FLASH POINTS

• Jessica Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) set a school record with 10 made threes
• Courtney Zezza (Plum, Pa./Plum) tied a career high with 8 blocks and SFU had 12 as a team
• Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) set a career high with 13 points

 
 
LORETTO, PA-  The Red Flash pulled away from a pesky St. Francis Brooklyn squad in the fourth quarter and rode a school-record 10 threes from Jessica Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) to a 90-75 victory to move to 3-0 in NEC play.
 
Kovatch finished with a season-high 39 points on 13-28 shooting including a record-breaking 10-21 from three, breaking her own school record for threes in a game. The 10 made threes tie for the second-most in the NCAA this season. Not to be outdone, Courtney Zezza (Plum, Pa./Plum) tied her career best with eight blocks, one shy of the school recorded and tied for the 7^th most in the NCAA this season. The Red Flash totaled a season-high 12 blocks in the game.
 
FIRST QUARTER RECAP

• The Red Flash got out to a quick start with a Harrison jumper followed by a Harrison steal that led to a Kovatch three
• Harrison and Kovatch traded baskets to pace SFU early as they jumped out to an 11-5 lead at the first media timeout
• The lead would grow to as many as nine before the Terriers got hot, five-straight points from Samantha Keltos cut the SFU lead to four
• A three from Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) capped a personal 8-2 run for the freshman and staked the Red Flash to their largest lead of the quarter at 23-13
• Mia Ehling was 4-4 from three for the Terriers on Saturday and her late three cut the SFU lead in half at 26-21 at the end of the first quarter

 
SECOND QUARTER RECAP

• The SFU lead would yo-yo between 5-10 points for much of the quarter with the Red Flash unable to pull away from SFBK
• A lay-up by Alex Delany cut the SFU lead to four before the Red Flash reeled off a 9-0 run on two threes from Kovatch and a third from Maya Wynn (Reisterstown, Md./McDonogh)
• A late bucket by the Terriers stopped the run and SFU took a 46-35 lead into the locker room

 
THIRD QUARTER RECAP

• Brooklyn came out firing in the second half, cutting the SFU lead to two on the back of a 12-3 run to start the quarter
• The lead would shrink to one off a Jade Johnson three before buckets by Kovatch and Kyasia Duling (Zanesville, Ohio/New Albany (Duquesne)) stretched the lead back to five
• Again, the Terriers would make it a one-possession game off a Ehling three before a late Kovatch three gave SFU some breathing room
• The Red Flash would take a 61-55 lead into the fourth

 
FOURTH QUARTER RECAP

• SFU got quick buckets from Caitlyn Kroll (Bridgeport, Ohio/Bridgeport) and Leah Morrow (Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Africentric) and forced a pair of turnovers to stretch the lead back to 10 at 65-55
• The Terriers would get it to within single-digits just one more time in the game, a pair of Kovatch threes on back-to-back possession were crucial and forced a SFBK timeout with SFU leading 71-56
• Lay-ups by Zezza and Harrison set up another Kovatch three to put SFU up 21, their high-water mark of the game
• Both teams emptied their bench and SFBK was able to get within 12 before a Caitlyn Carroll three capped the scoring
• Kovatch scored 14 of her 39 in the fourth to help seal the victory

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 

• The Terriers controlled the paint, outscoring SFU 28-18
• SFBK also out rebounded SFU 50-43 and owned a 16-8 edge on second-chance points
• SFU forced 22 turnovers including 18 steals, leading to 25 points
• Harrison led the way with six steals for SFU
• The Red Flash put three players in double figures with Kroll's 12 joining Swogger's 13 and Kovatch's 39
• Jade Johnson led three Terriers in double figures with 16

 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Red Flash moved to 8-7 on the season and 3-0 in NEC play while St. Francis Brooklyn sits at 4-9 and 0-2. The Terriers will play at Robert Morris on Monday night at 7. The Red Flash will host LIU Brooklyn on Monday night, tip time from DeGol Arena is set for 6 p.m.