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On Deck!
Saint Francis will put its five game winning streak on the line when it visits preseason Northeast Conference favorite Quinnipiac at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. The Red Flash are coming off a come-from-behind 88-86 overtime victory at Sacred Heart on Thursday night. It marked SFU's first road victory of the season in 13 attempts, and gave the Red Flash their longest winning streak?(5) since the 1993-94 season. It marks just the third time in program history, and the first time since the 1995-96 season, that SFU has won five straight Northeast Conference contests. Saturday's game features two teams that are locked in a four-way tie for fourth place in the league. The game can be heard on The EDGE?1400 AM (Loretto, Pa.) and The EDGE 850 AM (Johnstown, Pa.), and a link to listen will be available at www.myedgeradio.com.

On The Horizon
Saint Francis will return to DeGol Arena on Thursday night when Central Connecticut State visits for another pivotal Northeast Conference battle. The game will be the 499th Red Flash men's basketball game to be played at DeGol Arena. SFU?will then play host to Bryant when it visits at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5.

History Lesson
The Saint Francis radio team of Bernie Jubeck and Joe Vesnesky love their history, so we dedicate this note to the voices of the Red Flash. Quinnipiac University was founded in 1929 by Samuel W. Tator, a business professor and politician. Judge Phillip Troup, a Yale College graduate, and Tator's wife, Irmagarde Tator, a Mount Holyoke College graduate, also played major roles in the fledgling institution's founding and nurturing;the former became its first president until his death in 1939; the latter, its first bursar. Quinnipiac was conceived in reaction to Northeastern University's abandonment of its New Haven, Connecticut program at the onset of the Great Depression. Originally, Quinnipiac was located in New Haven and called Connecticut College of Commerce. From 1943-1945, the college closed; nearly its entire student body was drafted into World War II. Upon re-opening, the college's enrollment nearly quadrupled to approximately 800 students. In 1951, the institution was renamed Quinnipiac College, in honor of the Quinnipiac Indian tribe that once inhabited Greater New Haven.

Series vs. Quinnipiac
SFU won a 73-68 battle in its last meeting with Quinnipiac on Feb. 18, 2010, in what would prove to be a critical win in the team's Northeast Conference playoff berth. However, the Bobcats have won four of the last five contests with the Red Flash to take a 16-7 lead in the all-time series, which began in 1997-98.

Sizing Up The Bobcats
Quinnipiac was chosen as the preseason favorite to win the Northeast Conference by the league's 12 head coaches. The Bobcats won the 2009-10 regular season league title after tying  Robert Morris, but dropped the tournament championship game to the Colonials. Those two squads met in an NEC rematch on Thursday night with Quinnipiac coming away with a 69-61 victory to improve to 13-7 overall and 5-4 in the NEC. The Bobcats have lost three of their last four games, but all three losses came without the services of reigning Northeast Conference Player-of-the-Year Justin Rutty, who sat out seven games with an elbow injury. Rutty had surgery, but returned to the lineup on Thursday night. He finished with 6 points and 10 rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench. Rutter is averaging 15.8 ppg and 9.9 rpg, and is shooting 51.9 percent from the field this season. James Johnson sparked the Quinnipiac offense on Thursday night with a career-high 38 points behind a 12-of-21 night from the floor. He also added 8 rebounds, and is averaging a team-best 17.2 ppg to go with 4.3 rpg and 3.9 apg this season. Deontay Twyman is third on the team with 13.4 ppg as the Bobcats average 73.3 ppg, and allow 70.6 ppg.

Inside The Box Score
Saint Francis scratched and clawed for its first road win of the season on Thursday night, breaking a 15-game losing streak away from DeGol Arena. Here is an in-depth look and some notes from the box score:
- SFU scored a season-high 88 points, marking the third straight game and fourth time in the last five games it has scored a season high.
- The Flash have scored 86 and 88 points in back-to-back games, marking the first time SFU has scored 85 or more in two straight games since doing it in three straight games during the 2002-03 season.
- The Red Flash went to overtime for the first time this season, and improved to 3-0 in OT games during head coach Don Friday's three seasons.

