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LORETTO, Pa. (Nov. 19, 2012) –The Saint Francis University women's basketball team hits the road Tuesday for a 7 p.m. tipoff against nationally ranked Ohio State in Columbus.
 
JUST THE FACTS
Saint Francis Red Flash (3-0, 0-0 NEC) vs.
Ohio State Buckeyes (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten)
Where: Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
When: Tuesday | 7 p.m.
ALL-TIME: Ohio State leads leads 1-0
LAST TIME: SFU 59, Ohio State 93, March 21, 2010
 
BROADCAST INFO:
Audio Broadcast – Red Zone Media
BROADCASTERS:
Dave Franczak
 
CLEANING THE GLASS
Saint Francis has out-rebounded its opponents 129-120 in the three contests of 2012 and that has helped spring SFU to three consecutive victories. SFU has not been outrebounded in any single game yet this season either, against Howard both teams tied at 33 rebounds apiece. The biggest rebounding difference was when the Flash beat Bucknell and out-rebounded them 51-46. Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) leads SFU with 14.7 rebounds per game and Shene Fleming (Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne) is second on the team, averaging 6.3 per contest.
 
SPARKS OFF THE BENCH
The Red Flash has gotten tremendous efforts from its bench in the three matches this season. The SFU bench has outscored opponents 39-14, including allowing zero points from the Howard bench players in the opener. Rebecca Keegan (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) has led the bench with by averaging 6.7 points per game, including an 11 point effort against Akron, one point shy of tying her career-high.
 
SETTING THE STAGE
Saint Francis enters Tuesday game looking to match the best start in program history. SFU opened the season by knocking off preseason MEAC favorite Howard and then grinded out a win against Bucknell on the road before holding on for a win Sunday against Akron. The Flash have started 3-0 for just the third time in program history and SFU has started 4-0 just once. Saint Francis enters Tuesday's meeting with Ohio State averaging 68.3-points a game and is only allowing 62.7. SFU enters the week as the second best rebounding team in the Northeast Conference pulling down 43.0 a game. One of the keys to the fast start for SFU has been sharing the basketball as SFU averages 14.0 assists a game, a mark that ranks second in the NEC. Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) has been leading the way for the Red Flash in 2012-13 and enters the meeting with theBuckeyes averaging 21.3 points, (fifth in the NEC) and 14.7 rebounds (first in the NEC) a game. Williams also ranks tied for fifth in the league in steals averaging 3.67 a contest.    
 
LAST TIME OUT: SFU 74, AKRON 73
Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) led the Red Flash to just their third 3-0 start in school history with another strong effort racking up 22 points with 13 rebounds and seven assists. The Zips (3-1, 0-0) struggled to get their leading scorer Rachel Tecca started in the first half. Tecca, who entered the game averaging 22 points a game was limited to just two in the first half thanks to a solid defensive effort by Shene Fleming (Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne) and limited minutes due to foul trouble. Nickia Gibbs (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) also posted a solid effort for SFU with 15 points, seven boards and four assists.
 
The Zips rallied from down as many as 16 in the second half and took the lead with 48 seconds remaining but Fleming dropped in a layup with 31 seconds left to give the Flash the lead for good. Kacie Cassell missed a layup with nine seconds left and Fleming secured the rebound for the Flash. The junior forward missed the front end of the one-and-one opportunity giving Akron one last opportunity but the half-court shot came up short.
 
GET TO KNOW THE BUCKEYES
The Ohio State Buckeyes was picked third in the Big Ten Preseason Media Poll and guard Tayler Hill earned preseason Player of the Year honors and was the Coaches' Preseason Co-Player of the Year. Ohio State opened the season against 2012 National Runner Up Notre Dame and fell to the Irish, 57-51. The Buckeyes followed up the loss with a pair of home victories first knocking off Cincinnati, 87-49 and then besting Winthrop, 78-53. Through three games this season, Hill leads the Buckeyes in scoring averaging 18.3 points a game. Amber Stokes sits second on OSU in points per game averaging 11.3 a contest. Ashley Adams has also been strong for Ohio State averaging nearly a double-double through three games. The junior, 6-foot-5 center, averages 10.3 points a game with 9.7 rebounds a contest while also posting 3.6 blocks a game. OSU holds a dominating home winning streak of 26 games which ranks as the third longest in all of women's college basketball behind Baylor (42) and Stanford (34). The Buckeyes have not lost at home since Feb. 6, 2011 (vs. Northwestern).
 
NUMBERS TO KNOW
1- The number of times SFU and Ohio State have met previously. The only other meeting between the two schools came March 1, 2010.
 
2 – Williams has opened the season with back-to-back Northeast Conference Player of the Week Awards.
 
3 – Consecutive Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) double-doubles to start the year. The junior forward has 17 double-doubles in her career.  
 
19 –Williams' career-high in rebounds that she earned against Bucknell last week.
 
14.0 – Saint Francis enters its fourth game of the season averaging 14 assists per game. The mark ranks second in the Northeast Conference.
 
14 (bonus) – Brittany Lilley (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) is +14 on the season, which ranks first on the Flash.
 
39 – Williams has 39 career double-figure scoring efforts to her credit.
 
118 – Amount of second half points for SFU, the Flash have scored 87 in the first half in three games.  
 
UP NEXT
The Red Flash gets eight days off before returning to action Wednesday on the road against Kent State at 7 p.m.