Flash Points:

• SFU Men's Basketball guard Keith Braxton (Glassboro, N.J./The Lawrenceville School) was named NEC Rookie of the Week on Monday.
• Braxton earned his seventh NEC Rookie of the Week award, just one off the NEC record for a season.
• The New Jersey native averaged 20 points and 9.5 rebounds as SFU went 1-1 this past weekend.

LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis freshman guard Keith Braxton (Glassboro, N.J./The Lawrenceville School) has won another NEC Rookie of the Week Award, announced by the conference on Monday.  Braxton earned his seventh NEC Rookie of the Week honor this season after leading SFU to a 1-1 weekend, including an 80-71 win at Central Connecticut State on Thursday.
 
With his seventh NEC Rookie of the Week Award, heading into the last weekend of the regular season, Braxton is just one away from tying the conference record for NEC Rookie of the Week awards in a season.  Three players have previously earned eight NEC Rookie of the Week awards, including Rider's Charles Smith (1993-94), Saint Francis' Darshan Luckey (2002-03) and Central Connecticut State's Kyle Vinales (2011-12).
 
In two games this week, the New Jersey native averaged 20 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while shooting 63 percent (14-of-22) from the floor.
 
Braxton led the way in Saint Francis' 80-71 win at CCSU on Thursday.  Braxton had 19 points, on six-of-seven shooting and six-of-six from the free throw line, with eight rebounds, five assists and two steals.  The freshman scored 11 of his 19 points in the second half, hitting all three of his shot attempts and all four free throw attempts.
 
On Saturday at Bryant, Braxton recorded his seventh double-double of the season, with 21 points, on 8-of-15 shooting, 11 rebounds, two assists and a steal.  Braxton scored 13 of his 21 points in the first half.
 
On the season, Braxton averages 13.3 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game, leading the Red Flash in scoring, rebound and steals.  He is shooting 54 percent from the floor and 43 percent from three.  Braxton ranks 13th in the NEC in scoring, third in rebounding, seventh in field goal percentage, ninth in assists, 11th in free throw percentage (76.6) and fifth in steals.
 
Braxton ranks second among all Division I freshmen in rebounds per game, trailing UCLA's T.J. Leaf by only 0.1 rebounds per contest.  He's tied for sixth among all Division I guards and leads all freshman guards in rebounds per game, averaging 1.9 more rebounds than any other freshman guard.  He ranks fourth among all Division I guards in defensive rebounds per game, pulling down 6.7 per contest.
 
In NEC play, Braxton is averaging 15.4 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game, while shooting 56 percent from the floor, 34 percent from three and 83 percent from the free throw line.
 
The Red Flash, led by Head Coach Rob Krimmel, is 12-15 overall and 9-7 in the NEC.  Saint Francis wraps up the regular season this weekend with home games against Sacred Heart, on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Fairleigh Dickinson, on Saturday at 1 p.m.  Both games have big implications in the NEC standings heading into the NEC Tournament, as SFU is currently tied with FDU for fourth with Sacred Heart right behind in sixth.