Saint Francis University (4-5) at Iona University (3-6)
Date | Time	Sunday, December 10, 2023 | 5:00 p.m.
Location	New Rochelle, N.Y. | Hynes Arena
Television	ESPN+ (David Resnick, play-by-play; Vin Parise, color analyst)
Live Stats	SideArm
Printable Notes	Saint Francis | Iona
Stats	Saint Francis | Iona | Northeast Conference
Social Media	@RedFlashMBB  | #BELIEVE | @RedFlashMBB | Facebook

 

Saint Francis Probable Starters
Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	FG%	Note
G	0	Cam Gregory	6-5	165	So.	11.8	2.2	41.7	Averaging 14.2 ppg in last five games
G	2	Aaron "Ace" Talbert	6-0	185	Fr.	8.0	1.8	51.9	Leads NEC in 3pt FG percentage (52.9)
G	14	Bobby Rosenberger III	6-5	205	Fr.	7.2	3.0	41.4	Averaging 15.3 ppg and 5.7 rpg in last three road games
F	5	Eli Wilborn	6-8	215	Fr.	7.1	5.3	54.2	Current NEC Rookie of the Week
F	32	Aidan Harris	6-7	205	Fr.	3.9	3.8	42.9	Career-high 15 rebounds against Lehigh
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	One of 10 players to score 10+ points in a game in 22-23
F	3	Miles Webb	6-8	190	So.	4.0	2.3	35.7	Had 10 points for third time this season at American
G	4	Carlos Lopez, Jr.	6-2	170	Fr.	4.4	1.1	22.6	Notched a career-high 12 points at American
G	11	Chris Moncrief	6-6	190	So.	3.9	1.9	44.8	Scored eight or more points twice this season
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.	1.7	1.0	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.	6.4	4.1	47.9	Three 10+ point games this season
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.	4.8	2.4	37.8	Registered points in eight of the nine games
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. IONA (FULL GAME NOTES PDF)

FRANKIES TIDBITS IN A FLASH
• After going 2-0 against the Patriot League last week, Saint Francis is set to play the next two games against Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference teams starting with a trip to New Rochelle, N.Y., to face Iona on Sunday.
• The meeting with the Gaels is the 16th meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1949-50 season and the first since the 2008-09 campaign.
• Iona has won the last seven in the series and holds a 9-6 advantage in the matchup, including taking the last tilt between the two teams 78-61 in New Rochelle in 2008-09.
• The last win in the series for the Red Flash was an 88-62 decision in 1976-77 that at the time gave the team a 6-2 edge in the series.
• NBA Hall of Famer and Saint Francis legend Maurice Stokes played Iona in his first and last season in Loretto and beat the Gaels both times.
• The 1954-55 meeting with Iona was played at Madison Square Garden with the Frankies taking the game 88-59 on December 16, 1954. Stokes would return to Madison Square Garden to participate in the National Invitational Tournament in March and would be named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament despite Saint Francis finishing in fourth place.
• On the Iona sideline for the 2023-24 iteration is head coach Tobin Anderson, who went 2-1 against the Red Flash last season as the head coach of FDU, including defeating Saint Francis in the NEC Semifinals to earn the AQ for the NCAA Tournament.
• Saint Francis will play a member of the MAAC for the second time this season after falling 69-61 to Niagara on November 25 in Loretto.
• The team will return home to start a three-game homestand against another MAAC opponent, Mount St. Mary's on December 15 and will play three teams from the league in a span of 21 days.
• The Red Flash is 8-16 all-time against the MAAC with a 1-10 record on the road. The one road win for the Frankies was the last time the team was on the road against the MAAC, a 93-87 win at Niagara in 2017-18. That was also the last non-conference road win in New York.
• Saint Francis is 69-94 against teams from New York state in non-conference play,
• Saint Bonaventure frequent the Saint Francis schedule the most by a team from New York, appearing on the schedule 43 times, while the Buffalo area teams are next on the list with Canisius (29 times) and Niagara (27 times) combining for 56 games against the Frankies.
• Le Moyne, who joined the NEC this season, has been on the schedule five times, while Saint Francis played Marist 31 times when the Red Foxes were in the NEC.
• Saint Francis is coming off back-to-back road non-conference road wins for the third time under head coach Rob Krimmel and the first since the Red Flash won three-straight away from DeGol Arena against Saint Joseph's, UMBC and William & Mary in 2019-20.
• The other time the team rolled off consecutive road non-conference road wins was at Duquesne and at Rutgers in 2014-15.
• The Frankies have posted a winning streak on the road 10 times under Krimmel including NEC play and will be looking for its fourth streak of three games or more.
• Along with its three-game winning streak on the road in 2019-20, the team also had a three-game road winning streak in league play in 2016-17 and a five-game NEC win streak in 2018-19.
• Saint Francis won its last two games against Lehigh (62-61) on November 29 and against American (75-73) by a combined three points. It marked the sixth time the team won a pair of games by one possession each and it was the fourth time two games outcome were by a combined three points.
• The 1973-74, 1985-86 and 1990-91 teams also won two games by a combined score of three points, while the 1958-59 (six points) and the 1989-90 (four points) also consecutive games by one possession.
• In the previous five instances, the next game after those two games was decided by at least 12 points and the Red Flash has lost the last three times it occurred.
• After playing nine games in the first 27 days of the season, Saint Francis will play four games in the next 25 days leading up to league play.

