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Final · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Leo D. Mahoney Arena, Fairfield, CT · attendance 1,566 · ESPN gamecast · Share this box score

Fairfield edged NJIT 63-60

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Sat, Nov 14, 2026

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Fairfield edged NJIT 63-60 at Leo D. Mahoney Arena.

Declan Wucherpfennig led Fairfield with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Mario Tatum Jr. had 13 points and 8 rebounds for NJIT. Antwerp, Belgium, native Victor Vanderstraeten led all players with 12 rebounds for NJIT.

Fairfield had 9 3-pointers to NJIT's 4. NJIT covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 11.6 points.

Scoring · Fairfield: Declan Wucherpfennig 19, Tony Williams 9, Cole Edelen 9, Jaden Brown 8, Jah Hatchett 5, Peyton Smith 4, Isaac Munkadi 4, Eric Mejia 3, Halon Rawlins 2. NJIT: Mario Tatum Jr. 13, Victor Vanderstraeten 12, Brandon Stores Jr. 12, Matheo Coffi 11, Rocco Awad 7, David Bolden 5.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

NJIT 61, FAIR 76model score

-14.6model spread (home)

136.7model total

11.6points off the final margin

FavoriteFAIR -11.53.1 Lost Under 142.55.8 Won

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Open (first seen)	-13.0	137.0			our snapshots
Latest	-1.5	122.5	-305.0	220.0	our snapshots (8 books)
Close	-11.5	142.5	-800	550	DraftKings via ESPN

Margin +3 (home) ATS NJIT covered Total 123 → under

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
NJIT	2	337	1	same
FAIR	non-America East team, not tracked

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	NJIT	FAIR
FG	19-54	20-54
FG%	35	37
3PT	4-18	9-23
3P%	22	39
FT	18-21	14-19
FT%	86	74
Rebounds	42	30
Offensive rebounds	10	5
Defensive rebounds	32	25
Assists	11	11
Steals	4	7
Blocks	4	5
Turnovers	13	9
Points off turnovers	10	8
Fast break points	7	0
Points in paint	28	18
Fouls	20	18
Largest lead	3	8
Possessions (est.)	67.0	67.0
Points per 100 possessions	89.6	94.0

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

NJIT Highlanders

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
David Bolden G	35	5	0-5	0-2	5-6	0	5	7	5	1	0	2
Victor Vanderstraeten F	33	12	5-9	0-0	2-2	2	12	1	3	1	1	4
Matheo Coffi F	33	11	3-9	1-4	4-4	3	7	1	0	0	1	1
Brandon Stores Jr. G	31	12	3-12	0-5	6-6	1	3	1	1	0	1	4
Mario Tatum Jr. G	30	13	5-11	2-5	1-2	2	8	1	2	0	0	3
Rocco Awad	19	7	3-6	1-2	0-1	1	3	0	0	1	0	1
John Kelly	14	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Brendan Oliver	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Stefan Jimenez-Vojnic	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
AJ Altobelli	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Zack Scherler	DNP
Jayonni Durrough	DNP
Quentin Duncan	DNP

Fairfield Stags

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Declan Wucherpfennig G	34	19	5-13	1-2	8-9	3	8	1	1	1	0	2
Jah Hatchett G	29	5	1-4	1-3	2-2	0	1	5	1	1	0	2
Halon Rawlins G	25	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	4	1	1	1	1	1
Tony Williams G	25	9	3-8	2-5	1-2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Peyton Smith F	14	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	0	5	0	0	1	0	4
Isaac Munkadi	22	4	1-2	0-0	2-4	1	5	0	2	0	4	2
Jaden Brown	18	8	3-6	1-2	1-2	0	1	1	1	1	0	3
Cole Edelen	18	9	3-9	3-7	0-0	0	4	2	1	2	0	1
Qadir Martin	8	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Mejia	5	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Brayden Jones	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marko Radunovic	DNP
Oesoemana Sacko	DNP
Nasir Rodriguez	DNP
Tanner Ostop	DNP
Joe Ganton	DNP
Noah Best	DNP