WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
» Saint Francis University women's basketball became the second Northeast Conference team to defeat Fairleigh Dickinson this season with their 70-56 victory.
» Lili Benzel had a team-high 19 points with three converted three-point field goals.
» Jada Dapaa recorded a double-double with a game-high 16 rebounds and 13 points. She blocked a career-high four shots.  
» Kaitlyn Maxwell had a career-high seven assists and season-high three steals.
» Fairleigh Dickinson's Aniya Bell had a game-high 24 points on 8-of-15 shooting.
 
FLASH QUOTES
"We don't let things get us down, we come back back and fight back and we want to fight and we want to battle. We want to prove that there's more to this season than just what the record states." – Head Coach Keila Whittington
 
"Tonight, showed how much we've grown and how much chemistry we have together now and how a team can change throughout conference play. We were locked in all week, and did what we needed to do to get the win tonight." – Forward Jada Dapaa
 
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
The Red Flash took an early lead with six straight points and ended a low-scoring first quarter with a 10-7 lead. They slowly built a seven-point, 28-21, lead at the half after Jenna Mastellone beat the buzzer with a layup.
 
Saint Francis extended its lead with a 14-6 run in the first five minutes of the third quarter and ended the quarter with a 50-36 lead. They built a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter after they started on an 8-3 run.
 
Dapaa opened a 20-point lead, 63-43, with less than four minutes remaining in the game before an eventual 70-56 victory.

FLASH NUGGETS
Dapaa doubled her previous career-high with four blocks in the game after she had only six blocks through the team's first 23 games. She recorded her sixth double-double of the season and grabbed at least 15 rebounds for the seventh time.
 
Maxwell shattered her previous career-high of four assists with seven. She tied her season-high with three steals, previously set on Jan. 15 against Merrimack.
 
Benzel's 19 points is her third-highest total of the season. She had at least three three-point field goals made for the eighth time this season.
 
Sam Miller had 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting, which marks her sixth double-digit scoring game in the past nine.

UP NEXT
The Red Flash have their final road trip of the season starting on Thursday, Feb. 17 at LIU for a 7 p.m. tip-off.