| Saint Francis Probable Starters |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
3 |
Luke Ruggery |
5-11 |
160 |
R-So. |
2.6 |
0.7 |
25.4 |
Made three starts this season |
| G |
11 |
Maxwell Land |
6-4 |
185 |
So. |
11.4 |
4.2 |
39.0 |
Back-to-back 20-point games |
| G |
31 |
Brad McCabe |
6-6 |
185 |
R-So. |
4.9 |
3.4 |
41.3 |
Six games with 6+ rebounds |
| F |
33 |
Josh Cohen |
6-10 |
220 |
R-So. |
12.9 |
7.0 |
57.5 |
Averaging 21.7 ppg in ln last three games |
| F |
42 |
Mark Flagg |
6-9 |
215 |
R-Sr. |
4.9 |
5.4 |
47.8 |
Has 900 points and 700 rebounds in his career |
| Off the Bench |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
2 |
Ramiir Dixon-Conover |
6-3 |
185 |
R-Sr. |
12.5 |
4.6 |
39.4 |
Ranks second on the team in scoring |
| G |
1 |
Zahree Harrison |
6-2 |
190 |
So. |
3.2 |
1.4 |
34.2 |
Averaging 11.0 ppg in last four games |
| G |
4 |
Ronell Giles, Jr. |
6-4 |
185 |
So. |
10.8 |
3.5 |
36.4 |
Played for first time in 10 games vs LIU |
| F |
5 |
Myles Thompson |
6-6 |
220 |
Sr. |
11.5 |
3.8 |
43.3 |
Ranks third on the team with 11.5 points per game |
| F |
13 |
Marlon Hargis |
6-6 |
205 |
Sr. |
6.6 |
3.3 |
41.7 |
One of three players to appear in every game |
| F |
15 |
Chukwu Ikediashi |
6-8 |
220 |
R-Jr. |
1.4 |
2.0 |
66.0 |
Made first carer start on senior day |
| G o |
20 |
Brendan Scanlon |
5-8 |
155 |
Fr. |
0.3 |
0.3 |
50.0 |
Played iin seven games this season |
| G |
21 |
Ben Seidel |
6-0 |
170 |
Jr. |
0.3 |
0.0 |
25..0 |
Recorded an assist vs. Mount St. Mary's |
| G/F |
22 |
Tyler Stewart |
6-8 |
195 |
R-Sr. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Has not played in first 28 games |
| G |
23 |
A.J. Labriola |
6-2 |
185 |
Sr. |
0.3 |
0.3 |
25.0 |
Made first career start on senior day |
| F |
32 |
Jeriah Coleman |
7-0 |
220 |
So. |
2.2 |
2.0 |
67.6 |
Appeared in 27 games off the bench |
GAME NOTES VS. WAGNER
LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis University men's basketball team begins its quest for its second Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament title on the road at No. 2 Wagner College on Wednesday at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, N.Y.
Prices throughout the quarterfinals and semifinals are $10 for adults, $5 for students with college I.D. and children between the ages of 5 and 18 years of age.
Fans unable to attend the contest against Wagner will be able to watch the game on NECFrontRow.com. In addition, Wagner will be providing live stats
HERE. Fans can also follow @RedFlashMBB on Twitter for updates throughout the tournament. In addition, all postgame press conferences will be streamed on NECFrontRow.com.
The Red Flash-Seahawks matchup is one of four quarterfinal games on Wednesday. No. 9 Central Connecticut State, who defeated No. 8 Fairleigh Dickinson 77-76 on Monday, will travel to top seeded Bryant. Third seed LIU will host No. 6 Sacred Heart and No. 4 Mount St. Mary's will host No. 5 St. Francis Brooklyn. All games will tip off at 7 p.m. and can also be seen on NECFrontRow.com. The four winners will meet in the NEC Semifinals on Saturday. The conference re-seeds after each round.
Saint Francis (9-20, 5-13 NEC) is led by redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen (Lincroft, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) leads the team in scoring (12.9 ppg.), rebounding (7.0 rpg.), blocks (19) and field goal percentage (57.5). Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover (Newark, N.J./South Kent [Conn.]) leads the team in assists (83) and steals (52), while ranking second on the team with 12.5 points per game. In 24 games. Senior
Myles Thompson (Camden, N.J./Camden) (11.5 ppg.) and sophomore
Maxwell Land (Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller) (11.4 ppg.) rank third and fourth on the team in scoring.
