WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Natalie Johnson led the way in scoring for the Red Flash with 13 points. The junior added two rebounds, three assists, a block and three steals.Â
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Alary Bell scored in double digits as well, notching 10 points with four rebounds.Â
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Ineivi Plata and
Yanessa Boyd each recorded three assists, sharing the team-best mark with Johnson.Â
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>> Stonehill's Sharn Hayward led the game in scoring with 29 points on the afternoon.
TURNING POINT OF THE GAME
After a near-even first half, the Skyhawks went on an 18-2 run to open up a 16-point lead with 6:38 left in the third quarter. Stonehill scored 29 points in the third quarter.Â
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The Red Flash cut the deficit to nine with 5:00 left in the third period thanks to a 7-0 run of their own, but Stonehill opened the lead back up and went on to win.
FLASH MOMENTS
Saint Francis went on an 8-0 run in the middle of the first quarter to take a 12-8 lead. Johnson scored two of the four baskets in the run and assisted on a third.Â
In the middle of the second quarter, Bell scored back-to-back baskets to put Saint Francis ahead 20-19.Â
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The Red Flash were down by four points entering the final two minutes of the half, but Plata and Boyd scored on consecutive possessions to tie the game at 24.Â
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Saint Francis cut the Skyhawk lead to 12 at the 1:46 mark in the fourth quarter courtesy of a 6-0 run. Harris Robinson and Giselle Eke split the scoring evenly on the run.Â
FLASH NUGGETS
Bell set a career-high in points with 10. It also marks the first time in her career that she has scored in double digits.Â
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Johnson has now scored in double figures on seven occasions this season. It is the first time she has done so in back-to-back games.Â
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Johnson has shot 50 percent or better in three consecutive games. The Waldorf, Md. native shot 54.5 percent from the field against Stonehill, going 6 for 11.
NEXT UP FOR FLASH
Saint Francis will host FDU on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. for their first home game of conference play.