Saint Francis University (5-11, 1-4 NEC) at Bryant University (7-8, 4-1 NEC)
Date | Time	Monday, January 17, 2022 | 7 p.m
Location	Smithfield, R.I. | Chace Athletic Center
Television	NEC Front Row
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Saint Francis Probable Starters
Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	FG%	Note
G	2	Ramiir Dixon-Conover	6-3	185	R-Sr.	13.3	5.1	42.1	14.5 ps, 6.0 rebs, 6.5 asts & 3.5 s per game last season vs Bryant
G	11	Maxwell Land	6-4	185	So.	10.2	4.4	40.7	Only player to start every game this season
F	13	Marlon Hargis	6-6	205	Sr	7.2	2.6	46.4	Looking for first three-straight games with 10 pts
F	33	Josh Cohen	6-10	220	R-So.	11.1	6.1	64.0	Averaging 13.5 ppg and 8.0 rpg in starting lineup
F	42	Mark Flagg	6-9	215	R-Sr.	4.8	5.6	41.0	Needs 21 rebounds to join Top-20
Off the Bench
Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	FG%	Note
G	1	Zahree Harrison	6-0	190	So.	1.9	1.0	28.9	NEC career-best three steals against Merrimack
G	3	Luke Ruggery	5-11	160	R-So.	2.2	0.8	26.5	Registered five points against Merrimack on Saturday
F	4	Ronell Giles, Jr.	6-4	185	So.	11.5	3.7	37.9	Ranks second on the team in scoring
F	5	Myles Thompson	6-6	220	Sr.	11.0	3.8	42.6	Averaging 10.2 ppg in last five games played
F	15	Chukwu Ikediashi	6-8	220	R-Jr.	1.0	3.0	100	Appeared in two games, both at home
G	20	Brendan Scanlon	5-8	155	Fr.	0.7	0.7	50.0	Made NEC season debut on Saturday
G	21	Ben Seidel	6-0	170	Jr.	0.7	0.0	50..0	Made NEC season debut on Saturday
G/F	22	Tyler Stewart	6-8	195	R-Sr.	--	--	--	Has not played in first 16 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.	0.3	0.7	14.3	Appeared in six games this season
F	32	Jeriah Coleman	7-0	220	So.	2.7	1.6	60.0	Ranks eighth in NEC in blocks (0.8 bpg)

GAME NOTES VS. BRYANT
need to know... The game between Saint Francis and Bryant marks the 27th meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 2008-09 season.
• The Red Flash have won eight of the last 11 meetings to grab a 14-12 edge in the all-time series.
• All three of the losses in this span have taken place at Chace Athletic Center.
• Bryant leads the series in Rhode Island, 8-3, and this will be the first meeting at Bryant since 2019-20.
• The two teams split the season series last year in Loretto. Saint Francis won the first game 89-82 before the Bulldogs took the second contest 72-63.
• The Red Flash is 4-0 in the NEC Tournament against Bryant with wins in 2013-14, 2016-17, 2018-19 and 2019-20 with all four encounters in the quarterfinals.

a sfu win would... Be the second NEC win
• Be the second-straight win
• End a two-game skid on the road against the Bulldogs
• Give the team a pair of two-game winning streaks for the first time since the 2019-20 season. Last year, the team won back-to-back games once last year

next on tap... Saint Francis returns home on Friday for Central Connecticut State on ESPN +, and then will host Sacred Heart two days later.
• Saint Francis will play six of its eight games on the road in the month of January.
• The team will wrap up the month of January at Wagner (Jan. 27) and at the Mount (Jan. 29).
• While the majority of January is on the road, five of the eight games in February are at home.

the word on the bulldogs... Bryant comes into the contest 7-8 overall and 4-1 in Northeast Conference play after defeating Mount St. Mary's 73-66 on Saturday.
• Adam Eleeda paced the Bulldogs with 26 points against the Mount. Peter Kiss (18 points) and Charles Pride (13 points) also found double figures with 17 points in the win to open the weekend.
• Kiss leads the team in scoring (20.4 ppg.) and assists (42) while ranking second in steals (21) and third in rebounding (5.4 rpg.)
• Pride leads the team in rebounding (7.5 rpg.) and steals (22) and is second in scoring (14.9 ppg.) and third in assists (34).
• Eleelda is also averaging double figures with 10.4 points per game, while Luis Hurtado is tied for the team lead with 42 assists.

