Loretto, Pa. – The Red Flash look to clinch a playoff berth for the fifth consecutive season and position itself for a home quarterfinal game this weekend with home games vs. CCSU on Thursday, Feb. 15, and Bryant on Saturday, Feb. 17.

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Scouting CCSU

The Blue Devils are in the midst of a five-game slide and will be fighting for their playoff lives when they come to Loretto on Thursday. CCSU bested the Red Flash 72-68 in both teams' conference openers on Dec. 29. The Blue Devils led big in that one before SFU stormed back to tie it in the final minute only to see its hard work go for not in the end. Joe Hugley came off the bench to score 17 for the Blue Devils in the win while sophomore Keith Braxton (Glassboro, N.J./The Lawrenceville School) scored a game-high 18 for the Red Flash. Central Connecticut is led by Tyler Kohl at 16.6 ppg. The Blue Devils have good size and lead the conference in defensive rebounding but have been plagued by turnovers and a scoring offense ranked ninth in the conference.

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Series History
 
CCSU has won the last two meetings and leads the series 22-18. Head coach Rob Krimmel is 7-4 all-time vs. the Blue Devils.
 
SCOUTING BRYANT
 
The Bulldogs are in last place in the conference with a 2-12 record but are coming off a big 79-77 win over Mount St. Mary's on Saturday to snap an 11-game losing streak. Bryant took the Red Flash to the brink in Rhode Island with SFU escaping with an 86-82 overtime win behind 29 points apiece from King and Braxton. Bosko Kostur led the Bulldogs with 23 points. The Red Flash did a good job on Adam Grant, one of the most prolific scorers in the NEC, holding him to 11 points on 4-17 shooting. He enters the week 6^th in the league in scoring at 16.9 ppg. The Bulldogs have the league's worst scoring defense at 82.6 ppg.
 
Series History
 
Bryant leads the series 9-8 but SFU has won six of the last seven.
 
SENIOR DAY CEREMONY
 
Saint Francis will honor its three seniors on Saturday before the Bryant game in Malik Harmon (Queens, N.Y./Christ the King), Daniel Wallace (Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River) and Deon Baker (Pittsburgh,Pa/Gateway). Harmon was the NEC Rookie of the Year in 2013-14 and has scored 871 points in his career. He needs seven assists to move into 7^th in school history as he currently has 317 under his belt. Before arriving in Loretto, Saint Francis had won 36 games in the previous five seasons. With Harmon on campus it has since won 70. Wallace and Baker have each been solid contributors for Krimmel as well with 43 and 17 career games played respectively.
 
TEAM BASKETBALL
 
For the third time this season SFU put all five scorers in double figures in the 90-65 win at St. Francis Brooklyn. The starters combined to shoot 27-of-42 (64.3%) from the field and 8-of-15 (53.3%) from three-point range, accounting for 81 of the 90 total points.
 
KRIMMEL PASSES BARON ON WINS LIST
 
Red Flash head coach Rob Krimmel moved into solo fourth in school history in career wins with his 75^th on Saturday, passing Jim Baron, the head coach of SFU's last title team in 1990-91. Krimmel needs just 11 wins to pass Tom McConnell and Bobby Jones for second all-time.
 
REBOUNDING IMPROVEMENT
 
Flagg's insertion into the starting lineup has improved Saint Francis's rebounding numbers. Saint Francis was outrebounded in eight of its first 10 conference games but outrebounded Fairleigh Dickinson (+3) last Thursday and Mount St. Mary's (+2) on Saturday.