Wagner (19-5, 15-3 NEC) is fueled by Alex Morales, who leads the team in scoring (18.5 ppg.), rebounding (7.8 rpg.), assists (84) and steals (43). Will Martinez is second on the team in scoring (13.0 ppg.) and assists (69). Raekwon Rogers is second on the team in rebounding (5.7 rpg.), blocks (17) and is averaging 10.8 points per game.
The game between Saint Francis and Wagner marks the 81st meeting between the two teams dating back to the 1956-57 season. The Seahawks have won the last four meetings in the series to take a 41-39 advantage in the all-time series. It will be the third meeting between the two teams in the NEC postseason. The Seahawks defeated the Loretto team 100-83 in 1985-86, while Saint Francis defeated the Seahawks in 2016-17 in an instant classic in the NEC Semifinals, 71-70.
Wagner swept the season series with Saint Francis, taking a 72-64 decision on Dec. 29 in Loretto and a 69-45 win on Jan. 27 in Staten Island. Sophomore
Ronell Giles, Jr. (Brandywine, Md./Charles H. Flowers) paced the Red Flash in the first meeting with 18 points while senior
Marlon Hargis (Mays Landing, N.J./St. Augustine Prep) (15 points) and Land (12 points) also found double figures. Rogers led the Seahawks with 18 points, while Morales (16 points), Will Martinez (14 points) and Elijah Ford (14 points) also had double figures in Loretto. Thompson powered Saint Francis in the second meeting with 11 points), while redshirt senior
Mark Flagg (Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury) (10 points) and Hargis (10 points) also registered double figures for the Loretto program. Morales (18 points), Delonnie Hunt (12 points) and Rogers (11 points, 11 rebounds) posted double figures in the second meeting.
Saint Francis is making its 27th appearance in the NEC Tournament. The Red Flash is 15-24 in the NEC Tournament with an NEC Tournament title in 1990-91. The team will be the No. 7 seed for the second time under head coach
Rob Krimmel and the third time overall. Krimmel, who is in his 10th season at the helm of his alma mater, is 8-7 in the NEC Tournament with championship game appearances in 2016-17, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
need to know... The game between Saint Francis and Wagner marks the 81st meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1956-57 season.
• The Seahawks have won the last four meetings to take a 41-39 edge in the all-time series
• It will be the third meeting against Wagner in the NEC Tournament and the first since the epic 71-70 Saint Francis win in the NEC Semifinals in 2016-17. The Seahawks also defeated the Loretto program 100-83 in 1985-86. Both games in the postseason have been played in Staten Island.
• The Seahawks defeated the Red Flash 72-64 in the NEC opener on Dec. 29 in Loretto and 69-45 in Staten Island on Jan. 27.
• Head coach
Rob Krimmel is 8-7 in the NEC Tournament with three appearances in the NEC Championship Game.
an sfu win would... Send the Red Flash to the NEC Tournament Semifinals for the fourth time in the last six years.
• Be the second-straight win against Wagner in the postseason.
• End a four-game losing streak to the Seahawks.
next on tap... With a win the Red Flash would move onto the NEC Tournament Semifinals. The NEC re-seeds after each round so the squad would be on the road again on Saturday.
• With a loss, the season would conclude and the collegiate careers of
Ramiir Dixon-Conover,
Mark Flagg,
Chukwu Ikediashi,
A.J. Labriola and
Tyler Stewart would also be over.
krimmel in the nec tournament... Saint Francis will be in the Northeast Conference Tournament for the eighth time under head coach
Rob Krimmel.
• The team will be the No. 7 seed for the second time under Krimmel and the third time in program history. This is the first time in Krimmel's tenure that the Red Flash will be a seed for a second time.
• Saint Francis has been the No. 1 seed (2019), No. 2 seed (2020), No. 3 seed (2018), No. 4 seed (2017), No. 5 seed (2015), No. 6 seed (2014) and the No. 7 seed (2016) under Krimmel.
• The squad lost 84-76 to Fairleigh Dickinson in 2016 as the No. 7 seed.
