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LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis University women's basketball heads to New York City for the second straight weekend, this time to face St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday, Jan. 21. The game will be played at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Saint Francis Quick Hits
Sam Miller earned the first Northeast Conference Prime Performer selection of her career behind a career-high 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting. She is the only active Saint Francis player with a 20-plus point performance (
Kaitlyn Maxwell had one last season but is not available this season). Miller leads Saint Francis with 10.8 points per game in conference play and is tied for second with 5.0 rebounds per game. Overall,
Aaliyah Moore leads Saint Francis with 8.2 points per game and paces the conference with 9.5 rebounds per game. She was at 10.1 rebounds per game before back-to-back five rebound performances.
Filippa Goula ranks sixth in the NCAA Division I with a 92.2 free throw percentage and is fourth in the NEC with 2.8 assists per game.
Layla Laws ranks second on Saint Francis with 7.5 points per game and has a double-digit scoring effort in two of the past four games.
Last Time Out
Saint Francis dropped its second home game of the conference season 73-60 against Sacred Heart. Saint Francis pulled out to a 13-7 lead in the first four and a half minutes of the game behind two three-point shots by
Adison Novosel and Goula. Sacred Heart responded with a 10-0 run across the next two minutes and ended the first quarter with a 26-17 lead. A nearly even second quarter saw the Pioneers enter halftime with a 41-29 lead. In the third quarter, Sacred Heart led by 14 points, 45-31, under two minutes into the frame. Saint Francis cut the deficit to nine points, 52-43, at the end of the third quarter. Miller led off the fourth quarter with a two and cut the deficit to seven points, before the Pioneers ended the lead back to nine points with two free throws. The Red Flash were only able to get within eight points before Sacred Heart sealed its victory.
Scouting St. Francis Brooklyn
The Terriers enter Saturday's game with a 3-2 conference and 4-13 overall record. St. Francis Brooklyn has lost two of its last three games, which included a 70-39 defeat to currently undefeated Fairleigh Dickinson. Alyssa Fisher leads the NEC with 20 points per game in conference play and is second overall with 16.4. She has scored at least 20 points in five of the past seven games. Tyra Myers is second of the team with 8.7 points per game and has double-digit points in five of the past seven games. Sarah Brandoma is seventh in the conference with 6.2 rebounds per game, while Eszter Varga is 10th with 2.3 assists per game.
All-Time vs. St. Francis Brooklyn
Saint Francis owns a 49-21 overall record over St. Francis Brooklyn since the first matchup in 1986. The Terriers are on a current three-game winning streak and won the last matchup 57-54 in overtime last season. During the game, Miller and Moore were the only two current Red Flash players who saw game action and scored four and two points, respectively. Fisher led St. Francis Brooklyn returners with 11 points in the game. The Red Flash put together a matchup-long 20-game winning streak between 1996-06, which included a matchup-high 104 points in 2004.
Around the NEC
Fairleigh Dickinson and Wagner are the only two remaining undefeated teams in conference play at 5-0. Sacred Heart follows behind at 4-1 after its first conference loss to Merrimack, 66-64. Saint Francis Brooklyn is the only other above-.500 team at 3-2. LIU is the only team without a win in conference play at 0-6 and are on a current 15-game losing streak. On Saturday, Central Connecticut hosts Wagner, Stonehill hosts LIU, Sacred Heart hosts Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Francis Brooklyn hosts Saint Francis. In non-conference action, Merrimack is set to host Hartford.
Next
Saint Francis begins the first of four games at home with a Thursday, Jan. 26 matchup against Fairleigh Dickinson for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
