ALBANY - If Siena is going to win their 15th game in a row and clinch the regular season title, the No. 1 seed in the MAAC Tournament and an NIT berth should they need it, they're going to have their work cut out for them.

The Saints jumped out to a huge lead, 14-4, and it looked like this would be an runaway, but Fairfield came back by scoring 11 of the game's next 13 points

Derek Needham scored nine of those 11 points and finished the half with a 17, to lead all scorers.

Siena struggled after Alex Franklin went to the bench with 12:29 to go, after picking up his second foul on a Needham 3-point attempt.

The Saints finished the half on a 15-5 run to take the lead into the half.

Ryan Rossiter leads Siena with 10 points.