BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Maurice Barrow hit 9 of 13 from the field and led Fairfield with a career-high 21 points as the Stags avenged a loss to Canisius earlier this year and extended their winning streak to six with a 66-45 win in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action Thursday night.
Fairfield (10-5, 2-1) fell to the Griffins (9-5, 2-1) 67-55 on Dec. 7 but have won every game since. The Stags have also won their last five road games.
The loss snapped Canisius' six-game home winning streak.
Canisius entered ranked second in the country with 9.7 3-pointers per game but hit just 3 of 15 Thursday.
Barrow helped Fairfield hit 47.9 percent (23 of 48) from the floor. Chris Manhertz scored 11 points with 13 rebounds for his fifth career double-double.
Canisius went without a field goal until Bill Baron's 3-pointer over 5 minutes into the game, ending an 11-point Fairfield run.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Fairfield (10-5) « | 34 | 32 | 66 |
| Canisius (9-5) | 17 | 28 | 45 |
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| Fairfield Stags | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Gilbert, F | 18 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| K. Matthews, F | 13 | 4-5 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| A. Sidibe, F | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Needham, G | 30 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| C. Nickerson, G | 29 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Barrow | 28 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| D. Wade | 26 | 1-6 | 2-3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Mikulic | 22 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| J. Jenkins | 12 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Johnson | 6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| S. Johnston | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-48 | 18-25 | 34 | 13 | 25 | 66 | |
| 47.9% | 72% | ||||||
| Canisius Golden Griffins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Heath, F | 30 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| C. Manhertz, F | 30 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| B. Baron, G | 33 | 3-8 | 6-9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| H. Washington, G | 33 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| I. Sosa, G | 29 | 0-8 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Groves | 22 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Heath | 9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| F. Asprilla | 7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Edwards | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Hymes | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14-46 | 14-27 | 34 | 6 | 23 | 45 | |
| 30.4% | 51.9% | ||||||
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