last time we met... After defeating Bryant 89-82 on Feb. 4, the Bulldogs earned a 72-63 win against Saint Francis on Feb. 5.
• Ramiir Dixon-Conover fueled the Red Flash with 18 points, while Marlon Hargis added 12 points off the bench.
• Peter Kiss led the Bulldogs with 22 points. Michael Green III (16 points) and Chris Childs (11 points) also found double figures. Hall Elisias narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and 20 rebounds.

last time out... Sophomore Maxwell Land keyed a 22-2 run to erase an 11-1 start to the game by Merrimack to take the lead for good in a 62-46 win on Saturday.
• Land finished with 13 points and tied a career-best with nine rebounds.
• Senior Marlon Hargis paced the team with 15 points, five rebounds and three assists.
• Redshirt sophomore Josh Cohen added 12 points and seven rebounds.

national ranking... Redshirt senior Ramiir Dixon-Conover ranks 31st in steals with 2.07 thefts per game.
• Redshirt sophomore Josh Cohen ranks 31st in NCAA Division I in field goal percentage through games on Tuesday. Cohen is in the rankings based on three made field goals per game with his 64.0 percent. The redshirt sophomore sat in second place for the week prior to the Illinois game for five made field goals per game.
• The team also ranks in the Top-100 nationally in three categories. The squad is 67th in offensive rebounds per game (11.88) and 99th in turnover margin (+1.7).

trending up... For the first time in 33 days, Saint Francis has tasted the thrill of victory with its win against Merrimack on Saturday. The Red Flash had lost six-straight games since its last win, an 81-66 win at Hartford on Dec. 14.
• The game on Dec. 14 was in honor of Jack Phelan and there might have been some Phelan influence in the win on Saturday. Friday was the 25th anniversary of Jack Phelan's DeGol Arena record 42 point performance against Duquesne.
• With a win on Monday at Bryant, the squad will notch its second winning streak of the season after defeating Lehigh (79-68, Nov. 28) and Bucknell (93-67, Dec. 1) in consecutive games.
• Senior Marlon Hargis has entered the starting lineup twice in the absence of fellow senior Myles Thompson, and in both games Hargis has posted at least 15 points, five rebounds and three assists in each contest. Hargis has registered double figures in three of his last five games and is averaging 10.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in that stretch. The senior also registered back-to-back 10-point performances for the fourth time in his Saint Francis career. He is looking for his first three-straight 10-point performance in his career.
•Since the end of the previous four-game road trip, sophomore Maxwell Land has posted double figures in five of his last six contests. The sophomore has also registered at least five rebounds in five of his last six tilts, including matching a career-best nine boards for the second time against Merrimack on Saturday. Land is averaging 13.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game since Dec. 22.
• Redshirt sophomore Josh Cohen registered double figures in the last two games that he has played and is averaging 13.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in that stretch. Cohen has hit at least three field goals 10 times this season and is shooting 68.8 percent from the field when he reaches that mark. He is shooting 33.3 percent when he makes less than three shots a game. Cohen is avearging 14.3 points per game when he has three field goals in a tilt.
•  Despite being held to single digits for the third time in his last five games, redshirt senior Ramiir Dixon-Conover stuffed the stat sheet with eight points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks  Dixon-Conover is averaging 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game on the current road trip.
• Sophomore Jeriah Coleman has 16 career blocks and has registered a career-high three rejections in his last two games against LIU on Jan. 8 and against Merrimack on Jan, 15. Coleman has nine blocks in conference games and ranks third with 1.80 blocks per game in league games. The sophomore matched his career high of seven points against Merrimack after setting the personal standard against Bucknell on Dec. 1.
• Senior Myles Thompson has posted double figures in three of his last five games and is averaging 10.4 points per game during that span. The senior has scored at least 17 points in a game nine times in his career. Thompson has moved over 850 points for his career and stands at 866 points.

