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Bucknell 72, Fairfield 66 (OT)
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
Bucknell dominated a high-scoring overtime to complete a come-from-behind, 72-66 victory over Fairfield on Monday in Bridgeport, Conn.
The Bison (3-5) trailed for much of the game, but they closed to within three on a 3-pointer by guard Chris Hass with 1:57 to play. After Fairfield guard K.J. Rose missed two free throws, Bucknell guard J.C. Show sank a 3-pointer to tie the score at 47.
Neither team could score again in regulation, with Rose and guard Tyler Nelson both missing in the final seconds for Fairfield.
Bucknell scored the first six points of overtime on a 3-pointer by guard Steve Kaspar and a three-point play from center Nana Foulland. Fairfield (2-5) didn’t get closer than three points the rest of the way.
The teams combined for 44 points in the five minutes of overtime, two more than they scored in the entire first half. The Stags entered intermission with a 24-18 lead and led by as many as 12 in the second half.
Hass scored 18 points to lead Bucknell. He shot just 4-for-14 from the field but made nine of his 10 foul shots. Bison forward Dom Hoffman finished with 14 points and a team-high seven rebounds, and Foulland scored 12.
Rose led all scorers with 26 points, making all four of his 3-point attempts. Forward Marcus Gilbert added 17, but no other Fairfield player scored more than seven.
