SAINT FRANCIS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES @REDFLASHMBB @REDFLASHMBB /REDFLASHMBB THE MATCHUP SAINT FRANCIS MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS SAINT FRANCIS (3-8, 2-5) FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (2-8, 1-3) DATE OPPONENT TIME/SCORE vs NOVEMBER (1-1) GAMES 12-13 @RedFlashMBB @FDUKnightsMBB 25 at Pitt (ATTSN, RSNs) W, 80-70 28 UMBC (NECFR) L, 65-80 JANUARY 26-27, 2021 DeGol Arena | Loretto, Pa. DECEMBER (0-3) 1 at 15/4 Virginia (ACCN) L, 51-76 3 at Liberty (ESPN+) L, 62-78 SAINT FRANCIS QUICK LOOK FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON QUICK LOOK 8 at Mount St. Mary's * (NECFR) L, 57-75 HEAD COACH Rob Krimmel (Saint Francis '00) HEAD COACH Greg Herenda (Merrimack '83) JANUARY (2-4) SFU RECORD/SEASON 122-141/9th FDU RECORD/SEASON 94-135/8th 7 at Long Island * (NECFR) L, 75-78 OVERALL RECORD/SEASON Same OVERALL RECORD/SEASON 199-203/14th 8 at Long Island * (NECFR) L, 58-71 14 Bryant * (ESPN+) W, 89-82 15 Bryant * (NECFR) L, 63-72 PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS 21 at Sacred Heart * (NECFR) W, 76-58 22 at Sacred Heart * (NECFR) W, 70-82 2 Ramiir Dixon-Conover Sr. 6-3 14.5 ppg 5.4 rpg 1 Joe Munden, Jr. Fr. 6-4 7.4 ppg 4.0 rpg 26 Fairleigh Dickinson * (NECFR) 7 PM 11 Maxwell Land Fr. 6-4 9.5 ppg 3.6 rpg 3 Jahlil Jenkins Sr. 6-0 14.2 ppg 3.5 rpg 27 Fairleigh Dickinson * (NECFR) 4 PM 13 Marlon Hargis Jr. 6-7 10.0 ppg 5.3 rpg 4 Brandon Powell Jr. 6-2 8.4 ppg 4.6 rpg 30 Central Connecticut * (NECFR) 7 PM 24 Bryce Laskey R-So. 6-4 7.1 ppg 1.7 rpg 11 Callum Baker So. 6-0 7.4 ppg 3.0 rpg 31 Central Connecticut * (NECFR) 4 PM 42 Mark Flagg Sr. 6-9 9.5 ppg 6.7 rpg 32 John Square, Jr. Fr. 6-6 6.3 ppg 4.6 rpg FEBRUARY 4 at Merrimack * (NECFR) 4 PM 5 at Merrimack * (NECFR) 4 PM THE PREVIEW 11 St. Francis Brooklyn * (NECFR) 7 PM The Saint Francis men's basketball team begins a stretch INSIDE THE SERIES of four home games in six days when the Red Flash hosts 12 St. Francis Brooklyn * (NECFR) 4 PM ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD 47-48 20 at Wagner * (NECFR) 7 PM Fairleigh Dickinson for a two-game series Tuesday and AT HOME 28-17 21 at Wagner * (NECFR) 4 PM Wednesday at DeGol Arena. ON THE ROAD 17-28 25 Mount St. Mary's * (NECFR) 7 PM The Red Flash and Knights both aim to make up ground NEUTRAL 2-3 MARCH in the NEC standings in a pair of make-up games originally LAST MEETING Jan. 15, 2020 (W, 100-85) 6 NEC Semifinal scheduled for mid-December. 9 NEC Final LEADING SFU SCORER Isaiah Blackmon (25) LAST SFU WIN Same SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS LARGEST SFU WIN Jan. 7, 1956 (91-50) Fairleigh Dickinson is 2-8 on the year with wins over Central Home games played at DeGol Arena LARGEST FDU WIN Jan. 30, 1988 (72-92) * - Northeast Conference game Connecticut and Fairfield. The Knights returned to action All times Eastern and subject to change Thursday after a month away from competition and dropped both ends of a back-to-back at Merrimack. FDU has utilized nine different players in its starting lineup this season, in- TALE OF THE TAPE cluding seven who have started three or more contests. SFU vs. FDU The majority of the FDU offense has come from the trio of 3-8 ..............OVERALL RECORD .................. 2-8 Brandon Rush, Jahlil Jenkins, and Elyjah Williams, who are 2-5 ..........CONFERENCE RECORD .............. 1-3 each averaging 14 points per game. Rush ranks 16th na- HOW TO WATCH L1 .........................STREAK .............................. L2 tionally in three-point percentage at 47.1. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 197 .................... NET (1/24)......................... 