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OPENING TIP
The Red Flash look to stay unbeaten in conference play Saturday night against Fairleigh Dickinson at DeGol arena, tipoff is set of 7 p.m.
 
FLASH FACTS
- The Red Flash enter Saturday night's contest with the best field goal shooting percentage (49.4-percent) in the Northeast Conference.
 
- Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) leads the way for SFU shoot the basketball with a NEC best .786 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.
 
- The Red Flash have scorched the net in DeGol Arena shooting 57.3-percent from the field in their first three games. Eatherton leads the way shooting 89.3-percent from the field at home. The sophomore forward has missed just three shots from the floor all season at DeGol Arena.
 
- SFU's 22-point win against the Monmouth ranked as the largest margin of victory for the Flash against a league opponent since SFU knocked off Bryant 69-42, Dec. 3, 2009.
 
- Saint Francis has won its last three meeting with Fairleigh Dickinson and has never lost in Loretto to Knights under Don Friday (3-0). The Flash won both meetings with the Knights last season by 12 points or more.
 
- Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) (10 ppg) is the active SFU leader in points against the Knights but has seen them just once in his career. Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) has had some success against FDU in his four career meetings with the Knight the junior guard averages 5.0ppg and 4 assists per contest.  
 
- The Saint Francis bench has had a double-digit scorer in its last three games and has scored 18 or more points in its last three contests. Anthony Ervin (Chesterfield, Va./Fork Union Military Academy) has posted back-to-back double digit scoring performances off the bench for SFU.
 
- In his past three games, Jon Taylor (Bowie, Md./Montgomery College-Germantown) has come off the bench to supply nine or more points for the Red Flash.
 
- Saint Francis ranks as the only team in the nation with five or more losses by eight-points or fewer. SFU has also dropped three home games this season by three-points or fewer.
 
BENCH STRENGHTH
The Saint Francis bench has outscored its opponents in each home game this season. In its last game, Saint Francis posted 24 bench points with Anthony Ervin (Chesterfield, Va./Fork Union Military Academy) and Jon Taylor (Bowie, Md./Montgomery College-Germantown) combining for 23. Ervin has recorded back-to-back double-digit performances off the bench, while Taylor has posted nine or more as a reserve in his last three games.
 
SCOTTY'S ON FIRE
Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) leads in the NEC in field goal shooting percentage with a mark of .786. 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 89-percent in DeGol Arena. The forward has missed just three shots from the field on his home court this season.
 
MAY I ASSIST YOU
Chris Johnson (Newport News, Va./Denbigh) ranks third in the Northeast Conference in assists-to-turnover ratio and tied for first in the NEC in total assists. The junior guard has racked up 37 assists on the young season and has posted five or more helpers in four games. The Newport News, Va. native recorded a season high eight against Lafayette and matched that total against Monmouth. Johnson has also found his way onto the stat sheet in other ways averaging 6.4 points a game and 2.7 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.
 
LAST TIMEOUT, SFU 71, MONMOUTH 49
SFU opened Northeast Conference play Thursday with a win against Monmouth in DeGol Arena, 71-49.
 
The Red Flash (1-6, 1-0) used hot shooting and strong defense to knockoff the Hawks (0-7, 0-1) to start conference play.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

POSTGAME WITH COACH FRIDAY

UP NEXT
The Red Flash return to non-conference play and the road as they travel to Lehigh Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. tip.