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Game 7-054: Fairfield at Saint Peter's
February 14, 2011 10:32 am ET by Kyle Whelliston

Fairfield Stags at Saint Peter's Peacocks

February 13, 2011 2:00 pm
Yanitelli Center
BBState Stats/Recap

Wall-mounted banners, slow starts, #superhoops and overtime off Exit 14C.

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13:51 Game 7-054: Faifield at Saint Peter's. Do you know where you are? You're in the Peacock Nation. You're gonna die. http://img.ly/2ZV3
13:56 MAAC = wall-mounted banners. I love these. http://img.ly/2ZV7
14:06 Tip. http://img.ly/2ZVi
14:07 No wireless today, so lots of thumb-typing and bad autocorrected words. Fairfield out to a high-energy 7-0 start after two minutes.
14:09 Fairfield is 19-5, 10-4 in the MAAC, and the league's best team. SPC is a surprising 10-4, 15-10 overall. #youareinformed
14:10 Stags won first meeting 70-43 in Bridgeport. They appear to want to outdo that margin. 9-0 after four minutes.
14:12 The Yanitelli Center is a gym as in GYM. http://img.ly/2ZVo
14:14 At the first media, SPC has not only scored no points, they have taken ONE shot. Seven turnovers in 5 min.
14:15 Derek Needham a long #superhoop for Fairfield after SPC's first bucket, and it's 14-2.
14:16 Fairfield sent a whole section of fans, and they wanted more. Dude cane up to me as I was taking the exterior photo. "Fairfield alum?"
14:18 I answered no, and he said, "That's cool, come sit with us anyway. Stag fans have lots of fun." They are. More than us. #nocheeringontherow
14:21 Stag attack keeps up. 17-7 at 11:50 1H. SPC time out. On the PA, first three notes of that Cee-Lo song. Cringe. But it's the clean version.
14:25 Saint Peter's had four points, three shots, seven turns in first 10 possessions. No tempo-free analysis needed there.
14:27 But the Peacocks have seven in their last four trips. It evens out. 17-11 Fairfield, end of the first quarter.
14:31 Jeron Belin off-balance layup +1, SPC's outscored Fairfield 14-3 in last seven minutes. Cocky!
14:34 Why don't we have a national award for best #smac talker? Brandon Hall for SPC would be on the watchlist. Mic 'im up! 22-16 FAIR.
14:36 Fairfield's #superhoop power in effect. Derek Needham likes that spot just off the left corner of the key. 25-20 FAIR, 4 left in 1H.
14:40 SPC pounding it down low though. Fairfield's main weakness was known when the roster came out: lots of 6-5 guys, and a 7-0 stick figure.
14:42 SPC causes a backcourt backfire, runs it in for a Steven Samuels layup. First Peacock lead: 26-25.
14:43 But! Fairfield basket on the return, followed by an inbound steal/layup. An asynchronous four-point play. 29-27 Stags at :38 1H.
14:45 And Nick Leon nails a #superhoop for SPC at the halftime buzzer! 30-up going into the break.
14:51 Halftime presentation! Three new banners for the wall. http://img.ly/2ZVT
14:56 Saint Peter's men's soccer lost in the NCAA first round to Providence, 6-2.
15:02 Nick Leon opens scoring in 2H with a tie-breaking #superhoop. SPC leads 33-30.
15:07 Fairfield takes the lead back on Ryan Olander's running layup +1. Fun fact: at 7-0, he's six inches taller than the next-tallest Stag.
15:09 And at 220 lbs., Olander's weight may be SID-inflated. "How 'bout a cheeseburger?" cracks a Jersey City local.
15:11 Yeah, they pretty much are the watchlist. RT @jtanHC: @midmajority Who else is on the watchlist? All of SFNY and LIU?
15:14 Colin Nickerson with an #OMgDUnX for FAIR, but called for a tech for using the rim as a pull-up bar. The NCAA stands for "No Fun League."
15:15 Then Nickerson nails a #superhoop on the next possession. What's next? A tech for being too awesome from 3? OMG I HATE YOU NCAA
15:17 I dedicate that last toot to all the basketball columnists, real and pretend. 45-37 Fairfield at 13:00 1H.
15:22 SPC had to play far above their accustomed pace to stay close in 1H. Fatigue setting in, lots of errors and bad shots. 11:22, 45-39 Stags.
15:24 UVM sure has won a lot of games. RT @midmajority360: Binghamton 51 Vermont 60 | BING 6-19 (3-9) UVM 21-5 (12-2) #AEastMadness
15:30 The distance between here and the Brendan Byrne Arena is 8.5 miles. The sooner this game ends, the sooner we're there for SJU-FORD.
15:32 Rams-Hawks is no Xavier-Duquesne (in progress), but someone has to do it. #A14
15:34 No! But they used to play hockey there too. RT @cmlrun: @midmajority Brendan Byrne Arena, wasn't that the home of the Hartford Whalers?
15:36 SPC sticking to it. Playing on guts and bile, but whenever they get within 3, Fairfield puts on the jets. 56-50 Stags at 4:58 2H.
15:38 Back in NYC, New Jersey geography was always so vague. Places unattached to the cities they were in. Distances were abstract.
15:39 I had no idea that SPC was so close to Journal Square, which I didn't even know was in Jersey City. The Meadowlands were just out somewhere.
15:41 And here comes the possible SPC breakthrough! Scores on 3 straight poss, Jeron Belin layup, 56-55 Fairfield at 3:06 2H.
15:43 But Needham nails a face-up #superhoop to push it to 59-55.
15:45 With a car and a map, I've had a lot of "wow, I didn't know that was west/north/that close to that" in NJ. NYC snobbery is too easy.
15:46 Here in reality, Fairfield is still up 59-55, forcing empty SPC possessions, and has the ball with 1:24 to go.
15:48 Turnover! Steven Samuels breakaway layup, SPC cuts lead to 2: 59-57. :34 to go.
15:50 And the Peacocks get the ball back again! Down by two, :23.9, time out.
15:52 Wesley Jenkins reverse ties it for SPC! 59-up! We've got OT!
15:55 Tied at halftime (30), tied at the end of regulation (59). Pretty good for a matchup that was decided by 27 the first time.
15:57 Really impressive end of 2H for Saint Peter's. I thought they were dead-tired, but they ground faster Fairfield to a standstill.
15:58 RT @devyanks90: @midmajority NJ is tiny. You can get anywhere in North Jersey in less than an hour if you don't get lost in a traffic circle.
16:00 I have spent the better parts of hours trying to get from sea level to the Pulaski Skyway. @devyanks90
16:02 2:44 left in OT, Fairfield up 62-60.
16:06 66-63 Fairfield at 1:25 OT. SPC a three-miss possession, o-rebs, but they get foul shots out of it. Been happening a lot today.
16:08 One minute left in OT: Fairfield 66, Saint Peter's 65. Fordham and Saint Joe's tip 8.5 miles away.
16:10 At :42 OT, Fairfield's Yorel Hawkins fouled, hits 2 FT's. Stags up 68-65.
16:11 Ryan Bacon slaps in another dubl-miss for SPC. 68-67 Fairfield, 13 ticks left in OT.
16:13 SPC presses, Fairfield breaks, the foul comes at 7 sec. Colin Nickerson hits both. Peacocks Craigslist a game-tying #superhoop.
16:15 And Fairfield, up by 3, fouls on the inbound, forcing two FT's. Wouldn't you do the same? Make, make.
16:16 And the foul attempt on inbound forces a jump!! SPC ball!
16:17 But SPC can't get the shot. Final in OT: Fairfield 70, Saint Peters 69.

