Loretto, Pa. – The Saint Francis men's basketball team (12-11, 8-4 NEC) heads into the week with a five-game win streak and will play two of the top three teams in the standings in Fairleigh Dickinson and Robert Morris. Thursday's game at Fairleigh Dickinson will be SFU's second nationally-televised game in as many weeks as fans can tune in at 6 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
 
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Scouting Fairleigh Dickinson 
 
Thursday's game figures to be a good one as it pits the two hottest teams in the conference. Saint Francis will enter on a five-game win streak while Fairleigh Dickinson has won six of its last seven. The Knights defeated Saint Francis in each of the last two meetings, including a 79-61 drubbing in Loretto on Jan. 5 this season. FDU is one of the most difficult teams to guard because of its balanced scoring. All five starters average at least 9.9 points per game, led by senior Darnell Edge, who leads the league in 3PT FG% at 43.7%. Edge scored a team-high 17 points in the first meeting while five Knights finished in double figures. Fairleigh Dickinson leads the league in FG% (46.7%) and 3 PT FG% (38.7%) while owning the top assist/turnover ratio and leading the league in steals per game (8.0). FDU enters the week one game behind SFU and Robert Morris for first-place but owns currently owns the tiebreaker over SFU with its win on Jan. 5.
 
Series History
 
The Red Flash lead the all-time series, 48-44. Head coach Rob Krimmel is 8-6 vs. the Knights in his career.
 
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Scouting Robert Morris
 
Robert Morris started the season 7-1 in league play but has dropped three of the last four, starting with a 76-73 defeat to Saint Francis on Jan. 31. The Colonials boast the league's best scoring margin (+2.3) and rank second in scoring defense (68.0 ppg). Josh Williams leads Robert Morris in scoring at 14.5 ppg. Senior Matty McConnell netted a career-high 24 points in the first meeting two weeks ago. Senior Jamaal King (Salisbury, Md./Bishop O'Connell (Va.)) led Saint Francis with 23 points.
 
Series History
 
Saint Francis trails the series 36-49 despite winning seven straight vs. the Colonials. No other team in the league has beaten Robert Morris in consecutive games.
 
Dynamic Duo
 
Senior Jamaal King (Salisbury, Md./Bishop O'Connell (Va.)) and junior Keith Braxton (Glassboro, N.J./Delsea) is one of the top 20 scoring duos in the country. The backcourt mates have combined for 2,699 career points and are one of just 19 sets of current active DI teammates who have both eclipsed 1,300 career points. Braxton ranks 15^th in SFU's career scoring ranks (1,353 Pts) while King is tied with SFU legend and current RMU assistant coach Mike Iuzzolino for 16^th all-time (1,346 Pts).
 
Flaggtastic Performance
 
Sophomore Mark Flagg (Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury) enjoyed the best performance of his young career in Saturday's win over Bryant, scoring a season-high 15 points to go with seven rebounds and a career-high five blocks. Flagg scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half, also grabbing six boards and rejecting three shots over the final 20 minutes. Flagg is the team's top rim protector with 48 career blocks. His five blocks were the most by an SFU player since Josh Nebo (Houston, Texas/Cypress Lakes) blocked eight in the NEC Semifinal win over Wagner on Mar. 4, 2017.
 
Wolford Joins Elite Company
 
Senior sharpshooter Andre Wolford (North Olmstead, Ohio/Saint Ignatius) passed SFU's career scoring leader Joe Anderson for eighth place all-time in career three-pointers with two in Saturday's win. Wolford, a former walk-on, has made 171 career threes and has made 20 of his last 45 three-pointers (44.4%) over his last eight games.