40-32 Gaels; 15:56 in the 2nd

• Hawkins has a memory lapse of how to play against a zone, and turns the ball over on a trap. Gaels ball.

• Nero tries to force a drive and turns it over. The Gaels start a fastbreak, go the length of the court, and Prodanovic lays it in. 40-32 Gaels.
  
• Gary Springer's hook shot goes in the paint. That followed about a dozen pump fakes and Fairfield jumps in a row.
  
• Hawkins misses an open shot from the corner, but Anthony Johnson shows his size and tips the ball in the hoop. 36-32 Gaels.
  
• Han hits Anthony Johnson on an alley-oop. Peanut snuck around back on the 2-3 zone and found a spto. Rashon Dwight again answers with a three-point shot. 36-30 Gaels.
  
• Evanoich and Han show some nifty passing and find Nero underneath. Milan Prodanovic drains a quick three ten seconds later. 33-28 Gaels.
  
• The Gaels won the tip, so Fairfield starts the second half with possession and will in-bound at half court.
  

- Keith Connors