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OPENING TIP
The Red Flash open Northeast Conference play Thursday night against Monmouth University at DeGol Arena at 7 p.m.
FLASH FACTS
- The Red Flash enter Thursday's nights contest with the best field goal shooting percentage in the Northeast Conference.
- Saint Francis ranks as the only team in the nation with five or more losses by eight-points or fewer.
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Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) leads the way for SFU shoot the basketball with a NEC best .771 field goal percentage. The sophomore forward does not have enough field goal attempts to be listed nationally but would rank second nationally, ahead of, 2010-11 National Freshman of the Year, Jared Sullinger of Ohio State.
- Saint Francis has won two of its past five meetings with Monmouth but holds a 2-1 mark against the Hawks in Loretto under head coach Don Friday. Last season SFU went 1-1 against the Hawks defeating them in Loretto, 70-54, but falling to Monmouth in West Long Branch, 57-51.
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Jon Taylor (Bowie, Md./Montgomery College-Germantown) ranks as the active leader for the Red Flash against Monmouth in scoring averaging 8.0 points per-game against the Hawks in two meets.
Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) averages 4.3 ppg, 3.3 rebounds per-game and 3.25 assists per-game in his four career games against the Hawks.
- The Red Flash have lost all three of their home games this season by three points or fewer and have had a shot attempt to either tie for win the game at the buzzer in each game.
- In his past two games,
Jon Taylor (Bowie, Md./Montgomery College-Germantown) has come off the bench to supply double-digit scoring performances for the Red Flash.
- Since being moved into the starting lineup
Stephon Whyatt (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's Prep) has improved his scoring average from 6.7 to 8.2 and has posted two double-digit scoring performances.
- The Red Flash have scorched the net in DeGol Arena shooting 56.3-percent from the field in their first three games. Eatherton leads the way shooting 90.5-percent from the field at home. The sophomore forward has missed just two shots from the floor all season at DeGol Arena.
BENCH STRENGHTH
The Saint Francis bench has outscored its opponents in each game this season. In its last game, Saint Francis posted 27 bench points with
Anthony Ervin (Chesterfield, Va./Fork Union Military Academy) and
Jon Taylor (Bowie, Md./Montgomery College-Germantown) each scoring in double figure as reserves. Taylor has recorded back-to-back double-digit performances off the bench.
HE IS ON FIRE
Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) leads in the NEC in field goal shooting percentage with a mark of .771. The junior from Hershey, Pa. does not have enough field goal attempts to rank nationally (by just one attempt) but he did qualify he would be second nationally. Eatherton enjoys playing on his home floor with a shooting percentage of over 90-percent in DeGol Arena. The forward has missed just two shots from the field on his home court this season.
MAY I ASSIST YOU
Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) ranks second in the Northeast Conference in assists-to-turnover ratio. The junior guard has racked up 29 assists on the young season and has posted five or more helpers in three games. The Newport News, Va. native recorded a season high eight against Lafayette. Johnson has also found his way onto the stat sheet in other ways averaging 5.7 points a game and 2.5 rebounds per contest.
TOYS FOR TOTS SATURDAY
The men's and women's basketball teams will be supporting the Toys for Tots campaign Saturday. Everyone who brings a new or gently used toy to the game and donates it will receive half off the price of admission to the game. Both teams will be taking Fairleigh Dickenson with the women's game beginning at 4 p.m. followed by the men's game at 7 p.m.
UP NEXT
The Red Flash wrap up their four-game home stand against Fairleigh Dickinson Saturday at 7 p.m. as part of an afternoon-evening double-header with the women's team.