• Krimmel has won a game in the tournament every year he has been in the tournament as a head coach except 2016 and 2018.
• As a player, Krimmel was 0-3 in the tournament and 0-5 as an assistant coach.
• The Red Flash won its last playoff game before he arrived in 1995-96 and then Krimmel had a taste of victory with the win at Bryant in the 2012-13 season.
• Saint Francis is 3-5 on the road under Krimmel in the postseason. The last road win in the postseason for the Red Flash was the semifinals win at Wagner in 2017. The squad lost the championship game at the Mount in 2017 and at Robert Morris in 2020
this team and the postseason... Redshirt seniors
Ramiir Dixon-Conover and
Mark Flagg, and seniors
A.J. Labriola,
Tyler Stewart and
Myles Thompson have all had the taste of the postseason and even played in the 2019 and 2020 NEC Tournament Championship Game.
• Thompson has three 10-point games in his postseason career and Flagg has one double-figure point game. The duo are also the only two players on the roster to have starting experience in the postseason.
• Despite the experience of playing in two championship games, the quintet accounts for 26.2 percent of the scoring from those three seasons.
the seed of it all... Saint Francis will be making its 27th appearance in the NEC Tournament.
Record By Seed
No. 1 - 4-1 (1991, 2019)
No. 2 - 2-1 (2020)
No. 3 - 0-1 (2018)
No. 4 - 2-3 (2017, 1998, 1990)
No. 5 - 1-7 (2015, 2005, 2004, 2003, 1996, 1986, 1985)
No. 6 - 2-6 (2014, 2010, 2000, 1997, 1989, 1987)
No. 7 - 0-2 (2016, 1993)
No. 8 - 3-4 (2011, 1995*, 1994*, 1992*)
* won a game in an 8/9 game format
in staten island in the postseason... Saint Francis is 0-4 in Staten Island in the postseason.
• The 2007 NEC Semifinal game between Saint Francis and Wagner is well documented and the squad also fell to the Seahawks 100-83 in 1985-86.
• The Spiro Center also served as host of the first couple of rounds in 2003 and 2004. The Red Flash lost to Quinnipiac 75-57 in 2003 and to Robert Morris 58-43 in 2004 in the NEC Quarterfinals in Staten Island.
last time we met in the postseason... Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year Keith Braxton hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to propel Saint Francis past Wagner 71-70 in the NEC Semifinals on March 4, 2017.
• The two teams hit four combined shots in the final minute and Wagner grabbed the lead the final time at 70-68 with nine seconds left before Braxton's heroics.
• Braxton finished with 15 points, while Isaiah Blackmon (20 points) and Randall Gaskins, Jr. (12 points) also found double figures.
• Michael Carey (29 points, 10 rebounds) and Corey Henson (25 points) paced the Seahawks.
the word on the seahawks... Wagner comes into the contest 19-5 and the No. 2seed in the NEC Tournament after falling 78-70 on Saturday.
• Alex Morales paced the Seahawks with 24 points and 12 rebounds against the Bulldogs. Delonnie Hunt (19 points) and Will Martinez (15 points) also found double figures.
• Morales leads the team in scoring (18.5 ppg.), rebounding (7.8 rpg.), assists (84) and steals (43).
• Martinez is second on the team in scoring (13.0 ppg.) and assists (69), while Raekwon Rogers is second in rebounding (5.7 rpg.) and fourth in scoring(10.8 ppg.).
last time we met... Wagner defeated Saint Francis 69-54 on Jan. 27, 2022.
• Senior
Myles Thompson (11 points), redshirt senior
Mark Flagg (10 points, eight rebounds) and senior
Marlon Hargis (10 points) led the way for the Red Flash.
• Alex Morales powered the Seahawks in double figures with 18 points, while Delonnie Hunt (12 points) and Raekwon Rogers (11 points) also found double figures for the Seahawks.
trending up... Sophomore
Maxwell Land might wish that the Red Flash were playing a team from Connecticut after posting his third 20-point game against the two teams from the Nutmeg state including becoming the first player since Keith Braxton at the end of the 2019-20 season to register consecutive 20-point games against Central Connecticut State on Thursday and against Sacred Heart on Saturday. Land also has a 20-point game in one of the Boroughs of New York after reaching the mark against LIU on Jan. 8.
