Marist at Fairfield

Sometimes teams just start to come together, when early in the season they were awful. That has been the transformation at Fairfield. A team that started 1-6 in conference games has been 9-2 since! Marist was the pre-season favorite and hasn't disappointed for the most part, but they have been very fortunate on the road. They have been on the brink of 0-6 in their last six road games but have emerged 3-3. They won by a single point at Rider, lost by 10 at Canisius, needed OT at Niagara and Siena to post wins, and lost at Loyola, MD. Fairfield also lost to Wright St. by 10 points coming into conference play. Fairfield is playing better than all these teams right now, and if Marist has struggled in all seven of their last road games, a struggle in this one will equal a loss.