Menlo (3-4, 7-13) trailed by a point with the ball after the Oaks Dejon Grant skied to pull down a Joshua Smith miss with 50 seconds left in the game. Everyone in the building knew exactly where the ball would end up, but that didn't stop Menlo's leading scorer from getting the ball on the right wing with only one defender in his path. Harris scanned the floor and gave his defender a shake to create just enough space to launch a pull-up jumper from just inside the arc that dropped through for the Oaks first lead in over 11 minutes.

With 32.7 seconds on the clock and David Scott - the Cal Pac's leading scorer - on the floor, Holy Names (6-1, 8-17) had to like its chances. The Hawks milked the clock, but by the time they initiated their offense against Menlo's lock down defense it was too late. Scott passed on a shot from long range only to watch Johnas Street throw up a hurried 3-pointer from the right wing that hardly touched rim. By the time Ben Clyde gathered the rebound the buzzer was sounding and the Oaks were in celebratory mode.

The final minute of action was merely the final act of a skin tight second half. Menlo led 42-34 at halftime and took a brief nine-point advantage on a Harris 3-pointer. Holy Names answered by turning to Scott, who scored three consecutive baskets to begin the second half. Scott eventually gave the Hawks their first lead of the night with an emphatic dunk off a turnover. It was 50-49 with 12 minutes, 15 seconds remaining.

Neither team could take control for even a second throughout the final 17 minutes. The Oaks couldn't regain their lost lead until the final minute and Holy Names never led by more than three points, making every possession down the stretch a miniature siege on a basket each team was defending like a territorial stronghold.

Trailing 52-49, Menlo pulled within a point on a driving score by Grant. Scott answered for the Hawks before Nick McCullar sunk a pair of free throws. Kees and McCullar each scored a basket in quick succession, trimming Menlo's deficit to a point each time, but Holy Names seemed to always have a response in the form of Scott.

Following two Kees free throws and Harris score that again pulled the Oaks within one, Kees drained another from the charity stripe to tie the score at 62 with three minutes, 36 seconds left. The teams traded empty possession before Smith and Scott each split a pair of free throws to stake Holy Names to a 64-62 advantage with two minutes, 41 seconds on the clock.

Harris was fouled driving to the hoop and tied the score again with two conversions from the line 18 seconds later. Each team came up empty on their next possession before Scott drove for an easy layup and a 66-64 lead with one minute, 18 seconds to play. Andrew Young followed Scott's example, attacking the rim at the other end where he drew a foul six seconds later. Young made his first attempt and missed his second, pulling the Oaks within one point to set up the final minute's heroics.

Menlo opened the game like a team trying to prove a point. The Oaks lead for all but 48 seconds in the opening half, jumping ahead 4-0 on scores at the rim by Kees and McCullar. They used a 7-0 spurt to move ahead 15-8 and led by 10 on two occasions. The first after Harris was fouled while making an up-and-under reverse layup to start a three-point play and the second when he swished a 3-pointer off a Drew Davis pass in the final minute before the break.

Holy Names stayed in the game in the first half with some hot outside shooting, sinking 7-of-13 attempts from deep. Menlo clamped down after halftime and held the Hawks without a 3-pointer. The Oaks shot 51 percent from the field and grabbed eight more rebounds than Holy Names.

Harris led all scorers with 23 points, making 8-of-12 attempts from the field while also grabbing six rebounds. McCullar added 13 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Kees finished with nine points, five rebounds, and three assists while Young had as many points and six rebounds. Patrick Greene provided key minutes off the bench in the opening half, scoring four points with five rebounds and two steals in 10 minutes of action.