Philadelphia, Pa. - Seniors Keith Braxton (Glassboro, N.J./Delsea) and Isaiah Blackmon (Charlotte, N.C./West Charlotte) led the Saint Francis men's basketball team (3-4) to a 79-63 road victory at Saint Joseph's on Saturday night to help head coach Rob Krimmel secure his 100th career win. Blackmon notched his third career double-double with 19 points and a career-high 12 rebounds while Braxton poured in a season-high 26 points to go with seven rebounds and four assists.

Turning Point

The Red Flash held Saint Joseph's to 25.8% from the field in the first half and led 40-28 after Blackmon hit a corner three on the first possession of the second half. The Hawks leading scorer Ryan Daly heated up and the Hawks drew level at 58-58 with 8:12 left on a Daly three. Blackmon scored on the next possession to put Saint Francis up for the remainder of the contest. It was a one possession game, 66-63 in favor of SFU at the under-4 media timeout, but Saint Francis held the Hawks scoreless over the final 3:57 to pull away. Junior Mark Flagg (Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury), who finished with 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, had a tip-in to put the Red Flash up five and Braxton followed with a strong move as Saint Francis ended the game on a 13-0 run.

Inside the Box Score 

• Saint Francis made 30-63 (47.6%) shots and held Saint Joseph's to 21-67 (31.3%) from the field, the lowest field goal percentage by an SFU opponent this season.
• The Red Flash hit 6-14 (42.9%) from three-point range while the Hawks went 8-29 (27.6%).
• SFU was 13-16 (81.3%) from the free throw line to 13-15 (86.7%) for Saint Joe's.
• Saint Francis hauled in 42 rebounds to 39 for the opposition. Thirteen rebounds came on the offensive glass with Blackmon and Flagg securing five each.
• Saint Francis pounded Saint Joseph's inside to the tun of 44-26 points in the paint.
• The Red Flash led for 34:20 of the 40 minutes and never relinquished the lead after the 16:54 mark of the first half.

Notes

• Krimmel, in his eighth season, becomes just the second coach in program history to reach 100 wins. Skip Hughes is the program's career leader at 293 from 1945-1966.
• Saint Francis improves to 1-2 vs. Atlantic 10 opponents this season with losses at VCU and Richmond. Saint Francis led the Spiders by 10 with under two minutes to play in an overtime defeat. 
• It was SFU's first win over an A-10 opponent since a 15-point win at Duquesne on Dec. 17, 2014.
• Braxton's season-high 26 points came on 9-17 shooting. It was his 25th career game of 20 or more points.
• Sophomore Myles Thompson (Camden, N.J./Camden) had another nice game with nine points and eight rebounds.
• Senior Randall Gaskins Jr. added eight points on 3-of-4 shooting.
• With his three blocks, Flagg moved into 10th place in program history with 62 career rejections.
• Saint Francis is 2-0 this season when holding its opponents under 70 points and 12-1 since the start of last season.

Up Next

Saint Francis looks to level its record to 4-4 when it hosts Lehigh on Wednesday night, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m.