Monmouth Hawks vs Fairfield Stags: Don Best MAAC Tournament Odds & Insights for 3/10/2021

The No. 2 seed Monmouth Hawks (12-7) face off against the No. 7 seed Fairfield Stags (8-16) as 8-point favorites in the MAAC Tournament quarterfinals Wednesday at Boardwalk Hall, starting at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN+. Both teams will look to take one step closer to earning an automatic place in the NCAA Tournament bracket.

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ATS Records for Monmouth and Fairfield

Monmouth Leaders

• The Hawks scoring leader is Deion Hammond, who contributes 17.2 points per game.
• Samuel Chaput leads the team with 2.9 assists a game and Melik Martin paces the squad with 5.8 rebounds per outing.
• The 2.4 three-pointers George Papas hits per game are a team-high mark for the Hawks.
• Monmouth's blocks leader is Nikkei Rutty, who records 0.8 per game. Myles Ruth leads the team averaging 1.7 steals an outing.

Fairfield Leaders

• Jake Wojcik outpaced his teammates on the Stags scoring front by putting up 13.7 points per game. He adds 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season.
• Chris Maidoh's 5.5 rebounds per game and Caleb Green's 2.8 assists per game put them in the top spots on the Stags rebounds and assists leaderboards.
• Wojcik makes more threes per game than any other member of the Stags, cashing in 1.9 treys per game.
• Jesus Cruz is the steals leader for the Fairfield with 1.2 steals per game and Maidoh leads the squad in blocks with 0.6 per game.

Monmouth vs Fairfield: Last 4 Meetings

The Hawks are 3-1 against the Stags over the last four meetings between the two teams. Neither team holds an advantage against the spread in those head-to-head games, with the season series tied at 1-1 ATS.

Points Insights

• The 76.9 points per game the Hawks average are 8.9 more points than the Stags allow (68).
• When Monmouth totals more than 68 points, it is 11-5 overall and 10-0 against the spread.
• Fairfield has a 0-4 record against the spread and a 0-4 record overall when giving up more than 76.9 points.
• The Stags score 12.2 fewer points per game (61.9) than the Hawks allow their opponents to score (74.1).
• Fairfield has put together a 2-0 overall record and a 2-0 ATS record in games it scores more than 74.1 points.
• Monmouth has a 12-7 record overall and an ATS record of 10-6 in games when its opponents put up more than 61.9 points.
• The Hawks have scored a total of 54 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 2.8 per game), while the Stags have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 147 total points, -6.1 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Hawks and the Stags rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 35.9 and 34.2 boards per game, respectively.
• The Hawks are 6-2 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Stags are 1-8 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Hawks and the Stags collect offensive rebounds at the same rate (9.4 offensive rebounds per game).
• Monmouth records an average rebounding margin of -2.2 rebounds per game, and Fairfield averages a margin of +1.6 rebounds.