The 109Th Varsity Season of Red Flash Men's Basketball
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THE 109TH VARSITY SEASON OF RED FLASH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME #5#6 NOVEMBER SAINT FRANCIS U RED FLASH UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY Fri . 14 Cincinnati . L, 52-37 2-3; 0-0 NORTHEAST AT 2-4; 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE Mon . 17 American . L, 49-46 Thu . 20 KEYSTONE . W, 102-69 Sat . 22 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE . W, 57-53 Saturday, November 29, 2014 w 1 p .m . w Alumni Hall (5,710) w Annapolis, Md . Tue . 25 #7/9 Texas . L, 78-46 Sat . 29 Navy . 1 p .m . After having its two-game win streak snapped at THE SERIES #7/9 Texas on Tuesday, the Red Flash travels to DECEMBER Series . Tied, 2-2 Wed . 3 Lehigh . 7 p .m . Annapolis, Md. to take on the Midshipmen of the Current Streak . W1 Sat . 6 # ALBANY . 2 p .m . United States Naval Academy. Krimmel vs. Navy . 1-0 Wed . 17 Duq.uesne . 7 p .m . Last Red Flash win . Nov . 11, 2013 (60-57) Sat . 20 Rutgers . 2 p .m . The Mids are on an early-season win streak of their Last Midshipmen win . Feb . 28, 1980 (75-62) Tue . 30 NJIT . 7 p .m . own after downing Hampton (70-68) and Penn State- JANUARY Harrisburg (67-42) to up their record to 2-4. Led Sat . 3 * WAGNER . 4 p .m . by Zach Fong (12), three Navy players scored in STATISTICAL COMPARISON SFU NAVY Mon . 5 * ROBERT MORRIS . 7 p .m . double figures Wednesday against the Don Friday- Points per game . 57 .6 57 .3 Thu . 8 * Bryant . 7 p .m . Points per game allowed . 60 .2 70 .3 Sat . 10 * Sacred Heart . 3:30 p .m . led Lions, who are members of the NCAA Division Scoring margin . -2 .6 -13 .0 Thu . 16 * SACRED HEART . .7 p .m . III Capital Athletic Conference. Sun . 18 * ST . FRANCIS BROOKLYN . 2 p .m . Rebounds per game . 30 .4 28 .3 Thu . 22 * Wagner . 7 p .m . Friday served as head coach of the Red Flash from Rebounding margin . -2 .4 -4 .5 Sat . 24 *& Mount St . Mary’s . 2:30 p .m . 2008 to 2012. Assists per game . 10 .6 12 .2 Thu . 29 * BRYANT . 7 p .m . Steals per game . 5 .4 6 .2 While the Frankies pulled out a, 60-57, win over Sat . 31 * FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON . 4 p .m . FG percentage . .418 .417 Navy in last season’s meeting at the Cambria County FEBRUARY FG percentage allowed . .433 .476 Thu . 5 * Fairleigh Dickinson . 7. p .m . War Memorial Arena, they’ll have a bit of history to 3FG percentage . .324 .295 Sat . 7 * LIU Brooklyn . 4:30 p .m . turn aside in pursuit of a victory Saturday afternoon. 3FG percentage allowed . .281 .416 Thu . 12 * CENTRAL CONNECTICUT . 7 p .m . With one game remaining on this month’s docket, FT percentage . .638 .685 Sat . 14 *$ LIU BROOKLYN . 1 p .m . the Red Flash has a chance to win three games in No- Last 10 games . 2-3 2-4 Thu . 19 * Central Connecticut . 7 p .m . vember for only the second time in program history. Current streak . L1 W2 Sat . 21 * St . Francis Brooklyn . 4 p .m . Thu . 26 * MOUNT ST . MARY’S . 7 p .m . The only other time SFU has accomplished the feat Sat . 28 * Robert Morris . 4 p .m . was during the 1997-98 campaign (3-1). LIVE COVERAGE Saint Francis will remain on the road to take on Television . None * ---Northeast Conference game Radio . WWGE-AM 1400 # -----------Kevin Porter Day Lehigh on Wednesday before welcoming UAlbany to Internet Audio . 1400wwge .com $ ---------------Senior Day Sweet Loretto on Saturday for “Kevin Porter Day.” & ----------Coaches vs . Cancer Announcers . Joe Vesnesky (PxP), Bernie Jubeck (color) Home games in CAPS Internet Video . bit .ly/1zFxVOq. Stats . navysports .com/gametracker PROBABLE STARTERS 2014-15 ROSTER [PROBABLE STARTERS IN BOLD] # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School PPG RPG A B S MALIK HARMON 00 Stephon Whyatt Sr . G 6-1 155 Jersey City, N .J . / St . Peter’s Prep - - - - - Scored game-high 20 points at American; 3rd career 20+ pt game 01 Malik Harmon So. G 5-11 194 Queens, N.Y. / Christ the King 11.6 2.5 9 0 5 1 03 Michael Clark Fr . F 6-7 200 St . Petersburg, Fla . / Lakewoood 1 .5 0 .5 0 1 1 GREG BROWN 05 Daniel Wallace Fr . C/F 6-8 215 Suffolk, Va . / Nansemond River 0 .0 1 .0 0 1 0 Dished out three of SFU’s seven 10 Dalton Cesarz So . G 6-1 165 Nanty Glo, Pa . / Blacklick Valley 2 .0 0 .0 1 0 0 assists