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Taj Benning

Position: Guard

6-4, 202lb (193cm, 91kg)

Hometown: Fair Lawn, NJ

High School: Bergen Catholic High School

School: Fairfield (Men)

2021 All-MAAC Tourney

SUMMARY

Career

G

145

PTS

8.1

TRB

3.6

AST

1.6

FG%

37.1

FG3%

33.1

FT%

81.5

eFG%

42.9

PER

11.5

WS

8.3

Per Game

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	25	0	10.2	0.4	1.2	.323	0.2	0.7	.278	0.2	0.5	.385	0.6	0.8	.750	0.3	1.0	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.4	1.6		-3.68
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	28	19	22.9	1.7	4.5	.370	1.1	2.8	.405	0.5	1.7	.313	0.8	1.0	.759	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.7	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.9	4.7		-7.14
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	32	31	33.5	3.0	8.4	.353	2.4	6.5	.373	0.5	1.9	.283	3.4	4.2	.800	0.5	4.1	4.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	9.8		-4.81
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	27	27	33.7	3.9	10.1	.381	2.3	6.0	.391	1.5	4.1	.366	2.7	3.3	.841	0.7	4.2	4.9	1.2	0.9	0.2	1.9	1.9	12.0		-6.57
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	33	33	33.2	3.6	9.5	.382	2.4	5.7	.422	1.2	3.8	.323	2.6	3.1	.842	0.6	3.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.2	11.1		-4.09
Career	Fairfield			145	110	27.4	2.6	7.0	.371	1.8	4.5	.393	0.8	2.5	.331	2.1	2.6	.815	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.9	8.1		-5.26

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	13	0	10.9	0.5	1.5	.368	0.2	0.8	.273	0.3	0.6	.500	1.0	1.2	.867	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.5	2.4
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	16	8	19.1	1.6	3.8	.410	1.1	2.4	.447	0.5	1.4	.348	0.5	0.7	.727	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.7	4.1
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	20	19	32.2	3.1	8.2	.374	2.3	6.2	.374	0.8	2.0	.375	3.4	4.3	.779	0.4	4.0	4.4	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.4	10.2
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	18	18	33.0	3.9	9.9	.399	2.3	5.4	.423	1.7	4.5	.370	2.7	3.2	.828	0.7	4.1	4.8	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.0	12.2
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	20	20	33.4	3.3	9.3	.349	2.1	5.3	.390	1.2	4.1	.296	2.8	3.2	.875	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.1	10.5
Career	Fairfield			87	65	27.0	2.6	7.0	.377	1.7	4.3	.396	0.9	2.7	.348	2.2	2.7	.821	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.0	8.4

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Totals

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	25	0	255	10	31	.323	5	18	.278	5	13	.385	15	20	.750	8	26	34	20	3	5	16	34	40
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	28	19	642	47	127	.370	32	79	.405	15	48	.313	22	29	.759	14	57	71	48	18	3	36	53	131
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	32	31	1072	95	269	.353	78	209	.373	17	60	.283	108	135	.800	16	131	147	63	23	4	58	70	315
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	27	27	910	104	273	.381	63	161	.391	41	112	.366	74	88	.841	19	114	133	33	24	5	50	50	323
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	33	33	1096	120	314	.382	79	187	.422	41	127	.323	85	101	.842	21	120	141	73	17	12	42	74	366
Career	Fairfield			145	110	3975	376	1014	.371	257	654	.393	119	360	.331	304	373	.815	78	448	526	237	85	29	202	281	1175

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	13	0	142	7	19	.368	3	11	.273	4	8	.500	13	15	.867	3	9	12	9	3	4	10	20	31
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	16	8	305	25	61	.410	17	38	.447	8	23	.348	8	11	.727	9	29	38	23	12	2	22	27	66
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	20	19	643	61	163	.374	46	123	.374	15	40	.375	67	86	.779	8	80	88	28	15	3	33	48	204
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	18	18	594	71	178	.399	41	97	.423	30	81	.370	48	58	.828	13	73	86	26	15	1	34	36	220
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	20	20	668	65	186	.349	41	105	.390	24	81	.296	56	64	.875	10	62	72	38	11	7	31	42	210
Career	Fairfield			87	65	2352	229	607	.377	148	374	.396	81	233	.348	192	234	.821	43	253	296	124	56	17	130	173	731

