| Saint Francis Probable Starters |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
2 |
Ramiir Dixon-Conover |
6-3 |
185 |
R-Sr. |
14.6 |
5.4 |
45.5 |
Scored career-high 23 points in last game |
| G |
4 |
Ronell Giles, Jr. |
6-4 |
185 |
So. |
13.0 |
3.7 |
36.9 |
Ranks third in NEC in minutes played |
| G |
11 |
Maxwell Land |
6-4 |
185 |
So |
9.2 |
4.0 |
40.8 |
Playing first collegiate game in home state |
| F |
5 |
Myles Thompson |
6-6 |
220 |
Sr. |
11.2 |
4.0 |
43.4 |
Ranks second in the NEC in 3-point FG percentage |
| F |
42 |
Mark Flagg |
6-9 |
220 |
R-Sr. |
6.7 |
7.3 |
43.2 |
Needs seven rebounds for 600 in career |
| Off the Bench |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
1 |
Zahree Harrison |
6-0 |
190 |
So. |
2.5 |
1.0 |
30.0 |
Scored four points in a game twice this season |
| G |
3 |
Luke Ruggery |
5-11 |
160 |
R-So. |
3.2 |
1.6 |
33.3 |
Scored a career-high nine points against Bucknell |
| F |
13 |
Marlon Hargis |
6-7 |
205 |
Sr. |
7.7 |
1.8 |
57.7 |
Averaging 10.3 points per game on the road |
| F |
15 |
Chukwu Ikediashi |
6-8 |
220 |
R-Jr. |
1.0 |
3.0 |
100 |
Two rebounds against Bucknell |
| G |
20 |
Brendan Scanlon |
5-8 |
155 |
Fr. |
1.0 |
1.0 |
50.0 |
First career assist against Bucknell |
| G |
21 |
Ben Seidel |
6-0 |
170 |
Jr. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Saw action in two games this season |
| G/F |
22 |
Tyler Stewart |
6-8 |
195 |
R-Sr. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Has not played in first five games |
| G |
23 |
A.J. Labriola |
6-2 |
185 |
Sr. |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
Appeared in two games this season |
| G |
31 |
Brad McCabe |
6-6 |
185 |
r-Jr. |
0.4 |
0.8 |
16.7 |
Scored first points of season against Bucknell |
| F |
32 |
Jeriah Coleman |
7-0 |
220 |
So. |
3.0 |
2.2 |
66.7 |
Career-high seven points and rebounds vs. Bucknell |
| F |
42 |
Josh Cohen |
6-10 |
215 |
R-So. |
11.3 |
7.0 |
69.7 |
Current NEC Co-Player of the Week |
GAME NOTES VS. OHIO U
need to know... The game between Saint Francis and Ohio marks the 11th meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1959-60 season.
• The Bobcats lead the series 9-1, including a 6-0 mark in Athens.
• Ohio has won the last two meetings in the series, including an 87-58 decision in 2010-11.
• The lone win for the Red Flash in the series was an 83-74 win in 2004-05.
• Sophomore
Maxwell Land is from Cincinnati, Ohio and will be playing in his home state for the first time despite being over 174 miles from his hometown.
•Head coach
Rob Krimmel will face Ohio for the first time, while his counterpart on the other sideline, Jeff Boals, has faced the Red Flash twice as the head coach at Stony Brook.
an sfu win would...Be the third-straight win, the longest streak since 2019-20.
• Earns the team its second win of the season on the road.
• Be the team's first win against Ohio U in Athens.
• Be the Red Flash's first win in the state of Ohio since defeating Youngstown State in 2008-09.
next on tap... Saint Francis concludes its membership in the Patriot League on Dec. 8 at American after the squad will have played Lehigh (Nov. 28) and Bucknell (Dec. 1) in three of the last four games.
• After American, the four-game road trip will take the Red Flash to Hartford (Dec. 14) and Illinois (Dec. 19).
• The Red Flash return from its four-game road trip to face Robert Morris on Dec. 22.
the word on the bobcats... Ohio University comes into the contest 5-2 after falling 66-51 to LSU on Wednesday.
• Ben Vander Plas paced the Bobcats with 12 points and seven rebounds in the game, while Mark Sears added 11 points, and Jason Carter tallied 10 points and nine boards.
• Sears leads the team with 15.6 points per game, and also paces the team in assists (27) and steals (13). Vander Plas is second on the squad in both scoring (14.6 ppg.) and rebounding (7.0 ppg.).
