| Saint Francis Probable Starters |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
0 |
Cam Gregory |
6-5 |
165 |
So. |
11.9 |
2.0 |
41.0 |
Scored career-high 22 points vs. Niagara |
| G |
11 |
Chris Moncrief |
6-6 |
190 |
So. |
5.0 |
2.4 |
46.4 |
Tied for the team lead in assists (12) and steals (6) |
| G |
14 |
Bobby Rosenberger III |
6-5 |
205 |
Fr. |
5.4 |
2.6 |
42.9 |
Started the last three games |
| F |
5 |
Eli Wilborn |
6-8 |
215 |
Fr. |
6.1 |
4.9 |
51.4 |
First career double-double vs. Franciscan (14 pts, 10 rebs) |
| F |
32 |
Aidan Harris |
6-7 |
205 |
Fr. |
3.9 |
2.4 |
42.9 |
Career-high 10 points vs Pitt Greensburg |
| Off the Bench |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
1 |
Braylen Blue |
6-5 |
180 |
Fr. |
3.5 |
0.2 |
63.6 |
Leads the NEC in 3-point FG percentage |
| G |
2 |
Aaron "Ace" Talbert |
6-0 |
185 |
Fr. |
7.9 |
1.9 |
55.0 |
Averaging 14.3 ppg in last three games |
| F |
3 |
Miles Webb |
6-8 |
190 |
So. |
3.3 |
2.1 |
31.3 |
Reached 10+ points twice this season |
| G |
4 |
Carlos Lopez, Jr. |
6-2 |
170 |
Fr. |
2.9 |
1.1 |
18.9 |
Posted eight points in collegiate debut at UCLA |
| G |
13 |
Blaze Angellotti |
6-4 |
195 |
Fr. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Made collegiate debut vs. Franciscan on Nov. 22 |
| G |
15 |
Aaron Humphrey, Jr. |
6-7 |
210 |
Fr. |
2.0 |
1.2 |
33.3 |
Career-high five points, four rebounds vs. Franciscan |
| G |
20 |
Brendan Scanlon |
5-8 |
175 |
So. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Out for the year with a leg injury |
| F |
21 |
Gestin Liberis |
6-9 |
225 |
So. |
7.7 |
4.1 |
52.4 |
Double figures in last two games |
| F |
22 |
Ryen Gresko |
5-11 |
170 |
Fr. |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
Had a rebound in collegiate debut vs. Franciscan |
| G |
23 |
Wisler Sanon II |
6-4 |
190 |
So. |
5.6 |
3.0 |
37.5 |
Team-high three steals vs. Niagara |
| G |
24 |
Keshawn McNeill |
6-1 |
180 |
R-Fr. |
0.8 |
0.5 |
33.3 |
Notched first career points (3) vs. Franciscan |
| G |
30 |
KJ Swain, Jr. |
6-0 |
155 |
Jr. |
2.0 |
0.0 |
50.0 |
Had two points in collegiate debut against Franciscan |
| G |
33 |
Will Helton |
6-4 |
175 |
Jr. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Redshirting this season and will not play |
| F |
42 |
Daric Danchanko |
6-8 |
240 |
So. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Redshirting this season and will not play |
SELECT GAME NOTES VS. LEHIGH (FULL GAME NOTES PDF)
FRANKIES TIDBITS IN A FLASH
• Wednesday's game between Saint Francis and Lehigh marks the 20th meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1969-70 season.
• The Mountain Hawks ended a two-game losing streak in the series last season with an 66-55 win in Loretto.
• The Red Flash's last win in the series was a 79-68 victory in Bethlehem in 2021-22 to end a six-game losing streak in games played in the Lehigh Valley.
• Lehigh and fellow Patriot League team American have been the only non-conference opponent to appear on the Frankies schedule every season but the 2020-21 COVID-19 season since head coach
Rob Krimmel took the helm in 2012-13.
• This is Patriot League week for the Red Flash since after its game at Lehigh the team will travel to American on Saturday.
• It will be third time the Saint Francis will play Lehigh and American in consecutive games. The trick was also turned in 2013-14 when both Patriot League teams came to Loretto and in 2011-12 the Loretto teams traveled to Lehigh and then hosted American.
• Saint Francis is 27-42 against the Patriot League and 7-24 away from Loretto against the conference.
• The Red Flash went 0-3 against the league last season with losses to American, Bucknell and Lehigh.
• The team is looking for its first win against the Patriot League since defeating Bucknell 93-67 on December 1, 2021 and its first road win against the league since the last time the Frankies played at Stabler Arena.
• Saint Francis will play three conferences multiple times this season. The team will play the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference three times (Niagara [L, 61-69), at Iona [December 10) and host Mount St. Mary's [December 15]). The Red Flash played two teams from the West Coast Conference (San Francisco [L, 52-84]] and Santa Clara [L, 59-82]) and then will play the next two games against the Patriot League. If this was next season then the team would have played two Big 10 teams with Penn State and UCLA.
