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SAINT FRANCIS RED FLASH Primary Contact: Taylor Powers • [email protected] • (o) 814-472-3128 • (c) 814-341-5189 Watch: NEC Front Row Mount St. Mary’s (11-18, 7-9 NEC) Live Stats: sfuathletics.com at Saint Francis (19-8, 12-4 NEC) Play-By-Play: Pat Farabaugh Thursday, Feb. 27 | 7:00 P.M. Color Commentator: Bernie Jubeck Loretto, Pa. | DeGol Arena 2019-20 Results Saint Francis continues its pursuit of the NEC regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament on Thursday. NOVEMBER Tue. 5 at No. 25 VCU.......... L, 72-58 19-8 W-L 11-18 Fri. 8 Richmond ....... L, 100-98 (OT) WHAT TO WATCH • The Red Flash are 10-2 at home this season and 7-1 in NEC Wed. 13 Morgan State ...........W, 71-65 77.9 (72.1) PPG 64.0 (66.0) Sat. 16 AMERICAN ............W, 79-76 home games. Tue. 19 DELAWARE ........... L, 79-64 • SFU is 18-3 when scoring 70 or more points. Sat. 23 Florida State ............ L, 80-65 46.4 (44.5) FG% 39.9 (43.0) Sat. 30 Saint Joseph’s ...........W, 79-63 • The Red Flash are one win away from its first 20-win season 37.3 (33.4) 3FG% 30.7 (35.4) DECEMBER since 1990-91. Wed. 4 LEHIGH ...............W, 77-69 • The Red Flash boast the top scoring offense in the NEC at 77.9 74.8 (72.2) FT% 69.0 (71.2) Sat. 7 at UMBC ...............W, 63-60 ppg and are averaging 78.6 ppg in NEC games. Tue. 17 FRANCISCAN ....... W, 115-66 Sun. 22 William & Mary ........W, 78-72 • Braxton has scored in double figures in all 27 games this season 35.8 (34.5) RPG 34.4 (40.0) and is just 41 points away from becoming the conference’s first JANUARY 11.2 (13.0) APG 14.6 (12.5) Thu. 2 * Bryant ................ L, 67-63 2,000 point, 1,000 rebound performer. Sat. 4 *at CCSU...............W, 93-69 • Isaiah Blackmon currently leads the NEC in scoring during 3.2 (3.4) BLK 3.7 (3.6) Thu. 9 *WAGNER .............W, 80-62 conference games at 21.6 ppg and has scored 20 or more points Sat. 11 *ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN .W, 81-80 Wed. 15 *Fairleigh Dickinson ... W, 100-85 in seven of his last nine games. 4.9 (6.0) STL 6.8 (5.6) Sat. 18 *SACRED HEART.......W, 72-65 Allowed in Parenthesis Mon. 20 *MERRIMACK ......... L, 72-55 Win With Defense Thu. 23 *at LIU................. L, 86-81 SFU’s consistent defense over the season has made it difficult to outscore the high-powered Sat. 25 *St. Francis Brooklyn..... L, 86-79 Red Flash offense. The recipe for success against Saint Francis is to slow down its attack, which Thu. 30 *CCSU .................W, 84-77 has been difficult to do. Saint Francis is 18-3 on the season when scoring 70 or more points FEBRUARY and just 1-5 when held under 70. The Red Flash have eclipsed 70 points in 14 or 16 conference Sat. 1 *BRYANT ..............W, 84-64 Thu. 6 *Sacred Heart ...........W, 70-68 games to date, with the exception being in losses to Merrimack and at Bryant. Sat. 8 *Wagner ...............W, 85-68 Sat. 15 *Mount St. Mary’s .......W, 70-55 Playoff Breakdown Tue. 18 *ROBERT MORRIS......W, 86-71 Sun. 23 *LIU ...................W, 74-41 Regardless of what happens on Thursday, the No. 1 overall seed will be on the line when the Red Thu. 27 *MOUNT ST. MARY’S.....7 p.m. Flash take on Robert Morris on Saturday, Feb. 29. If the teams finish with identical 13-5 records, Sat. 29 *Robert Morris ............1 p.m. Robert Morris would hold the tiebreaker over the Red Flash thanks to its win over Merrimack. Saint Francis can finish no lower than a two seed and has assured itself home court advantage Northeast Conference game through at least a semifinal. The good news for Saint Francis is it clinches the one seed with a win Home games in BOLD CAPS All times Eastern at Robert Morris, and if it wins its final two games, can secure the NEC regular-season title with a Merrimack loss at CCSU on Thursday. By doing so, it would secure a bid to the NEC. 1 5 11 13 42 PROBABLE STARTERS SERIES HISTORY Series: MSM leads 49-33 Ramiir Myles Isaiah Keith Mark Streak: SFU, W3 Last Meeting: SFU 70 @ MSM 55 Dixon-Conover Thompson Blackmon Braxton Flagg (Feb. 15, 2020) 6-3 • JR • G 6-6 • SO • F 6-1 • R-SR • G 6-5 • SR • G 6-9 • JR • F Krimmel vs. MSM: 5-11 Newark, N.J. Camden, N.J. Charlotte, N.C. Glassboro, N.J. Fairless Hills, Pa. South Kent Camden West Charlotte Delsea Pennsbury @SFU_Athletics @SFUathletics SFUathletics @RedFlashMBB @RedFlashMBB HEAD COACH ROB KRIMMEL As of Week of 2/24 or Previous.. Eighth Season Special Senior Class Saint Francis The 2020 senior class, which features Isaiah Blackmon, Keith