WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
» Saint Francis University women's basketball lost in their return home 58-55 to Central Connecticut.
» Sam Miller scored a career-high 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting and grabbed five rebounds.
» Aaliyah Moore grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds in just 18 minutes played.
» Jada Dapaa grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, scored 10 points and had one block.
» Central Connecticut's Belle Lanpher scored a game-high 21 points and Ashley Berube added 13.

FLASH QUOTES
"We win basketball games on the defensive end of the floor but there was nothing we did to dictate and take stuff away from them. We want to take care of our own business and don't want anyone else to control our destiny. It's in our players hands now and it's up to them what they want it to be." – Head Coach Keila Whittington
 
"Obviously it's not what we wanted to happen but I'm not looking too far head, I'm focused on practice and film tomorrow." – Junior Forward Sam Miller
 
"It was in the second quarter when they went on their run and we didn't get stops or execute on offense." – Sophomore Guard Kaitlyn Maxwell
 
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
The Red Flash jumped out to an early four-point lead in the first quarter and held that margin 15-11 at the end of the quarter. In the second, Central Connecticut took a 19-17 lead behind an 8-2 run and took a five-point, 32-27, lead into halftime.
 
In the third quarter, Saint Francis went on a 10-3 run over the first six minutes and took a 37-35 lead before Central Connecticut took a 42-40 lead into the fourth quarter.
 
Berube started a 9-2 run in the fourth quarter that extended the Blue Devils' lead to 51-42 with 7:23 remaining in the game. Miller cut the deficit to one point 54-53 with 2:08 remaining before the Blue Devils held on to win 58-55. Jenna Mastellone hit a two-point shot with five seconds left that was waved off for charging.

FLASH NUGGETS
Dapaa became the 10th player in program history to grab 700 rebounds in a career with her third-quarter board. She recorded her fifth straight double-double and 12th game with at least 14 rebounds.
 
Miller broke her previous career-high in points, 15, that she set on Jan. 23 at Sacred Heart. She has seven double-digit scoring games since the start of conference play.
 
After two nine-rebound performances this season, Moore set a new career-high with 10 rebounds. She is the only player, other than Dapaa, with a double-digit rebounding game.

UP NEXT
The Red Flash honor five seniors, Lili Benzel, Dapaa, Kayley Kovac, Mastellone and Jordan McLemore on Saturday, Feb. 26 before a 4 p.m. tip-off against Sacred Heart on ESPN3.