Perry’s heave at the buzzer helps Fairfield down Marist 59-56

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Deon Perry’s 19 points and hit a three-quarter court heave as time expired to help Fairfield defeat Marist 59-56 on Thursday night.

Perry hit Peyton Smith for a layup that made it 56-all with nine seconds to play. Jadin Collins-Roberts went 0 for 2 from the free throw line with 1.4 seconds left. After a Stags timeout, Michael Rogan threw the inbounds pass to Perry who took a dribble before launching the winning the heave.

Perry shot 6 for 14 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Stags (9-14, 5-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Prophet Johnson added nine points while going 2 of 12 and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line while they also had nine rebounds. Jamie Bergens shot 2 of 7 from the field and 4 for 6 from the foul line to finish with nine points.

Josh Pascarelli led the Red Foxes (16-4, 9-2) in scoring, finishing with 15 points and seven rebounds. Jadin Collins added 10 points and eight rebounds for Marist. Jaden Daughtry had nine points and six rebounds.

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Both teams play on Saturday. Fairfield hosts Sacred Heart and Marist hosts Iona.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.