WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>> Saint Francis lost to American 66-55 in non-conference men's basketball action on Saturday.
>> Maxwell Land (Cincinnati, Ohio) paced the Red Flash with 14 points. 
>> Josh Cohen Lincroft, N.J.) added 12 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals, while Landon Moore (Bloomington, Ill.) chipped in 10 points.

TURNING POINT OF THE GAME
Moore hit a 3-pointer with 5:25 left in the second half and Marlon Hargis (Mays Landing, N.J.) made three from the foul line after being fouled on a 3-point attempt with 4:51 on the clock to made it a 51-50 deficit.
 
The Eagles closed the game on a 15-5 run to earn the win. After Moore's 3-pointer, the Red Flash finished the game 0-for-4 on field goals with two turnovers in the final five minutes and went 5 of 6 from the charity stripe to earn the remaining five points on the scoreboard.

FLASH QUOTES
"I said to Pat Farabaugh before the game, when you look at the box score at the end, points in the paint were going to be the difference. If we can control the paint, I thought we would have a really good chance to win. But when you look at the final box score, they had 44 points in the paint, we had 24. Early-on defensively I thought we did a really good job. We had some lapses in the second half. The other number that we looked at, getting outrebounded 36-24. Those two numbers, just from a defensive standpoint aren't going to win too many games. When you get outrebounded and then they score 20 more points than you in the paint, you put yourself in a situation where you got to execute every single time down the floor." – head coach Rob Krimmel on the game
 
"Any time you're in a new position there is a learning curve. Very few people assume a new role and are experts at it right away. The number of hours and the number of experiences and the number of successes and failures that it takes. If you think from a leadership standpoint that you've arrived life is going to pass you by that goes for the head coach, captains and people who are in those positions because something new is going to evolve. The bottom line is if you care and you want to work at it, you'll be a good leader. I know these two guys (Josh Cohen and Maxwell Land) they care and they will be willing to work to become the best leader that those situations will allow them to become. – Krimmel on being a leader
 
"I think we need more of a sense of urgency in the second half. We need to learn how to finish games. The past couple games we've had great first halves. So being able to execute on both ends of the floor and just finish the game is just a big checkbox left open right now." – Max Land on what the team has to do to improve

FLASH MOMENTS
 Saint Francis scored 10 unanswered points to erase a 5-0 hole and take a 10-5 lead with 12:54 left. Five different players scored in the spurt. 
 
Trailing 22-16 with 4:02 left in the first half, the Frankies closed the stanza on a 10-2 run to go into the locker room with a 26-24 edge. Cohen had seven points and Land added a 3-ball in the surge.
 
Saint Francis trailed by six and seven points in the second half and posted a 5-0 and a 6-0 run, respectively to make it a one-point game both times, but could not take the lead again.

FLASH NUGGETS
Land has registered double figures in six of the seven games this season and paced the team in scoring for the second time in 2022-23. He hauled in four rebounds against American has grabbed at least four boards in five contests this season. He needs 11 points for 600 points in his career.
 
Cohen, who started the week with a 40-point performance against Lehigh on Monday, averaged 23.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in the three games in the week. He shot 69.4 percent from the field (25-for-36) and 80.8 percent from the free throw line (21-for-26). The redshirt junior has crossed the 600 points mark for his career and now has 601 career points.
 
After scoring seven points against Franciscan on Wednesday, Moore returned to double figures and has posted double figures in six of his first seven collegiate games.
 
Wisler Sanon II (Sicklerville, Pa.) added six points and three rebounds off the bench.
 

NEXT TIME OUT
Saint Francis will hit the road for its next two games, starting at Bucknell on Wednesday. Game time is 7 p.m.