| Saint Francis Probable Starters |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
0 |
Cam Gregory |
6-5 |
165 |
So. |
8.8 |
2.0 |
30.6 |
Had career-high five rebounds at Penn State |
| G |
11 |
Chris Moncrief |
6-6 |
190 |
So. |
4.5 |
2.3 |
37.5 |
Matched career high of nine points at San Francisco |
| G |
23 |
Wisler Sanon II |
6-4 |
190 |
So. |
5.5 |
2.8 |
47.7 |
Career-high six rebounds in second career start at Penn State |
| F |
3 |
Miles Webb |
6-8 |
190 |
So. |
2.8 |
2.8 |
25.0 |
Had a career-high 11 points at San Francisco |
| F |
21 |
Gestin Liberis |
6-9 |
225 |
So. |
6.5 |
3.0 |
43.5 |
Has started three of the first four games |
| Off the Bench |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
1 |
Braylen Blue |
6-5 |
180 |
Fr. |
2.5 |
0.3 |
42.9 |
Had career-high six points at Santa Clara |
| G |
2 |
Aaron "Ace" Talbert |
6-0 |
185 |
Fr. |
3.0 |
1.5 |
33.3 |
Career high three rebounds at Penn State |
| G |
4 |
Carlos Lopez, Jr. |
6-2 |
170 |
Fr. |
4.5 |
1.0 |
25.0 |
Posted eight points in collegiate debut at UCLA |
| F |
5 |
Eli Wilborn |
6-8 |
215 |
Fr. |
4.3 |
3.8 |
43.8 |
Averaging 7.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in last two games |
| G |
13 |
Blaze Angellotti |
6-4 |
195 |
Fr. |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Looking to make collegiate debut |
| G |
14 |
Bobby Rosenberger III |
6-5 |
205 |
Fr. |
5.8 |
2.3 |
52.9 |
Registered a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds at Penn State |
| G |
15 |
Aaron Humphrey, Jr. |
6-7 |
210 |
Fr. |
1.0 |
0.3 |
50.0 |
Notched first collegiate points at Penn State |
| G |
20 |
Brendan Scanlon |
5-8 |
175 |
So. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Out for the year with a leg injury |
| F |
22 |
Ryen Gresko |
5-11 |
170 |
Fr. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Looking to make collegiate debut |
| G |
24 |
Keshawn McNeill |
6-1 |
180 |
R-Fr. |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
Notched first career rebound at Santa Clara |
| G |
30 |
KJ Swain, Jr. |
6-0 |
155 |
Jr. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Looking to make collegiate debut |
| F |
32 |
Aidan Harris |
6-7 |
205 |
Fr. |
3.3 |
2.0 |
38.5 |
Led team in rebounding at UCLA |
| G |
33 |
Will Helton |
6-4 |
175 |
Jr. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Redshirting this season and will not play |
| F |
42 |
Daric Danchanko |
6-8 |
240 |
So. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Looking to make season debut |
SELECT GAME NOTES VS. PITT GREENSBURG (FULL GAME NOTES PDF)
FRANKIES TIDBITS IN A FLASH
• Monday's game between Saint Francis and Pitt Greensburg marks the first-ever meeting in the all-time series.
• The game against Pitt Greensburg marks the fourth and final branch of the University of Pittsburgh schools that sponsor athletics to appear on the Red Flash schedule in program history.
• Saint Francis has played the main campus of Pittsburgh 30 times, including defeating the Panthers 80-70 to open up the 2020-21 season. The Oakland campus is the only Division I team of the Pittsburgh branches.
• The Loretto program has also played Pitt Johnstown, a Division II school, and Pitt Bradford, a Division III school just like Pitt Greensburg. Saint Francis is 5-0 against the non-Division I Pittsburgh campus.
• Two nearby campuses to Saint Francis are in Pitt Greensburg's conference the Allegheny Mountain College Conference: Mount Aloyisius and Penn State-Altoona.
• The Frankies are coming off a four-game road trip to start the season. The four games away from DeGol Arena are the most since the 2003-04 season.
• The first five games of the season against UCLA, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Penn State and now the home opener is one of the toughest starts in program history for the Red Flash.
• The first four teams went 96-44 in 2022-23 with UCLA and Penn State both participating in the NCAA Tournament at Santa Clara playing in the NIT.
• The only season that might rival this five-game start as far as difficulty is the 2018-19 season. The Red Flash started the season with four road games at Buffalo, UCLA, North Carolina and Virginia Tech. All four of those teams won at least 20 games and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
• The second game that season was a home game against Morgan State, who finished 13-19 in 2017-18.
• Saint Francis makes its DeGol Arena debut and is 30-8 in the home opener after starting on the road dating back to the 1950-51 season.
• The Red Flash is 32-3 in the season opener being at home for a combined 62-11 in the first game of the season in Loretto.
• The Loretto program defeated Hartford 77-53 on November 12, 2021 in last year's home opener.