• Land was averaging 7.0 points per game in non-conference games on the road, but has picked up his output in conference play averaging 13.4 points per game to rank second on the team in the category. In the three games on the road in the month of February, Land is averaging 17.7 points per game and the squad is 2-1 on the road in February.
• Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen narrowly missed posting three-straight 20-point games, but missed the mark by one point against the Blue Devils on Thursday. Cohen is averaging 21.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists pr game in his last three games. In the month of February on the road he is averaging 18.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Cohen, who at one point in the season was nationally ranked in the Top-4 in field goal percentage, must like shooting on the road after posting a 61.2 percent field goal percentage on the rod this season.
• Saint Francis is 7-6 this season when both Cohen and Land post double-figure performances in the same game.
• Redshirt sophomore
Brad McCabe appears to not like the weekend, but a weekday type of player. In his last four Thursday games he is averaging 12.8 points per game. Since jumping on the scene against Bryant on Feb. 3, the redshirt sophomore has posted all three of his double-digit point games during the week so we will have to see if his NBC Must TV Lineup translates into Hump Day. In six of the eight games, McCabe has grabbed at least five rebounds and hauled in a career-high nine boards against Central Connecticut State on Thursday and then added eight against Sacred Heart. During the month of February, McCabe is averaging 14.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game on the road.
• Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg is trying to make the most of his final games in a Red Flash uniform. He has posted two double-doubles in his last four games and grabbed at least eight caroms three times. He is averaging 8.5 points and 8.8 rebounds in his last four games. The redshirt senior also reached another milestone after grabbing eight boards against Sacred Heart he moved across the 700 rebounds mark for his career. He is the 18th player in program history to reach 700 points and the 16th to register 900 points and 700 rebounds in his career.
• Sophomore
Zahree Harrison has started the last four games and is averaging 10.3 points and 4.0 assists per game in those contests. The squad is also averaging 72.5 points per game in the five games this season Harrison has started. He has dished out three assists in five of the last six games and six times this season.
• Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover has missed seven games in the last two years and the win against Central Connecticut State was the first game the team won without its senior captain.
• It appears to be the first season since at least the team joined the NEC in the early 80s that the team will finish the season with more wins on the road than at home.
last time out... Saint Francis lost 80-68 to Sacred Heart on Saturday.
• Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen posted 21 points and eight rebounds, while sophomore
Maxwell Land also had 20 points in a game.
for starters... Saint Francis has used 12 different starting lineup combinations in this season with 12 different players hearing their name called. The Red Flash is 3-9 in the debut of a new lineup this season.
• Sophomore
Maxwell Land is the only player to start all 29games this season.
• Twelve of the 16 players listed on the roster have made a start in 2021-22. Only senior
Tyler Stewart, who has not played all year, junior
Ben Seidel, sophomore
Jeriah Coleman and freshman
Brendan Scanlon are the only players not to start a game this season.
• Land, sophomore
Zahree Harrison and senior
Marlon Hargis are the only players to appear in every game this season.
• The Red Flash has had all of its top rotational players available for 10 games this season. The squad is 4-6 in those games, while averaging 73.2 points per game.
• When one of those players is missing the team is 5-14 and averaging 67.0 points per game.
• Saint Francis had all of its rotational pieces for nine of the 11 non-conference games, but has had a piece missing in 16 of the 17 games in league play.
• The team went from averaging 77.2 points per game in November to 70.4 points per game in December to 62.4 points per game in January, but is averaging 69.8 points per game to start the month of February. The squad was the top scoring team throughout the non-conference season and was ranked in the Top-100 of NCAA Division I.
national ranking... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover has moved up to 22nd place with 2.17 steals per game in NCAA Division I.
• Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen ranks 86th in NCAA Division I in field goal percentage through games on Thursday. Cohen is in the rankings based on three made field goals per game with his 57.5 percent. The redshirt sophomore sat in second place for the week prior to the Illinois game for five made field goals per game.
• The team is 40th in offensive rebounds per game (12.10) in NCAA Division I.
in the nec… Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover leads the league in steals (2.17) and ranks eighth in assists (3.46), 10th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.34), 10th in minutes played (33.00), and 16th in the scoring (12.5 ppg.).
• Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen ranks second in the conference in field goal percentage (57.5), second in the circuit in offensive rebounds (2.77), ninth in rebounding (6.9 rpg.) and 14th in scoring (12.9 ppg.).
• Sophomore
Maxwell Land ranks fourth in minutes played (34.41) and 10th in 3-pointers made (1.79).
• Saint Francis ranks in the Top-5 in the Northeast Conference in eight team categories.
• After leading the conference for the majority of the non-conference slate in scoring offense, the Red Flash have dropped to fifth with 69.1 points per game.
• The Red Flash also ranks second in offensive rebounds (12.18), fourth in assist/turnover ratio (1.04), fourth in rebounding offense (36.9), fourth in turnover margin (+0.34), fifth in steals (6.55), fifth in offensive rebound percentage (31.7), fifth in defensive rebounds (24.83), fifth in assists (13.36).
yada, yada yada... ramiir stuffed the stat sheet... There is a lot to fall in love with in redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover's game.
• Dixon-Conover has 14 double-figure point games this season and has reached 10+ points 33 times in his career.
• Dixon-Conover is a stat stuffer and has grabbed five rebounds 29 times in his career including 14 times this season.
• He also has 17 games this season with at least three assists and 51 in his career, and 15 games with at least two steals in 2020-21 and 43 times in his career.
• Dixon-Conover became the sixth player in the nation to register 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals in a game against a Division I opponent against Hartford on Dec. 18. He had a career-high six steals in the tilt against the Hawks.
• Dixon-Conover has nine 20-point performances, including four times this year. He registered a career-high 23 points against Bucknell on Dec. 1 along with 20 points against Robert Morris on Dec 23, 21 points against LIU on Jan. 8 and 22 points against Bryant on Feb. 3.
• The redshirt senior has 15 games with 18 points or more in his career.
• Dixon-Conover moved over 700 points in his career in the second half against Bryant on Feb. 3 and now has 741 career points.
• Dixon-Conover also has 299 rebounds, 255 assists and 133 steals in his career.
march to some milestones... Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg and senior
Myles Thompson continue their march up the career charts.
• Flagg ranks third in program history with 117 career blocks, and is one of three players in program history to have 110 rejections.
•The redshirt senior grabbed his 600th career rebound in the first half against Illinois on Dec. 18.
• Flagg moved into 18th place in program history in career rebounds with 701 boards after corralling two caroms against Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 12. Flagg needs 10 rebounds to move up another spot.
• Flagg has 921 career points, and needs 79 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
• Flagg reached 100 assists for his career after dishing out three assists against Wagner on Dec. 29.
•Thompson, who registered a season-high 21 points against Central Connecticut State on Jan. 21, is 58 points away from 1,000 points.
• Thompson needs 45 rebounds to reach 500 caroms for his career, currently sitting at 455 boards for his career.
not so fashionable... Saint Francis has now worn four different color uniforms this season.
• The Red Flash has donned black, white, red and gray uniforms this season. The squad won its season debut with the white jersey against Franciscan on Nov. 15, but lost its first game wearing black (George Washington, Nov. 9), red (Ohio University, Dec. 4) and gray (Robert Morris, Dec. 22).
• White: Record: 3-3 (Franciscan, Bucknell, Wagner, Central Connecticut State, Mount St. Mary's, St. Francis Brooklyn)
• Black: Record: 4-7 (George Washington, Virginia Tech, Cornell, Lehigh, at St. Francis Brooklyn, at Bryant, at Wagner, at FDU, at CCSU)
• Red: Record: 1-5 (Ohio U, Illinois, at LIU, at Merrimack, at Mount St. Mary's, at Sacred Heart)
• Gray: Record: 1-5 (Robert Morris, FDU, Sacred Heart, Bryant, Merrimack, LIU)
sharp dressed men... Fans of ZZ Top will remember that "every girl crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man," but during this basketball season the Saint Francis staff and the opposing teams have both worn dress clothes three times this season.
• During the Red Flash games against George Washington (Nov. 9), Hartford (Dec. 14), at Bryant (Jan. 27) and at FDU (Feb. 10) the opposition also dressed in the traditional suit while in 23 games the opposing team has been in what has been called COVID casual.