• Carter leads team in rebounding (7.7 rpg.) and blocks (11), while ranking third in scoring (14.1 ppg.).
last time we met... Ohio defeated Saint Francis 87-58 on Dec. 15, 2010.
• Will Felder paced the Red Flash with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Umar Shannon also found double figures with 16 points.
• D.J. Cooper paced six Bobcats in double figures with 19 points, while Tommy Freeman (15 points), Nick Kellogg (12 points), DeVaughn Washington (10 points), T.J. Hall (10 points) and Ivo Baltic (10 points) also posted double digits.
last time out... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover scored a career-high 23 points to pace Saint Francis past Bucknell on Wednesday.
• Sophomore
Ronell Giles, Jr. (13 points) and
Maxwell Land (10 points) also notched double-figure performances.
• Eleven of the 14 players that registered minutes in the game scored, including eight players that posted at least five points in the contest.
trending up... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover became the first player this season to score 20 points in a game with his career-high performance against Bucknell on Wednesday.
• Dixon-Conover has posted double figures in four of the five games he has played this season, and recorded at least 16 points in three of those games. In the one game this season the redshirt senior did not reach double figures, he stuffed the stat sheet with four points, six rebounds, four assists and a steal. Dixon-Conover leads the team with 14.6 points per game and 20 assists.
• Sophomore
Ronell Giles, Jr. is averaging 16.0 points in his last two games, and ranks second on the team with 13.0 points per game on the season. Giles registered a season-high 19 points against Cornell and then had 16 points against the Mountain Hawks. The sophomore has reached double figures four times this season and 10 times in his last 12 games. He is averaging 13.0 points per game in those 12 tilts.
• Sophomore
Maxwell Land loves some home cookin' after scoring double figures in both home games this season. Land is trending up with his passing after dishing out 11 assists in his last three games including a career-best five against Bucknell on Wednesday. He has 14 dimes this season after handing out 16 assists in 17 games last season.
• Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen, the current Northeast Conference Co-Player of the Week, has scored at least eight points in his last five games with three-double figure performances in that stretch. Cohen earned the weekly top player billing after posting back-to-back career-high 18 points against Cornell on Nov. 24 and Lehigh on Nov. 28. He is averaging 12.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in hjs last five games.
• Senior
Myles Thompson has posted both of his double-figure performances at home with 17 points in both games when the team is defending DeGol. Thompson has tallied at least nine points in five of the six games this season, and is averaging 12.5 points per game in his last two games.
• Senior
Marlon Hargis has posted five points in his last two games after registering games of 15 points (at Virginia Tech, Nov. 18) and 17 points (at Cornell). The two double-digit totals were Hargis' Top-2 scoring outputs in a Saint Francis uniform.
• Saint Francis as a team has posted 70 points in five of the six games this season and 79 points four times. The squad is 3-1 when posting 79 points or more in 2021-22.
start to the season... Saint Francis looks to improve to 4-3 for the 13th time since the 1950-51 season.
• With a win, the team would be 4-3 under head coach
Rob Krimmel for the first time in his tenure. The team's best seven-game start under the coach is 3-4 and that occurred six times (2014-15 to 2019-20).
• The Red Flash are looking for its first 4-3 start since 2004-05. The squad has finished with a winning record in eight of the previous 12 times the team started the season 4-3.
• Saint Francis has started the season 5-2 or better 16 times with the last time occurring in 1997-98.
• In 2014-15 and 2017-18 the team participated in the CIT and in 2019-20 advanced to the NEC Championship Game after starting the year 3-4, which the team would be with a loss at Ohio U.
• The team is 2-7 in the seventh game of the year under Krimmel. The squad won its seventh game in 2018-19 and 2019-20 to improve to 3-4 while the previous four years the team went into the game 3-3 and lost to drop to 3-4.
• In 2018-19, Saint Francis started the year 3-4 and went on to win the NEC regular season, and play in the conference championship game and the NIT.
against the buckeye state… Saint Francis is 75-66 against teams from Ohio.
• This game will be the only trip or contest against a team in the Buckeye state.
• It will be the fourth game in the state under head coach
Rob Krimmel. The squad also played Youngstown State (2012-13), Dayton (2013-14) and Cincinnati (2014-15) in his time leading the Red Flash.