for starters... Saint Francis used its fourth different starting lineup combination on Saturday. Despite using four different combinations, only eight players have heard their name in the starting lineup.
• Sophomore Maxwell Land is the only player to start all 16 games this season.
• The game against Merrimack was the first time that a new lineup debuted with a win. The other three combinations lost their first game together.
• Land, sophomore Zahree Harrison and senior Marlon Hargis are the only players to appear in every game this season.

road warriors part deux... After playing at home for a three-game homestand, Saint Francis is in the midst of its second four-game road trip of the season. The Red Flash will have spent 22 of the 45 days over the span of December 4-January 17 on the road riding on a bus or a hotel.
• It will also mark the seventh time the Loretto program will play four straight conference games on the road, joining the 1988-89, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2004-05 and 2006-07 teams.
• Saint Francis has not been too successful in these trips, posting no more than one win per four-game road trip:
Year NEC Season Record (4-game road trip record)
2020-21 – 1-4   (1-2)
2006-07 – 5-13 (0-4)
2004-05 – 10-8 (1-3)
1999-00 – 7-11 (1-3)
1998-99 – 7-11 (0-4)
1993-94 – 9-9   (1-3)
1992-93 – 7-11 (1-3)
1988-89 – 6-10 (1-3)

in the nec… Redshirt senior Ramiir Dixon-Conover ranks second in steals (2.07), fourth in assists (3.80), fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.46),  fifth in minutes played (33.27) and 10th in the scoring (13.3 ppg.).
• Redshirt sophomore Josh Cohen leads the conference in field goal percentage (64.0),and ranks fourth in the circuit in offensive rebounds (2.50).
• Sophomore Ronell Giles, Jr. ranks 10th in steals (1.60) and 20th in scoring (11.5 ppg.).
• Senior Myles Thompson ranks second in 3-point field goal percentage (48.8) .
• Sophomore Jeriah Coleman has moved into eighth in blocked shots (0.86), while sophomore Maxwell Land is ninth in minutes played (31.88)
• Saint Francis ranks in the Top-5 in the Northeast Conference in 14 team categories
• After leading the conference for the majority of the non-conference slate in scoring offense, the Red Flash have dropped to fourth with 70.9 points per game.
• The Red Flash also ranks second in offensive rebounds (11.88), third in assist/turnover ratio (1.04), fourth in field goal percentage (42.7), third in turnover margin (+1.69), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (32.9), fourth in steals (7.19), fifth in rebounding defense (36.8), fifth in defensive rebounds (24.50), fifth in rebounding offense (36.4), fifth in assists (13.13), fifth in blocked shots (2.94) and fifth in offensive rebound percentage (31.5).

yada, yada yada... ramiir stuffed the stat sheet... There is a lot to fall in love with in redshirt senior Ramiir Dixon-Conover's game.
•  He has posted double figures in 11 of the 15 games he has played this season, and has reached double figures in 25 of his last 30 games. He has recorded double figures 30 times in his career.
• Dixon-Conover is a stat stuffer and has grabbed five rebounds 25 times in his career including 10 times this season.
• He also has 12 games this season with at least three assists and 46 in his career, and 10 games with at least two steals in 2020-21 and 38 times in his career.
• Dixon-Conover became the sixth player in the nation to register 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals in a game against a Division I opponent against Hartford on Dec. 18. He had a career-high six steals in the tilt against the Hawks.
• Dixon-Conover has eight 20-point performances, including three times this year. He registered a career-high 23 points against Bucknell on Dec. 1 along with 20 points against Robert Morris on Dec 23 and 21 points against LIU on Jan. 8.
• The redshirt senior has 14 games with 18 points or more in his career.
• Dixon-Conover moved over 600 points in his career in the first half against St. Francis Brooklyn on Jan. 6 and now has 640 career points.
• Dixon-Conover also has 261 rebounds, 227 assists and 112 steals in his career.

march to some milestones... Redshirt senior Mark Flagg and senior Myles Thompson continue their march up the career charts.
• Flagg ranks third in program history with 113 career blocks, and is one of three players in program history to have 110 rejections.
•The redshirt senior grabbed his 600th career rebound in the first half against Illinois on Dec. 18, and currently has 629 caroms. He needs 21 rebounds to join the program's Top-20 list for career rebounds, and tie William Saller (653, 1952-56) for 20th in team history.
• Flagg has 850 career points, and needs 150 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
• Flagg reached 100 assists for his career after dishing out three assists against Wagner on Dec. 29.
•Thompson is 134 points away from 1,000 points. The team has 15 games left including postseason and Thompson would need to average 8.9 points per game to reach the milestone.
• Thompson needs 67 rebounds to reach 500 caroms for his career, currently sitting at 433 boards for his career.

