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SAINT FRANCIS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES @REDFLASHMBB @REDFLASHMBB /REDFLASHMBB THE MATCHUP SAINT FRANCIS MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS ATE PPONENT IME CORE SAINT FRANCIS (1-2) LIBERTY (2-2) D O T /S vs NOVEMBER (1-1) GAME 4 @RedFlashMBB @LIBERTYMBB_ 25 at Pitt (ATTSN, RSNs) W, 80-70 28 UMBC (NECFR) L, 65-80 THURSDAY, DEC. 3 Liberty Arena | Lynchburg, Va. DECEMBER (0-1) 1 at 15/4 Virginia (ACCN) L, 51-76 3 at Liberty (ESPN+) 7 PM SAINT FRANCIS QUICK LOOK LIBERTY QUICK LOOK 8 at Mount St. Mary's * (NECFR) 7 PM HEAD COACH Rob Krimmel (Saint Francis '00) HEAD COACH Ritchie McKay (Seattle Pacific '87) 12 at St. Bonaventure (ESPN+) 2 PM SFU RECORD/SEASON 120-135/9th LIBERTY RECORD/SEASON 156-89/8th 15 Fairleigh Dickinson * (NECFR) 7 PM 16 Fairleigh Dickinson * (NECFR) 4 PM OVERALL RECORD/SEASON Same OVERALL RECORD/SEASON 321-247/19th JANUARY 7 at Long Island * (NECFR) 7 PM PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS 8 at Long Island * (NECFR) 4 PM 14 Bryant * (NECFR) 7 PM 1 Zahree Harrison Fr. 6-0 4.3 ppg 3.3 apg 1 Chris Parker Sr. 6-1 9.8 ppg 5.0 apg 15 Bryant * (NECFR) 4 PM 5 Myles Thompson Jr. 6-6 9.3 ppg 5.3 rpg 2 Darius McGhee Jr. 5-9 17.3 ppg 5.3 rpg 21 at Sacred Heart * (NECFR) 7 PM 11 Maxwell Land Fr. 6-4 8.3 ppg 4.0 rpg 10 Elijah Cuffee Sr. 6-4 10.3 ppg 2.8 rpg 22 at Sacred Heart * (NECFR) 4 PM 24 Bryce Laskey R-So. 6-4 9.3 ppg 1.3 apg 22 Kyle Rode So. 6-7 6.3 ppg 3.0 rpg 30 Central Connecticut * (NECFR) 7 PM 42 Mark Flagg Sr. 6-9 12.7 ppg 6.0 rpg 24 Micaiah Abii Fr. 6-7 9.8 ppg 2.0 rpg 31 Central Connecticut * (NECFR) 4 PM FEBRUARY 4 at Merrimack * (NECFR) 7 PM THE PREVIEW 5 at Merrimack * (NECFR) 4 PM The Saint Francis men's basketball team plays its fourth INSIDE THE SERIES 11 St. Francis Brooklyn * (NECFR) 7 PM game in nine days when the Red Flash travels to Liberty for ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD 4-1 12 St. Francis Brooklyn * (NECFR) 4 PM the first time since 2006. AT HOME 3-0 20 at Wagner * (NECFR) 7 PM 21 at Wagner * (NECFR) 4 PM The Red Flash and Flames, two of 10 mid-major programs ON THE ROAD 1-1 25 Mount St. Mary's * (NECFR) 7 PM to knock off power conference opponents this season, will AT NEUTRAL SITE 0-0 meet in the inaugural game at Liberty Arena. MARCH LAST MEETING Dec. 16, 2006 (W, 70-56) 6 NEC Semifinal LEADING SFU SCORER Enright/Ford (16) SCOUTING THE FLAMES 9 NEC Final LAST SFU WIN Same Liberty is 2-2 on the year with all four games against pow- LARGEST SFU WIN Jan. 9, 1989 (W, 90-74) er conference opponents. The Flames fell to Purdue in their LARGEST LIBERTY WIN Dec. 4, 2006 (L, 67-84) Home games played at DeGol Arena opener before back-to-back SEC wins against Missisippi * - Northeast Conference game State in Melbourne, Florida, and South Carolina in Kansas All times Eastern and subject to change City, 46 hours apart. Liberty lost by four to TCU on Sunday in Kansas City. TALE OF THE TAPE Darius McGhee leads Liberty in scoring with 17.3 points SFU vs. LIBERTY per game and has gone 15-for-43 from beyond the arc in 1-2 ..............OVERALL RECORD ................. 