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	25	0	255	1.6	4.9	.323	0.8	2.8	.278	0.8	2.0	.385	2.4	3.1	.750	5.3	3.1	0.5	0.8	2.5	5.3	6.3
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	28	19	642	2.9	7.9	.370	2.0	4.9	.405	0.9	3.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.759	4.4	3.0	1.1	0.2	2.2	3.3	8.2
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	32	31	1072	3.5	10.0	.353	2.9	7.8	.373	0.6	2.2	.283	4.0	5.0	.800	5.5	2.4	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.6	11.8
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	27	27	910	4.6	12.0	.381	2.8	7.1	.391	1.8	4.9	.366	3.3	3.9	.841	5.8	1.5	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.2	14.2
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	33	33	1096	4.4	11.5	.382	2.9	6.8	.422	1.5	4.6	.323	3.1	3.7	.842	5.1	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.5	2.7	13.4
Career	Fairfield			145	110	3975	3.8	10.2	.371	2.6	6.6	.393	1.2	3.6	.331	3.1	3.8	.815	5.3	2.4	0.9	0.3	2.0	2.8	11.8

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	13	0	142	2.0	5.4	.368	0.8	3.1	.273	1.1	2.3	.500	3.7	4.2	.867	3.4	2.5	0.8	1.1	2.8	5.6	8.7
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	16	8	305	3.3	8.0	.410	2.2	5.0	.447	1.0	3.0	.348	1.0	1.4	.727	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.9	3.5	8.7
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	20	19	643	3.8	10.1	.374	2.9	7.7	.374	0.9	2.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.779	5.5	1.7	0.9	0.2	2.1	3.0	12.7
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	18	18	594	4.8	12.0	.399	2.8	6.5	.423	2.0	5.5	.370	3.2	3.9	.828	5.8	1.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	14.8
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	20	20	668	3.9	11.1	.349	2.5	6.3	.390	1.4	4.9	.296	3.4	3.8	.875	4.3	2.3	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.5	12.6
Career	Fairfield			87	65	2352	3.9	10.3	.377	2.5	6.4	.396	1.4	4.0	.348	3.3	4.0	.821	5.0	2.1	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.9	12.4

Per 100 Poss

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	25	0	255	2.2	6.7	.323	1.1	3.9	.278	1.1	2.8	.385	3.3	4.4	.750	7.4	4.4	0.7	1.1	3.5	7.4	8.7		93.9	109.3
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	28	19	642	4.3	11.6	.370	2.9	7.2	.405	1.4	4.4	.313	2.0	2.7	.759	6.5	4.4	1.6	0.3	3.3	4.8	12.0		91.6	105.9
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	32	31	1072	5.6	15.8	.353	4.6	12.3	.373	1.0	3.5	.283	6.3	7.9	.800	8.6	3.7	1.3	0.2	3.4	4.1	18.5		96.5	100.1
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	27	27	910	7.0	18.4	.381	4.2	10.8	.391	2.8	7.5	.366	5.0	5.9	.841	9.0	2.2	1.6	0.3	3.4	3.4	21.8		100.1	102.6
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	33	33	1096	6.7	17.5	.382	4.4	10.4	.422	2.3	7.1	.323	4.7	5.6	.842	7.9	4.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.1	20.4		107.3	103.5
Career	Fairfield			145	110	3975	5.8	15.5	.371	3.9	10.0	.393	1.8	5.5	.331	4.7	5.7	.815	8.0	3.6	1.3	0.4	3.1	4.3	18.0		99.7	103.2

