20-12 Stags; 10:57 in the 1st

• Media timeout as Shake goes after a ball in the stands. What a great effort.
  
• The Stags push the ball and put in, Mamadou on the finish. 20-12 Stags.
  
• Anthony Johnson gets a great look in the paint from Han, who was driving the lane, and hits the lay-up. Stags 1-12.
  
• Israel gets a lay-in after a turnover from Van Schaick on the floor. 16-12 Stags.
  
• Nero gets a great dish from Van Schaick and banks it home. 16-10 Stags.
  
• Devin Johnson gets called for a hold on the floor. Loyola maintains possession, and Gerald Brown hooks it in moments later. 14-10 Stags.
  
• Anthony Johnson misses an open lay-in. Greyhound ball.
  
• On the other end, Israel gets called for a hold on Anthony Johnson. Fairfield ball.
  
• Israel hits both from the charity stripe. 14-8 Stags
  
• Harvey misses a floater - which results in a Loyola offensive rebound. Israel drives it and gets to the line on a block foul from Marty, a questionable call at best.
  

- Keith Connors