2-2 four games. McGhee's 5.3 rebounds per game lead a Lib- 0-0 ..........CONFERENCE RECORD .............. 0-0 erty team averaging 25.0 per game. The Flames' 47 total HOW TO WATCH L2 .........................STREAK .............................. L1 three-pointers lead the nation. -- ......... NET (NOT YET AVAILABLE) ............... -- SERIES HISTORY 241 ............... KENPOM (12/2) .................... 124 Thursday's meeting will be the sixth between the Red Flash 98.0 ...... O-EFFICIENCY (KENPOM) ........ 101.5 and Flames and first since the teams split a home-and- 104.5 .....D-EFFICIENCY (KENPOM) .......... 97.6 home in the 2006-07 season. Saint Francis is 4-1 all-time 64 ..................SOS (KENPOM) ....................... 34 against Liberty. 65.3 ........... POINTS PER GAME ................ 69.5 Play-by-Play: Matt Warner 75.3 ........... SCORING DEFENSE ............... 67.0 Paul Nazigian Analyst: CHECK, PLEASE -10.0 ...........SCORING MARGIN ................ +2.5 The Red Flash and Flames are two of 10 mid-major pro- .425 .....FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ......... .466 grams nationally to defeat a team from the Power 5 or Big .464 ......... ............. .483 SAINT FRANCIS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS East this season. FIELD GOAL DEFENSE .339 ..... 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE ......... .376 Primary Contact: Miles McQuiggan .235 ............ 3-POINT DEFENSE ................ .333 Email: [email protected] Liberty's two wins over SEC opponents (Mississippi State, South Carolina) are joined by Saint Francis' victory over Pitt .623 ....FREE THROW PERCENTAGE ........ .661 Cell Phone: 401.622.2192 and wins by Drake, Georgia State, San Diego State, Mercer, 30.7 ........REBOUNDS PER GAME ............ 25.0 Twitter: @MilesMcQuiggan Nevada, San Francisco, Navy, and UC Riverside. -9.6 ........REBOUNDING MARGIN ............ -7.0 Secondary Contact: Kaitlyn Snyder 12.7 ........... ASSISTS PER GAME ............... 15.0 (The American, Atlantic 10, and Gonzaga are not included in 13.7 .......TURNOVERS PER GAME ........... 10.8 Email: [email protected] this list because they are not mid-majors.) +2.5 ..........TURNOVER MARGIN .............. +2.3 Cell Phone: 610.248.6453 7.0 ..............STEALS PER GAME ................... 3.8 1.0 .............BLOCKS PER GAME .................. 2.5 GAME 4: LIBERTY QUICK FACTS 2020-21 SAINT FRANCIS ROSTER Location Loretto, Pa. # NAME CL POS HT WT HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL (PREV.) Founded 1847 0 Justen Anderson R-Fr. G 6-2 170 Waldorf, Md. / La Plata Enrollment 2,289 1 Zahree Harrison Fr. G 6-0 190 West Philadelphia, Pa. / Cheltenham 2 Ramiir Dixon-Conover Sr. G 6-3 185 Newark, N.J. / South Kent (Southeastern CC) Nickname Red Flash 3 Luke Ruggery R-Fr. G 5-11 160 Duncansville, Pa. / Bishop Guilfoyle Colors Red, White, & Black 4 Ronell Giles, Jr. Fr. G 6-4 185 Brandywine, Md. / Charles Herbert Flowers Home Court DeGol Arena 5 Myles Thompson Jr. F 6-6 230 Camden, N.J. / Camden 11 Maxwell Land