After Myles Thompson (Camden, N.J.) hit a trey with 66 seconds left, the Sharks hit a triple of their own basket from behind the arc 25 seconds later to take the lead for good. The two teams then traded turnovers before Dixon-Conover's trey  came up short with 12 seconds left and LIU grabbed the rebound and made two free throws to seal the game.

FLASH QUOTES
"I thought after the way the team played on Thursday this team responded against LIU. We talked a lot about consistency today and we played well enough to win. We executed the things that we needed to offensively and came just a few points short, but I am proud of their effort today." – head coach Rob Krimmel on the game

"I think that the one thing that people lose sight of is that 18-22-year-old kids should go out there and compete, they should play hard and absolutely they should do those things and they did that today. But the way they responded tonight and knowing what they had to go through today with the challenges they face individually off the court they very easily could have folded. I'm proud of this group, and we will continue to battle. I told the team that I do not enjoy the struggle, but I enjoy the battle." – Krimmel on understanding his team

"The challenge is to keep putting your best foot forward with our group good things will happen. It's a challenge for us to understand it and the next step is to embrace it. You have to have a short-term memory when you go from Thursday to Saturday, but this is one that you got to remember, got to bottle up because of that energy, that effort and togetherness. Today we played for one another and that challenge is to continue to build on that and continue to play for one another and put our best foot forward. That is the consistency that we are looking for going forward." – Krimmel on learning from this game and moving forward

FLASH MOMENTS
Trailing 60-57 with 2:38 left in regulation, the Red Flash scored the next five points to take its first lead of the game at 62-60. Hargis cut the margin to 60-57 on a jumper at the top of the key with 2:04 on the clock. Dixon-Conover was then fouled on a 3-point attempt as the shot clock was dwindling down and he knocked down all three charity tosses for a 62-60 edge with 16 seconds left. The Sharks missed its shot on the next possession, but got their own rebound and fouled on the play. They knocked down two at the free throw line to send the game to overtime. 

Flagg made two free throws to start overtime to give the Red Flash a 64-62 lead 13 seconds into the extra session and Thompson made 1 of 2 at the line for a 65-64 edge with 3:55 left. Saint Francis would not lead again, but Thompson would tie the game on a trey with 1:06 left in the extra session.

In the first half with LIU leading 22-12, the Loretto team went on a 12-3 run to cut the margin to 25-24 with 70 seconds left in the opening frame. Land had five points in the spurt that was capped by a Thompson triple at 1:10. 

The Sharks took their largest lead at 41-28 with 16:40 left in the second half. Saint Francis then tied the game at 43 thanks to a 15-2 run over the next six minutes. Land had five points in the run while Dixon-Conover and Hargis each had four points.

FLASH NUGGETS
Dixon-Conover, who had 21 points in the last meeting at LIU in Brooklyn last season, notched his third 20-point performance of the season and eighth of his career. It was his first on the road this season and fourth career 20-point game away from Loretto. He averaged 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in the two games in Brooklyn.

Land registered his first career 20-point game of his career after notching a career-high 19 points against Franciscan on Nov. 15. It is the sophomore's seventh game with double figures in his last 10 games and he is averaging 10.5 points per game in that stretch. It is also his fourth game of 15 points or more in that stretch.

It is the first time the Red Flash had two players post 20 points in the same games since Dixon-Conover and Ronell Giles, Jr. both turned the trick against St. Francis Brooklyn on Feb. 12, 2021 at DeGol Arena.

Flagg finished with five points, 14 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and a steal. It is his third double-digit rebound game of the season and seventh of his career. It is the third time in his career he has at least 14 boards and the first since posting 17 points and 17 rebounds in the season opener against George Washington on Nov. 9.  Flagg needs 24 rebounds to join the program's career Top-20 list.

Hargis notched his fourth 10+ point game this season and 10th in a Saint Francis uniform. 

Thompson ended with seven points and three steals, while Jeriah Coleman (Anchorage, Alaska) had five points, three rebounds, his first two career assists and a career-best three blocks.

Saint Francis went 17-for-20 from the free throw line in the game.

UP NEXT
The Red Flash return to action when it heads to New England for the second half of the four-game road trip, starting at Merrimack on Saturday. Game time is 3 p.m.