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	13	0	142	2.7	7.4	.368	1.2	4.3	.273	1.6	3.1	.500	5.0	5.8	.867	4.7	3.5	1.2	1.6	3.9	7.8	12.0		101.9	111.8
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	16	8	305	4.8	11.7	.410	3.3	7.3	.447	1.5	4.4	.348	1.5	2.1	.727	7.3	4.4	2.3	0.4	4.2	5.2	12.6		89.8	99.7
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	20	19	643	5.9	15.8	.374	4.4	11.9	.374	1.5	3.9	.375	6.5	8.3	.779	8.5	2.7	1.5	0.3	3.2	4.6	19.7		100.2	99.5
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	18	18	594	7.3	18.3	.399	4.2	10.0	.423	3.1	8.3	.370	4.9	6.0	.828	8.8	2.7	1.5	0.1	3.5	3.7	22.6		103.2	105.1
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	20	20	668	5.9	16.8	.349	3.7	9.5	.390	2.2	7.3	.296	5.1	5.8	.875	6.5	3.4	1.0	0.6	2.8	3.8	19.0		98.8	105.2
Career	Fairfield			87	65	2352	5.9	15.6	.377	3.8	9.6	.396	2.1	6.0	.348	4.9	6.0	.821	7.6	3.2	1.4	0.4	3.3	4.4	18.8		99.5	103.4

Advanced

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40		OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	25	0	255	5.6	.494	.403	.419	.645	51	3.4	11.7	7.5	12.7	0.7	2.1	28.3	10.9		0.0	0.2	0.2	.037		-4.2	-0.3	-4.6
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	28	19	642	7.5	.465	.429	.378	.228	145	2.6	11.3	6.7	13.8	1.6	0.6	20.4	14.3		0.0	0.7	0.7	.043		-3.9	-0.8	-4.7
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	32	31	1072	11.4	.473	.385	.223	.502	312	1.8	15.2	8.4	14.3	1.3	0.5	14.8	19.8		0.8	1.5	2.2	.083		-2.6	-0.1	-2.7
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	27	27	910	13.4	.513	.456	.410	.322	297	2.4	14.7	8.5	8.7	1.6	0.6	13.7	21.4		1.0	1.1	2.1	.091		-0.3	-1.3	-1.6
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	33	33	1096	13.5	.506	.447	.404	.322	362	2.3	12.8	7.6	13.2	0.9	1.1	10.4	19.8		1.7	1.3	3.0	.110		-0.7	-0.7	-1.4
Career	Fairfield			145	110	3975	11.5	.493	.429	.355	.368	1167	2.3	13.5	7.9	12.5	1.3	0.8	14.5	18.7		3.5	4.8	8.3	.083		-1.9	-0.7	-2.5

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40		OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2017-18	Fairfield	MAAC	FR	13	0	142	8.7	.593	.474	.421	.789	34	2.5	8.3	5.3	10.2	1.2	3.1	27.7	12.5		0.1	0.0	0.1	.035
2018-19	Fairfield	MAAC	SO	16	8	305	10.5	.498	.475	.377	.180	73	3.9	12.9	8.3	14.3	2.3	0.8	24.9	15.1		0.1	0.3	0.4	.052
2019-20	Fairfield	MAAC	JR	20	19	643	14.7	.500	.420	.245	.528	194	1.6	17.1	9.2	11.1	1.5	0.6	13.9	20.1		1.0	0.5	1.5	.093
2020-21	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	18	18	594	17.9	.535	.483	.455	.326	203	2.8	16.8	9.6	10.4	1.5	0.2	14.2	21.8		1.1	0.2	1.3	.089
2021-22	Fairfield	MAAC	SR	20	20	668	13.8	.485	.414	.435	.344	209	1.9	12.1	7.0	11.7	1.0	1.1	12.5	20.3		0.9	0.2	1.1	.068
Career	Fairfield			87	65	2352	14.4	.509	.444	.384	.386	713	2.4	14.5	8.3	11.5	1.4	0.8	15.3	19.5		3.3	1.1	4.5	.076

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