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Earl Brown
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Men's Basketball Ben Mitchell

Game 5 Preview: Saint Francis at Notre Dame

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Saint Francis U continues its early-season travels on Saturday when it pays a visit to Notre Dame for a 1 p.m. contest. The Red Flash fell to 0-4 on the young season with a setback against Colgate in its home opener on Wednesday but did see a silver lining thanks to a breakout performance by junior Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J./Atlantic City).

Shannon, who missed the 2011-12 season due to an ACL tear, dropped 24 points in the contest.  The Flash also got a bump from freshman post players Ronnie Drinnon (Jamestown, Ohio/Greenview) and Stephon Mosley (Harlem, N.Y./Seton Hall Prep) who combined for 27 points.

The Fighting Irish are 4-1 overall and 3-0 at Purcell Pavilion after a 65-48 win over George Washington on Wednesday.  Notre Dame opened the season ranked and reached the no. 20 spot before dropping a 79-70 overtime loss to Saint Joseph's on Nov. 16.

Jack Cooley leads three Irish players who average double-digit scoring totals (15.2).  Pat Connaughton is Notre Dame's leading long-range threat, hitting on nine 3-pointers.  As a team, Notre Dame totes a 3-point field goal percentage of 31.5 (29-92).

SFU opponents have shot 39.8% (35-88) from beyond the arc in 2012-13.


STARTING FIVE...
  • An SFU win would snap an eight-game road losing streak
  • Krimmel announced the signing of Patrick Wrencher (West Chester, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller) on Nov. 21... 6-6, 250 lbs... averaged 1.9 points and 1.4 rebounds for Cincinnati Moeller last season
  • Sophomore Matt Mazzara (State College, Pa./State College Area) is the only Red Flash player who will not be available to play this afternoon
  • SFU women's hoops coach Joe Haigh is a 1995 Notre Dame grad; his squad visits Purcell Pavilion on Dec. 31
  • Krimmel on Colgate game: “ Give our guys credit, they fought back, but when you dig yourself that deep of a hole every possession counts and defensively we didn't do a good enough job tonight.”


MOSLEY EARNS CHOICE HOTELS/NEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK NOD
  • Forward Stephon Mosley (Harlem, N.Y./Seton Hall Prep) averaged 8.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in his first two collegiate games
  • Eight points, seven boards at Niagara; Earned start at Youngstown State on Friday (8 pts/6 reb)
  • The award ends a two-year drought in the weekly awards category for the Red Flash; first SFU rookie of the week since February of 2010
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