Saint Francis University (0-1) at Lafayette College (0-1)
Date | Time	Saturday, November 9, 2024 | 2:00 p.m.
Location	Easton, Pa. | Kirby Sports Center
Television	ESPN+
Live Stats	Sidearm
Printable Notes	Saint Francis | Lafayette
Stats	Saint Francis | Lafayette | Northeast Conference
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Saint Francis Probable Starters
Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	FG%	Note
G	0	Yanessa Boyd	5-9	So.	7.0	2.0	60.0	Recorded seven points against NJIT
G	1	Kameryn Dorsey	5-6	So.	7.0	5.0	60.0	Posted a team-high five rebounds against NJIT
G	4	Marissa Sheltonr	5-8	Sr.	8.0	1.0	60.0	One of two players with eight points vs. NJIT
F	12	Julianna Gibson	6-2	Jr.	7.0	0.0	50.0	Recorded seven points against NJIT
F	23	Marina Artero	5-11	So.	0.0	2.0	0.0	Ranked 10th in the NEC rebounding (5.5) last season
Top Players Off the Bench
Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	FG%	Note
F	3	Jade Campbell	6-0	Jr.	---	---	---	Recorded three 10+ rebound games as a freshman
G	5	Natalie Johnson	5-8	Jr.	5.0	1.0	66.7	Made Red Flash debut after transferring from RMU
G	10	Ineivi Plata	5-3	Fr.	4.0	3.0	00.0	Had a career-high four assists against NJIT
G	11	Harris Robinson	5-8	Sr.	8.0	0.0	0.0	Scored a team-high eight points against NJIT
G	20	Airah Lavy	5-10	Fr.	0.0	1.0	0.0	Made collegiate debut against NJIT
G	21	Gemma Walker	5-10	Fr.	3.0	0.0	50.0	Made collegiate debut against NJIT
G	24	Destini Ward	5-8	Jr.	---	---	---	Team captain in 2024-25
F	32	Fanta Daffe	5-10	Fr.	0.0	0.0	0.0	Playing her second season in Loretto
F	33	Giselle Eke	6-3	Fr.	4.0	3.0	33.3	Posted three blocks in collegiate debut
F	34	Alary Bell	6-2	So.	7.0	2.0	50.0	Posted seven points in collegiate debut

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FRANKIES TIDBITS IN A FLASH
• Saint Francis and Lafayette will meet for the second time in program history after squaring off for the first time last season.
• The Red Flash is 9-16 against the Patriot League and 3-10 on the road. The team is looking for its first road win against the conference since defeating Bucknell 62-54 in Lewisburg in 2012-13. It would end a two-game losing streak on the road against the Patriot League with a loss at Bucknell (2021-22) and Loyola (2023-24) since that 2012-13 win.
• Saint Francis will host Loyola Maryland this year from the Patriot League on November 17. It will be the Greyhounds first visit to Loretto as a member of the Patriot League. It is the 11 meeting overall against Loyola with five meeting taking place when it was a member of the Northeast Conference and four times after moving to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
• Saint Francis lost the season opener for the eighth-straight season and the 42nd time in program history dating back to the inaugural season of 1968-69. With a win, the Red Flash would start the season 1-1 for the 23rd time in team history and the first since the 2016-17 campaign.
• Starting the season with the loss does not mean the team does not have a chance to go on to win a Northeast Conference Tournament Championship. In the 12 Red Flash NEC titles, Saint Francis opened the year with a loss in nine of the 12 years. Only the 1995-96, 1999-00 and 2001-02 teams started a season with a victory.
• The Red Flash returns to action at Coppin State for the team's first of four Kid's Day Out games on the schedule on Tuesday. 

AN SFU WIN WOULD
• Even the Red Flash's record to 1-1 on the season and reach that mark for the first time the 2016-17 season
• Be the squad's first win against Lafayette in the second meeting against the Leopards
• Be Saint Francis' first road win against the Patriot League and first road win in the state of Pennsylvania since defeating Bucknell 62-54 in 2012-13.
• Be head coach Keila Whittington's first win against a team from Pennsylvania

ABOUT THE LEOPARDS
•  Lafayette comes into the contest 0-1 after falling 85-55 at Boston College on Monday.
• Abby Antognoli and Kay Donahue paced the Leopards with 14 points.
• Antognoli was an All-Patriot League third-team performer last season, ranked second with 12.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. The senior had a team-best 91 assists and 37 steals in 2023-24.
• Donohue was fifth last season with 5.2 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. She registered a career-high in points with 14 points against the Eagles.
• The Leopards finished 10-20 overall and 5-14 in Patriot League play last season.

LAST TIME WE MET
• Lafayette closed the game by scoring five of the final six points to come away with a 60-58 win at Saint Francis on November 26, 2023.
• Destini Ward gave the Red Flash a 57-55 lead on a jumper with 3:11 left in the fourth quarter before the Leopard's closing run. Ward finished with 14 points. Kendall Carruthers had a game-high 21 points for the Red Flash.
• Halee Smith paced Lafayette with 15 points, and Abby Antognoli added 12 points in the first meeting between the two teams.

LAST TIME OUT
• Saint Francis fell 80-60 at home against NJIT in the season opener on Monday.
• Sophomore Kameryn Dorsey stuffed the stat sheet with seven points, five rebounds, and three assists.
• Senior Harris Robinson and sophomore Marissa Shelton scored a team-high eight points for the Red Flash.

TRENDING UP
• Sophomore Kameryn Dorsey finished last season posting four or more assists in seven of her last nine games and dished out three assists in the season opener against NJIT on Monday.
• The sophomore is averaging 5.2 assists per game in her last 10 games, including a career-high 12 helpers against Wagner on February 15, 2023, eight assists at home against CCSU on February 1, 2023, three six-assist performances, and a pair of four helper games. Dorsey, who finished the game against the Seahawks with 10 rebounds for her first double-double, had the most assists since Alexa Hayward dished out 15 on November 18, 2014, against Buffalo.
• Sophomore Yanessa Boyd posted double figures in three of her last five games last season, averaging 8.6 points per game in that stretch.
• Sophomore Marissa Shelton was one of two players to finish the game against the Highlanders with eight team-high points. After averaging 2.3 points per game in her first 21 games, the sophomore is averaging 7.6 points per game in her last 10 games, with two double-figure point games in that stretch. She had a career-high 14 points against CCSU on January 13, 2023.
• Senior Harris Robinson also finished the season opener with eight points. It is the fifth time in her career that she scored eight or more points with two 10+ point performances on her resume.
• Freshman Giselle Eke had three blocks in her collegiate debut. It is tied for the most blocks in a game in the last three seasons and the third most under head coach Keila Whittington. Katie Dettwiller posted six and four block party games in 2020-21, and Jada Dapaa had a four-block game in 2021-22 to best Eke's three against NJIT. Sophomore teammate Marina Artero is the only other player on the roster with a three-block performance when she had three rejections against Stonehill on February 24, 2024.