Fairfield beats Manhattan 71-60

Fairfield Stags beat Manhattan Jaspers 71-60 on Thursday at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.

The second half made the difference: Fairfield outscored Manhattan 40-33.

Fairfield shot 38% to 42% and won the boards 37-34.

For Fairfield, Braden Sparks (G): 17. For Manhattan, Terrance Jones (G): 16.

Fairfield improves to 20-12. Manhattan falls to 12-20.

Attendance: 1,037.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.