Saint Francis University (0-10) at Fordham University (7-6)
Date | Time	Sunday, December 21, 2025, 1 p.m.
Location	Bronx, N.Y. | Rose Hill Gymnasium
Television	ESPN+/YES Network (Andrew Bogusch, Andrew Posadas
Live Stats	Sidearm
Printable Notes	Saint Francis | Fordham
Stats	Saint Francis | Fordham | NEC
Social Media	@RedFlashWBB  |@RedFlashWBB | Facebook

AN SFU WIN WOULD
• Be the team's first win of the season
• Give head coach Chynna Bozeman her first career victory
• Be the team's first win against Fordham
• Be the team's first win against an Atlantic-10 team since defeating Duquesne 66-54 on November 27, 2007
• End a 10-game losing streak
• Be the team's first non-conference win in the state of New York in program history

ABOUT THE RAMS
• Fordham comes into the contest 7-4 overall after defeating Hofstra 69-46 on December 6. 
• This will be the second game against an NEC team for the Rams after defeating LIU 72-51 on November 30.
• Alexis Black paced the Rams with 21 points, including going 11-for-11 from the free throw line, against the Pride.
• Black leads the team with 20.1 points per game. Ugne Sirtautaite ranks second with 9.2 points per game. Ornella Niankan leads the Rams with 6.0 rebounds per game. 

LAST TIME OUT
• Gemma Walker notched a career-high 15 points, playing in backyard, so to speak. Walker, a native of Venetia, Pa., which is 19 minutes from the Petersen Events Center, had the best night of her collegiate career in the Saint Francis 98-47 loss to Pittsburgh on Thursday.
• Shelby Ricks registered her second double-double of the season, finishing with 11 points and 12 rebounds. 
 

TRENDING UP
• Playing at home, surrounded by friends and family is sometimes what the doctor orders. Sophomore Gemma Walker grew up 19 minutes away from the Petersen Events Center and played games there in AAU, but never a real game in high school or college until December 18. Walker came into the game with 20 career points and four made field goals in 151 career minutes. The Venetia, Pa., native went 3-for-4 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the free throw line for eight points in five minutes in the third quarter, doubling her career high in a game that she twice reached before in her career. In almost six minutes in the fourth quarter, she was 2-for-3 from the floor, 1 of 2 from behind the arc, and 2 of 2 from the free throw line for seven points. Disney may not be calling for a Rudy-esque story, and ESPN may not do a 30-for-30, but those are nights that a collegiate player will remember for the rest of her life.
• Graduate student Shelby Ricks notched the second double-double of her Red Flash career with 11 points and 12 rebounds against the Panthers. She narrowly missed tying her career high in boards by one carom. Each time the graduate student has reached 10+ rebounds in her career, she has posted a double-double. Ricks had 15 points and 10 rebounds against Lafayette on November 16, and the Florida native had several relatives in attendance. The first time the graduate student turned the trick was the third of three straight games with 10+ points. The game in the Steel City marked her second consecutive double-figure game after she had a Saint Francis high of 16 points at Xavier on December 14. She is averaging 13.5 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in her last two games.
• Graduate student Aleah James is averaging 11.7 points per game in her last three games. The Brooklyn native had dished out multiple assists in eight straight games before finishing the game at Pitt with one, her lowest total since the season opener at Duquesne on November 3.
• Another one of those weird things that you wonder if it's something in the Steel City water, like James only has one assist in both games in Pittsburgh, is that freshman Makyiah Ward has only registered a block in Pittsburgh after having one against Duquesne and a career-high two against the Panthers. Ward also tied her career best for assists on Thursday with four, a feat that she has accomplished four times in her first season in Loretto. She has four dimes in each of her last two games and 11 helpers in her last three tilts. The freshman had multiple steals for the third time this season and the first time since having two thefts at La Salle on November 8.
• Junior Desire Short made her Saint Francis debut in the second half at Pitt.

