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Fairfield beats American 72-56

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Yorel Dawkins scored 18 points as Fairfield overcame a two-point halftime deficit to cruise past winless American University 72-56 on Monday night.

Derek Needham scored 13 points, Mike Evanovich had 11 and Lyndon Jordan added 10 for the Stags (3-1), who outscored the Eagles 45-27 in the second half to seal the win.

Leading 45-42 with 9:57 left, Fairfield went on a 16-4 run in just over 5 minutes to take control of the game. Jordan hit a pair of 3s to fuel the spree. (MORE)

Eagles Headlines
Final 1 2 T
Fairfield
 27 45 72
Amer
 29 27 56
Boxscore | Recap 
Leaders Fairfield Amer
Points Y. Hawkins 18 2 tied with 14
Rebounds A. Johnson 5 S. Lumpkins 9
Assists D. Needham 7 2 tied with 4
Patriot League
 ConferenceOverall
  W-L W-L
Lafayette 0-0 3-1
Army 0-0 3-1
Bucknell 0-0 3-2
Lehigh 0-0 2-2
Navy 0-0 1-3
Colgate 0-0 0-3
Holy Cross 0-0 0-4
American University 0-0 0-5
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Leaders
Points: S. Lumpkins15.2
Rebounds: S. Lumpkins9.0
Assists: N. Hendra2.4
FG%: R. Grafft52.5%
FT%: S. Lumpkins54.5%
3P%: M. Bersch33.3%
Steals: N. Hendra1.0
Blocks: S. Lumpkins1.0
Offense (Rank)
Points: 59.6 (308)
Rebounds: 10.8 (235)
Assists: 14.0 (129)
FG%: 41.0% (258)
FT%: 65.0% (234)
3P%: 31.9% (201)
Defense (Rank)
Points: 68.4 (173)
Rebounds: 24.8 (146)
Assists: 13.2 (209)
FG%: 42.9% (196)
FT%: 62.1% (68)
3P%: 38.3% (281)
Next 5
DateOpp.Record (RPI)
11/25vs. Manhat2-2 (280)
11/28@ Md-ES0-5 (217)
12/1vs. Howard0-5 (330)
12/5@ GTown3-0 (14)
12/16@ DePaul3-1 (6)
Last 10
DateOpp.Final
11/23vs. FairL 56-72
11/21vs. FlaAtlL 69-81
11/18vs. MSML 62-73
11/16vs. AlbanyL 50-51
11/13@ StF-PaL 61-65
AP Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Kansas3-0
2 Michigan State4-0
3 Texas3-0
4 Villanova5-0
5 Kentucky4-0
6 Purdue4-0
7 Duke4-0
8 West Virginia1-0
9 Tennessee4-1
10 Syracuse4-0
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Coaches Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Kansas3-0
2 Michigan State4-0
3 Texas3-0
4 Villanova5-0
5 Kentucky4-0
6 Purdue4-0
7 Duke4-0
8 West Virginia1-0
9 Syracuse4-0
10 Butler3-0
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