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Saint Francis Travels to Sacred Heart for NEC Semifinals

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LORETTO, Pa. (March 12, 2013) - The Saint Francis University women's basketball team travels to Sacred Heart for an NEC Semifinal match-up. 

JUST THE FACTS

Saint Francis Red Flash (16-14, 10-8 NEC) vs.
Sacred Heart Pioneers (22-9, 13-5 NEC)
William H. Pitt Center – Fairfield, Conn.
Wednesday | 7 p.m.

ALL-TIME: Sacred Heart leads 15-8
LAST TIME: SHU 81, SFU 56 – Feb. 18, 2013

BROADCAST INFO:

Video Web Stream – NECFrontRow.com
Audiostream: ESPNWilliamsport.com
Broadcasters: Joe Vesnesky (PxP) and Bernie Jubeck (Color)

SETTING THE STAGE
  • Saint Francis and Sacred Heart face off in the Northeast Conference semifinals, SFU took down No. 5 CCSU on Sunday, while the Pioneers took down No. 7 St. Francis Brooklyn.
  • Saint Francis is 40-7 all-time in NEC postseason play, including a staggering 24-1 all-time record inside DeGol Arena in the postseason. The lone defeat coming against Wagner, 61-51, on March 10, 1992. SFU is also 0-1 against Sacred Heart in league postseason play.
  • Sacred Heart has won both meetings against Saint Francis this season, both victories were by over 20 points.
  • The Pioneers hold opponents to an average of just 55.4 points per game, which ranks first in the league by over two points.

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. The junior has notched 21 double-doubles this season.
  • Shene Fleming (Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne) is second on the team in rebounding at 6.6 boards per contest, the junior is also fifth in the conference in field goal percentage.
  • Rebecca Keegan (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) has come on strong lately, in the NEC Quarterfinal win over CCSU the junior center had nine points and 11 rebounds.

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
  • Gabrielle Washington leads the team in scoring with 16.8 points per game, the mark ranks third in the conference.
  • Enjoli Bland leads the Pioneers in the rebounding department, the junior forward averages 6.5 per contest.
  • Ericka Norman is the frontrunner for assists per game in the NEC, the junior averaged nearly seven dimes per game.

SECOND MEETING ON FEB. 18
  • In the last meeting between the two schools, SHU won 81-56 in Fairfield, Conn.  
  • Rebecca Keegan (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) scored a team-high 12 points for Saint Francis 
  • Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) added 10 points and 11 rebounds.  
  • Kiley Evans and Gabrielle Washington both scored over 20 points for the Pioneers.   
  • Sacred Heart shot 52% for the game, while SFU shot just 33%.

FIRST MEETING ON JAN. 19
  • In the first meeting between the two schools this season, Sacred Heart won 71-50 in a nationally televised contest in Sweet Loretto.  
  • Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) scored a team-high 20 points and had 10 rebounds. 
  • Brittany Lilley (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) added 12 points for the Flash.
  • Five different Pioneers posted double-figures, including 16 from Ericka Norman and Kiley Evans.   
  • SHU outscored SFU 34-19 in the first half of play.

WILLIAMS NAMED ALL-NEC FIRST TEAM

Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) was named to the Northeast Conference first team on Thursday, March 7. Williams finished the regular season averaging 17.4 points per game, which ranks second in the league behind the NEC Player of the Year, Artemis Spanou. The junior also finished the regular season averaging 10.8 rebounds per game, which ranks fourth in the conference. Williams is one of only for players in the conference to end the regular season averaging a double-double.


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 11th all-time at SFU in scoring (1,323), 7th in rebounding (797) and 4th in steals (245). 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.
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