Flash Points:

• SFU men's basketball earned a tough 80-78 win at LIU Brooklyn on Saturday.
• The Red Flash improved to 11-12 overall and 8-4 in NEC play with its fourth straight win.
• SFU won its fifth NEC road game this season, accomplishing that feat for the fourth time in program history and the first time since 1997-98.
• Sophomore Josh Nebo (Houston, Texas/Cypress Lakes) led SFU with 19 points and three blocks.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Saint Francis men's basketball team erased a 12-point deficit in the final 15 minutes to earn an 80-78 win at LIU Brooklyn on Saturday at the Steinberg Wellness Center.  The Red Flash improved to 11-12 overall and 8-4 in the NEC as it picked up its fourth straight win.  The Blackbirds fell to 14-11 overall and 7-5 in conference play.
 
Saint Francis collected its fifth NEC road win this season, earning five NEC road wins in a season for the fourth time in program history and the first time since 1997-98.  SFU found success in New York this year, with wins at Wagner, St. Francis Brooklyn and LIU Brooklyn.
 
Sophomore Josh Nebo (Houston, Texas/Cypress Lakes) led the Red Flash with 19 points, hitting 8-of-12 shots, three rebounds and three blocks.  With the blocks, Nebo now has 112 for his career, moving into sole possession of second place all-time at SFU, passing Jerry Mack (1985-89).  Nebo is 25 blocks behind Melvin Scott's all-time record set in 1996-01.
 
Fellow sophomore Isaiah Blackmon (Charlotte, N.C./West Charlotte) added 15 points, with three triples and six-for-six from the free throw line, seven rebounds and three steals.  Freshman Randall Gaskins Jr. hit all four shot attempts, including a three, and all three free throws for 12 points, and senior Georgios Angelou (Halkida, Greece/Lykeio Kanithou) contributed 10 points.
 
The Red Flash shot 50 percent from the floor, despite going 5-of-16 from three (31 percent) and 19-of-24 at the free throw line.  SFU hit 63 percent of its shots in the second half, making 17-of-27, and went five-of-nine from three.  SFU won a close battle on the boards, 32-31, and forced 14 turnovers.
 
LIU Brooklyn was led by Jashaun Agosto's 19 points, on 6-of-15 shooting, and Julian Batts added 14 points, with four threes, seven rebounds and three steals.  Iverson Fleming contributed 12 points and five rebounds, while Julius van Sauers had 11 points, with three triples and two free throws.
 
The Blackbirds shot 43 percent from the field, 44 percent from three and 77 percent from the line.  LIU shot 44 percent in the second half, making 11-of-25 shots.
 
The Red Flash trailed 41-34 at halftime.  Saint Francis shot 38 percent from the field, hitting 11-of-29 shots, but went 0-for-7 from three, the first time in conference play this year that SFU did not hit a three.  However, SFU went 12-of-15 from the free throw line.
 
Nebo led the Red Flash with 12 points, hitting five-of-eight shots and two-of-three from the free throw line.  Gaskins Jr. added six points, hitting both shot attempts and both free throws, three rebounds and an assist.  Braxton and Andre Wolford (Willowick, Ohio/Saint Ignatius) each had four points.
 
The Blackbirds made 42 percent of its looks in the half, hitting 11-of-26 shots, including 6-of-13 from three (46 percent).  LIU Brooklyn went 13-of-18 from the free throw line.  Leading LIU in scoring was van Sauers, with 11 points, while Fleming had eight.
 
In a back-and-forth first half, SFU created a little separation with an 11-1 run to give SFU a 24-18 lead with 6:05 to go in the half.  Nebo had five of SFU's points during the run, with a jumper and a three-point play after being fouled on a layup.  Sophomore Andre Wolford (Willowick, Ohio/Saint Ignatius) had four points, with a layup and two free throws, while Gaskins Jr. added a jumper.
 
LIU scored 12 of the game's next 17 points to take a 30-29 lead with 4:04 remaining in the half.  Fleming had five points during the run, with a three and a jumper, while Raiquan Clark hit three free throws.  Glenn Feidanga and van Sauers each hit two free throws to help LIU pull ahead.
 
A 14-2 run extended LIU's lead to seven, 38-31, with 2:06 to go in the half.  During the run, van Sauers had five points, with Fleming adding four.  Batts hit a three and Clark made two free throws.
 
Angelou was fouled on a three-point attempt and knocked down all three free throws to cut the deficit to 38-34, but Batts answered with a three to push the LIU lead back to seven.
 
With 14 of the game's 23 points to start the second half, the Blackbirds gained their largest lead of the game, 55-43, with 14:59 left.  Augusto and Batts each had five points during the run, with Feidanga adding two and Clark finishing the run with a dunk.
 
An 11-2 SFU run, ending on a three by Blackmon, to cut the deficit to 57-54 with 12:26 left.  The run started on a dunk by Nebo, which turned into a three-point play after Nebo was fouled and converted the free throw.  Then Blackmon hit two threes and King made a layup.
 
After two free throws by Agosto and a layup by Fleming, Angelou drove in for a pair of layups.  SFU tied the game at 61-61, with 8:32 left, on an and-one by Gaskins, who made a layup through contact and added the free throw.
 
A couple minutes later, Wolford hit jumpers on back-to-back possessions gave SFU a 68-65 lead with 6:16 remaining.  However, three free throws by Agosto, on two possessions, tied the game with 4:23 to go.  King and Fleming traded layups before Braxton and Agosto did the same, leaving the game tied at 72-72 with 2:02 remaining. 
 
On the next possession, Blackmon drew a foul and hit both free throws.  On the following SFU possession, King found a wide-open Gaskins Jr. in the corner as the freshman knocked down a three to extend the lead to 77-72 with 23 seconds left.
 
However, Batts knocked down a three nine seconds later.  Blackmon answered by hitting two free throws after being fouled on an in-bound pass.  Batts hit another three to cut the SFU lead to one, 79-78, with six seconds left.  King was then fouled on the next in-bounds pass.  King hit the first free throw but missed the second, but Nebo collected a game-sealing steal after LIU grabbed the rebound.
 
The Red Flash returns to DeGol Arena on Thursday when it matches up against Wagner.  Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. with a broadcast on Root Sports Pittsburgh (Tape Delay), MSG Network+ and Fox College Sports.