Athletics Communications WBB Contact . Ben Mitchell Office . .814-472-3916 Cell . 724-541-0626 E-mail . [email protected] Press Row Phone . .814-472-3145 Mailing Address . P.O. Box 600 .............................Loretto, PA 15940 Schedule/Results Game #24 | 1,008th varsity game November Fri. 11 ^ DUQUESNE L, 74-70 Saint Francis University Red Flash (11-12; 8-4) at Tue. 15 Pittsburgh L, 78-50 Robert Morris Colonials (12-11; 6-6) Fri. 18 Syracuse L, 88-45 w w w Tue. 22 Akron Wot, 80-79 Feb. 11, 2012 4 p.m. Sewall Center (3,056) Moon Township, P.A. Sun. 27 BUCKNELL W, 70-53 December Saint Francis travels to Robert Morris on Sat- The Series Sat . 3 * FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 69-56 urday for the first game of a two-game set with Series . 35-33, SFU leads Mon . 5 * MONMOUTH W, 82-69 the Colonials. The unorthodox back-to-back Current Streak . W3 Sat. 10 TOWSON L, 59-53 scheduling is a part of the Northeast Confer- Robinson Fruchtl vs. Robert Morris . 5-5 Mon. 19 Saint Joseph’s L, 83-53 ence’s ‘Rivalry Week.’ Last Red Flash win . Feb. 6, 2010 (79-48 at RMU) Wed. 21 Coppin State W, 69-67 Last Colonials win . Feb. 14, 2011 (81-73 at RMU) SEATTLE U HOLIDAY HOOPS TOURNAMENT The Red Flash has won four straight games to Thu. 29 Seattle L, 64-60 pull into the thick of the NEC post-season race Statistical Comparison SFU RMU Fri. 30 Saint Louis L, 66-63 and, with a win, can pull its record to .500 for Points per game . 62.5 66.7 the first time this season. January Points per game allowed . 68.0 62.7 Sun. 1 #24 Gonzaga L, 92-50 With an 8-4 mark in league play, Saint Francis Scoring margin . -5.5 +4.0 Sat. 7 * Bryant L, 57-52 is tied for third place and two games off the Rebounds per game . 38.7 41.8 Mon. 9 * Central Conn. State W, 57-47 pace in the NEC standings. Rebounding margin . -1.9 +3.3 Sat. 14 * QUINNIPIAC L, 85-73 Assists per game . 12.5 12.8 Mon. 16 * SACRED HEART L, 85-56 SFU has won the last three and five of the last Steals per game . 9.7 9.7 Sat. 21 * Fairleigh Dickinson W, 60-58 seven contests in the series to reclaim an all- FG percentage . .369 .388 Mon. 23 * Monmouth L, 66-45 time edge of 35-33. The Flash enjoyed its most FG percentage allowed . .421 .373 Sat. 28 *& LIU BROOKLYN W, 67-59 successful stretch in the series from 1992 to 3FG percentage . .301 .301 Mon. 30 * ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) W, 60-51 2005 when it won 26 of 28 meetings. 3FG percentage allowed . .317 .297 February Assist/Turnover ratio . 0.6 0.6 Sat. 4 * Mount St. Mary’s W, 59-51 The Colonials come in looking to rebound Last 10 games . 6-4 4-6 Mon. 6 * Wagner W, 85-68 from a road loss to Mount St. Mary’s, 80- Current streak . W4 L1 Sat. 11 * Robert Morris 4 p.m. 75, on Monday. At 6-6 in NEC play, Robert Wed. 15 * ROBERT MORRIS 7 p.m. Morris is in a four-way tangle for fifth in the Live Coverage Sat. 18 *$ BRYANT 2:30 p.m. league standings. Radio . The EDGE AM 850 (Johnstown) Mon. 20 * CENTRAL CONN. STATE 7 p.m. The EDGE AM 1400 (Loretto) The Flash and Colonials meet again in Loretto Sat. 25 * Sacred Heart 3 p.m. Television . None Mon. 27 * Quinnipiac 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Internet Audio . .www.SFUathletics.com *-NEC contest ^-Can Hunger Food Drive &-Think Pink $-Senior Day Internet Video . www.wagnerathletics.com Stats . www.wagnerathletics.com Probable Starters 2011-12 Roster [Probable starters in bold] # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School PPG RPG FT% A B S Allison Smith 3 Hailey Carangelo r-Fr. G 5-9 Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon Catholic 3.3 1.6 73 5 2 7 Made team-high 61st career 10 start at Wagner 4 Nickia Gibbs Jr. G 5-8 Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt 11.2 4.9 68 50 1 29 10 Allison Smith Sr. G/F 5-10 Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest 4.3 4.3 67 58 6 40 Sarah Thorn 11 Shaqeia Stokes Fr. F 6-1 Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods 1.4 1.4 50 0 0 1 Team assists leader with 88 12 Sarah Thorn Sr. G 5-3 Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury East 4.1 2.8 42 88 4 26 12 14 Bria Young Fr. G 5-7 Philadelphia, Pa./Preparatory Charter 0.5 0.9 70 7 0 7 20 Brittany Lilley (#) Sr. G 5-8 Severna Park, Md./Severna Park - - - - - - Alexa Hayward 22 Alexa Hayward Fr. G 5-8 Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk 9.5 3.1 85 18 4 29 SFU’s leading scorer in five of 23 Lorraine Oliver So. G/F 5-8 