WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
» Saint Francis University women's basketball defeats Bryant 70-62 for their third straight victory.
» Lili Benzel tied her career-high with 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting and added two steals.
» Jordan McLemore set a season-high with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
» Jada Dapaa grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, five on the offensive glass.
» Sam Miller shot 5-of-7 from the field and added four rebounds.
» Bryant's Fatou Jallow led the team with 15 points and Nicole Gallagher added 13 points and seven rebounds. The Bulldogs shot 64.3 percent from three-point territory.
 
FLASH QUOTES
"We're happy right now. We knew Bryant would be a tough opponent with [Brooke] Bjelko inside and we needed to be able to try to control her. Our team is a fighting team and they're understanding how to work together. I'm really proud of them for coming together at the right time, getting the stops we needed, taking the lead, and winning the game." – Head Coach Keila Whittington
 
"It feels good to see the things we're working on all season pay off. These three wins are great but we have the rest of the conference schedule to figure out the other details." – Forward Sam Miller
 
"We went back to the drawing board at halftime and we figured out the adjustments we needed to make. The big key to some of these wins we've been getting is we keep fighting and never giving up." – Forward Jada Dapaa
 
"I'm ecstatic to be here fighting with my teammates. Right now, we're doing a good job going on our three-game run. We don't get too high or get too low, we're going to stay right here and keep fighting to win games." – Guard Jordan McLemore
 
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
The game was tied at 15 points to end the first quarter before Bryant pulled out to a 15-point lead, 43-28, before 8-of-9 shooting from three-point territory. The Bulldogs maintained a double-digit lead, 54-44, at the end of the third quarter.
 
In the fourth quarter, Benzel started the frame with five-straight points that cut the deficit to 54-49. After Bryant's Gallagher scored on a layup, Saint Francis responded with six-straight point and cut the deficit to 56-55 with 4:50 remaining.
 
A back-and-forth next three minutes featured five lead changes and Benzel's three point shot with 1:53 remaining gave the Red Flash a two-point lead, 64-62. Kaitlyn Maxwell's layup with 1:09 remaining gave Saint Francis a 66-62 lead, its largest of the game to that point. After converting all-four free-throw attempts, the Red Flash clinched their 70-62 victory.

FLASH NUGGETS
Benzel tied her career-high with 21 points that she previously set on Dec. 20, 2020 against Towson.
 
McLemore's season-high 15 points are the most she scored since her 18 points against UAlbany on Jan. 25, 2020 as a member of the Hartford Hawks.
 
Dapaa continues to increase her double-digit rebounding average, as she now sits at 10.4. Her 14 rebounds mark the ninth time in Saint Francis' last 10 games that she's recorded double-digits.
 
The Red Flash won by the exact score of 70-62 for the second-straight game. This is the first time with back-to-back exact scores since two 81-74 games during the 2007-08 season.

UP NEXT
The Red Flash travel to Central Connecticut on Friday, Jan. 21 for a 7 p.m. tip-off.