Saint Francis Women's Basketball Team Travels to La Salle INSIDE the SERIES 29 at Central Connecticut State * 4 PM on Saturday
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SAINT FRANCIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES @REDFLASHWBB @REDFLASH_WBB /REDFLASHWBB THE MATCHUP SAINT FRANCIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS SAINT FRANCIS (0-3) LA SALLE (1-1) DATE OPPONENT TIME/SCORE vs NOVEMBER (0-2) GAME 4 @RedFlashWBB @LaSalle_WBB 27 at Michigan State L, 44-77 30 at Penn State L, 54-87 SATURDAY, DEC. 5 Tom Gola Arena | Philadelphia, Pa. DECEMBER (0-1) 2 Duquesne L, 67-69 SAINT FRANCIS QUICK LOOK LA SALLE QUICK LOOK 5 at La Salle 4 PM HEAD COACH Keila Whittington HEAD COACH Mountain Macgillivray 8 Coppin State 5 PM (Dillard '89, Delaware '93) (Temple '96) 13 at Richmond 2 PM 15 at Fairleigh Dickinson * 7 PM SFU RECORD/SEASON 11-22/2nd LSU RECORD/SEASON 20-43/3rd 16 at Fairleigh Dickinson * 4 PM OVERALL RECORD/SEASON Same OVERALL RECORD/SEASON Same 19 Mount St. Mary's * 2 PM 22 at Towson 2 PM PROBABLE STARTERS PROBABLE STARTERS JANUARY 3 Karson Swogger Sr. 5-8 12.3 ppg 3.0 apg 11 Deja King Sr. 5-7 3.5 ppg 2.0 apg 7 LIU * 7 PM 5 Kaitlyn Maxwell Fr. 5-7 3.0 ppg 1.0 spg 12 Molly Masciantonio Jr. 5-10 10.5 ppg 2.5 apg 8 LIU * 4 PM 12 Katie Dettwiller So. 6-4 2.0 bpg 2.7 rpg 14 Haleigh Hill Sr. 6-0 8.5 ppg 5.0 rpg 14 at Bryant * 7 PM 14 Lili Benzel R-Jr. 5-7 10.3 ppg 3.3 rpg 15 Kayla Spruill Jr. 6-0 7.0 ppg 7.0 rpg 15 at Bryant * 4 PM 15 Haley Thomas Sr. 5-11 3.7 rpg 2.7 apg 21 Jaye Haynes Fr. 5-8 8.5 ppg 2.0 rpg 23 Sacred Heart * 7 PM 24 Sacred Heart * 4 PM THE PREVIEW 28 at Central Connecticut State * 7 PM The Saint Francis women's basketball team travels to La Salle INSIDE THE SERIES 29 at Central Connecticut State * 4 PM on Saturday. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD 0-0 AT HOME 0-0 FEBRUARY SCOUTING THE EXPLORERS 4 Merrimack * 7 PM La Salle enters Saturday's contest with an even 1-1 record to ON THE ROAD 0-0 5 Merrimack * 4 PM open the 2020-21 season. The Explorers fell in the season AT NEUTRAL SITE 0-0 13 at St. Francis Brooklyn * 7 PM opener against Towson, 95-66, before beating Monmouth LAST MEETING This is the first meeting. 14 at St. Francis Brooklyn * 4 PM on the road by a 64-46 margin on Wednesday. Last season, LEADING SFU SCORER N/A 18 Wagner * 7 PM the Explorers finished with an overall record of 13-17 and LAST SFU WIN N/A 19 Wagner * 4 PM a conference record of 7-9. La Salle beat Penn State during LARGEST SFU WIN N/A non-conference play but ultimately fell to Davidson in the first 28 at Mount St. Mary's TBD LARGEST DU WIN N/A round of the A-10 Championships. This season, the Explorers Home games played at DeGol Arena were picked to finish 10th in the conference in the preseason * - Northeast Conference game poll. All times Eastern and subject to change TALE OF THE TAPE (2020-21) The Explorers return the top three scorers from the 2019- 20 season in sophomore guard Claire Jacobs, junior guard/ forward Kayla Spruill and sophomore forward Jordon Lewis. SFU .......................... vs. .............................. LSU Jacobs was named to the preseason all-conference second 0-3 ..............OVERALL RECORD ................. 1-1 HOW TO WATCH team after averaging 13.7 points per game during her fresh- 0-0 ..........CONFERENCE RECORD .............. 0-0 man season. She currently leads the Explorers' scoring efforts L3 .........................STREAK ............................ W1 this season with 16 points in one game played. Spruill was -68 .................... ........................ -11 second on the 2019-20 team with 11.0 ppg and 6.1 rebounds NET (FINAL) per game. She currently leads the roster with 7.0 rpg through 55.0 ........... POINTS PER GAME ................ 65.0 the first two contests this season. Lewis averaged 7.3 ppg last 77.7 ........... SCORING DEFENSE ............... 70.5 season and is averaging 5.0 ppg so far this season. Transfer -22.0 ...........SCORING MARGIN ................. -5.5 Molly Masciantonio is currently second in scoring among the .358 .....FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ......... .329 Explorers' roster with 10.5 ppg. .495 .........FIELD GOAL DEFENSE ............. .467 Play-by-Play: First Last LAST TIME OUT .197 ..... 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE ......... .281 Analyst: First Last Saint Francis fell in a heart-breaker to Duquesne in the Red .426 ............ 3-POINT DEFENSE ................ .280 SAINT FRANCIS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Flash home opener on Wednesday. The Dukes sunk a buzz- .795 ....FREE THROW PERCENTAGE ........ .750 er-beater to spoil the Red Flash's comeback as the final score Primary Contact: Maria Slovikovski 30.7 ........REBOUNDS PER GAME ............ 