Philadelphia, Pa./Cheltenham 0.3 0.0 - 0 0 1 22 last six games 24 Shené Fleming (#) Jr. F 5-11 Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne - - - - - - 25 Najah Prescott Sr. F/C 6-1 Philadelphia, Pa./Cardinal Dougherty 1.5 1.2 83 7 1 6 Najah Prescott 31 Rebecca Keegan So. C 6-2 Jessup, Pa./Valley View 4.0 2.9 74 7 6 1 Drew first career start at 25 Syracuse (40th game) 32 Rhonda Watts Jr. G 5-8 Alabaster, Ala./Thompson 5.1 1.9 69 14 0 13 33 Kelley Doogan Jr. G 5-10 Claymont, Del./Ursuline Academy 3.5 1.4 46 8 1 5 40 Alli Williams So. G/F 6-0 Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle 15.9 8.3 67 23 15 58 Alli Williams NEC’s fifth leading scorer 45 Hope Phillips Fr. C 6-2 Marlton, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep 1.7 1.0 47 3 0 1 40 (15.9 ppg) # - Will red-shirt 2011-12 season 11-TIME CHAMPIONS 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2010 2011 RED FLASH GAME NOTES OPENING TIP BASKETBALL STAFF 4 Head Coach . Susan Robinson Fruchtl The Red Flash was 6-6 in NEC play after 11 games during its 2009-10 title run Alma Mater . Penn State ’92 4 Freshman Alexa Hayward needs 15 3-pointers to climb onto the program single-season top-10 list Overall Career Record (Years) . 71-79 (Fifth) 4 Samantha Leach scored a career-high 36 points – and a program-record 35 in the second half to lift Record at SFU (Years) . Same the Flash past the Colonials, 81-73, in last year’s meeting in Moon Township NEC Record (Years) . 47-35 (Fifth) 4 The Red Flash has trailed for all of 22 seconds over its last two contests Assistant Coaches . Joe Haigh (Notre Dame ’95) Nathalie Reshard (Alabama ’08) ROBINSON FRUCHTL ON WAGNER GAME Dario Hernandez (Shaw ’09) 4 “We were aggressive this whole weekend. We attacked I think we still need to be more detail oriented, Director of Operations . .. Jordan Zuppe (IPFW ’11) clean things up and communicate better.” Strength & Conditioning . Jesse Webber Athletic Trainer . Allison Stubbs HAYWARD NAMED CHOICE HOTELS NEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK, AGAIN Director of Student-Athlete Development . John Krimmel 4 Registered the best two-game scoring output by a NEC rookie this season, by averaging 21.0 points per contest as the Flash downed LIU Brooklyn and St. Francis College PROGRAM HISTORY 4 Scored a season-high 23 vs. LIU and 19 vs. the Terriers First Season . 1968-69 4 Also named NEC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 24, 2012 after a split against FDU and Monmouth All-Time Record . 483-524 (.479) All-Time Record vs. NEC . 265-169 (.599) NEC Tournament Championships (Last) . 11 (2011) WILLIAMS EARNS ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORS NEC Regular Season Championships (Last) . .. 8 (2010-11) 4 Williams was named to the Capital One® Academic All-District II first team on Feb. 2, she will now be NEC Tournament Record . 39-6 (.867) considered for the Academic All-America team, which will be announced later in January NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last) . 11 (2011) 4 Williams becomes the sixth Red Flash women’s basketball player to earn all-district honors and is the NCAA Tournament Record . 0-11 (.000) first to earn first team accolades since Northeast Conference Hall of Famer Beth Swink in 2004-05 TEAM INFORMATION 4 The sophomore Occupational Therapy major has earned an impressive cumulative GPA of 3.90 2010-11 Record . 22-12 2010-11 NEC Record / Finish . 14-4 / 1st STREAKS SNAPPED Letterwinners Returning / Lost . 12 / 2 4 SFU’s Jan. 9 win over Central Conn. State marked the first time since the 2004-05 season that the Flash Starters Returning / Lost . 3 / 2 Incoming Freshmen . 4 scored 57-or-fewer points and came away with a victory Incoming Transfers . 0 4 Jan. 14th’s loss to Quinnipiac snapped a 10-game NEC home winning streak for Saint Francis 4 The setback QU setback also marked the first time since Feb. 11, 2010 that the Flash scored over 70 HOME GAMES points and did not win Arena . DeGol Arena at the Maurice Stokes Athletics Center Year Opened . 1971 SO FAR, NO ‘SOPHOMORE SLUMP’ FOR WILLIAMS Capacity . 3,500 4 As a freshman, Alli Williams averaged over 10 points per game after exploding for 29 points against Press Row Phone . 814-472-3145 Kent State on Dec. 4, 2010 and finished the year with three double-doubles 4 Scoring 15.9 points per game in 2011-12 (657 career points) ABOUT SAINT FRANCIS 4 Averaging 8.3 boards per game – up from 6.2 a year ago Location .