With Saint Francis holding a 24-14 lead with 3:34 left in the first half the Terriers went on a 34-10 run over the next 12 minutes to take a 48-34 lead with 11:31 left. The Loretto program cut the margin to nine points twice the rest of the way, but could get no closer.

FLASH QUOTES
"I thought we came out with great focus defensively and offensively we played well enough in the first half. We didn't turn the ball over and we got the shots that we wanted. We didn't knock them all down, but thought we executed the game plan for 20 minutes. That consistency that we are looking for just wasn't there tonight and when things got tough with started playing our own ways. We started playing with each other instead of for each other. We will continue to try and find our way and consistency is going to be the message. We played well and hard in the first half, and it was kind of reminiscent of the Wagner game. We had a great start, but couldn't put two halves together. We have to have a short-term memory and get back at it on Saturday." – head coach Rob Krimmel on the game


FLASH MOMENTS
With the score tied at 4, Saint Francis went on an 8-2 run to take a 12-6 lead. Mark Flagg (Fairless Hills, N.J.), Thompson, Maxwell Land (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Jeriah Coleman (Anchorage, Alaska) scored baskets in the run including a Coleman slam dunk to cap the spurt with 12:48 left in the first half.

After St. Francis Brooklyn cut the margin to 15-13 with 6:38 on the clock in the first half, Dixon-Conover powered a 9-1 run with four points while Thompson ended the run with a trey at 3:34 in the opening frame.

FLASH NUGGETS
Thompson, who notched 18 points as a sophomore in Brooklyn, notched his second-best scoring output of his career against the Terriers on the road. It is the fourth time this season he has scored at least 17 points in a game and 10 times in his career.The senior has six 10+ games this season and 42 times in his career. Thompson has moved over 850 points in his career and now stands at 859 points in his four years.

While Thompson is moving toward 900 points, Dixon-Conover moved over 600 career points with his free throw with 5:47 left in the first half. Dixon-Conover had been held under 10 points in consecutive games for the second time in the last two years before ending the streak on Thursday. The redshirt senior has posted double figures 10 times this season and 29 times in his career.

Flagg and Land each added seven points.

UP NEXT
Saint Francis completes its Brooklyn swing of its four-game road trip at LIU on Saturday. Game time is 2 p.m.