not so fashionable... Saint Francis has now worn four different color uniforms this season.
• The Red Flash has donned black, white, red and gray uniforms this season. The squad won its season debut with the white jersey against Franciscan on Nov. 15, but lost its first game wearing black (George Washington, Nov. 9), red (Ohio University, Dec. 4) and gray (Robert Morris, Dec. 22).
• White: Record: 2-1 (Franciscan, Bucknell, Wagner)
• Black: Record: 2-5 (George Washington, Virginia Tech, Cornell, Lehigh, at St. Francis Brooklyn)
• Red: Record: 1-3 (Ohio U, Illinois, at LIU, at Merrimack)
• Gray: Record: 0-2 (Robert Morris, FDU)

home, sweet home, loretto... Saint Francis is 76-50 at DeGol Arena under head coach Rob Krimmel.
• The Red Flash is 50-32 in Northeast Conference play at home, and 26-18 in non-conference action.
• Saint Francis is 2-3 this season at home after losing its last three at DeGol Arena. Its the first time since 2013-14 the squad has lost three-straight in Loretto.
• The Loretto program has registered a winning season at home from 2014 to 2020, and the squad posted at least a non-losing season in each of those campaigns.

career night... Sophomore Maxwell Land has re-established his career high with 20 points at LIU on Jan. 8 after posting a then career-high 19 points against Franciscan on Nov. 15.
• Redshirt sophomore Josh Cohen notched a career-best 23 points against American on Dec. 8 after establishing a then career-best against Cornell on Nov. 24 and again against Lehigh on Nov. 28. Cohen had a career-best 11 boards against Franciscan on Nov. 15.
• 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.
• 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.
• Redshirt senior Mark Flagg hauled in a career-high 17 rebounds against George Washington on November 9.

benchmarks for success... Saint Francis is 4-4 this season when it reaches 70 points in a game, and 4-1 when it posted 79 points.
• Seventy is usually a magic number for success under head coach Rob Krimmel. The squad is 92-49 overall when it posts 70 on the scoreboard, including 42-35 (70-79 points), 38-12 (80-89 points), 12-2 (90-99 points) and 10-0 (over 100 points) in a game.
• The squad is also 106-31 when leading at halftime, and 93-54 when it had more free throws than the opponent.
• Defensively, the team is 74-31 when it allows under 69 points in a game. This season, the team is 5-0 after allowing 54 points against Franciscan,68 points to Lehigh, 67 points to Bucknell, 66 points against Hartford and a season-best 46 points against Merrimack.
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.

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 eight games with at least 20 points in his career. Dixon-Conover registered five 20-point performances in 2020-21 and reached 20 points against Bucknell (23 points) on Dec. 1, Robert Morris (20 points) on Dec. 22 and at LIU (21 points) on Jan. 8.
• Redshirt sophomore Josh Cohen joined the 20-point club after his career-high 23-point outburst against American on Dec. 8. The 23 points matched Dixon-Conover's total for the most points scored in a game this season by a Red Flash player.
• 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 seven double-digit rebound games in his career with three 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.

non-conference slate... Saint Francis concluded its non-conference slate with a 4-7 record.
• It was the 14th time the team recorded at least four wins in the non-conference schedule since joining the NEC.
• When the team wins at least three non-conference games, the squad has posted at least a .500 record in the circuit in nine of the previous 13 occasions including seven 10-win seasons in league play.
• Under head coach Rob Krimmel, the squad has won at least four non-conference games in 2014-16, and 2017-20. The Loretto program finished 2014-15 and 2015-16 with a 9-9 record, and then won 12  (2017-18, 2018-19) and 13  (2019-20) conference games in that span.
• In 2014-15 and 2017-18 the team participated in the CIT and in 2019-20 advanced to the NEC Championship Game.
• In 2018-19, Saint Francis started the year 4-5 and went on to win the NEC regular season, and play in the conference championship game and the NIT.

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.