Saint Francis Media Notes
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LORETTO, Pa. - The Saint Francis men's basketball team hosts Bryant on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in a key NEC matchup. The Red Flash, currently 6-4 in conference play, is just a game behind the three teams tied for first place. Bryant enters the game at 4-6 in league play and tied for seventh place.

Saint Francis is coming off an exciting 90-78 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday night. Ben Millaud-Meunier (Montreal, Quebec/Vanier) hit eight three pointers for the Flash, just one shy of tying the school record as he finished with 29 points. Malik Harmon (Queens, N.Y./Christ the King) hit four three pointers and finished with 22 points. Ronnie Drinnon (Jamestown, Ohio/Greenview) scored 16 points and added 12 rebeounds for his 10th double-double of the season.

NOTES FROM ROBERT MORRIS

• The win for Saint Francis gave the team 250 Northeast Conference victories in its history.
• The start of the game was delayed 17 minutes due to malfunctioning official review equipment.
• The Red Flash earned back-to-back home victories over Robert Morris for the first time since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.
• Ben Millaud-Meunier (Montreal, Quebec/Vanier) made eight three pointers a new career high. He had seven in Feb. 2013 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson.
• His eight three pointers were just one shy of tying the school record of nine set twice by John Hilvert in Feb. 1989.
• Malik Harmon (Queens, N.Y./Christ the King)'s four three pointers matches his career high.
• The Red Flash's 13 three pointers are the team's most since hitting the same number in a win over Wagner last season.
• Ronnie Drinnon (Jamestown, Ohio/Greenview) registered his 10th double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
• Greg Brown (Odenton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) had seven assists to tie his season high. His career high is eight.

DRINNON LOOKING FOR 700 REBOUNDS

Senior Ronnie Drinnon (Jamestown, Ohio/Greenview) is looking to become the 16th player in school history to reach 700 rebounds, and he's certainly within striking distance on Thursday night. Drinnon currently has 695 rebounds after pulling down 12 more in the win over Robert Morris last week. Jeff Hamilton (1981-85) is currently in 15th place on the school's rebounding list with 711 rebounds.

MILLAUD-MEUNIER AT TOP OF FREE THROW LIST

Senior Ben Millaud-Meunier (Montreal, Quebec/Vanier) stole the headlines from Saturday's win by making eight three pointers, but he quietly went 5-for-5 from the free throw line. That moved him into a tie with Duke's Luke Kennard for the top spot in the NCAA with a 91.5 percent mark at the free throw line. After Duke's game on Tuesday night, Kennard moved his average to 92.4 percent with his 4-for-4 from the line in a win over Georgia Tech.

BROWN GETS ASSISTS

Prior to the Red Flash's loss to Mount St. Mary's on Jan. 16, senior Greg Brown (Odenton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) had a season-high of five assists. In three of his last five games, Brown has at least six assists including seven in each of the last two games. In those past five games, Brown is averaging 5.4 assists per game.

A RAIN DELAY NEXT?

The beginning of Saturday's game was delayed for 17 minutes due to a malfunctioning official review system, but that was hardly the strangest delay the Red Flash has experienced this season. During the first half of a game at Albany in December, the building's fire alarms were activated when a fire extinguisher was pulled off a wall and sprayed in Albany's media room. 

TWO IN A ROW IN LORETTO

The Red Flash defeated Robert Morris at home for the second consecutive time with its 90-78 victory on Saturday night. That's been a rare occurrence in the recent series. The last time that happened was the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons. Last year's win over the Colonials snapped a 14-game overall losing streak in the series and a 10-game home losing streak to Robert Morris.

CONTROLLING THE ARC

The Red Flash leads the NEC in both three-point percentage and three-point defense. On the offensive side, SFU shoots it at a 38.1 percent rate, good for 37th in the country. On defense, SFU is holding opponents to 31.5 percent, 53rd in the NCAA. 

ABOUT BRYANT

The Bulldogs are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, including road losses last weekend at Central Connecticut and Sacred Heart. The second game of that five-game streak came at the hands of the Red Flash on Jan. 21 in a 71-65 SFU victory.

Hunter Ware leads the Bulldogs with 14 points per game, and he's one of four players scoring in double figures. Marcel Pettway scores 11.1 points per game, Nisre Zouzoua scores 10.6 points and Dan Garvin averages 10.5 points per game. 

LOOKING AHEAD

SFU host Central Connecticut on Saturday before traveling to Robert Morris and Mount St. Mary's next weekend. Bryant concludes a four-game road trip with games at Saint Francis on Thursday and at Robert Morris on Saturday. Bryant then returns home for four straight games.

SERIES HISTORY

Bryant owns a 7-5 lead in the series history, but the Red Flash has won two games in a row. In the team's last meeting two weeks ago, the Flash overcame a 17-point halftime deficit to defeat the Bulldogs, 71-65.