Fr. G/F 6-4 185 Cincinnati, Ohio / Archbishop Moeller 3,500 Capacity 13 Marlon Hargis * Jr. F 6-7 205 Mays Landing, N.J. / St. Augustine Prep (Holy Cross) Affiliation NCAA Division I 14 A.J. Burch So. G 5-9 165 Annapolis, Md. / Severn School Conference Northeast 15 Chukwu Ikediashi R-So. F 6-8 220 Hoboken, N.J. / Hudson Catholic 20 Dan Henry Sr. G 5-11 160 Hamburg, N.Y. / Hamburg President Very Rev. Malachi Van Tassell, T.O.R. 21 Ben Seidel So. G 6-0 170 Johnstown, Pa. / Bishop McCort Director of Athletics James Downer 22 Tyler Stewart R-Jr. G/F 6-8 195 Silver Spring, Md. / St. Andrew’s Episcopal (Binghamton) Athletics Dept. Phone 814.472.3286 23 A.J. Labriola Jr. G 6-2 185 Altoona, Pa. / Bishop Guilfoyle 24 Bryce Laskey R-So. G 6-4 190 Uniontown, Pa. / Laurel Highlands 31 Brad McCabe R-Fr. G 6-6 185 Manasquan, N.J. / Manasquan 32 Jeriah Coleman Fr. F 7-0 220 Anchorage, Alaska / Great Bridge Christian (Va.) HISTORY 33 Josh Cohen R-Fr. F 6-10 220 Lincroft, N.J. / Christian Brothers Academy 2019-20 Record 22-10 42 Mark Flagg Sr. F 6-9 215 Fairless Hills, Pa. / Pennsbury NEC Record/Finish 13-5/T-1st * - Hargis will sit out the 2020-21 season due to NCAA transfer rules Home 13-2 Away 8-8 COACHING STAFF Neutral 1-0 Head Coach Rob Krimmel (Saint Francis ’00, ninth season) Postseason N/A (CoVID-19) Associate Head Coach Andrew Helton (Miami (Ohio) ’92, sixth season) First Year 1905-06 Assistant Coach Eric Taylor (Saint Francis ’98, ninth season) Assistant Coach Umar Shannon (Saint Francis ’13, fifth season) All-Time Record 1,020-1,128 (.475) Director of Operations Luke McConnell (Saint Francis ’12, eighth season) ROSTER BREAKDOWN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Letterwinners Returning/Lost 10/5 1 Ramiir Dixon-Conover ruh-MEER 15 Chukwu Ikediashi CHOO-koo EYE-keh-DEE-ash-EE Starters Returning/Lost 1/4 Redshirts 4 3 Luke Ruggery RUG-er-ee 21 Ben Seidel SIDE-ell Newcomers 5 4 Ronell Giles, Jr. ruh-NELL 32 Jeriah Coleman ja-RYE-uh Class Seniors 3 Juniors 4 Sophomores 4 MEDIA POLICIES Freshmen 8 POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE Position Saint Francis' postgame interviews will take place via Zoom in 2020-21. For media members in attendance, Forwards 6 a media workroom will be located on the second floor opposite the visiting bench. Requests for Guards 13 student-athletes should be made to Miles McQuiggan by the four-minute media timeout and will be Location accommodated at the discretion of the athletic communications and coaching staffs. New Jersey 6 Pennsylvania 6 Maryland 4 If student-athletes are in need of postgame athletic training attention and unable to attend the press Alaska 1 conference, quotes will be made available to media as soon as possible. New York 1 Ohio 1 INTERVIEW REQUEST POLICY Interview requests for head coach Rob Krimmel and the Saint Francis staff and student-athletes should be SUPPORT STAFF made via email ([email protected]) or by phone (401.622.2192). Graduate Assistant Ronnie Drinnon GAMEDAY CREDENTIAL POLICY Graduate Assistant Andy Niland Credentials will be issued on a digital, game-by-game basis via email in 2020-21.