• The Saint Francis coaching staff went COVID casual for its game at Wagner on Jan. 27. The coaches wore a Sneakers and Suits Coaches vs. Cancer quarter zip for the game against the Seahawks.
• The coaching staff also wore a bow tie in honor of the memory of legendary Mount head coach Jim Phelan, who passed away in June.
career night... Sophomore
Maxwell Land has registered four career-best performances this season The sophomore started the season by scoring 19 points against Franciscan on Nov. 15 and then notched a career-best 20 points against LIU on Jan. 8, Sacred Heart on Jan. 23, CCSU on Feb. 24 and Sacred Heart again on Feb. 26.
• Sophomore
Zahree Harrison had a career-high 20 points against St. Francis Brooklyn on Feb. 19.
• Redshirt sophomore
Brad McCabe established a career-high for the second time in three games. McCabe had a then career-high 11 points against Bryant on Feb. 3 and then upped the ante with 21 points against FDU on Feb. 10.
Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen has re-established his career high three times this season in points with his latest coming in the form of a 26-point output against Merrimack on Feb. 5. Cohen, who posted a then career bests of 18 points vs. Cornell on Nov. 24 and 23 points against American on Dec. 8, grabbed a career-best 12 rebounds against Sacred Heart on Jan. 23.
• Redshirt sophomore
Luke Ruggery had a career-high 10 points against Bryant on Feb. 3.
• Sophomore
Jeriah Coleman registered a career-high eight points against Bryant on Jan. 17. Coleman, who also matched his career high with seven rebounds against the Bulldogs, surpassed his previous high of seven points and seven rebounds against Bucknell on Dec.1
• Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover scored a career-best 23 points against Bucknell on Dec. 1.
• Senior
Marlon Hargis has improved his best scoring output in the Red and Black in the last two games. After reaching a then-best 15 points against Virginia Tech on Nov. 18, Hargis scored two more points for 17 points against Cornell on Nov. 24. The senior's career high is 19 points against Harvard on Nov. 22, 2019 when he played for Holy Cross.
• Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg hauled in a career-high 17 rebounds against George Washington on November 9.
20-point club... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover, senior
Myles Thompson and redshirt sophomores
Josh Cohen and
Brad McCabe, and sophomores
Zahree Harrison,
Maxwell Land have all registered a 20-point performance this season. Dixon-Conover has four 20-point performances this season. Cohen and Land each have four 20-point games this season.
• Dixon-Conover registered five 20-point performances in 2020-21 and reached 20 points against Bucknell (23 points) on Dec. 1, Robert Morris (20 points) on Dec. 22, at LIU (21 points) on Jan. 8 and against Bryant (22 points) on Feb. 3 this season. He leads the team with nine games with at least 20 points in his career.
• Thompson notched a 20-point output with a season-best 21 points against Central Connecticut State on Jan. 21 It was the second 20-point game of his career after notching a career-best 23 points against Florida State in 2018-19.
• Land became the fourth player on this year's team to add a 20-point performance to his resume thanks to a 20-point game against LIU on Jan. 8. He then added a 20-point game against Sacred Heart on Jan. 23, at CCSU on Feb. 24 and at Sacred Heart on Feb. 26.
• Cohen, who joined the 20-point club with a 23-point outburst against American on Dec. 8, notched his second 20-point game with a season-team-high 26 points against Merrimack on Feb. 5. He then had 25 points against St. Francis Brooklyn on Feb. 19. and 21 points against Sacred Heart on Feb. 26.
• McCabe joined the club with a career-high 21 points against FDU on Feb. 10, and Harrison 20 points against St. Francis Brooklyn.
• Sophomore
Ronell Giles, Jr. posted two 20-point games last year with his career-best 21 points in the first match up against Bryant.
• Redshirt seniors
Mark Flagg and
Tyler Stewart each have one 20-point performance in their career. Flagg posted his 20-point game in 2018-19 while Stewart recorded his 20-point game in 2019-20.
benchmarks for success... Saint Francis is 7-6 this season when it reaches 70 points in a game, and 7-2 when it posted 79 points.
• Seventy is usually a magic number for success under head coach
Rob Krimmel. The squad is 94-51 overall when it posts 70 on the scoreboard, including 44-36 (70-79 points), 39-13 (80-89 points), 12-2 (90-99 points) and 10-0 (over 100 points) in a game.