• Saint Francis is 8-3 in home openers at DeGol Arena under head coach
Rob Krimmel.
NOTE: The first home game of the 2013-14 season against Navy was a 60-57 win at the War Memorial in Johnstown. The first game in Loretto was a 75-43 loss to American.
• This is the sixth time the Frankies will open its home schedule against a member of NCAA Division III under Krimmel.
• Saint Francis has started its home schedule twice against Franciscan (2017-18, 2021-22) along with Keystone (2014-15), Westminster (2015-16) and Chatham (2016-17).
NOTE: Hartford was in the process of moving down to NCAA Division III last season, but was still considered a Division I team.
• This game marks the 12th time Saint Francis has played a non-Division I opponent under Krimmel, and the first of two-straight tilts against a non-Division I team coming ton town with Franciscan on the horizon on Wednesday.
• Saint Francis is 11-0 in these contests and are averaging 105.9 points per game. The Red Flash is also allowing 62.2 points per game in these contests.
• Three times in the 11 previous meetings have the Red Flash under Krimmel not scored 100 points, including its last game against a non-Division I when the team defeated Saint Vincent 88-58 on December 8, 2022. Franciscan held the Frankies to 96 points in the 2017 and 2018 iterations.
• Saint Francis is 337-314-2 against all the teams in the state of Pennsylvania. The Red Flash is 86-239 against NCAA Division I teams and 251-75-2 against non-NCAA Division I teams.
• For the second-straight season, the squad will play four fellow Keystone state teams this season. Along with Penn State, Saint Francis will host Pitt Greensburg (November 21) and Robert Morris (December 20), while also traveling to Lehigh (November 29).
• Krimmel is 22-23 against the state of Pennsylvania.
• Saint Francis has played its most games against teams from the western part of the state in program history. The Red Flash have tangled with Robert Morris the most in the state with 91 meetings. Duquesne has been on the squad 75 times, Saint Vincent 65 times, Westminster 43 times, Geneva 39 times and Pittsburgh 30 times.
AN SFU WIN WOULD
• Be the squad's first win of the season
• Be the squad's third-straight win in the home opener
• Improve to 9-3 under head coach
Rob Krimmel in the first game of the year at DeGol Arena
• Be the team's first win of the season
• Improve to 12-0 against non-Division I teams under Krimmel
• Be Krimmel's 148th career victory
LAST TIME OUT
• Saint Francis lost 83-53 to Penn State on Nov. 14.
• Freshman
Bobby Rosenberger III fueled the Red Flash with a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds. Both of those numbers were season highs for the team, while Rosenberger became the first freshman on the team to register a 10+ point game.
ABOUT THE BOBCATS
• Pitt Greensburg comes into the contest 0-3 after falling 113-79 at Mount Union, a team that advanced to the NCAA Division III national championship game for the first time in program history last season, on Saturday.
• Fifth-year
Micah Jones paced the Bobcats with 17 points, while sophomores
Matthew Marinchak (14 points),
James Evans-Mcquay (12 points) and
Ben Thomas (10 points) also found double figures on Saturday.
• Jones leads the team with 14.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, while Marinchak is second with 13.7 points per game.
TRENDING UP
• Freshman
Bobby Rosenberger III became the first player to score over 12 points this season with his career-high 19 points against Penn State on Nov. 14. His eight rebounds were also a season high for the team.
• Rosenberger also was the first freshman to score double figures this season.
• Prior to Rosenberger's outburst, sophomores
Gestin Liberis and
Cam Gregory each had a 12-point game for the most points by a Red Flash player in the three games in California. Liberis registered a career-high 12 points in the season opener at UCLA on Nov. 6, while Gregory had 12 points at Santa Clara on Nov. 11.
• Gregory and fellow sophomore
Miles Webb registered 11 points at San Francisco on Nov. 9 for the only other double-figure games this season by the Flash. For Webb it was also a personal best.
• In the game against Penn State, the Frankies had four players grab at least five boards to finish the game with the same amount of rebounds as the Nittany Lions.
• Prior to the game in State College, freshmen
Aidan Harris (five rebounds vs. UCLA) and
Eli Wilborn (five rebounds vs. Santa Clara along with Liberis (five rebounds vs. San Francisco) were the only players to coral more than five rebounds against an opponent.
• Along with Rosenberger's career-high eight caroms, Wilborn (six rebounds), Gregory (five rebounds) and sophomore
Wisler Sanon II (six rebounds) also had career-best on the boards against Penn State.
• Sanon made his second career start against Penn State after making his first career start against Saint Vincent on December 8, 2022. Sanon, who had a career-high 11 points in his first career start, is 5-for-10 from the floor, 3-for-5 from behind the arc, 2-2 from the foul line and is averaging 7.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 20.5 minutes in the starting lineup.
• Saint Francis makes its home debut in 2023-24 after going 10-5 in games at DeGol Arena last season. The Red Flash was 4-3 in non-conference home games.