• Youngstown State (39 games) and Franciscan (38 games) are the two most common opponents Saint Francis plays from the state of Ohio. Franciscan and Saint Francis are sister schools as fellow franciscan schools. The two schools have played in four of the last five years.
in the nec… Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover leads the lead in assists (4.00) and assist/turnover ratio (3.33), third in steals (1.80) and third in the scoring (14.6 ppg.).
• Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen leads the conference in offensive rebounds (3.17), and ranks second in the circuit in field goal percentage (69.7),fifth in free throw percentage (84.6), sixth in rebounding (7.0) and 16th in scoring (11.3 ppg.).
• Sophomore
Ronell Giles, Jr. ranks ninth in scoring (13.0 ppg.), sixth in steals (1.67), and third in minutes played (33.00).
• Senior
Myles Thompson ranks second in 3-point field goal percentage (55.6), third in free throw percentage (91.7) and 18th in scoring (11.2 ppg.).
• Senior
Mark Flagg ranks fourth in rebounding (7.3 rpg.), sixth in defensive rebounds (5.00), seventh in blocked shots (1.00) and seventh in offensive rebounds (2.33).
• Senior
Marlon Hargis ranks fourth in free throw percentage (85.7).
• Saint Francis ranks in the Top-5 in the Northeast Conference in 14 team categories, including pacing the league in in scoring offense (79.8 ppg.), scoring margin (+6.2)and rebounding offense (42.0), offensive rebounds (14.33), rebounding margin (+6.0), assist/turnover ratio (1.13),.
• The Red Flash also ranks second in turnover margin (+3.33), third in defensive rebounds (27.67), third in field goal percentage (44.1), third in field goal defense (42.0), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (33.0), fourth in assists (13.00), fourth in steals (7.67), fourth in rebounding defense (36.0), fifth in scoring defense (73.7), fifth in free throw percentage (71.3), fifth in blocked shots (3.17).
only flagg in name, not on his play... Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg started his final season in red and black with back to back double-doubles after posting 17 points and a career-high 17 rebounds against George Washington on Nov. 9, and 11 points and 10 rebounds against Franciscan on Nov, 15. It is the second time in his career he has posted consecutive double-doubles.
• With his 40 points to start the year, Flagg now has 823 points for his career on his march toward 1,000 career points.
• He has notched six rejections to start the season to sit in third place in program history with 109 blocks. Flagg can move into second place with 28 rejections.
• Flagg is now one of six players with 100 blocks, and if he reaches 110 knock aways he would be only the third player in team history with 110 blocks.
• Flagg also needs five assists to reach 100 for his career.
• According to KenPom, Flagg recorded a defensive rebound on 41 percent of George Washington's possessions.
continuing where he left off... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover was the team's leading scorer in 2020-21. He has posted double figures in 19 of the last 23 games he played including 18 of his last 21 games.
• Dixon-Conover has six 20-point performances, including a career-high 23 points against Bucknell on Dec. 1.
• The redshirt senior has 11 games with 17 points or more in his career.
• Dixon-Conover moved off 500 points in his career with his career-high performance against Bucknell. He also has over 200 rebounds, 100 steals, and needs seven assists to reach 200 for his career.
career night... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover scored a career-best 23 points against Bucknell on Dec. 1.
• Redshirt sophomore
Luke Ruggery posted a career-best nine points against Bucknell, while sophomore
Jeriah Coleman had a personal-high seven points and seven rebounds against the Bison on Dec. 1.
• Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen notched a career-best 18 points against Cornell on Nov. 24 and again against Lehigh on Nov. 28. Cohen had a career-best 11 boards against Franciscan on Nov. 15.
• Senior
Marlon Hargis has improved his best scoring output in the Red and Black in the last two games. After reaching a then-best 15 points against Virginia Tech on Nov. 18, Hargis scored two more points for 17 points against Cornell on Nov. 24. The senior's career high is 19 points against Harvard on Nov. 22, 2019 when he played for Holy Cross.
• Sophomore
Maxwell Land posted a career-high 19 points against Franciscan on Nov. 15.
• Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg hauled in a career-high 17 rebounds against George Washington on November 9.
first collegiate points... Freshman
Brendan Scanlon, the lone newcomer on the team, notched his first collegiate action against Franciscan on Nov. 15. The freshman registered a pair of rebounds and received a huge ovation when he scored off the glass with 27 seconds left for his first collegiate points.
benchmarks for success... Saint Francis is 3-2 this season when it reaches 70 points in a game, and 3-1 when it posted 79 points.