• The squad is also 108-32 when leading at halftime, and 95-54 when it had more free throws than the opponent.
• The team is 76-32 when allows under 69 points in a game.
• Eight of the nine wins this season have come after holding the opponent under 67 points in a game. Sacred Heart broke that streak when it posted 74 points in the Red Flash 85-74 win on Jan. 23.
• The 65-64 loss in overtime to Merrimack was the first time the team did not win when it held an opponent under 67 points. The squad also held Mount St. Mary's to 54 points on Feb. 12.
boards up... Redshirt senior
Mark Flagg has nine double-digit rebound games in his career with five coming this season, including a career-high 17 caroms against George Washington on November 9 and a 14-board game against LIU on Jan. 8.
• Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen has six career 10+ rebound games (five this season), including a career-best 12 caroms against Sacred Heart on Jan. 23.
• Senior
Myles Thompson ranks second on the team with three 10+ rebound games.
double vision... Redshirt sophomore
Josh Cohen and redshirt senior
Mark Flagg each have four double-doubles in 2021-22.
• Flagg posted the first double-double of this season with 17 points and 17 rebounds against George Washington on November 9, and followed that performance up with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Franciscan. Flagg added an 11-point, 10-rebound game against LIU on Feb. 17 and a 14-point, 12-rebound game against CCSU on Feb. 24. Cohen had 11 points and a career-best 11 rebounds against Franciscan, 18 points and 10 rebounds against Lehigh on Nov. 28, 12 points and 12 rebounds against Sacred Heart and 26 points and 10 boards against Merrimack on Feb. 5.
• Flagg now has seven career double-doubles while Cohen has turned the trick five times . Senior
Myles Thompson also has three career double-doubles.
• Cohen, Flagg and Thompson each have double-doubles that are points and rebounds. Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover has two double-doubles in his career, one with points and rebounds and one that is with points and assists against Bryant last season.
first collegiate points... Freshman
Brendan Scanlon, the lone newcomer on the team, notched his first collegiate action against Franciscan on Nov. 15. The freshman registered a pair of rebounds and received a huge ovation when he scored off the glass with 27 seconds left for his first collegiate points.
preseason poll... Saint Francis was picked eighth in the Northeast Conference preseason poll. Wagner College received seven of the 10 first place votes to be selected as the preseason favorite. Bryant University picked up two first place nods to finish second, while Mount St. Mary's University earned the final first place selection to place fourth. Long Island University, Merrimack College, Sacred Heart University, St. Francis Brooklyn, the Red Flash, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Central Connecticut State rounded out the 10-team poll.
captain, my captain... Redshirt senior
Ramiir Dixon-Conover, senior
Myles Thompson and sophomore
Luke Ruggery have been named team captains for the 2021-22 season. Dixon-Conover and Thompson were also team captains in 2020-21.
within hop, skip and a jump of loretto... Saint Francis has three local players on the team. Senior
A.J. Labriola (Altoona), junior
Ben Seidel (Johnstown) and redshirt sophomore
Luke Ruggery (Duncansville) all hail from within 30 minutes of the Saint Francis campus.
coaches dream team... Head coach
Rob Krimmel has assembled a coaching staff with strong ties to Saint Francis.
• Krimmel, a 2000 graduate of Saint Francis, was an Academic All-American.
• Assistant coach
Eric Taylor, a 1998 graduate, was a three-time All-NEC selection, ranks 23rd in program history in points (1,287) and fifth in rebounding (967).
• Graduate assistants
Ronnie Drinnon, an All-NEC first team selection as a senior and
Jamaal King, who was named to the all-conference first team in his last two seasons, both played for Krimmel and also have etched their name into Saint Francis lore. King ranks 10th in program history in points (1,517 points) while Drinnon is 11th in rebounding (804). Drinnon graduated from Saint Francis in 2016 and King graduated in 2019.
• Assistant coach
Luke McConnell, a 2012 Saint Francis graduate, played on the Red Flash football team as a student-athlete. McConnell is the son of former Saint Francis men's basketball head coach Tom McConnell (1992-99), while his cousin T.J. McConnell is in his seventh season in the NBA.
