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Baltimore, Md. – The Saint Francis men's basketball team (0-2) heads to Morgan State (1-1) on Wednesday in search of its first win of the season after dropping an overtime heartbreaker to Richmond last time out.
 
Scouting Morgan State
2018-19 Record: 9-20
Postseason: MEAC Tournament First Round
Starters Returning: 3
SFU Record in Series History: 3-1
Last Meeting: SFU 80 Morgan State 62 – Nov. 9, 2018 @ SFU
 
Morgan State returns three of its five starters next season, including its leading scorer Stanley Davis (12.5 ppg). Point guard Sherwyn Devonish-Prince Jr. is also a dangerous scoring threat (10.7 ppg) and was named to the MEAC All-Rookie Team after his freshman season. The Bears went 9-20 last season, losing to the Red Flash 80-62 behind 21 points from Jamaal King (Salisbury, Md./Bishop O'Connell (Va.)) and 19 points and 13 rebounds from Keith Braxton (Glassboro, N.J./Delsea). Through its first two games, Morgan State has recorded a win over Central Penn College and a loss to Temple. Stanley and Devonish-Prince Jr. lead them in scoring at 12.0 and 11.0 ppg, respectively.
 
 Balanced Attack
 
Saint Francis had three scorers net 20 or more points in the same game on Friday for the first time since Rob Krimmel took over as head coach at the start of the 2012-13 season. Redshirt senior Isaiah Blackmon (Charlotte, N.C./West Charlotte) led the way with 23 points and was followed by 20 points each from Braxton and redshirt sophomore Tyler Stewart (Silver Spring, Md./St. Andrew's Episcopal). Senior Scott Meredith (Pilot Mountain, N.C./Hargrave Military Academy (Va.)) was close to joining the trio with 20 points, finishing with 18 on six threes. Senior Deivydas Kuzavas (Kretinga, Lithuania/St. Mary's Ryken (Md.)) gave SFU five scorers in double figures with 11 points.
 
Braxton Moving Up the Record Books
 
Braxton continues to ascend up the record books, moving into 7^th place on the school's all-time scoring list after his 20-point game at Richmond, passing former teammate Jamaal King (Salisbury, Md./Bishop O'Connell (Va.)) and Devin Sweetney in the process. Blackmon also made a big move up the scoring record book, going from 38^th to 32^nd after scoring a season-high 23 points at Richmond
 
Shoot the Lights Out
 
Saint Francis made 14-of-28 three-point field goals at Richmond, tying its season-high from all of last season. Meredith led Saint Francis by going 6-of-9 from three, one shy of his career-high, while Blackmon tied his career-high for threes in a game by going 5-for-10 and 4 for his last 5. The Red Flash hit 7-of-11 from three-point range in the second half with four different players combining for the 14 made threes.
 
Mistakes Down the Stretch
 
The Red Flash gave a quality Atlantic 10 opponents fits all night and led by 12 with 2:52 to play and 10 with 1:41 to play before seeing the lead evaporate in the final two minutes. Saint Francis went just 4-of-9 from the free throw line with three turnovers over the final three minutes.