OPENING TIP
Saint Francis travels to Lewisburg, Pa. to take on in-state rival Bucknell for the sixth consecutive season. The Red Flash hold an all-time record of 12-14 against the Bison with wins in two of the last three meetings.
FLASH FACTS
- Forward
Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) has not missed a shot from the field this season. The sophomore has started the season a perfect 10-of-10 from the field in SFU's first two games.
- Against Lafayette, the Saint Francis starting five (Ritter, Taylor, Eatherton, Johnson and Ervin) combined to score one more point (41) than the SFU bench (40).
- Saint Francis won the battle in the paint out scoring Lafayette 32-14 in the lane for the season SFU has outscored teams 58-40 in the paint.
- Against Lafayette,
Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) dealt out five assists in the first half without recording a point. In the second half the junior guard added three more assists and five points. Johnson also did not record a turnover in the game. On the season, the junior guard holds a 12-2, assist-to-turnover ratio.
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Dominique Major (Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park) saw his first college action against the Lafayette. Major and
Ollie Jackson (Dallas, Texas/Pinkston ) recorded their first college points on a 3-point basket.
Stephon Whyatt (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's Prep) pulled the same trick against VCU.
- The Red Flash freshman combined for 19 against Lafayette in the first half and totaled 38 for the game.
Dominique Major (Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park) led the SFU rookies with 16.
- The freshman class has combined two score 29.7-percent of the team's points this season.
- The Saint Francis backcourt (Major, Whyatt, Ervin, Johnson, Shannon and Jackson) has combined 71-percent of the team's points this season.
- Monday ended a streak of 30-consecutive appearances by
Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J./Atlantic City) in the Saint Francis line up. It was the first game for the Red Flash with out the Atlantic City, N.J. native since March 4, 2010.
PERFECT TEN
Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) has started the season a perfect 10-of-10 from the field while also collecting 10 rebounds on the campaign. In SFU most recent contest against Lafayette, the Red Flash forward went 8-of-8 from the floor with eight rebounds.
DEFENSE ..DEFENSE
The Red Flash have shown a commitment to defense in their first two games and currently rank fourth in the NEC in field goal defense and third in 3-point defense. Saint Francis put together a great start to the season on the defense end holding opposing teams under 45-percent shooting in three halves this season. SFU put together its best defensive performance to date against VCU in the second half. The Red Flash held the Rams to just 26.3-percent shooting from the field and just 7.1-percent (1-14) from behind the 3- point arc.
NEXT UP
Saint Francis concludes a two-game road swing with a trip to Colgate Nov. 23 at Colgate, with tipoff set for 5 p.m.