- SFU improved to 3-0 on the season in games decided by three-or-fewer points. The Red Flash are now 3-3 in games decided by five-or-fewer points and 9-5 since the beginning of the 2009-10 season.
- Saint Franis won its fifth straight game, its best winning streak since winning five straight from Feb. 5, 1994 through Feb. 21, 1994. The Red Flash have not won six straight games since a seven-game win streak during the team's 1990-91 NCAA Tournament season.
- SFU has won five straight Northeast Conference games for just the third time in program history. The Red Flash won five straight during the 1995-96 season, and won a school-record six straight during the 1990-91 NCAA Tournament season.
- Saint Francis made a season-high 33 field goals (on 66 attempts), which is tied for the second-highest total in any game involving NEC opponents this season.
- SFU shot 50.0 percent (33-of-66) for the third time in four games, and made 8-of-20 three-point attempts (.400).
- The Red Flash had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio (14-to-11) for the fourth time in their last five contests.
- Sophomore Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J./Atlantic City) recorded a career-high 30 points on an 8-of-16 night from the field. He made a career-high 5 three-pointers (on 9 attempts) and sunk 9-of-12 free throws. It marked his fourth straight 20-plus point performance.
- Sophomore Will Felder (Cleveland, OH/Lutheran East Hs) moved into 11th place on the all-time Saint Francis blocks list with 53. He had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal against the Pioneers. Felder has 7 blocks in his last two games.
- Sophomore Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) continued his superb play with 11 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds. He has a 33-to-10 assist-to-turnover ratio during SFU's five-game win streak.
- Freshman Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) was 5-of-6 from the floor for 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks against SHU. He is averaging 8.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 1.0 bpg, and is shooting 72.2 percent (13-of-18) from the field, during Saint Francis' five-game win streak.
- Junior Jon Taylor (Bowie, Md./Montgomery College-Germantown) was 4-of-5 from the field for 9 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block. He is averaging 9.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 0.8 bpg over his last five games.
Home Sweet Home
The Red Flash have a .727 winning percentage at DeGol Arena over their last 22 games (16-6 record) dating back to a 78-59 season-ending victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Feb. 28, 2009. SFU had a four-game home winning streak snapped against Drexel (Dec. 18), but has won 11 of its last 13 at home. Saint Francis will play host to Central Connecticut State on Feb. 3 in the 499th men's game to be played at DeGol Arena. The Red Flash will play host to Bryant in the facility's 500th men's basketball game on Feb. 5, 2011.

One Point Wins
After defeating Bucknell, 68-67, by one point on Nov. 20, 2010, the Red Flash improved to 19-10 all-time in one-point games at DeGol Arena. Saint Francis has a 307-190 record (.618) overall all-time at DeGol Arena, which opened in 1972-73.

Double Digit Wins
The Red Flash won the first four games of this current five-game win streak by double digits, marking the first time they accomplished that in Northeast Conference play. SFU last won four straight games by 10-or-more points during the 1977-78 season when it defeated FDU-Madison, SUNY-Buffalo, Catholic and Point Park. Saint Francis has not won five straight by double digits since the 1968-69 season.

Inside The Winning Streak
During Saint Francis' current five-game winning streak, sophomore Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J./Atlantic City) is averaging 22.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 2.6 apg. He is 34-of-61 (.557) from the floor, 16-of-32 (.500) from long distance, and 29-of-35 (.829) from the stripe. The Red Flash entered the five-game stretch without reaching 70 points on the season, but have produced the team's five highest scoring outputs (70, 69, 75, 86 and 88). Likewise, Saint Francis has held its opponents to its three lowest scoring outputs on the 2010-11 season (54, 55 and 56). Against LIU, the Red Flash won for the first time this season when an opponent scored 70-plus points. Over its last five games, Saint Francis is 129-of-263 (.490) from the field, 36-of-84 (.429) from outside the arc, and 94-of-120 (.783) from the foul line. Six SFU players are averaging 8.2 ppg or more during the streak. Sophomore point guard Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) has a 33-to-10 assist-to-turnover ratio during the past five games. Saint Francis last won five straight games during the 1993-94 season. SFU has not won six straight games since the 1990-91 NCAA Tournament season.

Charity Work
The Red Flash led the Northeast Conference in free throw percentage (.732) a year ago with the sixth-best single-season performance in program history. Head coach Don Friday's squad is at it again. Despite struggling through a 14-for-23 effort on Thursday night at Sacred Heart, Saint Francis ranks third in the NEC (and 37th in the nation) with a 73.9 percent success rate at the line this season.