Women's Basketball 3/4/2020 11:15:00 AM David Halstead

Red Flash close regular season at Robert Morris Thursday night

Moon Township, Pa. – Saint Francis women's basketball (11-17, 9-8 NEC) closes the regular season at Robert Morris (21-7, 16-1 NEC) on Thursday at 7 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN+.

Scouting Robert Morris
The Colonials are the NEC regular season champions after defeating Mount St. Mary's 57-52 on Monday. Robert Morris has won or shared the regular season title in each of the past four seasons. RMU has rolled through most of conference play with its only blemish coming in a 62-59 defeat to the Mountaineers on Feb. 21. The Colonials are averaging 65.0 ppg, while allowing a league-best 53.1 ppg. Robert Morris has a +11.9 scoring margin, which ranks first in the NEC. Senior Nneka Ezeigbo paces the team in scoring with 14.1 ppg and is second in rebounding with 8.1 rpg. Junior Ire Ozzy-Momodu is averaging 9.0 ppg, while pulling down a team-high 8.5 rpg.

Series History
Robert Morris leads the all-time series 47-42. The Colonials have won four straight over the Red Flash, including a 66-57 victory earlier this season on Feb. 17 in Loretto.

SFU to host NEC Tournament quarterfinal
Saint Francis has already clinched a home NEC Tournament quarterfinal game on Monday, March 9. The Red Flash are currently the third seed in the playoffs and would secure the third spot with a win at Robert Morris. SFU will also be the No. 3 seed with a Fairleigh Dickinson loss to Mount St. Mary's on Thursday. Saint Francis can finish no worse than the fourth seed.

Thomas pouring in the points
Junior Haley Thomas (Hooversville, PA/Bishop McCort) has carried a heavy scoring load for the Red Flash over the past two games. Thomas scored a season-high 20 points against LIU on 9-of-13 from the floor. The Hooversville, Pa. native followed that performance with a near double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds against Mount St. Mary's. She was 7-of-11 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line.

Swogger scoring in double-figures
Junior Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) has scored in doubles-figures in three straight games for the Red Flash. She had 13 points against Robert Morris, 12 against LIU and 14 against Mount St. Mary's. Much of Swogger's scoring has come from behind the arc where she paces the team this season with 49 made three-pointers.

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