| Saint Francis Probable Starters |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| G |
0 |
Chris Moncrief |
6-6 |
190 |
Jr. |
2.4 |
1.2 |
41.1 |
Begins his second season with the Flash |
| G |
2 |
Ace Talbert |
6-0 |
185 |
So. |
8.3 |
2.2 |
40.1 |
Paced the team in assists (62); Team Captain |
| G |
14 |
Bobby Rosenberger III |
6-5 |
205 |
So. |
9.0 |
4.8 |
37.7 |
Top returning scorer; Team captain |
| F |
31 |
Valentino Pinedo |
6-8 |
230 |
Jr. |
0.5 |
1.0 |
31.3 |
Played his first two seasons at East Carolina |
| F |
32 |
Aidan Harris |
6-7 |
205 |
Fr. |
4.0 |
4.6 |
44.0 |
Scored a career-high 10 points in the NEC Quarterfinals |
| Top Players Off the Bench |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
FG% |
Note |
| F |
3 |
Miles Webb |
6-8 |
190 |
Jr. |
3.8 |
2.6 |
39.8 |
Posted five 10+ point games as a sophomore |
| G |
4 |
Juan Cranford, Jr. |
6-3 |
205 |
Fr. |
--- |
--- |
4--- |
Looks to make his collegiate debut in his hometown |
| G |
5 |
Daemar Kelly |
6-5 |
195 |
So. |
1.5 |
1.0 |
44.1 |
Played last season at Quinnipiac |
| G |
7 |
Jeremy Clayville |
6-0 |
160 |
Fr. |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Looking to make his collegiate debut |
| G |
11 |
Riley Parker |
6-2 |
195 |
Jr. |
-- |
-- |
--- |
Played two years at JUCO Cochise College in Arizona |
| G |
15 |
Victor Payne |
6-4 |
190 |
Fr. |
-- |
-- |
--- |
Looking to make his collegiate debut |
| F |
21 |
Gestin Liberis |
6-9 |
225 |
Jr. |
5.8 |
3.7 |
49.2 |
Averaged 11.0 ppg and 7.7 rpg in last four games |
| G |
23 |
Wisler Sanon II |
6-4 |
190 |
Jr. |
3.7 |
2.0 |
35.1 |
Averaging 10.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg in last two games played |
SELECT GAME NOTES VS. DAYTON (FULL GAME NOTES PDF)
FRANKIES TIDBITS IN A FLASH
• Saint Francis begins its 13th season under head coach
Rob Krimmel and 119th in program history at Dayton on Monday. It marks the eighth meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1954-55 season. This will be the seventh meeting in Datyon and the first since the 2013-14 season. The Flyers lead the matchup 5-2.
• The first battle between the Flyers and the Red Flash was 70 years ago at the height of the Golden Era of Red Flash basketball. The Flyers defeated the Frankies 79-73 in overtime of the NIT Final Four on March 17, 1955. NBA Hall of Famer Maurice Stokes paced Saint Francis with a then program-record 43 points and would be named the Tournament's Most Valuable Player despite the team finishing fourth. Stokes finished the season with 760 points and 733 rebounds and was drafted second overall by the Rochester Royals.
• This is only the second meeting between the two teams since the two teams squared off six times from 1954-55 to 1965-66. The NIT meeting was the only game not played in Dayton. Saint Francis's two wins in the series came in 1958-59 (56-53) and 1964-65 (80-43).
• Krimmel was in his second season at the last meeting between the teams. The Flyers defeated the Red Flash 70-56. Dayton head coach
Anthony Grant will face the Frankies for the first time as a head coach.
• Saint Francis has opened the season on the road all 13 times in Krimmel's tenure as a head coach. The squad is looking for its second season-opening win under Krimmel and first since defeating Pittsburgh 80-70 on November 25, 2020.
• It will be the sixth time in 13 seasons the team will open the year on the road against the Atlantic 10 after opening a campaign against Fordham (2013-14), VCU (2019-20), George Washington (2021-22), and St. Bonaventure (2016-17, 2022-23).
• In addition, it will be the second time under Krimmel that Saint Francis will open the season in Ohio and the first since the 2014-15 season at Cincinnati. The Frankies have also opened in the Buckeye State against Ohio (1984-85), Kent State (1985-86), and Xavier (1995-95) to mark the fifth time the team has said hi to a season in Ohio.
• The Red Flash will open up the season on the road for the 40th time since the 1950-51 season, and for the 18th time since the turn of the century.
• The squad is 36-38 in season openers since the 1950-51 campaign. Saint Francis is 32-3 at home and 4-35 on the road in that stretch.
• Saint Francis travels to Clemson on Friday to continue its five-game road trip to start the season.
AN SFU WIN WOULD
• Be the Red Flash's second season-opening win under head coach Rob Krimmel and first since defeating Pittsburgh 80-70 on November 25, 2020
• Be the team's first win against an Atlantic 10 opponent since defeating Saint Joseph's 79-73 on November 30, 2019 in what was Krimmel's 100th career win
• Be the first win in the Buckeye State since defeating Youngstown State 66-65 on November 29, 2008
• Be the fifth season opening win since 1950-51 on the road
ABOUT THE FLYERS
•
Dayton finished 25-8 overall and 14-4 in Atlantic 10 action and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2023-24.
• The Flyers return three of their five starters.
•
Nate Santos ranked second with 11.7 points per game.
•
Javon Bennett (8.4 ppg.) and
Enoch Cheeks (8.1 ppg.) are the other two starters returning this season.
• While Saint Francis has not played Dayton since 2013-14, the Red Flash has played Cheeks (Robert Morris [two games, 36 points, had 23 points December 21, 2022]), Bennett (Merrimack [two games, 35 points, recorded 20 points on February 4, 2023) and
Zed Key (Ohio State [11 points, December 3, 2022]).
GOING HOME TO OHIO
• Saint Francis has three players on the trip from the state of Ohio. Junior
KJ Swain, Jr. (Hamilton), and freshmen
Juan Cranford, Jr. (Dayton) and
Zachary Jones (Cincinnati) are all from the Buckeye State.
• Swain appeared in five games last season as a walk-on, while Cranford and Jones, another walk-on, are on their first collegiate road trip.
• Though he probably does not remember his time in Dayton, associate head coach
Luke McConnell spent the first years of his life around Flyers basketball. McConnell's father, Tom, was an assistant coach at at Dayton (1989-92) for three years and helped the Flyers to the NCAA Tournament second round in his first season. He left Dayton to become the head coach in for seven seasons. Luke was born in Wisconsin, and was two-months old when his father went to Dayton
TRENDING UP
• Sophomore
Bobby Rosenberger III has posted double figures in points in six of his last eight games dating back to last season.
• The sophomore is averaging 12.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in that stretch, with four games with at least 15 points and six games with at least six rebounds. He registered a career-high 22 points at home against Stonehill on February 10, 2024, and hauled in his first career 10+ rebound game at Stonehill 14 days later.
• Sophomore
Ace Talbert ended last season with similar success, posting double figures in four of his last five and five of his previous seven games. He averaged 10.1 points per game in that span and had a career-high 21 points vs Stonehill on February 10, 2024, to start the streak.
• Junior
Gestin Liberis is averaging 11.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in his last four tilts. The junior grabbed at least seven boards in each contest with one double-double.
• Sophomore
Aidan Harris scored nine points or more in his last two games after reaching that total only twice in the first 22 games. He is coming off a career-high 10 points against CCSU on March 6, 2023.
