| Saint Francis Probable Starters |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
0 |
Cam Gregory |
6-5 |
165 |
So. |
13.5 |
2.9 |
43.1 |
Scored a career-high 25 points in last game |
| G |
2 |
Aaron "Ace" Talbert |
6-0 |
185 |
Fr. |
8.9 |
1.6 |
45.5 |
Averaging 11.6 points per game at home |
| G |
14 |
Bobby Rosenberger III |
6-5 |
205 |
Fr. |
7.4 |
3.6 |
35.7 |
Ranks 10th in NEC in offensive rebounds |
| F |
5 |
Eli Wilborn |
6-8 |
215 |
Fr. |
8.7 |
7.3 |
54.7 |
Leads the NEC with six double-doubles |
| F |
32 |
Aidan Harris |
6-7 |
205 |
Fr. |
3.1 |
4.3 |
40.0 |
Five+ rebounds in four of last five games |
| Off the Bench |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
1 |
Braylen Blue |
6-5 |
180 |
Fr. |
2.3 |
0.2 |
53.8 |
Saw first NEC action against CCSU on Jan. 13 |
| F |
3 |
Miles Webb |
6-8 |
190 |
So. |
3.3 |
2.2 |
35.9 |
Five points, four rebounds, two blocks, two assists vs. SHU |
| G |
4 |
Carlos Lopez, Jr. |
6-2 |
170 |
Fr. |
7.8 |
1.6 |
35.8 |
12-for-15 from three in last three home games |
| G |
11 |
Chris Moncrief |
6-6 |
190 |
So. |
3.0 |
1.5 |
41.5 |
Matched career high with nine points vs. CCSU |
| 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. |
5.3 |
3.1 |
47.9 |
Nine points against Wagner on Jan. 6 |
| 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. |
3.4 |
1.8 |
32.7 |
Career-high in points happened at DeGol Arena last year |
| 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. LIU (FULL GAME NOTES PDF)
FRANKIES TIDBITS IN A FLASH
• Friday's game between Saint Francis and LIU marks the 87th meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1963-64 season.
• The Sharks lead the series 44-42, but the Red Flash hold a 28-16 advantage at DeGol Arena.
• The Frankies swept the season series last year thanks to an 87-68 win at DeGol Arena and a 93-82 win in Brooklyn.
• It was the first season sweep against LIU since 2013-14 and the 11th season sweep in program history.
• For the eighth time under head coach
Rob Krimmel, Saint Francis will play three straight at home in NEC play. The Red Flash is looking to avoid joining the 2012-13 and 2019-20 teams that did not win a game in that three-game stretch.
• Saint Francis is looking to end a two-game losing streak at home under Krimmel. The squad has only lost three or more in row twice. In 2012-13 the Frankies lost six in a row in Loretto and in 2021-22 the team dropped five straight at DeGol Arena
• In 2015-16, 2018-19 and 2019-20, the team won all three games during the three-game homestand while the 2017-18 squad went 2-1.
• The most consecutive games at home under Krimmel in league play was five consecutive in 2013-14 and the Frankies went 3-2 in that span.
• While the Loretto team will not play five straight at DeGol Arena, the Red Flash will play five of six at home. After LIU concludes a three-game homestand the team travels to Le Moyne before returning home for two more games against Sacred Heart on Thursday and Merrimack on Saturday.
• It is the fourth time under Krimmel the Red Flash will play five of six at home in league play. Along with the 2013-14 season, the squad also turned the trick in 2019-20 and 2021-22.
• Saint Francis has lost four-consecutive games second time this season. The Red Flash started the season with four-straight losses and then won four of its next five games.
• This season is the season of milestones for Krimmel. He won his 150th career game at Lehigh on November 29 and coached his 350th game at Wagner on January 6.
• The 12th year head coach is on the cusps of two more milestones, both connected to the NEC. He will coach his 200th NEC regular season game on Sunday and needs three NEC wins to win his 100th game in league play.
