Trailing 74-62 with 4:57 left, the Red Flash went on a 13-2 run to cut the margin to 76-75 with 11 seconds left. Land and Dixon-Conover each had four points in the spurt while Thompson added a trey and Cohen had two charity tosses. After Dixon-Conover's two free throws with 11 seconds left to cut the deficit to a point, Land stole the ball before Giles missed a layup and Cohen rebounded the ball and missed the put back. Ohio grabbed the rebound and was fouled, and made two free throws to seal the win. 

FLASH QUOTES
"I'm proud of the effort the guys put forward tonight. This group decided to pull for each other and play for each other and scratch and claw our way back into it. Certainly, proud of the effort and sometimes in the game of basketball you play hard enough, you play well enough to put you in position to win and you come up just a little bit short. We have been there a couple times this year when the ball didn't bounce our way and we did what we needed to do down the stretch. It's a game of inches. We left it all out there in the second half. I thought we had great energy from our bench. Its tough to come into a locker room like that because they all believed that we played well enough to win. There is going to be a lot of big things ahead for this group." – said head coach Rob Krimmel on the game against Ohio

"The experience this team had last year playing together and playing together in the first seven games will pay off in the end. They have taken another step this year in playing for each other, our shot not my shot." – said Krimmel

FLASH MOMENTS
With the Bobcats holding a 41-23 advantage with 1:18 remaining in the first half, the Loretto program scored the final seven points of the half to cut the margin to 41-30 going into the locker room.

The squad also cut it to a one possession game thanks to a 10-2 run with 13:18 remaining. Cohen and Giles each sparked the spurt with four points apiece.

Ohio extended its lead back to double digits before the Red Flash made one more comeback attempt.

FLASH NUGGETS
Thompson went 7-for-11 from the floor, 1 of 3 from behind the arc and 4 of 4 from the free throw line. He finished with a season-best 19 points after posting 17 points twice this season. It is the fifth time he has registered at leat 18 points in a game in his career.

Land, playing in his home state albeit four hours away from his hometown, reached double digits for the first time on the road this season after posting 10+ points twice at DeGol Arena this season. The sophomore has 12 double-figure point performances in his career.

Giles has registered double figures in four--straight game and five times this season. He has registered double digits 17 times in his career.

Dixon-Conover backed up his 23-point performance against Bucknell on Wednesday with his third-straight double-digit point game, fourth of the season and 24th of his career. The redshirt senior also stuffed the stat sheet with six rebounds, five assists and three steals.

The Red Flash have scored 70 points in a game for the third-straight game and the fifth time this season.

The squad is 3-4 for the seventh time under head coach Rob Krimmel. Saint Francis opened the year 3-4 in each season from 2014-15 to 2019-20.

UP NEXT
Saint Francis returns to action at American on Wednesday, December 8. Game time is 7:00 p.m.