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EMMITSBURG, MD-Saint Francis opens their road trip this weekend with a trip to Mount Saint Mary's for a noon tip-off on Saturday in a game that can be seen on ESPN3.

ABOUT THE FLASH
Saint Francis ended a brief two-game slide and picked up their biggest win of the season, defeating Bryant 85-72 on Monday night in DeGol Arena. Cydney Smith (Port Tobacco, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) had a career night, scoring 25 points and grabbing nine rebounds in the victory. Jessica Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) went for 25 as well, including a buzzer-beating half court shot that ended the first half. Saint Francis was able to get back out in transition against the Bulldogs, they turned 20 Bryant turnovers into 24 points. The Red Flash were also nearly even with the NEC leading rebounders, and won the second-chance points battle 16-12. The Mountaineers are the only team the Flash have out rebounded in NEC play, winning the boards 40-36 when the teams played in January. In that contest, the Flash put four players in double figures in a 87-57 rout. SFU forced 26 Mount turnovers, turning them into 33 points. The Flash also held Mount Saint Mary's to 1-12 shooting from three-point range.

ABOUT THE MOUNT
Mount Saint Mary's comes into the matchup at 4-8 in the NEC including completing a sweep of Wagner on Monday night. The Mountaineers have been on the wrong end of a number of close contests the past few outings, falling by three to LIU and seven to Robert Morris. Alexis Carter is the do-everything guard for the Mountaineers, averaging 13 points and seven rebounds per game. The Mount's back court leads the team with Jessica Harris averaging 11 points a contest, together the back court accounts for nearly half of the team's offense. While Mount Saint Mary's averages 56 points per contest, its calling card has been its defense. The Mount leads the NEC in points allowed per game (61.2) and field goal defense (39 percent against). SFU will try and speed the Mountaineers up as they averaged 19 turnovers per game.

ABOUT THE MATCH-UP
This will be the 61st meeting between the two schools, with SFU holding a 32-28 all-time edge, including two straight. The Flash will try and spoil senior day for the Mountaineers who will honor Sarafina Arthur-Williams, Jody Chickey and Jayla Leftwich in a pre-game ceremony. Saint Francis will also look to stop a brief two-game regular-season slide in Emmitsburg. Saint Francis won an NEC playoff game in 2013-14 at the Mount but their last regular season win came 2011-12.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Red Flash will celebrate President's Day with a afternoon tip at Wagner. SFU and the Seahawks will tip from Staten Island at 4 p.m. on Monday.