After a one-point comeback win over Sacred Heart, women’s basketball coach Joe Frager said that he saw some growth from his team, which was still sorting out integrating three freshmen and life without last year’s leading scorer Sabra Wrice.
‘Even when we got behind in the game, there was a different look on their faces,’ said Frager. ‘At halftime and going into the overtime session, even though they were disappointed they didn’t win, I think when they stepped out on the court, they had a positive attitude. There were a couple times this year when we got down, they didn’t have that confident look.
‘Hopefully we build on this,’ Frager added.
The Stags followed up that overtime win with another comeback win on the road against Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne. However, Fairfield suffered a setback when it lost 58-54 at Cornell on Monday to drop its record to 3-3 overall.
‘I think we did go 100 percent all of the time,’ said senior Baendu Lowenthal, who led the team with 18 points in the loss. ‘We had a great effort, but we didn’t always execute.’
Cornell shot 52.4 percent from the field in the second half to rebound from a one-point halftime deficit.
‘I think we have to work on the mental aspect,’ said Lowenthal. ‘We have to remember when we are up, we are up and to keep playing hard on defense.’
Four of the Stags six games have been decided by six points or less with Fairfield going 2-2 in those games.
‘I think (the close games) will be helpful as long as we learn from them,’ said Lowenthal. ‘We have to take the positives and reflect on the negatives and build off of them.’
The Stags begin the first portion of their MAAC conference schedule this weekend on Friday night in Jersey City against St. Peter’s on Friday, then follow up with a home game against Iona on Sunday.
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