• Krimmel will become the 10th man to serve as a head coach for 200 league games, joining Tom Green (FDU, 452, 1983-09), Howie Dickenman (CCSU, 344, 1997-16), Dave Bike (Sacred Heart, 258, 1999-13), Ron Ganulin (St. Francis Brooklyn, 254, 1991-05), Dave Calloway (Monmouth, 250, 1998-11), Jim Phelan, Mount St. Mary's, 250, 116-134), Glenn Braica (St. Francis Brooklyn, 230, 2010-23), Paul Lizzo (LIU, 225, 1982-95) and Dave Magarity (Saint Francis/Marist, 214, 1982-83, 1987-97).
• Krimmel would be the second former Red Flash player to have coached 200 games in the NEC that also coach in Loretto. Margarity played for the Frankies from 1974-78 and then was an assistant coach in Loretto from 1974-78 before serving as the head coach from 1978-83. The 1982-83 season was the first season of the ECAC Metro which would later become the NEC and then he was head coach at Marist from 1986-2004 with the first 10 years with the Red Foxes the team was a member of the NEC.
• With three NEC wins, Krimmel would become the 12th head coach with 100 league wins and would join Green (263), Dickenman (187), Ganulin (129), Calloway (127), Magarity (117), Phelan (116), Braica (116), Andrew Toole (115, Robert Morris, 2010-20), Bashir Mason (111, Wagner, 2012-22), Wayne Szoke (109, Monmouth, 1988-98) and Bike (105).
• Krimmel is currently tied with former LIU head coach and current UMBC head coach Jim Ferry with 98 NEC regular season wins in 13th place.
• Back to Magarity, before he left to become an assistant coach at Iona and later head coach at Marist, he was connected with Saint Francis for 13 straight seasons as a player, assistant coach and head coach. Krimmel has been connected with his alma mater for 28 consecutive years. Kevin Porter is the only other alumni to go on to coach the Flash. Porter was a player for Saint Francis from 1968-72 and then after a successful NBA career was the head coach for four years of the Frankies (1983-87).
• The Red Flash is 0-4 in league play for the second time under Krimmel. With a win, the Frankies will be 1-4 for the fourth time, joining the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2020-21, 2021-22 teams. With a loss, the team would be 0-5 for the first time under the coach.
• This season, the Frankies have played three sets of three-game homestands with the current home stretch the final three-game homestand.
• The Red Flash also had a four-game road trip to start the season, a three-game road trip and will have three consecutive on the road in league play in February.
• In fact, this season every home or away trip is a multiple game occassion with the exception of the games against Le Moyne. The Le Moyne trip on Sunday is sandwiched in between three and two game homestands, while Le Moyne will make its first trip to Loretto as a member of the NEC after the Red Flash returns from its three-game road trip in February.
AN SFU WIN WOULD
• Be the first NEC win of the year and the 98th league win of head coach Rob Krimmel's career
• Be the third-straight win against the Sharks, marking the fourth time in the series the Red Flash has won at least three straight in the matchup (1986-89 Flash won four straight vs. LIU; 1989-92 Flash won five consecutive vs. LIU; 1992-96 Flash won eight in a row vs. LIU)
• Improve league record to 1-4 for fifth time under Krimmel (2012-13, 2013-14, 2020-21, 2021-22) and avoid the first 0-5 start
LAST TIME OUT
• Saint Francis fell 81-71 to FDU on Monday.
• Sophomore
Cam Gregory paced the Red Flash with a career-high 25 points, which was also the most points scored by a Frankies player this season.
• Freshman
Eli Wilborn tallied 14 points and 11 rebounds and a career-high four assists.
• The Red Flash made 10 baskets from behind the arc for the fourth time this season and the third time in Loretto.
ABOUT THE SHARKS
• LIU comes into the contest 3-12 overall and 2-1 in NEC play after falling 89-55 at Sacred Heart on Monday. The Sharks have only played three of their 15 games in Brooklyn and only road wins are against Texas A&M -Corpus Christi on a neutral site on November 24 and at Stonehill on January 6.
• Freshman
Eric Acker and junior
Tana Kopa paced the Sharks against the Pioneers with 15 points, while sophomore
Ahmed Essahaty added 10 points.
