WATCH SIDELINE CANCER'S GAME ON SATURDAY

LORETTO, Pa. – Former Saint Francis men's basketball standout Keith Braxton will compete in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) for the fourth consecutive season starting Saturday. Braxton returns for his second run with Sideline Cancer after playing two tournaments with WoCo Showtime in 2021 and 2022.

Sideline Cancer, seeded No. 3 in the Louisville Regional, starts the tournament against the No. 6 VBL Winner on Saturday at Freedom Hall at 6 p.m. With a win, Sideline Cancer will face the winner of the No. 2 The Ville (Louisville Alumni)-No. 7 Uknighted (Bellarmine Alumni) on Monday at 7 p.m. on FS1. The Louisville Regional Final is July 24 at 7 p.m. on FS1. All games in the TBT Tournament will also be streamed, HERE.

Sideline Cancer's namesake comes from the Griffith Family Foundation's Sideline Cancer fundraiser. Friends, family, and community established the Foundation as a gift to Hollidaysburg, Pa., natives Greg and Cathy Griffith during Greg's heroic 19-month battle with Pancreatic Cancer in 2010 and 2011.

In last year's TBT tournament, Braxton helped Sideline Cancer to the Sweet 16. He averaged 8.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in the three games while shooting 66.7 percent from the floor, 57.1 percent from 3-point land, and 66.7 percent from the free throw line. Braxton had a tournament-best 10 points against Ram Nation in the tournament-opening win and then tallied seven points and six rebounds in a win against Challenge ALS: Florida in the second round. He wrapped up the event with nine points and four rebounds against Herd That.

With WoCo Showtime in 2021 and 2022, the team lost in the opening round both times, but Braxton had a great game in his first tournament action in 2021 with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Braxton played professionally overseas for Jamtland in Sweden in 2023-24 after initially signing with Ironi Nahariya in the Israeli National League. The league was cancelled due to the current situation in the country. Braxton averaged 11.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in 24 games for Jamtland. He posted 17 games in double figures in points, four double-digit rebound performances, and four double-doubles. He notched a season-high 21 points on two occasions and a season-best 14 rebounds once.
 
Braxton was named the Belfius Mons-Hainaut Most Valuable Player for the 2022-23 season after averaging 12.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game in Belgium. He registered double figures in 25 games, including five of the six playoff games, and added five 10+ rebound games and five double-doubles on his way to MVP honors. Braxton registered two 20-point performances on the season with a 25-point effort against Yoast United on March 29, 2023, and a 20-point, 11-rebound output in the regular season finale against Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord on April 28, 2023.
 
The New Jersey native made his professional debut in 2021-22 as a member of the Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim team in Israel's second league. He averaged 18.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. Braxton scored 20 points seven times, including a career-high 37 against Maccabi Haifa on January 29, 2022. 
 
Braxton finished his illustrious collegiate career with Saint Francis in the 2019-20 season with 2,067 points and 1,151 rebounds to become only the second player in program history and the first since NBA Hall of Famer Maurice Stokes. He also finished third in team history in career assists (454) and steals (194). Braxton helped the Red Flash to one of its most prosperous four-year stretches in program history with a 75-55 overall mark, 48-24 in Northeast Conference (NEC) play, three NEC Championship Game appearances, two CIT appearances, and an NIT berth.