Boxscore

FAIRFIELD 70, at SAINT PETER'S 69
02/13/2011

FAIRFIELD 20-5 (13-2) -- D. Gay 4-8 0-0 12; R. Olander 5-12 0-1 10; M. Barrow 3-8 3-4 9; D. Needham 6-16 1-2 18; Y. Hawkins 6-12 2-2 14; C. Nickerson 3-5 2-2 9; J. Fields 1-4 2-2 4; L. Jordan 1-2 2-3 4; W. Edney 1-5 0-0 2; K. Matthews 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-64 12-16 70.
SAINT PETER'S 15-11 (10-5) -- N. Leon 4-10 7-7 17; W. Jenkins 1-10 3-8 5; R. Bacon 6-13 4-4 16; S. Samuels 3-8 1-2 8; J. Belin 8-11 6-12 22; D. Conley 0-2 1-2 1; B. Hall 0-3 0-0 0; Y. Raymond 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 22-35 69.

Three-point goals: FAIR 6-16 (L. Jordan 0-1; W. Edney 0-1; R. Olander 0-1; D. Needham 5-9; C. Nickerson 1-2; J. Fields 0-2), SPC 3-16 (N. Leon 2-5; W. Jenkins 0-7; B. Hall 0-1; J. Belin 0-1; S. Samuels 1-2); Rebounds: FAIR 35 (R. Olander 9), SPC 36 (R. Bacon 9); Assists: FAIR 18 (L. Jordan 4), SPC 9 (W. Jenkins 4); Total Fouls -- FAIR 24, SPC 18; Fouled Out: FAIR-D. Needham; SPC-None.