BOX SCORE HACKENSACK, N.J. (Feb. 15, 2014) – A season-high six Red Flash scored in double figures Saturday as Saint Francis U turned back Fairleigh Dickinson, 89-82, in front of a national television audience.

With four games remaining, Saint Francis (8-17; 6-6) moved into sixth place in the Northeast Conference standings and improved to 6-0 against the four teams behind it in the league playoff picture.

The Frankies will have to translate that success into wins against the top half of the league – beginning with Thursday's critical showdown with St. Francis Brooklyn in Loretto – if they hope to push for the right to host a postseason game for the first time in 20 years.

The Terriers (15-10; 6-4) are currently tied with Wagner (SFU's opponent on Feb. 27) in third place.

But such talk wouldn't have been possible without Saturday's mettle-testing road triumph.

Saint Francis built a 10-point lead at intermission and expanded its lead to 17 points by the eight-minute mark of the second period.

However, down by 13 points with 90 seconds to go in regulation, the Knights kicked into desperation mode to force a thrilling finish.  Mustafaa Jones drilled back-to-back 3-pointers and Sidney Sanders added a 3-pointer and layup as the Knights slashed the lead to four points, 82-78 with 48 seconds remaining.

The Flash would weather the test, punctuated by a pair of Greg Brown (Odenton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) dunks in the final 28 seconds that sealed the win.

Earl Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter) scored 22 points to pace the Red Flash and Ronnie Drinnon (Jamestown, Ohio/Greenview) added a career-high-tying 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his first collegiate double-double

Greg Brown (Odenton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) and Dom Major each added 12 points and Malik Harmon (Queens, N.Y./Christ the King) contributed 11 for the Frankies, who shot 53.6 percent from the floor (30 of 56).

Sanders finished with 31 points to lead Fairleigh Dickinson (8-17; 4-7), with Jones adding another 21. The Knights struggled from the field, converting on just 27 of 68 shots (39.7 percent).