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Men's Basketball

SFU Welcomes Niagara to DeGol Arena Monday at 7 p.m.

Red Flash seek first win on home floor

GAME NOTES
SEASON STATS
WEB STREAM
LIVE STATS

OPENING TIP

Saint Francis continues its season long four game home stand against the Niagara Purple Eagles Monday with a 7 p.m. tip at DeGol Arena.
 
FLASH FACTS
- Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) stands as the Red Flash's leading scorer since the injury to Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J./Atlantic City). The sophomore forward has gotten off to a hot shooting start on his home floor and has just one missed shot from the floor in DeGol Arena this season (15-of-16).
 
- Stephon Whyatt (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's Prep) has not taken long to take advantage of the SFU home floor averaging 12 points in his first two games in Loretto.
 
- In his first two career college home games, Ollie Jackson (Dallas, Texas/Pinkston ) has gone 4-of-7 from behind the 3-point arc.
 
- As a team the Red Flash are shooting 53.5-percent from the floor this season at home and holding opponent to just 48.9-percent.
 
- The all-time series between the Red Flash and the Purples Eagles stands even at 11-11. The series between the two teams began back in the 1921-22 season.
 
- The free throw strip has not been kind to the Red Flash at home as SFU is shooting 56.4-percent from the free throw line this season in DeGol Arena.
 
- Since moving freshman Earl Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter), Ollie Jackson (Dallas, Texas/Pinkston ) and Steophon Whyatt into the starting lineup both Jackson (11.0 PPG) and Whyatt (12.0 PPG) have averaged double-figures with Brown not to far behind averaging 9 points per game.
 
- In two home games this season, the SFU bench has outscore its opponents 58-37.
 
- Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) leads the Red Flash in assists with 23 this season and holds a 23/12 assists-to-turnover ratio.
 
- Despite starting slow with a 0-5 record, the Red Flash have played some close game. Four of SFU's five losses have come by 10-points or fewer with its two home losses coming by a combined four points.
 
- In each of their first two home game the Red Flash have had a chance to either tied or win the game in the final possession. Ollie Jackson (Dallas, Texas/Pinkston ) missed a 3-pointer from the corner against Lafayette in the final seconds and Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) had his game-tying attempt block at the buzzer against Youngstown State.
 
HOT SHOOTING IN DEGOL ARENA
The Red Flash have struggled shooting the ball on the road shooting just39.7-percent from the field away from Loretto, but things have been different in DeGol Arena. As a team, the Red Flash are shooting 53.5-percent from the field in their two home games this season. Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) leads the hot shots with just one miss on SFU's home floor this season going 15-of-16 for the floor. Stephon Whyatt (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's Prep) and Ollie Jackson (Dallas, Texas/Pinkston ) have also quickly come to like their home arena going a combined 9-of-15 from the floor in two games.

UP NEXT
The Red Flash open Northeast Conference play Thursday against Monmouth at DeGol Arena with tip set for 7 p.m.
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