After defeating the St. Francis College, 66-54, in Brooklyn on Jan. 2, the Red Flash will aim to sweep the season series from the Terriers on Monday evening at DeGol Arena.

The Red Flash hold a 35-11 stranglehold on the all-time series, including five-straight wins.  Saint Francis has won 26 of the last 31 meetings with its Brooklyn Heights rival.

SFC enters the game on a seven-game skid which began with their first setback at the hands of Saint Francis.  Allison Daly (Harrisburg, Pa./Trinity) led the Flash with 18 points in the earlier contest, with Samantha Leach (Mount Sterling, Ohio/Miami Trace) and Brittany Lilley (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) each tossing in 15.

While turnovers were relatively even in the game (SFU had 19 and SFC had 22), the Flash scored 27 points off of Terrier miscues. St. Francis (N.Y.) scored 17 points as a result of SFU miscues.

Saint Francis out-rebounded the SFC, 48-30, on the afternoon. Twenty SFU boards came on the offensive glass.

Saint Francis head coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl can clinch her 50th career victory with a Red Flash win tonight.


NEXT UP: SACRED HEART
Saint Francis hits the road for a two-game Connecticut swing, beginning with a Saturday matchup at Sacred Heart.  The 1 p.m. contest marks the 19th all-time meeting between the Red Flash and Pioneers, with the latter taking 10 of those.  The Flash have struggled against SHU since Susan Robinson Fruchtl took over prior to this 2007-08 campaign, going 1-4.  Last season's 75-69 SFU win snapped a four-game skid vs. the Pioneers.


FLASH NEC'S EARLY RPI LEADER
The NCAA released its first official RPI rankings on Jan. 2 where the Red Flash debuted at 132.  However, after five straight Northeast Conference wins, Saint Francis has jumped well into the top 100.  As of Jan. 23, RealTimeRPI.com projects the SFU's RPI as 82 and its strength of schedule at 99.  The NEC's next highest RPI belongs to Robert Morris (114) which, at 10-7, has played 182nd toughest schedule in the nation.


DALY REACHES 1,000-POINT MILESTONE
By scoring an even 14 points in Jan. 10, 2011's 75-62 win over Mount St. Mary's senior Allison Daly (Harrisburg, Pa./Trinity) became Saint Francis' 20th 1,000-point scorer.  After scoring only 75 points as a freshman in 2007-08, Daly averaged just over 360 points per season as a sophomore and junior.


LILLEY RANKS AMONG NATION'S LEADERS
Brittany Lilley (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park)'s 15 assists against Kent State tied for the second-most in an NCAA?Division I game so far this season.  As of Jan. 20, her 5.7 helpers per contest also ranked 20th in the country. 


ROBINSON FRUCHTL CHASING 50th WIN
Saint Francis head coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl earned her 40th career win with Nov. 28th's victory, 77-67, victory over Coppin State and now needs only one win to reach 50.  Looking ahead, Robinson Fruchtl needs eight wins to catch her predecessor Jill Poe (2003-07) in career wins.  Poe went 57-62 in her four seasons at the helm.


ROOKIE WILLIAMS HEATING UP
Freshman Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) has begun to emerge as one of SFU's key players.  The Red Flash rookie has averaged 10.3 points per game since exploding for 29 points against Kent State on Dec. 4.  After joining the starting lineup a game later in place of injured Shené Fleming, Williams scored 22 points at Howard and also had a strong outing at Duquesne, scoring 13.  She notched her first career double-digit rebounding night by grabbing 12 at Long Island on Jan. 4.  With 109 boards, she is currenly SFU's no. two rebounder.


DEEP THREATS LEACH, DALY PACE POTENT PERIMETER OFFENSE
As of Thursday afternoon's NCAA Statistical report, the Flash can stake claim to the country's 20th-best three-point field goal percentage.  Shooting a collective 36.1 percent (120-for-332), Saint Francis is paced from long range by the NEC's three-point leader Allison Daly (Harrisburg, Pa./Trinity).  Daly is shooting 43.0 percent (52-for-121) from the arc.  Senior Samantha Leach (Mount Sterling, Ohio/Miami Trace), who converts at a 41.7 percent (35-for-84) clip, is close behind.


SFU'S STRUGGLES AT THE LINE CONTINUE
The Red Flash have struggled from the free throw line this season, converting on only 222 of 359 (61.8%) opportunities through 18 contests.  Samantha Leach (Mount Sterling, Ohio/Miami Trace) is currently SFU's strongest option from the line with an 84.3 percentage (59-of-70) on the season.


RED FLASH RAMPING UP HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
The Red Flash need two more wins on the floor of DeGol Arena to clinch a winning record at home for the third consecutive season. Saint Francis has compiled 8-5 records in Loretto in 2009-10 and 2008-09.  SFU is 25-21 at home under Susan Robinson Fruchtl and is 20-11 at DeGol Arena over the past three seasons.