310 SERIES HISTORY 260 ............... KENPOM (1/24) .................... 307 The Red Flash and Knights have met 95 times in a series 251 ....... O-EFFICIENCY (KENPOM) ........... 225 that dates back to the 1954-55 season. Home court has 262 ........D-EFFICIENCY (KENPOM) ........... 340 been beneficial in the matchups between the two NEC char- 182 ................SOS (KENPOM) .................... 273 PxP: Pat Farabaugh PxP: Pat Farabaugh ter members, as each team is 28-17 within the confines of 67.8 ........... POINTS PER GAME ................ 69.1 Analyst: Tom Fox Analyst: Tom Fox its own gym. 74.7 ........... SCORING DEFENSE ............... 78.5 -6.9 .............SCORING MARGIN ................. -9.4 Saint Francis and Fairleigh Dickinson met just once last .415 .....FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ......... .433 season in an ESPNU game in Hackensack. Isaiah Blackmon .444 .........FIELD GOAL DEFENSE ............. .489 SAINT FRANCIS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS scored 25 points and Tyler Stewart added 19 as the Red .313 ..... 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE ......... .359 Primary Contact: Miles McQuiggan Flash reached the century mark in a 100-85 victory. .261 ............ 3-POINT DEFENSE ................ .300 Email: [email protected] The contest will be the Knights' first visit to DeGol Arena .730 ....FREE THROW PERCENTAGE ........ .667 Cell Phone: 401.622.2192 since the 2019 NEC Championship title game. 35.3 ........REBOUNDS PER GAME ............ 32.2 Twitter: @MilesMcQuiggan -4.0 ........REBOUNDING MARGIN ............ -4.2 LAST TIME OUT: SACRED HEART 82, SAINT FRANCIS 70 Secondary Contact: Kaitlyn Snyder 12.8 ........... ASSISTS PER GAME ............... 10.7 Senior Ramiir Dixon-Conover tallied 18 points and a ca- 14.0 .......TURNOVERS PER GAME ........... 14.7 Email: [email protected] reer-high eight rebounds, but Sacred Heart improved to -0.1 ...........TURNOVER MARGIN ............... -1.2 Cell Phone: 610.248.6453 4-0 in the second game of a back-to-back and split the two- 6.1 .............. ................... 7.7 game series with the Red Flash Friday in Fairfield. STEALS PER GAME 1.7 .............BLOCKS PER GAME .................. 3.2 GAMES 12-13: FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 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 (Conn.) (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 Capacity 3,500 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 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 1,022-1,134 (.474) 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 13 Marlon Hargis HAR-ghiss Class Seniors 3 Juniors 4 Sophomores 4 MEDIA POLICIES Freshmen 8 POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE Position Saint Francis' postgame interviews for both home and road contests will take place via Zoom in 2020-21. Forwards 6 Requests for student-athletes should be made to Miles McQuiggan by the four-minute media timeout and Guards 13 will be accommodated at the discretion of the athletic communications and coaching staffs. Location New Jersey 6 The link to the postgame Zoom will be available in the Saint Francis Digital Press Box, which can be found Pennsylvania 6 Maryland 4 at bit.ly/SFU-pressbox. Alaska 1 New York 1 If student-athletes are in need of postgame athletic training attention and unable to attend the press Ohio 1 conference, quotes will be made available to media as soon as possible. SUPPORT STAFF INTERVIEW REQUEST POLICY Interview requests for head coach Rob Krimmel and the Saint Francis staff and student-athletes should be Graduate Assistant Ronnie Drinnon made via email ([email protected]) or by phone (401.622.2192).