POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Chavaughn Lewis scored 24 points and Marist defeated Fairfield 73-60 in each team’s regular-season finale Sunday.
Lewis was 9-of-16 shooting, though only 5 of 13 at the foul line for the Red Foxes (10-20, 6-12 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Adam Kemp added 14 points and 11 rebounds for his 10th double-double of the season.
Marcus Gilbert paced the Stags (17-4, 9-9) with 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting.
Fairfield won the teams’ first meeting 71-37 on Jan. 24, shooting 59.2 percent and hitting 11 of 22 3-pointers. Sunday, the Stags shot 38.5 percent (20 of 52) and made just 6 of 19 treys.
The Stags committed 30 fouls and Marist made 24 of 44 foul shots.
Marist enters the MAAC tournament as the eighth seed and will face ninth-seeded Siena Friday at 7:30 p.m. Fairfield fell to the seventh seed and plays 10th-seeded Saint Peter’s Friday at 9:30 p.m.