Braxton, Randall Gaskins Jr., ‘00 Rob Krimmel Deivydas Kuzavas and Scott Meredith will go down as one of the best in program history. Since their arrival in 2016, the Red Flash have won 16 or more games in all four seasons, recording 70 enters his eighth total wins, the most wins by a senior class since Maurice Stokes’ graduation class of 1955. season as the Saint Francis Impressive Run head men’s The Saint Francis men’s basketball program has won 18 or more games in three consecutive basketball coach seasons for the first time since 1949-50 – 1951-52. Saint Francis is on the threshold of its first 20- win seasons since the 1990-91 NEC Championship team won 24. The Red Flash have also won 11 in 2019-20 after or more conference games in four straight seasons for the first time in program history. he was named the 21st coach in program history on April As of Week of 2/19 or Previous.. Showtime 19, 2012. He is in his 19th season Redshirt senior Isaiah Blackmon continues to scorch conference opponents, leading the league on the Red Flash bench following a in scoring in such games at 21.6 ppg. The senior registered his ninth game with 20 or more successful playing career at Saint points in league play with a career-high 30 in a win at Robert Morris. Blackmon’s 30 points were Francis. Krimmel has amassed 97 the most by an SFU player since Jamaal King scored 31 in an overtime loss to Mount St. Mary’s on Jan. 13, 2018. Blackmon is shooting it at a ridiculous clip, shooting 47.1% from three-point wins in his first seven seasons, range in conference. ranking second in program history. Fun Era of Basketball Krimmel’s teams have shown Saint Francis fans will look back fondly on this decade of basketball as they have been improvement from year-to-year in six privileged to watch three of the top 10 scorers in the program’s history. With 21 points in Saturday’s win, Isaiah Blackmon passed Greg Jacobs and Harkeem Dixon to move into 10th of his seven seasons, culminating with place on the school’s all-time scoring list. Blackmon’s teammates, Jamaal King (9th) and Keith two trips to the NEC Championship Braxton (3rd) are also in the top 10. game in three seasons. Never Say Die With Saturday’s comeback, Saint Francis improved to 5-4 this season when trailing at halftime. The 2018-19 Jim Phelan NEC Coach SFU’s 15-point second half comeback at Mount St. Mary’s came just 17 days after erasing a of the Year, Krimmel led the Red 21-point home deficit to CCSU. SFU has four wins this season when trailing by 10 or more points Flash to its first regular-season title at any point in a contest. since 1990-91. COACHING HISTORY Saint Francis University 2019-20 RED FLASH RECORD Head Coach .........2012-Present WHEN... Associate Head Coach .....2011-12 Overall NEC Overall NEC Assistant Coach ..........2000-11 Playing at Home 10-2 0-0 SFU Scores... Playing on the Road 8-6 0-0 59 Points or Fewer 0-2 0-0 PLAYING CAREER Neutral Site 1-0 0-0 60-69 Points 1-3 0-0 Saint Francis University.......1996-2000 Three-year starter ...........1997-2000 Leading at Halftime 14-3 0-0 70-79 Points 9-1 0-0 Two-year captain ............1998-2000 Tied at Halftime 0-1 0-0 80-89 Points 6-1 0-0 NEC Men’s Basketball Trailing at Halftime 5-4 0-0 90 Points or More 3-1 0-0 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.........2000 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship ...2000 Eighth on SFU’s career 3FG% list ..(39.8) SFU Offense Miscellaneous Stats Shoots 50% or Higher 7-0 0-0 More or Same Pts in Paint 14-5 0-0 YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Shoots Less than 50% 12-8 0-0 Fewer Pts in Paint 5-3 0-0 AT SAINT FRANCIS Shoots Higher than Opp. 15-1 0-0 More or Same Bench Pts 9-6 0-0 Overall NEC Notes/ Shoots Same/Lower than Opp. 4-7 0-0 Fewer Bench Pts 10-2 0-0 Year Record Record Postseason Hits 8 or more 3-pointers 5-2 0-0 More or Same 2nd Chance Pts 14-5 0-0 2012-13 5-24 5-13 First Season Hits 7 or fewer 3-pointers 14-6 0-0 Fewer 2nd Chance Pts 5-3 0-0 2013-14 10-21 7-9 NEC Semifinals 2014-15 16-16 9-9 NEC Semis/CIT Bid Opponent Offense More or Tied Rebounds 13-4 0-0 2015-16 13-17 9-9 NEC QF Shoots 50% or Higher 4-4 0-0 Fewer Rebounds 6-4 0-0 2016-17 17-17 11-7 NEC Final/CIT Bid 2017-18 18-13 12-6 NEC QF/CIT Bid Shoots Less than 50% 15-4 0-0 2018-19 18-15 12-6 NEC FInal/NIT Bid Hits 8 or more 3-pointers 7-7 0-0 One-Possession Games 5-1 0-0 2019-20 19-8 12-4 Hits 7 or fewer 3-pointers 12-1 0-0 Overtime 0-1 0-0 Following a Win 14-3 0-0 Totals 116-131 77-63 6-6 in NEC Tourn.