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Live Stats: SFUathletics.com ALBANY, N.Y. | SEFCU ARENA 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS The Saint Francis men’s basketball team will look to win back-to-back road 4-5, 0-0 NEC (3-1 home; 1-4 away) non-conference games for the second consecutive season when the Red Flash plays at Albany on Saturday night at 7 p.m. The Red Flash defeated November 4-5 W-L 7-4 13 at No. 18/19 Notre Dame ..........L, 87-56 Binghamton, 67-61, on Tuesday night for its first road victory of the season. 17 Westminster .........................W, 103-72 68.3 (72.6) PPG 74.8 (65.6) 21 American ................................W, 68-48 Ronnie Drinnon led the way for the Flash with his third double-double of the 24 at Kent State .............................L, 79-60 season, finishing with 11 points and 16 rebounds. That matches his total 40.5 (45.2) FG% 45.3 (42.2) 27 at Maryland Eastern Shore .......L, 70-57 number of double-doubles from last season. Ben Millaud-Meunier led the December team with 16 points for his sixth double-digit scoring effort in the team’s first 34.3 (30.3) 3FG% 30.7 (30.5) 2 Lehigh .....................................W, 84-73 nine games. He had five double-digit scoring games all of last season. Saint 64.5 (71.8) FT% 69.9 (66.1) 4 at No. 2/2 Maryland ..................L, 96-55 Francis made just four three pointers in the game but used a 34-18 advantage 12 Duquesne # .............................L, 67-65 in points in the paint to defeat the Bearcats. 36.6 (36.2) RPG 38.2 (33.2) 15 at Binghamton ..........................W, 67-61 19 at Albany ...................................... 7 p.m. 12.0 (14.2) APG 12.3 (12.2) 30 NJIT .............................................7 p.m. A win on Saturday would be the second straight year of back-to-back road non-conference wins for SFU. Saint Francis defeated Duquesne and Rutgers 3.0 (4.8) BLK 1.8 (5.0) January on the road last season for the program’s first back-to-back road non-confer- 2 Wagner * .....................................4 p.m. ence wins since the 2008-09 season. 5.6 (4.3) STL 6.9 (4.7) 4 Sacred Heart * ............................5 p.m. 7 at St. Francis Brooklyn * .............. 7 p.m. (Allowed in parentheses) 9 at LIU Brooklyn * ..................... 4:30 p.m. NOTES FROM BINGHAMTON 14 Fairleigh Dickinson * .................7 p.m. • This was the first meeting between the two schools. 16 Mount St. Mary’s * .......................Noon • Ronnie Drinnon posted his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 16 rebounds, 21 at Bryant * .................................... 7 p.m. matching his double-double total from all of last season. 23 at Central Connecticut * .......... 3:30 p.m. • The four made three pointers are the fewest for the Red Flash in a win since hitting three in a 74-71 28 at Fairleigh Dickinson * ................ 7 p.m. 30 Robert Morris * ...........................7 p.m. victory against Quinnipiac on Jan. 14, 2012. • Ben Millaud-Meunier recorded his sixth double-digit scoring game with a team-high 16 points. February • Malik Harmon played just 19 minutes due to early foul trouble, the fourth fewest total of minutes 4 Bryant * .......................................7 p.m. he’s played in a game during his career. 6 Central Connecticut * ................4 p.m. 11 at Robert Morris * ......................... 5 p.m. 13 at Mount St. Mary’s * ................... 3 p.m. DRINNON CLEANS THE GLASS 18 St. Francis Brooklyn * ...............7 p.m. Senior forward Ronnie Drinnon is no stranger to recording double-digit rebound totals. His 16 rebounds 20 LIU Brooklyn * ............................1 p.m. in Tuesday’s win at Binghamton is his 37th career game with 10 or more rebounds. He surpassed his 25 at Wagner * .................................. 7 p.m. previous season-high of 13 at UMES on Nov. 27 and came just two rebounds shy of tying his career 27 at Sacred Heart * .................... 3:30 p.m. high of 18. That came in the Flash’s NEC Tournament quarterfinal victory at Bryant in 2013-14. At one March point early in the second half of Tuesday’s game, Drinnon had as many rebounds (13) as the entire 2 NEC Quarterfinals ........................... TBA Binghamton roster. 5 NEC Semifinals ............................... TBA 8 NEC Championship ........................ TBA 1 11 12 32 40 Home games in bold * NEC game PROBABLE # at Cambria County War Memorial STARTERS SERIES HISTORY Series: Saint Francis leads, 1-0 Malik Harmon Ben Millaud-Meunier Greg Brown Josh Nebo Ronnie Drinnon Streak: Saint Francis W1 MIN: 31.8 MIN: 27.0 MIN: 32.0 MIN: 23.7 MIN: 28.2 Last Meeting: Dec. 6, 2014 PPG: 8.0 PPG: 13.7 PPG: 12.0 PPG: 6.4 PPG: 9.6 REB: 3.7 REB: 3.0 REB: 2.9 REB: 5.8 REB: 8.4 @Saint Francis 69, Albany 59 AST: 3.7 AST: 2.4 AST: 2.4 AST: 0.4 AST: 1.1 Krimmel vs. Albany: 1-0 STL: 1.0 STL: 0.9 STL: 0.7 STL: 0.3 STL: 1.0 BLK: 0.0 BLK: 0.1 BLK: 0.3 BLK: 1.7 BLK: 0.2 /SFUathletics @SFU_Athletics @SFUathletics @RedFlashMBB @RedFlashMBB HEAD COACH ROB KRIMMEL SPREADING SOME CHEER Fourth Season The Red Flash posted its fifth game with double-digit assists this season at Binghamton, posting 14 Saint Francis ‘00 35-66 Overall assists. SFU is fourth in the NEC in assists per game, averaging 12 per game. SFU is also third in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio. Malik Harmon is second in the NEC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.93 Rob Krimmel assists to turnovers per game. enters his fourth season as the SENIOR SCORING LEADERS Saint Francis In eight of the Flash’s nine games this season, it’s been either senior Greg Brown or senior Ben Millaud- men’s basketball Meunier leading the team in scoring. Millaud-Meunier scored 16 points to lead SFU at Binghamton coach in 2015-16. for his sixth double-digit scoring game of the season. It was also his sixth game as the team’s leading He was named scorer. Brown was the leading scorer at Kent State and against Duquesne. The lone exception was the 21st coach in freshman Isaiah Blackmon’s 17 points at UMES. program history on April 19, 2012. THOMPSON CONTRIBUTES OFF THE BENCH Krimmel led the Red Flash to its most The Saint Francis bench outscored its Binghamton counterparts on Tuesday night, 17-6, as the Flash successful season in a decade in 2014- found itself in foul trouble throughout the night. Sophomore Basil Thompson played a big role in that 15 as the Red Flash had its first winning stat. He scored nine points and added six rebounds in 18 minutes of action. That followed his 10-point, regular season since 2004-05. The seven-rebound performance against Duquesne last Saturday. He’s averaging 6.1 points per game and Red Flash finished 16-16 overall as it 3.4 rebounds per game, good for fourth on the team in that category. appeared in its second consecutive NEC Tournament semifinals for the first time in NOTABLE KING JOINS TEAM program history. The Flash also hosted Freshman Jamaal King has joined the team effective its first postseason game since 1991 NUMBERS Dec. 13. King, a Bishop O’Connell (Va.) graduate, when SFU hosted Bowling Green in the SFU won consecutive games by 20- brings the total number of Saint Francis freshmen to CollegeInsiders.com Postseason 20 plus points for first time since 2006 eight. King shifted to point guard from shooting guard for Tournament (CIT) in March. Bishop O’Connell last season following the graduation Saint Francis’ NEC-leading three- 30.3 of current Maryland guard Melo Trimble. In that role, he Saint Francis had several landmark point field goal defense percentage became one of the top players in the D.C.-metro area. victories during the 2014-15 season. In December, SFU defeated America East Rob Krimmel’s place on the school’s 10 all-time wins list with 35 SACRED HEART TIME CHANGE champion Albany, in-state rival Duquesne The Red Flash’s game against Sacred Heart on Jan. for the first time since 1990 and first Career double-doubles for Ronnie 4 has been changed to a 5 p.m. start from its original time at Duquesne since 1966, and the 8 Drinnon, including three this season 7:30 start time. The men will now play the first game in a conference’s first-ever win against a Big doubleheader with the SFU and SHU women. 10 team at Rutgers. In January, SFU Blocks for Josh Nebo against defeated Robert Morris for the first time 4 Duquesne, just one shy of fifth place since 2007. on the school’s single-game list COACHING HISTORY Saint Francis University RED FLASH RECORD WHEN... Head Coach . .2012-Present Overall NEC Overall NEC Playing at Home 3-1 0-0 SFU Scores... Associate Head Coach ............2011-12 Playing on the Road 1-4 0-0 59 Points or Fewer 0-3 0-0 Assistant Coach..................2000-11 Leading at Halftime 4-0 0-0 60-69 Points 2-2 0-0 PLAYING CAREER Tied at Halftime 0-0 0-0 70-79 Points 0-0 0-0 Saint Francis University..........1996-2000 Losing at Halftime 0-5 0-0 80-89 Points 1-0 0-0 4 Three-year starter ..........1997-2000 90 Points or More 1-0 0-0 SFU Offense 4 Two-year captain...........1998-2000 Shoots 50% or Higher 0-0 0-0 Miscellaneous Stats 4 NEC Men’s Basketball Shoots Less than 50% 4-5 0-0 More or Same Pts in Paint 3-0 0-0 Scholar-Athlete of the Year .......2000 Shoots Higher than Opp.