Howard hosts Fairfield following Thomas' 24-point outing

Fairfield Stags (4-2) at Howard Bison (6-3)

Washington; Friday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Howard plays Fairfield after Zennia Thomas scored 24 points in Howard's 78-62 loss to the Syracuse Orange.

The Bison have gone 2-0 at home. Howard ranks fourth in the MEAC with 10.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Thomas averaging 3.0.

The Stags are 1-1 in road games. Fairfield leads college basketball averaging 12.5 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 38.7% from deep. Christina Pham leads the team averaging 2.8 makes while shooting 45.2% from 3-point range.

Howard is shooting 37.7% from the field this season, 4.3 percentage points lower than the 42.0% Fairfield allows to opponents. Fairfield scores 15.8 more points per game (77.0) than Howard allows (61.2).

TOP PERFORMERS: Thomas is scoring 16.2 points per game with 7.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Bison. Zoe Stewart is averaging 10.7 points and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 45.7%.

Pham is shooting 45.2% from beyond the arc with 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Stags, while averaging 10 points. Meghan Andersen is averaging 18.8 points.

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