WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>> A DeGol Arena record almost fell on Monday, but the Saint Francis men's basketball team would not be denied on Wednesday after scoring a facility-record 120 points in a non-conference win.
>> Josh Cohen (Lincroft, N.J.), who came within two points of the facility record for points in a game on Monday against Lehigh, paced five Red Flash players in double figures with 19 points. The redshirt junior also added five rebounds and five assists on the night.
>> Maxwell Land (Cincinnati, Ohio) (16 points), Marlon Hargis (Mays Landing, N.J.) (14 points), Brad McCabe (Manasquan, N.J.) (11 points) and Luke Ruggery (Duncansville, Pa.) (11 points) also found double figures in the game.
>> All 15 players that were dressed appeared and scored in the game with four players either making their Saint Francis or collegiate debut on the night. In addition, five players either tied or set new career standards in the game.
>> Saint Francis defeated Franciscan 120-53 in the game.

TURNING POINT OF THE GAME
The Red Flash scored the first 15 points of the game and 20 of the first 22 points. Cam Gregory (Accokeek, Md.) fueled the run to start the game with a pair of 3-balls, while Cohen capped the run with five-straight points after the Barons got on the scoreboard.

FLASH QUOTES
"To be able to play game and tell a story at the same time is one of the things we try to do. I talked to members of the Stokes Club and priests from both institutions before the game and I said there can't be a better story in college basketball. When you talk about the game of basketball and how important it is to the guys that play it, that coach it that are around it. There is a bigger message that comes out of this game when two teams can celebrate the Franciscan presence. I can't imagine there's another Division I basketball game that ended in a prayer. I think it's a powerful message to the guys in both locker rooms and to anybody watching that there's a lot of things to be thankful for right now. Obviously with the holidays coming around and these guys from both institutions having the opportunity to play college basketball it's not forever. You only have a certain amount of time to do that." - Head coach Rob Krimmel on playing Franciscan and its meaning 
 
"To give the guys that really don't have an opportunity to play in front of the fans a ton an opportunity to do that and reward them for that they have put in behind the scenes – whether its rebounding during practice or being a part of the scout team or helping guys get ready for games. It's neat to see how those guys go out and compete and then the guys that play those minutes to see how they respond and that comradery and that chemistry that can really carry you late in the season. It was great to see that everyone who played scored. I thought that they did it in a way that was productive. It wasn't one on one "me" basketball. I thought that they did a good job executing. I thought that we handled their pressure well. I thought we shared the basketball. We got the right shot by the right guy." - Krimmel on the game
 
"I thought it was a great experience tonight. We got everyone in there to score, everybody was playing, everybody got involved. It was a good collective effort overall." – Maxwell Land on the game
 
"I'll never forget it, my first college bucket. I'm blessed to be able to be here. I'm very thankful to be around a great group of guys, great staff and amazing environment. I remember during my visit Coach Krim said he wanted all of us to come out better people. Obviously, he wants to win basketball games, but when he said he wanted to make better people in this world was a big emphasis on what he wanted to do. That just struck." - Daric Danchanko on playing his first collegiate game and coming to Saint Francis

FLASH MOMENTS
Holding a 23-7 lead with 12:28 left in the half, Saint Francis closed the half on a 31-21 run to go into the locker room with a 64-28 advantage. The Frankies had six players score in the spurt with Cohen posting nine points and Hargis adding eight points in the final 12 minutes of the half. The 64 points were the most scored in a half since the squad posted 62 against Keystone on November 20, 2014.
 
The second half was more of the same with Saint Francis able to extend its lead to 67 points and reach 120 points in a game for the fourth time in program history. The Red Flash had 14 of the 15 players score a point in the second half. Ruggery had a team-high eight points in the final frame while McCabe and Gestin Liberis (Haverton, Pa.) each had six points in the final half.

FLASH NUGGETS
After scoring 40 points against Lehigh, Cohen is now averaging 29.5 points per game in the week. The five assists are a season high and one off of his career best against Bryant on February 3, 2022. He has posted double figures in points in his last 13 games and at least five rebounds in his last 20 bouts.
 
Land has posted at least 16 points in a game three times this season and has hauled in five rebounds five times this season and at least eight caroms three times.
 
Hargis has registered double figures three times in his last four games with his game against Franciscan being a season high. McCabe also had a season-high in points after scoring 10 points against St. Bonaventure on November 9. Ruggery registered his first 10+ point game in 2022-23 and the second time in his career.
 
Liberis tallied a career-best nine points and seven rebounds, while Gregory added a career-high eight points and four assists.
 
Miles Webb (Arlington, Va.), Alexander Derkits (Whitehall, Pa.) and Daric Danchanko (Ebensburg, Pa.) all made their collegiate debuts in the game, while Darian Callaway (Laurel, Md.) made his Red Flash debut after playing at St. Mary's of Maryland before arriving in Loretto. 
 
Webb finished with two points and three rebounds and one assist. Derkits added four points, one assist and a steal and Danchanko registered three points and three rebounds, while Callaway had three points and an assist.
 
Brendan Scanlon (State College, Pa.) had a déjà vu moment after posting a driving layup toward the end of the game after notching his first collegiate points last year against Franciscan.
 
Saint Francis broke the DeGol Arena record of 119 points the team set in 2016-17 season against Chatham on November 19, 2016. The team scored 120 points in a game for the first time since posting 122 points against New Hampshire on January 10, 1971. The Red Flash also had a 132 game against Geneva on February 15, 1968, and a 127 also against Geneva on December 13, 1967.
 
Saint Francis shot 59.2 percent in the game, its best shooting percentage since shooting 66.7 percent against Franciscan in the 2019-20 meeting on December 17, 2019.
 
Krimmel is now 10-0 against non-Division I schools and the Frankies have posted 100 points or more in eight of the 10 contests.

NEXT TIME OUT
Saint Francis returns to action after the Thanksgiving holiday at home against American on Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m.