• Seventy is usually a magic number for success under head coach
Rob Krimmel. The squad is 91-47 overall when it posts 70 on the scoreboard, including 42-33 (70-79 points), 37-12 (80-89 points), 12-2 (90-99 points) and 10-0 (over 100 points) in a game.
• The squad is also 104-30 when leading at halftime, and 91-53 when it had more free throws than the opponent.
• Defensively, the team is 72-31 when it allows under 69 points in a game. This season, the team is 3-0 after allowing 54 points against Franciscan,68 points to Lehigh and 67 points to Bucknell.
preseason poll... Saint Francis was picked eighth in the Northeast Conference preseason poll. Wagner College received seven of the 10 first place votes to be selected as the preseason favorite. Bryant University picked up two first place nods to finish second, while Mount St. Mary's University earned the final first place selection to place fourth. Long Island University, Merrimack College, Sacred Heart University, St. Francis Brooklyn, the Red Flash, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Central Connecticut State rounded out the 10-team poll.
captain, my captain... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover, senior
Myles Thompson and sophomore
Luke Ruggery have been named team captains for the 2021-22 season.
• Dixon-Conover and Thompson were also team captains in 2020-21.
20-point club... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover leads the team with six games with at least 20 points in his career. Dixon-Conover registered five 20-point performances in 2020-21 and notched his first one of the season in 2021-22 against Bucknell on Dec. 1.
• Redshirt seniors
Mark Flagg and
Tyler Stewart, and senior
Myles Thompson both have one 20-point performance in their career. Flagg posted his 20-point game in 2018-19 while Stewart and Thompson both recorded their 20-point game in 2019-20.
• Sophomore
Ronell Giles, Jr. posted two 20-point games last year with his career-best 21 points in the first match up against Bryant.
double vision... Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg posted double-doubles in his first two games this season, while sophomore
Josh Cohen turned the trick against Franciscan on Nov. 15, and against Lehigh on Nov. 28.
• Flagg posted the first double-double of this season with 17 points and 17 rebounds against George Washington on November 9, and followed that performance up with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Franciscan. Cohen had 11 points and a career-best 11 rebounds against Franciscan, and 18 points and 10 rebounds against Lehigh on Nov. 28.
• Flagg now has five double-doubles and Cohen has three double-doubles in their career. Senior
Myles Thompson also has three career double-doubles.
• Cohen, Flagg and Thompson each have double-doubles that are points and rebounds. Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover has two double-doubles in his career, one with points and rebounds and one that is with points and assists against Bryant last season.
boards up... Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg has six double-digit rebound games in his career with two coming this season, including a career-high 17 caroms against George Washington on November 9.
• Sophomore
Josh Cohen has two career 10+ rebound games, including a career-best 11 boards against Franciscan and 10 caroms against Lehigh on Nov. 28.
• Senior
Myles Thompson ranks second on the team with three 10+ rebound games.
within hop, skip and a jump of loretto... Saint Francis has three local players on the team. Senior
A.J. Labriola (Altoona), junior
Ben Seidel (Johnstown) and redshirt sophomore
Luke Ruggery (Duncansville) all hail from within 30 minutes of the Saint Francis campus.
flash return... Saint Francis returns all, but two players from last year's team.
• The squad returns 91 percent of its minutes, points and rebounds from last year.
• The Red Flash also returns its Top-6 scorers from 2020-21 with redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover leading the way with 15.5 points per game and senior
Myles Thompson ranking second with 10.1 points per game. Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg led the team on the boards with 6.0 rebounds per game.
coaches dream team... Head coach
Rob Krimmel has assembled a coaching staff with strong ties to Saint Francis.
• Krimmel, a 2000 graduate of Saint Francis, was an Academic All-American.
• Assistant coach
Eric Taylor, a 1998 graduate, was a three-time All-NEC selection, ranks 23rd in program history in points (1,287) and fifth in rebounding (967).
• Graduate assistants
Ronnie Drinnon, an All-NEC first team selection as a senior and
Jamaal King, who was named to the all-conference first team in his last two seasons, both played for Krimmel and also have etched their name into Saint Francis lore. King ranks 10th in program history in points (1,517 points) while Drinnon is 11th in rebounding (804). Drinnon graduated from Saint Francis in 2016 and King graduated in 2019.
• Assistant coach
Luke McConnell, a 2012 Saint Francis graduate, played on the Red Flash football team as a student-athlete. McConnell is the son of former Saint Francis men's basketball head coach Tom McConnell (1992-99), while his cousin T.J. McConnell is in his seventh season in the NBA.