ON THE ROAD
• Saint Francis is 0-6 away from Loretto, with a 0-3 mark in the state of Pennsylvania, a 0-2 record in the state of New York, and a 0-1 record in Ohio.
• The Red Flash is averaging 51.2 points per game in the five games on the road and allowing 75.5 points per game. • If you break it down by the two games played on the road in each state, the Loretto program averaged 69.7 points per game and allowed 90.3 points per game in those three games in the Keystone State, while it averaged 38.5 points per game and allowed 59.5 points per game in the two games in the Empire State. 
• The game at Fordham will be the third time the team has played in New York after playing two games in the Iona Turkey Tipoff right before Thanksgiving. 
• Graduate student Aleah James is averaging 12.2 points per game on the road, and fellow graduate student Shelby Ricks is averaging 10.3 points and a team-best 6.2 rebounds per game in the six games away from Loretto.
• James has three 10+ point games, including a career-high 22 points at Xavier on December 14. The graduate student scored 17 points in the season opener at Duquesne on November 3. Ricks has a 15-point game at La Salle and 16 points at Xavier and then posted 11 points and 12 rebounds against Pitt on December 18.
• Fellow graduate student Sonia Sato also has three 10+ point games on the road.
• Freshman Makyiah Ward has two 11-point games in her first two games of her collegiate career, while graduate student Cassandra Hawthorne and Gemma Walker each have one 10+ point game on the road this season. Although Walker played 19 minutes where she grew up, does that one really count? 

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND 
• Saint Francis is 6-20 against the state of New York and 1-13 in games played in the Empire State in non-conference play.
• The 77-69 win against Iona in Harrisonburg, Va., on November 19, 2010, is the last time the Red Flash won against a team from New York on the road, but Saint Francis is looking for its first non-conference win in the state.
• Saint Francis returns to the Empire State after losing both games in the Iona Turkey Tipoff in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. 
• The Red Flash is 121-59 against teams from New York in NEC play.


IN THE NEC
• Graduate student Aleah James leads the NEC in 3-point field goal percentage (54.2) and is second in assists (3.20 apg.), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.00), third in minutes played (34.40), seventh in scoring (11.6 ppg.), seventh in steals (1.70 spg.), and 10th in field goal percentage (40.2).
• Graduate student Sonia Sato is fourth in blocks (1.00 bpg.), and eighth in minutes played (31.33), and 15th in scoring (9.7 ppg.).
• Graduate student Shelby Ricks ranks seventh in free throw percentage (71.9), and 12th in scoring (10.3 ppg.). The graduate student sits just outside the Top-10 in 11th in rebounding (5.8). 
• Freshman Makyiah Ward is third in assists (2.90 apg.).
• As a team, the Red Flash sits second in 3-point field goal defense (26.5), third in defensive rebounds (24.40), fourth in blocked shots (2.60), fourth in assists (12.40), fifth in 3-point field goal percentage (26.6), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (0.64), fifth in 3-pointers made (5.10) and fifth in defensive rebound percentage (0.674).

ON THIS DATE
• Saint Francis is 6-11 on this date, including 3-6 on the road and 1-2 at a neutral site.
• The Red Flash are looking to end a six-game losing streak on this date, with the last win coming on the road with a 75-72 win at Coastal Carolina in 2014. Alexa Hayward scored 37 points in the win against the Chanticleers, while Aisha Brock chipped in 14 points.
•Saint Francis also defeated William & Mary 70-66 on this date in 1998 for the team's first win on this date. Jen DiFilippo just missed a double-double, finishing with 20 points and nine rebounds. Jess Zinobile added 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Beth Barnabei also found double figures with 13 points. It was the final non-conference game before the Red Flash started NEC play and went 14-6 in league games on its way to the NEC Tournament title for the fourth-straight year.
FUN FACT... 
• This is the second consecutive time Saint Francis will be in the Empire State on this date after playing Syracuse in 2023. The Red Flash also played Manhattan in 2002, but that game was played in Loretto.