Box Score BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Marcus Gilbert scored a game-high 23 points while Maurice Barrow added 20 points to help the Fairfield University men's basketball team post a 64-60 win over Northeastern University.

Northeastern held an early lead at 5-4 but a three-point field goal by Barrow put the Stags in front at 7-5 with 14:57 remaining in the opening half. The Huskies would tie the game on their next possession but Gilbert's back-to-back three pointers regained the lead at 13-7 with 12 minutes remaining. The Stags' lead would reach as many as 14 in the first half, holding a 31-17 advantage after a free throw from Gilbert at the 2:05 mark. The Huskies would finish the half with a 6-2 spurt that would bring them within 10 points by intermission, 33-23.

Fairfield built upon its lead at the start of the second half by scoring five of the first six points to make it a 38-24 advantage with 18:08 on the clock. Gilbert started the run with a three-point shot on the team's first possession of the half. The Huskies would use a 16-0 run over the six minutes to take their first lead since the opening five minutes, pulling into the lead at 40-38. During that run, Scott Eatherton tallied eight points, including six from the free throw line.

The Stags tied the game on their next possession courtesy of a layup from Amadou Sidibe to make it a 40-40 game. Northeastern took the lead three more times and Fairfield would rally to tie the game, the last of which came at 50-50 following a layup from Barrow. Reggie Spencer recaptured the lead for Northeaster with a transition dunk with 5:07 on the clock.

Barrow erased the deficit and nudged Fairfield in the lead with his second three pointer of the game, giving the home team a 53-52 advantage. T.J. Williams made one of two charity tosses on the Huskies' next possession but Barrow answered with back-to-back layups to give Fairfield a four-point advantage at 57-53 with 2:05 remaining.

Northeastern rallied to come with a point after a basket from David Walker and a free throw from Spencer, but it quickly became a two-possession game when Gilbert made a three-point field goal with 40 seconds left for a 60-56 lead. Northeastern came within a pair of points at 60-58 and 62-60, but Gilbert netted two free throws with four seconds remaining to ice the game at 64-60.

Eatherton registered a double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds, making 12 of 18 free throws. Spencer contributed 17 points to the Huskies' offense with six field goals in nine attempts and five free throws.

Fairfield's next game is slated for Saturday, December 21 at Wisconsin-Green Bay with a tip-time of 1 pm CST.