LORETTO, Pa. – Four Saint Francis men's basketball players were in double figures, but a shot on the final possession of regulation forced overtime and Mount St. Mary's had the upper hand in overtime of a 72-65 Red Flash defeat in Thursday's season finale at DeGol Arena.
 
Freshman Ronell Giles, Jr. led the Red Flash with 14 points, while junior Marlon Hargis, senior Mark Flagg, and redshirt freshman Josh Cohen added double-figure scoring efforts.
 
The Red Flash shot 52% from the field in the first half before cooling off to a 29% mark in the second half and overtime.
 
Mount St. Mary's 72, Saint Francis 65
Records: Saint Francis (6-16, 5-13 NEC); Mount St. Mary's (10-10, 9-7 NEC)
Location: DeGol Arena (Loretto, Pa.)
 
COACH KRIMMEL'S COMMENTS
"It's certainly not the ending that we wanted. We came in shorthanded without Ramiir and Max and our guys battled for 45 minutes. We ran out of gas. Give Mount St. Mary's credit; they played well in overtime and hit the shot at the end of regulation to send it into overtime. The kid's a talented player and he made a big-time shot."
 
KEY MOMENTS

• Saint Francis used a 10-0 run late in the first half to turn a 19-all tie into a 29-19 advantage with three minutes remaining before halftime.
• The Red Flash opened up a double-digit lead with five minutes remaining in regulation before the Mountaineers chipped away and hit a three on their final offensive possession to force overtime.
• The Mountaineers opened the extra session with the first six points and enjoyed their largest lead of the game as the final margin.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Saint Francis trailed 14-9 before an 8-0 run with four points each from Cohen and Giles gave the Red Flash a three-point advantage with 10:25 to go before halftime.
• The game was tied at 19 before a 10-0 run capped off by a basket from freshman Zahree Harrison helped SFU to a 29-19 lead with 3:23 to play in the half.
• The Red Flash led 35-25 at the break on 51.7% shooting from the field.
• The Mountaineers opened the second half on a 12-1 run to move in front 37-36 with 14:40 to play.
• Saint Francis held Mount off the scoreboard for over four minutes to turn a 41-40 deficit into a 46-41 lead on a pair of Harrison free throws with 8:49 remaining.
• A Hargis three grew the advantage to double-digits at 55-45 with 5:09 to play.
• Mount St. Mary's answered with a 7-0 run to trim the Red Flash lead to three before a Harrison layup ended the drought and made it 57-52 Saint Francis with 2:14 to go.
• SFU led 63-60 before a three-pointer from Mount St. Mary's Damian Chong Qui with 5.8 seconds in regulation forced overtime.
• The Mountaineers scored the first six points of the extra session and held Saint Francis off the board until a Flagg layup with 1:12 to play cut the Mount lead to 69-65.

STATS

• Giles was 5-of-13 from the field and 4-of-4 from the line while adding four assists.
• Hargis tallied 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
• Cohen added 11 points and Flagg chipped in with 10.
• Giles and Harrison dished out four assists each. Giles played all 45 minutes, while Harrison recorded a career-high 40.
• Saint Francis cooled off from a 52% first half from the field to shoot 40.4% for the game. The Mountaineers shot 50% in the second half and were 4-for-9 in overtime.
• The Red Flash shot 61.5% from the free-throw line, four-tenths of a percentage better than the Mountaineers. Saint Francis was at 56.5% in the second half and overtime, while Mount was 3-for-8.

GAME NOTES

• The Red Flash drops to 34-49 all-time against the Mountaineers.
• Saint Francis was without senior Ramiir Dixon-Conover and freshman Maxwell Land due to injuries. The guards combined for 35 of Saint Francis' 110 spots in starting lineups this season.
• SFU honored two members of the program on Senior Night: guard Dan Henry and manager Denzel Mobley. Henry made his first career start and recorded a steal in four minutes of action. 

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