Fairfield Stags at Bryant Bulldogs

SMITHFIELD (Interstat) — Fairfield will visit Bryant on Sunday in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game at Chace Athletic Center. The Stags enter the game with a 0-1 record, and the Bulldogs are 1-1. Fairfield is the visiting team, and Bryant is the home team. The game will be played at Chace Athletic Center in Smithfield, R.I.

Fairfield is coming off a 79-67 loss to Vermont. Declan Wucherpfennig was the Stags’ most productive player in that game, posting 25 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 37 minutes. Peyton Smith added eight points, six rebounds, two assists and three blocks, while Cole Edelen scored 13 points with two rebounds and two assists. Wucherpfennig is the player to watch for Fairfield. He led the Stags in scoring and rebounding in the Vermont game and also recorded two assists and two blocks. Fairfield’s 0-1 record includes that loss to Vermont.

Bryant most recently lost 66-56 at Quinnipiac. Keegan Harvey finished with 14 points, five rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 32 minutes. Andre Pasha added eight points and eight rebounds, and Onyx Nnani scored 13 points with four rebounds and one assist. Harvey is the player to watch for Bryant. In Bryant’s 80-75 win over Siena, Harvey recorded 20 points, 12 rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 37 minutes. He has scored in double figures in both of Bryant’s games this season and posted a double-double against Siena. Bryant’s 1-1 record includes the win over Siena and the loss at Quinnipiac.

The Stags and Bulldogs will meet in Smithfield. Fairfield’s next scheduled game is at Wisconsin. Bryant’s next scheduled game is at Providence. Fairfield’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against NJIT, a home game against St. Joseph’s (Brkln), a road game at Long Island, a home game against Navy, a home game against Central Connecticut, a home game against Manhattan, a road game at Merrimack, a road game at Providence and a home game against Le Moyne. Bryant’s upcoming schedule includes a road game at Rutgers, a road game at Massachusetts, a home game against Worcester St., a road game at Marist, a home game against Iona, a home game against Vassar, a home game against Brown, a road game at Kentucky and a road game at Fordham.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Fairfield 71, Bryant 66. Interstat’s ELO system projects Fairfield with a 58.3 percent probability to win. Fairfield has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5.