• Saint Francis is 338-314-2 against all the teams in the state of Pennsylvania. The Red Flash is 86-239 against NCAA Division I teams and 252-75-2 against non-NCAA Division I teams.
• For the second-straight season, the squad will play four fellow Keystone state teams this season. Saint Francis will host Pitt Greensburg (W, 77-63) and Robert Morris (December 20), while also traveling to Penn State (L, 53-84) and Lehigh (November 29).
• Krimmel is 23-23 against the state of Pennsylvania, including 1-1 this season with a win at home and a loss on the road.
• 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.
• Krimmel coached his 150th game at DeGol Arena on Saturday against Niagara and comes into the game on Wednesday at Lehigh looking for his 150th career win as a head coach.
• Krimmel's first season was 2012-13 and in that season he played four non-conference teams that are also on this year's slate (Penn State, Niagara, American and Lehigh).
• His first career win was at home, where he has won 60 percent of his games with a 90-60 record, against CCSU on January 3, 2013. Krimmel's 100th career win was almost four years ago to the night the team is playing against Lehigh against another Keystone State team. The Frankies defeated Saint Joseph's 79-68 on November 30, 2019 for his 100th career win.
• Since returning from its four-game road trip to start the season, the longest time away to start the season since 2003-04, the team is now in a stretch of threes.
• The team just finished up a three-game homestand and begins a three-game road trip with its games at Lehigh, American (Dec. 2) and Iona (December 10).
• Saint Francis will return to Loretto for another three-game homestand through the end of the 2023 calendar year.'
AN SFU WIN WOULD
• Be head coach
Rob Krimmel's 150th career win and four years and a day from his 100th career win , which was also on the road in the Keystone State (W, 79-68 at Saint Joseph's, November 30, 2019)
• Be the squad's second-straight win at Stabler Arena
• Be the team's first win on the road this season
• Be the team's second win against a team from PA
• Be the third win in four games for the Red Flash
LAST TIME OUT
• Despite a career-high 22 points by sophomore
Cam Gregory, Niagara defeated the Red Flash 69-61 on Saturday.
• Trailing by 20 points in the second half, Gregory went 6-for-9 in the final 12 minutes with 14 points to power a 25-10 run to cut the margin to five points with 1:44 remaining.
• Fellow sophomore
Gestin Liberis added 11 points for his second-straight 10+ point game, while freshman
Aaron "Ace" Talbert chipped in nine points and a career-high five rebounds.
ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS
• Lehigh comes into the contest 1-5 after falling 78-64 at Providence on November 24.
• Senior
Dominic Parolin paced the Mountain Hawks with 18 points, while junior
Keith Higgins, Jr. (16 points) and senior
Jalin Sinclair (10 points) also found double figures.
• Higgins leads the team with 15.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. Junior
Tyler Whitney-Sydney is second with 12.3 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, while Parolin fuels the squad in rebounding with 6.8 rebounds per game, while also averaging 11.0 points per game.
TRENDING UP
• Sophomore
Cam Gregory averaged 16.0 points per game last week in the three home games to be named a Northeast Conference Prime Performer.
• Gregory had a then career-high 19 points in the home opener against Pitt Greensburg on November 20 and then eclipsed that mark with 22 points against Niagara on November 25. Those two point totals are the Top-2 scoring games this season by a Red Flash player. The sophomore now has three career games with more than 15 points, four 10+ point games this season and eight for his career.
• Sophomore
Gestin Liberis recorded consecutive 10+ point games for the first time in his career after registering his first career double-double with a career-high 15 points and 10 rebounds against Franciscan on November 22 and then had 11 points against Niagara. The sophomore, who is averaging 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in his last two contests, now has three double-figure point games this season and four for his career.
• Freshman
Aaron "Ace" Talbert averaged 14.3 points per game in the last three games, his first three career games at DeGol Arena. He had 15 points against Pitt Greensburg and a career-high 19 points against Franciscan. He narrowly missed his third-straight double-figure performance by a point, finishing with nine points and a career-high five boards.
• While Talbert is averaging 14.3 points per game at home, he is only averaging 3.0 points per game in the four road games to start the season with a seven-point game at Santa Clara on November 11 being his best game away from Loretto.
• Talbert in the two wins this season is averaging 17.0 points and is shooting 82.4 percent (14-for-17) from the floor, 75 percent from behind the arc (3-for-4) and 75.0 percent from the free throw line (3-for-4).
• Freshman
Eli Wilborn notched his first career double-double with a career-high 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Connective native is averaging 8.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in his last five games.
• Wilborn also has all seven of his blocks in the last five games, which are the fifth-most rejections by a freshman under head coach
Rob Krimmel.
• Saint Francis registered its second game with six or less turnovers with six turnovers against Niagara. Last season, the Red Flash only had under six = turnovers twice and both of those games were against CCSU. In addition, the 2022-23 team did not post a game under 10 turnovers until its 12th game at Miami.
• The Frankies made one 3-point field goal against the Purple Eagles, marking the first time the team did not make multiple baskets from downtown since the 2021-22 season opener at George Washington on November 9. 2021.
