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SAINT FRANCIS RED FLASH Primary Contact: Taylor Powers • [email protected] • (o) 814-472-3128 • (c) 814-341-5189 Watch: NEC FrontRow Fairleigh Dickinson (5-8, 0-1 NEC) Stats: www.sfuathletics.com at Saint Francis (5-7, 1-0 NEC) Sat. Jan. 5 | 7:00 P.M. Loretto, Pa. | DeGol Arena 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS The Saint Francis men’s basketball team (5-7) looks to sweep its opening weekend of NEC action when it hosts Fairleigh Dickinson NOVEMBER on Saturday night at 7 p.m. Tue. 6 Buffalo ..................L, 82-67 5-7 W-L 5-8 Fri. 9 MORGAN STATE ........W, 80-62 Fri. 16 at No. 20 UCLA ...........L, 95-58 WHAT TO WATCH 77.3 (79.3) PPG 72.6 (72.2) Mon. 19 No. 7 North Carolina .......L, 101-76 • Saint Francis played the toughest non-conference schedule in Fri. 24 No. 16 Virginia Tech . L, 75-37. Tue. 27 BLOOMSBURG .........W, 113-59 the NEC according to the KenPom adjusted strength of schedule 42.5 (46.0) FG% 45.5 (46.9) Fri. 30 NIAGARA ...............W, 79-75 metric and the 11th toughest schedule in the country. 31.6 (36.6) 3FG% 36.8 (36.0) DECEMBER • Head coach Rob Krimmel is one win shy of tying Tom McConnell Tue. 4 American.................L, 95-82 and Bobby Jones for second all-time on the school’s career wins 69.9 (71.6) FT% 67.7 (66.5) Sun. 9 Delaware.................L, 88-83 list (85). Tue. 18 FRANCISCAN............W, 96-63 Sat. 22 Lehigh ...................L, 88-76 • SFU has the second ranked scoring offense (77.2 ppg) in the 40.8 (35.7) RPG 32.8 (34.0) NEC entering conference play. JANUARY 12.5 (15.8) APG 13.1 (13.2) Thu. 3 * MOUNT ST.MARY’S .....W, 80-69 • Junior Keith Braxton leads the NEC and ranks 13th nationally in Sat. 5 *FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON......7 p.m. rebounds per game (10.5) and 1st nationally among all guards. 2.8 (4.4) BLK 3.8 (4.1) Thu. 10 *LIU Brooklyn ...............7 p.m. • The Red Flash are 5-0 at DeGol Arena this season and 16-3 since Sat. 12 *St. Francis Brooklyn..........4 p.m. Sat. 19 *at CCSU................3:30 p.m. the start of the 2017-18 season. 6.9 (5.8) STL 8.9 (6.5) Mon. 21 *at Bryant ..................5 p.m. Thu. 24 *WAGNER..................7 p.m. Allowed in Parenthesis Sat.. 26 *SACRED HEART............7 p.m. Thu. 31 *at Robert Morris.............7 p.m. NON-CONFERENCE RECAP Saint Francis played the toughest non-conference schedule in the NEC according to the FEBRUARY KenPom adjusted strength of schedule metric and the 11th toughest schedule in the Sat . 2 *Mount St. Mary’s ............4 p.m. Thu. 7 *CCSU.....................5 p.m. country. Sat . 9 *BRYANT ..................7 p.m. Thu. 14 *Fairleigh Dickinson ..........6 p.m. In fact, SFU’s non-conference schedule was the second toughest by an NEC school since Sat. 16 *ROBERT MORRIS ..........7 p.m. Thu. 21 *ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN ....7 p.m. the inception of the KenPom schedule metric at the start of the 2001-02 season. Only Sat. 23 *LIU Brooklyn ...............1 p.m. Mount St. Mary’s in 2016-17 would play a tougher non-conference schedule. The Mount Thu. 28 *Wagner ...................7 p.m. would go on to win the NEC title, defeating Saint Francis in the championship game. MARCH Sat. 2 *Sacred Heart ............3:30 p.m. Despite its 4-7 overall record and 2-7 record against Division I opponents, SFU is still the * Northeast Conference game second best team in the conference according to the KenPom rankings, which factors Home games in BOLD CAPS in strength of schedule, margin of victory, adjusted offense and adjusted defense. Only Wagner leads SFU. 3 5 114 13 33 PROBABLE STARTERS SERIES HISTORY Series: 46-45, FDU Leads Jamaal Myles Isaiah Keith Luidgy Streak: FDU, W1 King Thompson Blackmon Braxton Laporal Last Meeting: Saint Francis 75 • • 6-6 • FR • G/F 6-1 • R-JR • G 6-5 • JR • G • • Fairleigh Dickinson 84 - Feb. 28, 2018 5-10 SR G 6-9 SR F (Loretto, Pa.) Salisbury, Md. Camden, N.J. Charlotte, N.C. Glassboro, N.J. Petit-Boutg, France Krimmel vs. Fairleigh Dickinson: 8-6 Bishop Camden West Charlotte Delsea Harcum C.C. O’Connell @SFU_Athletics @SFUathletics SFUathletics @RedFlashMBB @RedFlashMBB HEAD COACH ROB KRIMMEL • Junior Keith Braxton is third among all juniors in Division I in career double-doubles Sixth Season with 28. Saint Francis ‘00 BETTER WORRY ABOUT WOLFORD Rob Krimmel Saint Francis’s offensive is predicated on its ability to knock down open