OPENING TIP
The Red Flash round out their two-game road swing with a trip to Hamilton, N.Y. to take on Colgate, with tipoff set for 5 p.m.
FLASH FACTS
- The Red Flash are averaging 26.0 points per game in the paint and nine second chance points. SFU has been victimize by its own mistakes this season allowing just over 20 points a game off turnovers.
- Saint Francis bench has out scored its opponents in the last two games and posted a season high 40 points against Lafayette.
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Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) has started the season very well from the point guard position. The junior guard currently holds a 14/5 assists to turnover ratio and is averaging 5.3 pints against and 3.0 rebounds per contest.
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Dexter Lindsey (Fort Washington, Md./St. Stephan's) became SFU fourth freshman this season to record his first college basket on a 3-point shot. Lindsey joins
Dominique Major (Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park) and
Ollie Jackson (Dallas, Texas/Pinkston ), who pulled it off against Lafayette and
Stephon Whyatt (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's Prep), who 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 Saint Francis backcourt (Major, Whyatt, Ervin, Johnson, Shannon and Jackson) has combined 71-percent of the team's points this season.
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Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J./Atlantic City) will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury and will take a redshirt.
DEFENSE ..DEFENSE
The Red Flash have shown a commitment to defense in their first three games and currently rank fifth in the NEC in field goal 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.
UP NEXT
Saint Francis returns home to kick of a season long four game home stand against Youngstown State Saturday, Nov. 26, with tipoff set for 2 p.m.
