BOX SCORE Flash Points:

• SFU Men's Basketball earned a 70-64 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday at DeGol Arena.
• The Red Flash finished the regular season with a 14-15 overall record, including 11-7 in the NEC.
• SFU reached 11 NEC wins for the first time since 1995-96 and clinched its first NEC Quarterfinal home game since 1991.
• Saint Francis will host Bryant on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on NEC Front Row in the 4-5 seed matchup.
• The Red Flash celebrated Senior Day on Saturday, recognizing Georgios Angelou (Halkida, Greece/Lykeio Kanithou) and Patrick Wrencher (West Chester, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller).

LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis Men's Basketball team earned a 70-64 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday in its final regular season game.  With the win, the Red Flash clinched at least a Top Four seed in next week's NEC Tournament.  The Red Flash improved to 14-15 overall and 11-7 in the NEC, while Fairleigh Dickinson fell to 11-18 overall and 9-9 in conference play.
 
The Red Flash will be the No. 4 seed in the NEC Tournament, meaning it will host Wednesday's Quarterfinal game at DeGol Arena.  The Red Flash will meet No. 5 seed Bryant at 7 p.m., with a broadcast on NEC Front Row.  SFU will host its first NEC Quarterfinal game at DeGol Arena since the 1990-91 season, when it won the NEC Title.  SFU reached 11 conference wins in a season for the first time since the 1995-96 team.
 
Saint Francis celebrated Senior Day, recognizing guard Georgios Angelou (Halkida, Greece/Lykeio Kanithou) and forward Patrick Wrencher (West Chester, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller) for their contributions during their four years in the Red Flash program.  In Angelou's final regular season game of his career, he had five points, including a three, and a rebound.  Wrencher made his third start of the season, contributing a rebound and an assist.
 
Sophomore Isaiah Blackmon (Charlotte, N.C./West Charlotte) led the Red Flash with 20 points, hitting 5-of-11 shots including four threes, five rebounds, two assists and two steals.  Sophomore Jamaal King (Salisbury, Md./Bishop O'Connell (Va.)) had 16 points, on 5-of-12 shooting, four rebounds, six assists, two blocks and three steals.  Sophomore Josh Nebo (Houston, Texas/Cypress Lakes) added 11 points and 12 rebounds, but did not record a block for the first time in a game since January 7 against LIU Brooklyn.  Freshman Keith Braxton (Glassboro, N.J./The Lawrenceville School) had nine points, 11 rebounds and four assists.
 
Saint Francis shot 36 percent from the field, going 20-of-56 from the floor, and 30 percent from three, hitting 7-of-23 attempts.  A big key to the win was SFU's performance at the free throw line, where it went 23-of-27.  SFU made 37 percent of its shots in the first half and 33 percent in the second half.  The Red Flash won the battle on the boards, 46-34, and assisted on 17 of its 20 made field goals.
 
The Knights were led by sophomore Darnell Edge's 19 points on 7-of-15 shooting, with three assists and four steals.  Junior Darian Anderson was 5-of-13 from the field for 18 points, with three triples, four rebounds, seven assists and three steals.  Sophomore Mike Holloway had 12 points and seven rebounds, while Earl Potts Jr. contributed 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals. 
 
Fairleigh Dickinson hit 35 percent of its shots, making 22-of-63 looks, and went 7-of-29 from three (24 percent).  FDU shot 13-of-17 from the free throw line.  FDU shot 36 percent in the first half and 34 percent in the second half.  FDU forced 20 SFU turnovers, turning those into 26 points.
 
The Red Flash led 34-28 at halftime.  SFU shot 37 percent in the first half, making 12-of-32 attempts, and 36 percent from three, going 5-of-14 from beyond the arc.  Blackmon and Braxton each had nine points in the half, with Braxton adding six boards.  Randall Gaskins Jr. had six points and three assists, while King had four points and four assists.
 
FDU shot 36 percent from the field in the half, hitting 11-of-31 shots, but went just 2-of-11 from three (18 percent).  Anderson led the Knights with 11 points and three assists in the half, while Edge and Holloway each had six points.
 
After Anderson and Gaskins Jr. traded jumpers to open the game, the Knights went on an 11-2 run to take a 13-5 lead with 15:32 left in the half.  Holloway scored the first four points of that run, with a layup and a dunk.  Potts then converted a three-point play, hitting a free throw after being fouled on a layup.  Anderson and Edge each made layups to close out the run.
 
However, the Red Flash responded with a 9-0 run to take its first lead of the game, 14-13, with 10:06 remaining in the half.  Braxton started the run with a layup followed by a King jumper.  Braxton then completed an and-one opportunity with a free throw after being fouled on a layup.  Braxton hit two more free throws after being fouled on the next possession.
 
FDU pushed its lead back to five, 19-14, with 8:57 left in the half after a jumper by Edge and a four-point play by Anderson.  Gaskins Jr. responded with a jumper before Angelou hit a three to tie the game at 19-19. 
 
After a jumper by Gaskins Jr. and a three by Anderson, SFU scored seven of the game's next eight points.  Braxton started the stretch with two free throws.  Blackmon knocked down a three before King made a layup to extend SFU's lead to 28-32 with 3:31 to go.  Blackmon and Andre Wolford (Willowick, Ohio/Saint Ignatius) hit threes to close out the half. 
 
A pair of free throws by King gave SFU a nine-point lead, 43-34, with 15:44 to go in the game.  Three by FDU's Potts Jr. was then answered by a Blackmon three. 
 
The Knights then went on a 15-1 run over the next five minutes.  Potts Jr. started the run with a layup and a three.  Edge scored FDU's next 10 points.  He hit two free throws before getting a layup to go on the next possession.  A few plays later, Edge converted a three-point play and added a three to push FDU's lead to 52-47 with 9:37 to go.  After two free throws by Blackmon, Edge hit another three and Anderson added two free throws to extend FDU's lead to 57-49 with 8:39 remaining.
 
The Red Flash answered with a 14-2 run, ending with a 64-59 lead with 1:18 to go.  The sophomores took over, with Nebo scoring six points, off four free throws and a dunk, King adding five, with three free throws and a layup, and Blackmon contributing two free throws and a layup.
 
Two free throws by Anderson were answered by two from Angelou a few seconds later.  King and Blackmon each hit two from the free throw line to close out the victory.