AN SFU WIN WOULD
• Be the first time since 2019-20 the Red Flash won three-straight road games
• End a seven-game losing streak to Iona
• Be the team's first non-conference road win in the state of New York since 2018-19
• Be the team's first win against the MAAC since 2019-20
• Be the team's third road victory of the season, which would match last year's win total away from Loretto
• Start the month of December 2-0 for the first time since 2019-20
• Post a .500 or better record after 10 games for the first time since 2019-20 with a 5-5 record. It would be the fourth time under head coach Rob Krimmel the team was .500 or better after 2014-15 (6-4), 2017-18 (5-5) and 2019-20 (7-3) teams also had at least five wins after the first 10 games.

LAST TIME OUT
• Freshman Eli Wilborn posted nine points, six rebounds and two blocks in the final four minutes and 33 seconds to power a 24-8 run over the last eight minutes in a 75-73 come-from-behind win at American on December 2.
• Wilborn finished the game with 11 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks and was named the NEC Rookie of the Week.
• Freshman Bobby Rosenberger III fueled the Red Flash with 16 points, while sophomore Cam Gregory (14 points), freshman Carlos Lopez, Jr. (career-high 12 points) and sophomore Miles Webb (10 points) also had 10 points to notch the second time this season the Red Flash had five scorers in double figures.
• With the win, the Red Flash has won four of its last five games. The team also swept the Patriot League teams (American and Lehigh) on the road for the first time in program history.

ABOUT THE GAELS
• Iona comes into the contest 3-6 overall after falling 62-57 to Hofstra on Wednesday.
• Graduate student Wheza Panzo paced the Gaels with 15 points, while freshman Jean Aranguren added 12 points.
• Graduate student Idan Tretout leads the team with 14.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Panzo is second with 12.4 points and 2.4 rebounds per game and junior Greg Gordon is also averaging double figures with 11.7 points and a team-best 5.9 rebounds per game.
• Iona will be the third team the Red Flash has played this season at made the NCAA Tournament after playing UCLA (November 6) and Penn State (November 14). Throw in Santa Clara (November 11), who played in the NIT, and that is four teams that played in the postseason in 2022-23.

TRENDING UP
• Freshman Eli Wilborn has posted double figures in four of his last five games and is averaging 9.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 rebounds per game in that stretch.
• In the six games when Wilborn plays at least 17 minutes, the freshman is averaging 10.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.
• Wilborn, who became the first player on the team with two double-doubles this season with his 11-point, 11-rebound effort at American on December 2, has 12 blocks through his first nine games.  They are the most rejections by a freshman under head coach Rob Krimmel since Josh Nebo had 15 blocks through nine games in 2015-16.
• Freshman Bobby Rosenberger III has scored double figures in his last three road games after notching a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds at Penn State on November 14, 11 points and five rebounds at Lehigh on November 29 and 16 points at American. His performance at Penn State and American are the second and fourth-most scoring outputs this season. He is averaging 15.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in his last three road tilts.
• Sophomore Cam Gregory has come up big in the last two games after sinking the three free throws with 10.1 seconds left to give the Red Flash the 62-61 lead at Lehigh and then tied the game at 69 on a 3-pointer against American. The captain leads the team with five 10+ point games this season and is averaging 14.2 points per game in his last five games.
• Just like Gregory, fellow sophomore Miles Webb returned to the DMV for the first time in his collegiate career to register a double-figure point performance after scoring 10 points at American. It was the sophomore's third 10+ point game of the season/career and his second on the road.
• Freshman Carlos Lopez, Jr. became the eighth player this season to register double figures for the first time in his career and the 10th out of the 12 scholarship players to score 10+ points in a game.
• Lopez, who had a career-high 12 points against American, has scored eight or more points three times this season and in all three instances he made at least three free throws.
• Freshman Aaron "Ace" Talbert earned his first starting nod against American and registered five points and a career-high five assists in the game. The freshman is averaging 12.0 points in his last five games with four games with at least nine points and three 10+ point performances.