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LORETTO, Pa. (Feb. 22, 2013) - The Saint Francis University women's basketball team returns home to face the Monmouth Hawks, tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
JUST THE FACTS

Saint Francis Red Flash (13-12, 8-6 NEC) vs.
Monmouth Hawks (12-13, 9-5 NEC)
Where: DeGol Arena – Loretto, Pa.
When: Saturday | 4 p.m.
 
ALL-TIME: Series tied at 28
LAST TIME: SFU 63, MON 49 – Jan. 21, 2013
STREAK: SFU, W1
 
BROADCAST INFO:
 
Video Web Stream – NECFrontRow.com
Audiostream: ESPNWilliamsport.com
Broadcasters: Joe Vesnesky (PxP) and Bernie Jubeck (Color)
 
SETTING THE STAGE
 

• Francis enters match-up versus Monmouth on a three game losing skid, the longest losing streak of the season is four games From Dec. 1-19.
• SFU ranks second in the Northeast Conference in scoring with 64.0 points per game, Monmouth ranks sixth with 58.8 points per contest.
• Monmouth has won four of its last five games, including wins over CCSU and St. Francis Brooklyn.
• The Red Flash continues to defend the three point line well only allowing teams to shoot .273 from downtown, which ranks second in the NEC.

 
FLASH FACTS
 

• Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) ranks second in the Northeast Conference in scoring, fourth in rebounding and second in steals. Williams stands as one of just four players in the NEC averaging a double-double per game.
• Rebecca Keegan (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) has earned six starts in the last seven games, the junior center scored 12 points against Sacred Heart to lead the team. The 12 points also tied a career-high.
• Shene Fleming (Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne) is second on the team in rebounding at 6.7 boards per contest, the redshirt junior had grabbed at least eight rebounds in three of the past four games.

 
SCOUTING THE HAWKS
 

• Alysha Womack ranks seventh in the NEC in scoring with 14.4 points per game. The senior guard is also a 74 percent free throw shooter and has knocked down 59 from the charity stripe this season.
• Abigail Martin leads the rebound category for the Hawks, the senior forward averages 5.8 boards per game which ranks 11th in the league.
• Gabby Singer leads the squad in assists, averaging 3.3 helpers per contest.

 
PREVIOUS MEETING ON JAN. 14
 

• In the last meeting between the two schools, SFU won 63-49 in West Long Branch, New Jersey.  
• Nickia Gibbs (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) scored a team-high 17 points on just nine shots.
• Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) added 15 points and 10 rebounds and Alexa Hayward (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) poured in 11 points.
• Carly Thibault led Monmouth with a game-high 18 points.
• SFU held Monmouth to just 13 first half points, the Hawks shot just 4-25 before halftime.

WILLIAMS NAMED CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA®

Williams was honored Thursday by being named to the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Women's Basketball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
Williams garnered second team laurels with a 3.89 grade-point average (GPA) in Occupational Therapy. Williams is the 37th student-athlete at SFU to be honored by CoSIDA as Academic All-America, most among all Northeast Conference institutions. Williams is also only the second SFU women's basketball player to earn All-America honors, Beth Swink was honored in 2003-04 and 2004-05.
 
FOR THE RECORD
 
Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) has cracked several key career statistical plateaus this season including recording her 1,000th point and 600th rebound. Williams also hit the 200-career steal mark. The junior now ranks as just the third player in school history to total 1,000-points, 600-rebounds and 200 steals in her career joining Beth Swink and Jess Zinobile. Williams currently ranks 12th all-time at SFU in scoring (1,253), 7th in rebounding (757) and 4th in steals (225). Williams is not the only current SFU student-athlete in the 1,000-point club, as Brittany Lilley (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) sits 19th on the all-time scoring list with 1,084 points.
 
NUMBERS TO KNOW
 
5 – SFU has now used five different starting lineup combinations after using the same one for the first 18 games.
 
12 – Rebecca Keegan (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) led the team in scoring against Sacred Heart, the junior posted 12 points tying a career-high.
 
13 – SFU held the Hawks to just 13 first-half points the last meeting, the fewest they have surrendered in first half play all season.
 
19 – Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) has posted 19 double-double efforts so far in the 2012-13 campaign.
 
29.1 – Saint Francis also held Monmouth to a miserable 29% shooting percentage in the last meeting between the two schools.
 
UP NEXT
 
Saint Francis will host the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on Monday at 7 p.m. for the regular season home finale.