• Graduate assistant
Tai Strickland, the son of head coach
Rod Strickland, leads the team with 13.6 points per game, while Acker is second on the team with 13.2 points per game. Sophomore
R.J. Greene fuels the team with 6.8 rebounds per game.
TRENDING UP
•
While a traditional work week is considered Monday through Friday, sophomore
Cam Gregory might consider his work week as Thursday to Monday because he is averaging 14.7 points per game in games played during that stretch and 16.0 points per game in games between Friday and Monday. Before the games at Wagner on January 6 and home game against CCSU on January 13, the sophomore had scored double figures in nine-straight games during the "Gregory work week."
Gregory scoring by days:
Thursday - 12.5 points per game (2 games)
Friday - 20.0 points per game (1 game - Mount St. Mary's)
Saturday - 14.2 points per game (5 games, 4-10+ points, 1-20+)
Sunday - 17.0 points per game (1 game - at Iona)
Monday - 16.7 points per game (3 games, 19+ in two games)
Tuesday - 6.0 points per game (1 game - Penn State)
Wednesday - 10.6 points per game (3 games, 1 10+ game)
• Gregory now has three 20-point performances this season to lead the team, including 25 points against FDU on Monday for the most points scored by a Flash player this season. Freshman
Carlos Lopez, Jr. also has two 20-point games this season and all five performances have come in Loretto. Three of the 20-point games have come on Saturday (two by Lopez, one by Gregory), while Gregory also posted 20 points on a Friday and a Monday.
• Saint Francis has had a player reach 15 points 16 times this season with 13 of those outputs coming at DeGol Arena. Freshman
Bobby Rosenberger III has two of the games on the road with 15+ (19 points at Penn State on November 14 and 16 points at Lehigh on November 29 and Gregory also has one game with 15+ with 17 points at Iona on December 10).
• Freshman
Eli Wilborn notched his sixth double-double of the season and seventh game with at least 10 boards. The freshman finished the game on Monday with 11 rebounds for the third time this season. The last two times Wilborn posted his second-consecutive double-double and registered a career-high 13 rebounds both times the trick was turned. The freshman has registered a double-double in three of the four league games.
• While Wilborn has gained notoriety for his blocks, he has also been a helper too as of late. The Connecticut native has dished out 12 assists in his last five tilts with two contests with three helpers and a career-high four dimes in his last game. Back to the blocks, though, Wilborn's 34 rejections are second most by a freshman under Krimmel and the third most by a player in any class under the head coach. Josh Nebo is next on the list in both categories with 56 blocks (2015-16).
• According to @nechoopsron, Wilborn, who is second in the NEC in blocks (2.0), third in rebounding (7.3) and fourth in field goal percentage (54.7), is looking to become the first freshman since CCSU's Kyle Vinales (scoring, free throws, 3-pointers made) to finish in the Top-5 in the NEC in three categories in 2011-12. Prior to that, you'd have to go all the way back to the 1999-00 season when future NEC Player of the Year Corsley Edwards ended his freshman campaign rated in the Top-5 in rebounding, field goal percentage blocks.
• Prior to finishing Monday with six points, Lopez had two-straight 20-point games at DeGol Arena. However, the freshman has made a basket from downtown in seven-straight games and is shooting 57.5 percent (19-for-33) from downtown in that span. The freshman was 4-for-39 (10.2 percent) in his first 10 games.
• Saint Francis started the regular season playing some of the toughest teams with UCLA, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Penn State all on the road. The start of the NEC schedule can almost rival that start on a smaller scale after the Frankies played four of the Top-5 teams in the first four games to start the circuit.
- January 4 - Sacred Heart (preseason NEC favorite)
- January 6 - Wagner (preseason NEC No. 5)
- January 13 - CCSU (preseason NEC No. 2)
- January 15 - FDU (preseason NEC No. 3)
The next two games are against teams that were picked around the Red Flash with LIU predicted to finish seventh and Sunday's opponent Le Moyne selected ninth. Of course, after the trip to Syracuse, Saint Francis finishes its season series with preseason favorite Sacred Heart on January 25 and sees the No. 4 team in the preseason poll, Merrimack, for an NEC ESPN+ broadcast two days later.
