OPENING TIP
Saint Francis opens the 2011-12 season against VCU Friday at the the Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center, tip off is set for 7:30 p.m.
FLASH FACTS
- Friday's meeting between SFU and VCU is the first since Dec. 23, 1990 when the Flash knocked off the Rams 82-71 in Richmond.
- Saint Francis holds a 2-1 record all-time against Virginia Commonwealth with VCU's only win coming back in 1972, when the Rams defeated the flash 109-94.
- The Flash feature three players from the state of Virginia while VCU has no players from the state of Pennsylvania.
- Red Flash junior guard
Anthony Ervin (Chesterfield, Va./Fork Union Military Academy) and VCU senior forward Bradford Burgess are first cousins.
- Don Friday is 1-2 all-time in season openers as head coach of the Red Flash. Since 1918, (the first full year of complete records for Saint Francis) the Flash hold a record of 50-31-1 in season openers. SFU has not won a road season opener since kicking off the 1966-67 season with a road victory against Duquesne.
- Prior to Virginia Commonwealth's first season, Saint Francis had won 509 games and had five players selected in the NBA draft.
SFU PICKED 9TH IN PRESEASON POLL
2011-12 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
MEN'S BASKETBALL
PRESEASON POLL
1. Long Island (10)
2. Robert Morris (2)
3. Central Connecticut State
4. Wagner
5. Quinnipiac
6. Mount St. Mary's
7. Bryant
8. Sacred Heart
9. Saint Francis (PA)
10. Monmouth
11. St. Francis (NY)
12. Fairleigh Dickinson
2011-12 Northeast Conference
Men's Basketball Preseason
All-Conference Team
Julian Boyd, Jr, F, Long Island
Ken Horton, Sr, F, Central Connecticut State
James Johnson, Sr, G, Quinnipiac
Tyler Murray, Sr, G, Wagner
Jamal Olasewere, Jr, F, Long Island
UP NEXT
The Red Flash open their home schedule Nov. 14 against Lafayette at DeGol Arena, tip is set for 7 p.m.
