BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Antoine Mason scored 17 points, including two free throws with 1 second left, and Niagara held off Fairfield 67-64 Sunday to win its fifth straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game.
The Purple Eagles (9-8, 5-1), off to their best league start since the 2007-08 season, swept the season series against the Stags for the first time in four campaigns. Niagara won 71-67 on Jan. 5.
In a back-and-forth second half, Justin Jenkins made a free throw to put Fairfield (10-8, 2-4) on top with 5:35 to go. Neither team scored until Juan'ya Green's layup with 3:35 left gave the Purple Eagles the lead for good.
Desmond Wade made 2 of 3 free throws to make it 65-64 with 2 seconds left. After Mason sank his foul shots to go 12 for 12 from the line, Wade missed a half-court 3-pointer as time expired.
Jenkins led the Stags with 16 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Niagara (9-8) « | 37 | 30 | 67 |
| Fairfield (10-8) | 33 | 31 | 64 |
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| Niagara Purple Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. White, C | 18 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Green, G | 39 | 2-9 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Mason, G | 34 | 2-13 | 12-12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| A. Tanksley, G | 30 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| T. McCall, G | 8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Jordan | 34 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Cline | 17 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| M. Lemmons | 14 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Thomas | 6 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 22-56 | 19-23 | 27 | 8 | 21 | 67 | |
| 39.3% | 82.6% | ||||||
| Fairfield Stags | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Sidibe, F | 21 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| K. Matthews, F | 17 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| M. Gilbert, F | 15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Needham, G | 32 | 2-7 | 4-6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Nickerson, G | 28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Barrow | 32 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Jenkins | 28 | 5-15 | 5-7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| D. Wade | 18 | 2-6 | 3-5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Mikulic | 7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Johnson | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-49 | 21-32 | 45 | 8 | 21 | 64 | |
| 38.8% | 65.6% | ||||||
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