vs . Texas; Also has two steals 12 11 Ben Millaud-Meunier Jr . G 6-3 195 Montreal, Quebec / Vanier 7 .2 1 .6 5 0 1 12 Greg Brown Jr. G 6-2 183 Odenton, Md. / Archbishop Spalding 7.2 1.6 16 2 4 EARL BROWN Needs 73 points to become the 39th 14 Dominiq.ue Major Sr . G 5-9 167 Woodbridge, Va . / Forest Park 4 .0 1 .2 3 0 1 15 1,000-point scorer in SFU history 15 Earl Brown Sr. F 6-6 206 Philadelphia, Pa. / Imhotep Charter 12.4 7.2 6 2 1 20 Aric Gresko Jr . G 5-10 165 Clymer, Pa . / Penns Manor 3 .0 2 .0 2 0 0 OLLIE JACKSON 21 Simon Pitman Fr . G 6-4 205 Sherrill, N .Y . / Utica Notre Dame 1 .0 2 .0 0 0 0 Scored 12 pts – one short of 2013-14 season-high – against Keystone 22 Ollie Jackson Sr. G 6-3 163 Dallas, Texas / Pinkston 3.2 2.6 7 3 4 22 23 Georgios Angelou So . G 6-1 185 Halkida, Greece / Lykeio Kanithou 2 .3 0 .3 1 0 0 RONNIE DRINNON 33 Patrick Wrencher So . F 6-6 250 West Chester, Ohio / Archbishop Moeller 2 .8 3 .2 0 1 0 Averaged 12 .7 ppg, 7 .8 rpg and shot 35 Basil Thompson Fr . F 6-6 187 Philadelphia, Pa . / Imhotep Charter 2 .4 1 .4 0 0 1 40 58 .8 over last 7 games of 2013-14 40 Ronnie Drinnon Jr. F 6-7 225 Jamestown, Ohio / Greenview 5.0 4.6 3 4 9 Pronunciations – #01 Malik . Mah-LEEK || #10 Cesarz . Caesar || #11 Millaud-Meunier . mill-LOW min-YAE || #23 Georgios . .Your-goes || #35 Basil . bah-sill RED FLASH BASKETBALL BASKETBALL STAFF RANDOM BULLET POINTS Head Coach . Rob Krimmel 4 While the Red Flash snapped a lengthy non-conference road skid last season, interleague wins in November Alma Mater . Saint Francis ’00 have been hard to come by . The last for SFU came on Nov . 29, 2008 – a 66-65 nail-biter over Youngstown St . Overall Career Record (Years) . 17-48 (Third) Record at SFU (Years) . Same 4 At its next home game on Dec . 6, Saint Francis all-time great Kevin Porter will be on hand as his jersey is NEC Record (Years) . 12-22 (Third) honored beside those of Basketball Hall of Famer Maurice Stokes and Norm Van Lier . Associate Head Coach . Mike Summey (N .C . State ’97) 4 Coach Rob Krimmel on Texas game: “We knew coming in we were going to have to take care of the basketball, Assistant Coaches . Eric Taylor (Saint Francis ’98) limit our mistakes and make some shots. In the first half I was very pleased with the shots that we got, and the Will Holland (Mount St . Mary’s ’10) right people were taking those shots. We just didn’t hit some of them.” Strength & Conditioning . Chad Hutsko Athletic Trainer . Ryan Lynch Team Chaplain . Rev . Joe Chancler, T .O .R . PRESEASON AWARDS: SAINT FRANCIS EXPECTED TO CONTEND FOR NEC TITLE 4 The Flash is slated to finish fourth in the 10-team NEC – a position that would NEC Preseason Coaches Poll project into a first-round tournament game being played at DeGol Arena 1 . St . Francis Brooklyn (6) 2 . Central Connecticut (3) PROGRAM HISTORY 4 It was highest SFU has placed in the preseason poll since being picked fourth First Season . 1905-06 3 . Robert Morris All-Time Record . 917-1,017 ( .468) in 2004-05 . The Flash was also picked fourth in 2003-04 and received two first 4. SAINT FRANCIS U (1) 5 . Mount St . Mary’s All-Time Record vs . NEC . 235-335 ( .412) place votes that season 6 . Bryant NEC Tournament Championships (Last) . 1 (1991) 4 Representing the Frankies on an individual level, senior Earl Brown was 7 . Wagner NEC Regular Season Championships (Last) . 1 (1990-91) named to the Preseason All-NEC team 8 . LIU Brooklyn NEC Tournament Record . 7-21 ( .250) 9 . Fairleigh Dickinson 4 In 2013-14, Saint Francis was picked to finish ninth in the 10-team NEC 10 . Sacred Heart NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last) . 1 (1991) LAST WEEK: BROWN HEATING UP, CLOSING IN ON 1,000TH POINT TEAM INFORMATION 4 After scoring a modest seven points in a narrow 49-46 loss to Patriot League favorite American, Earl Brown 2013-14 Record . 10-21 picked up back-to-back double-doubles in wins over Keystone and UMES last week 2013-14 NEC Record / Finish . 7-9 / 6th 4 Hit 11 of 12 shots from the floor vs . Keystone, finishing with 24 points and 12 rebounds . He came back with a Letterwinners Returning / Lost . 12 / 1 Starters Returning / Lost . 5 / 0 19-point, 10-rebound effort two nights later as the Red Flash held off UMES, 57-53 . Newcomers . 4 4 The Philly product needs only 73 points to hit 1,000 for his career .