43-31 Stags; 15:25 in the 2nd

• Mamadou isn't even in the game and we can still hear him. He's standing and yelling the entire time. Now that's a leader.
• Nero misses a ten-foot jumper off a post shot. He's getting the ball early and often in the 2nd Half.
• Stanley Hodge drives and makes the basket (and the foul). He misses the free throw. 43-31 FU.
• Nero gets a great look inside from Shake and lays it in. They are really working hard to get the ball inside to Johnson and Nero in this game . Stags 43-29.
• Devin hits one-of-two to make it 41-29 FU.
• Devin Johnson is fouled on a fast break. Both teams are coming out with all of their weapons in the 2nd. They appear fired up. This should be a wild, run-and-gun second half.
• Nero gets on the board for the first time all night. Stags 40-29.
• After a pair on Niagra misses, Devin Johnson hits a bank shot (nearly fouled). Fisher adds a jumper on the other end to make it 38-29.
• After a few misses on both sides, Jon Han finds Anthony Johnson down low, who hits a pretty reverse lay-in.
• Don't worry, Stagophile. We'll have your new Stag picture soon!
• After a halftime break, I mysteriously found a game story from the Niagra Gazette on my computer. The article was from their victory over FU on January 9th. Coach Joe Mihalich's quote: "Sometimes the toughest games to win are the ones you're supposed to." Motivation, anyone?

- Keith Connors