LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis men's basketball team clinched its first winning regular season in 10 years with its 63-60 victory over Mount St. Mary's on Thursday night at DeGol Arena.
 
Getting to that 15th win for the Flash had a great start and what turned into another exciting finish at DeGol Arena this season. Saint Francis (15-13, 9-8) used a 13-0 run early in the first half to take a double-digit lead on The Mount. Five different SFU players scored on the run as Ben Millaud-Meunier (Montreal, Quebec/Vanier) and Malik Harmon (Queens, N.Y./Christ the King) each hit three pointers and Basil Thompson (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter) converted a three-point play. Harmon's three pointer with 10:06 to play capped the streak with the Flash ahead, 19-7.
 
Stephon Whyatt (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's Prep) kept the Flash lead in double digits later in the half. He scored six straight points, ignited by a sky-walking dunk on the break to make it 24-12 with 7:43 to play.
 
The Mount (14-14, 10-7) clawed back into the game before halftime, however. After Whyatt's free throw made it 28-18 with 5:50 remaining, The Mount scored eight of the final 10 points of the half to make it 30-26 at the break. That spurt managed to push the Mountaineers over the 30 percent barrier from the field in the half. They came into the game shooting more than 40 percent.
 
The Mount never led in the second half, but the game remained in doubt until the end. Millaud-Meunier hit another three pointer to give the Flash a seven-point lead midway through the half, but Andrew Smeathers answered with one for The Mount to cut the lead back to four. Millaud-Meunier had 10 points.
 
The Mount scored six straight points to cut the deficit to a single point, 55-54, with 2:25 to play. It also had the ball, but a wild layup attempt by Junior Robinson put the ball back in SFU's hands. Earl Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter) nailed a three pointer to put the lead back at two possessions, 58-54. Robinson came back with a layup with less than a minute remaining, and Ashe split a pair of free throws with 35 seconds left to make it 58-57 Flash. Earl Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter) had a game-high 16 points while adding six rebounds and three blocks.
 
Greg Brown (Odenton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) made four free throws in the final stretch to keep the Flash ahead, including a pair after a Will Miller three pointer had cut the deficit to one. Ahead by three, the Flash opted to foul before The Mount could get a shot off. Robinson missed the front end of the one-and-one, but the Flash missed both times at the line with less than two seconds left. Greg Brown (Odenton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) finished with 11 points and five boards.
 
The Mount grabbed the rebound and called timeout with just 1.1 seconds left. A 75-foot heave was well wide, and that gave the Flash its first winning regular season since the 2004-05 season. The Flash was 15-13 that season. The Flash also finished with 10 home wins, the most for the team since that 04-05 campaign when it had 11.
 
Ronnie Drinnon (Jamestown, Ohio/Greenview) tied his career high with six assists. The Flash had 16 assists on 19 field goals.
 
Saint Francis closes the regular season with a trip to Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon. The game is slated for a 4 p.m. start, just after the Red Flash women battle the Colonials at 1 p.m.