahawk offense where they converted just 26.6 percent from the field (8-of-30) after the second media timeout at the 10:22 mark, both teams began to heat up. When Edmead drilled a left-wing three-pointer off a feed from classmate Romone Saunders (Temple Hills, MD/Potomac [Mt. Zion Prep]), it was a 16-16 game with 9:51 left in the half. Edmead's long-range bucket answered a Milin three-pointer that he knocked down on the Stags' previous possession.

Fairfield then went on a 6-0 burst in forging a  22-16 lead with 7:06 left in the first half,  as Johnson capped the mini-run by muscling in two points from the low block.  The Green & White then found their rhythm. Henson was the catalyst as the second-year guard drilled three straight trifectas, which ignited the Seahawk offense, giving Wagner a 27-25 lead. Henson's hot hand keyed a 12-0 run, which was capped by another three-point shot, this time coming from Edmead, as the Seahawks' turned a 25-18 deficit into a 30-25 lead.

Over the final 5:32 of the first half, the Wagner defense stifled Fairfield, as the Seahawks concluded the half on a 14-4 run while limiting the Stags to just 1-of-10 shooting from the field, with the lone field goal coming on a three-pointer from Jerry Johnson.

For the half, Henson and Edmead combined for 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 from outside.  Wagner shot 57.1 percent from beyond the arc in the opening half (8-of-14) while limiting Fairfield to just 21.4 percent from deep (3-of-14). Carey was impressive in the opening stanza, scoring seven points and grabbing nine rebounds, with six coming on the defensive end.

Wagner extended its lead 41-32 at the outset of the second half as Henson hit his fourth three-pointer of the game from the top of the key.  After a 3:30 scoring drought by both teams, Fairfield mounted a comeback, trimming the Seahawks' lead to just four, 41-37, with 12:40 left in the game as Segura drove the lane and banked in the layup chance. This bucket was part of an 11-4 Stag run, and when Kevin Degnan hit a three-pointer, the Seahawk lead was down to three, 43-40, with 10:55 remaining.

The Stags found a way to close the gap to just one at 50-49 after a Segura layup, but Wagner outscored Fairfield, 27-15, down the stretch to earn its sixth victory of the season.

Wagner shot 42.6 percent from the field and a season-high 56.5 percent from three-point range while outmuscling the Stags on the boards by a 41-32 advantage.  Fairfield scored 34 of its 64 points in the paint while Wagner's bench outscored Fairfield, 33-26.

The Seahawks will conclude their season long four-game road trip on Tuesday, December 22 when they travel to Fairfax, VA to tangle with the George Mason University Patriots of the Atlantic 10.  Tip-off from the EagleBank Arena is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.

Follow Wagner Athletics on Facebook (facebook.com/WagnerAthletics), Twitter (@wagnerathletics), Instagram (@wagnerathletics) and YouTube (@WagnerSeahawks) for all the latest news and updates on the athletic department. Follow Wagner MBasketball on Twitter (@Wagner_MBB) for the latest news and updates on the 2015-16 Wagner Men's Basketball team and head coach Bashir Mason (@BashirMason) for news on the fourth-year head coach.  
 

 
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