shots, particularly enters his seventh from senior Andre Wolford. The Red Flash are 3-2 when Wolford scores in double figures season as the this season and just 1-3 when he is held under the 10-point mark. Wolford came off the bench in Tuesday’s win to score 15 points, 13 coming in the first half. He made three three- Saint Francis pointers in the win, his fourth game this season with three or more threes. He made a head men’s career-best nine three-pointers in SFU’s win over Lehigh last season. basketball coach in 2018-19 after CLOSING STRONG he was named the Saint Francis will look to head into conference play on a two-game win streak with a win 21st coach in program history on April over Lehigh on Saturday. A win would give SFU five wins in the non-conference portion of the schedule for just the third time in coach Krimmel’s tenure. 19, 2012. He is in his 18th season on the Red Flash bench following a BANK ON BLACKMON successful playing career at Saint With all the attention given to Wolford’s shooting abilities, it’s easy to forget about the man Francis. Krimmel has amassed 79 on the opposite end of the court. Teams that do so will pay dearly. Redshirt junior Isaiah wins in his first fiix seasons, ranking Blackmon is fourth in 3PT FG% among all NCAA Division I players with at least 80 career fourth in program history. 3PT FGs at 45.5% for his career. Blackmon shot 50.0% from three-point range as a sopho- more in 2016-17, 6th best in Division I, and has started to find his rhythm once again this season. Over his last three games, Blackmon is averaging 18.7 ppg and has made 10 of his Krimmel’s teams have shown 15 (66.7%) of his three-point field goal attempts. improvement from year-to-year in five of his six seasons, culminating SEARCHING FOR STOPS with the program’s first NEC title It was a rough week defensively for the Red Flash as Saint Francis allowed American appearance in the NEC Championship (60.7%) and Delaware (57.6%) to shoot a combined 59.1% from the floor. The two shoot- ing percentages were the best against Saint Francis this season. In six seasons as the head game since 1991 in 2016-17. coach, Rob Krimmel had never had an opposing player score 33 or more points against The 18-win season in 2017-18 was him. The streak was snapped as it happened in both games last week. American’s Sam Iorio the most by a Saint Francis team and Delaware’s Eric Carter each finished with 33. since 1990-91. HOME SWEET HOME Saint Francis has been dominant at DeGol Arena over the last two seasons, amassing a 17-3 record over its last 20 home games. Saint Francis enters Tuesday’s game vs Franciscan with a 3-0 home record, outscoring its opponents by a margin of +25.4% per game. COACHING HISTORY Saint Francis University 2018-19 RED FLASH RECORD Head Coach . 2012-Present WHEN... Associate Head Coach . 2011-12 Overall NEC Overall NEC Assistant Coach . 2000-11. Playing at Home 5-0 0-0 SFU Scores... Playing on the Road 0-7 0-0 59 Points or Fewer 0-2 0-0 PLAYING CAREER Leading at Halftime 5-1 0-0 60-69 Points 0-1 0-0 Saint Francis University . 1996-2000 Three-year starter . 1997-2000 Tied at Halftime 0-0 0-0 70-79 Points 1-2 0-0 Two-year captain . 1998-2000 Trailing at Halftime 0-6 0-0 80-89 Points 2-2 0-0 NEC Men’s Basketball 90 Points or More 2-0 0-0 Scholar-Athlete of the Year . 2000 SFU Offense NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship . .2000 Fifth on SFU’s career 3FG% list . (39 .8) Shoots 50% or Higher 3-1 0-0 Miscellaneous Stats Shoots Less than 50% 2-6 0-0 More or Same Pts in Paint 5-1 0-0 Shoots Higher than Opp. 5-0 0-0 Fewer Pts in Paint 0-6 0-0 YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Shoots Same/Lower than Opp. 0-7 0-0 More or Same Bench Pts 4-3 0-0 AT SAINT FRANCIS Hits 8 or more 3-pointers 2-3 0-0 Fewer Bench Pts 1-4 0-0 Overall NEC Notes/ Hits 7 or fewer 3-pointers 3-4 0-0 More or Same 2nd Chance Pts 4-2 0-0 Year Record Record Postseason Fewer 2nd Chance Pts 1-5 0-0 2012-13 5-24 5-13 First Season Opponent Offense 2013-14 10-21 7-9 NEC Semifinals Shoots 50% or Higher 0-6 0-0 More or Tied Rebounds 5-4 0-0 2014-15 16-16 9-9 NEC Semis/CIT Bid Shoots Less than 50% 5-1 0-0 Fewer Rebounds 0-3 0-0 2015-16 13-17 9-9 NEC QF Hits 8 or more 3-pointers 3-5 0-0 2016-17 17-17 11-7 NEC Final/CIT Bid Hits 7 or fewer 3-pointers 2-2 0-0 2017-18 18-13 12-6 NEC QF/CIT Bid One-Possession Games 0-0 0-0 2018-19 5-7 0-0 Overtime 0-0 0-0 Following a Win 1-3 0-0 Totals 84-115 53-53 4-5 in NEC Tourn.