37.5 Email: [email protected] was 69-67. SFU had three scorers in double figures for the first time this season as senior guard Karson Swogger led -7.3 ........REBOUNDING MARGIN .......... -10.5 Cell Phone: 216.925.3898 with 15 points. Sophomore forward/center Katie Dettwiller 10.7 ........... ASSISTS PER GAME ............... 14.0 and junior guard Lili Benzel also scored in double figures with 19.3 .......TURNOVERS PER GAME ........... 16.0 13 and 10 points, respectively. Benzel led the roster with sev- Secondary Contact: Mike McNabb +10.0 ........TURNOVER MARGIN ............. -14.0 Email: [email protected] en boards while senior guard/forward Haley Thomas led with five assists. The Red Flash faced an 11-point deficit going into 5.0 ..............STEALS PER GAME ................ 10.5 Cell Phone: 724.889.6543 the fourth quarter before the defense kicked into drive, keep- 4.3 .............BLOCKS PER GAME .................. 3.5 ing the Dukes scoreless for eight minutes during the fourth GAME 4: LA SALLE QUICK FACTS 2020-21 SAINT FRANCIS ROSTER Location Loretto, Pa. # NAME CL POS HT HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL (PREV.) Founded 1847 1 Aaliyah Moore Fr. F 6-0 Milwaukee, Wis. / West Bend West Enrollment 2,289 3 Karson Swogger Sr. G 5-8 Bellwood, Pa. / Bellwood-Antis 4 Diajha Allen Fr. G 5-6 Pittsburgh, Pa. / Bishop Canewin Nickname Red Flash 5 Kaitlyn Maxwell Fr. G 5-7 Everett, Pa. / Everett Colors Red, White, & Black 10 Christina Nichols Fr. G 5-8 Millington, Tenn. / Arlington Home Court DeGol Arena 11 Jada Dapaa Jr. C 5-11 Potomac, Md. / Holy Child Capacity 3,500 12 Katie Dettwiller Sr. C/F 6-4 Portsmouth, Ohio / Notre Dame Affiliation NCAA Division I 14 Lili Benzel R-Jr. G 5-7 Altoona, Pa. / Bishop Guilfoyle (Shippensburg) 15 Haley Thomas Sr. G/F 5-11 Hooversville, Pa. / Bishop McCort Conference Northeast 20 Halie Murphy So. G 5-9 Coral Springs, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas President Very Rev. Malachi Van Tassell, T.O.R. 21 Kayley Kovac Jr. F 5-10 Jim Thorpe, Pa. / Jim Thorpe Area Director of Athletics James Downer 22 Jenna Mastellone Sr. G 5-10 New York City, N.Y. / Archbishop Molloy Athletics Dept. Phone 814.472.3286 24 Charli Reece Fr. F 6-2 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia / Hillcrest Christian 31 Sam Miller So. G/F 6-1 Red Lion, Pa. / Dallastown HISTORY COACHING STAFF 2019-20 Record 11-19 Head Coach Keila Whittington (Dillard '89, Delaware '93, second season) NEC Record/Finish 9-9/T-4th Assistant Coach Jeanine Wasielewski (Northwestern '91, Denver '04, second season) Home 5-8 Assistant Coach Doug Carter (Lock Haven '00, Lock Haven '02, first season) Away 5-10 Director of Operations Natalie Knab (Chatham '19, second season) Neutral 1-1 Graduate Assistant Coach Chris Eddings (Memphis '18, second season) Graduate Assistant Coach DeAngela Mathis (Florida State College '16, Lamar '18, first season) Postseason 0-1 First Year 1968-69 All-Time Record 613-688 (.471) ROSTER BREAKDOWN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Letterwinners Returning/Lost 9/4 Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 1 Aaliyah Moore – ah-LEE-ah 14 Lili Benzel – BENZ-ill Redshirts 0 4 Diajha Allen – DEE-asia 20 Halie Murphy – “Hayley” Newcomers 5 11 Jada Dapaa – da-PAAH 22 Jenna Mastellone – MAST-eh-lone Class 12 Katie Dettwiller – DEBT-why-ler Seniors 3 Juniors 3 Sophomores 3 Freshmen 5 MEDIA POLICIES AT DEGOL ARENA Position POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE Forwards 7 All postgame press conferences will be conducted via Zoom with head coaches and student-athletes. Guards 9 That evening's Zoom link will be available in the Digital Press Box by the morning of the game. Requests Location for student-athletes should be made to Maria Slovikovski by the final media timeout and will be Pennsylvania 7 accommodated at the discretion of the athletic communications and coaching staffs. Wisconsin 1 Tennessee 1 Maryland 1 Media members in attendance at DeGol Arena will participate from the assigned media work room. Ohio 1 Florida 1 Please bring headphones. The media workroom is located on the second floor of the Stokes Center and Australia 1 will open two hours before tip-off and remain open until 90 minutes following the conclusion of the press New York 1 conference. SUPPORT STAFF The press conference recording will be uploaded to the Digital Press Box following its conclusion. Team Chaplain Fr. Joe Lehman, T.O.R. INTERVIEW REQUEST POLICY Team Chaplain Fr. Terry Henry, T.O.R. Interview requests for head coach Keila Whittington and the Saint Francis staff and student-athletes should be made via email ([email protected]) or by phone (216.925.3898). Athletic Trainer Brookke Mahaffey Strength & Conditioning Alex Hey GAMEDAY CREDENTIAL POLICY Academic Services John Krimmel Credentials will be issued on a digital, game-by-game basis via email in 2020-21.