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LORETTO, Pa. (Jan. 13, 2012) – Saint Francis concludes its two game home stand Saturday with a 4 p.m. tipoff against Quinnipiac.
 
FLASH FACTS
- Saint Francis enters Saturday's contest looking to snap a six game losing skid. 
 
- In Thursday's contest the Red Flash fell at home by three points to Sacred Heart while Quinnipiac won on the road at Robert Morris by two.
 
- The Red Flash hold an all-time record of 7-17 against the Bobcats with the teams splitting the last two meetings. Last season, SFU and Quinnipiac met just once with the Bobcats besting the Flash 75-55 in Hamden, Conn. The Bobcats' Dave Johnson posted 10 assists, five points, six rebounds and three steals in the win.
 
- The Saint Francis bench has been a key factor for Red Flash success as SFU is winless when its bench is outscored by its opponents (0-9). The Flash's bench was outscored for the first time at home Thursday against Sacred Heart 21-16.
 
- Saint Francis holds a 3-4 record at home this season with its four home losses coming by a combined nine points. All of SFU's home losses have come by three points or fewer and in each game the Flash have had a shot to win or tie the game at the final horn.
 
- Scott Eatherton (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) missed five shots Thursday against Sacred Heart in his first six home games the SFU sophomore missed the same total.
 
- Eatherton saw his streak of double-doubles end at two Thursday but just barely as the SFU sophomore posted 11 points and nine rebounds.
 
- Kameron Ritter posted a career high six steals in Thursday's match up with the Pioneers. The SFU junior has 10 steals in his last two games. Ritter enters Saturday's game seventh in the NEC in steals.
 
- Ritter also posted four or more assists for the third time in his last seven games. The junior has a 25-16 assists-to-turnover ratio on the season.
 
-  Anthony Ervin (Chesterfield, Va./Fork Union Military Academy) posted a career high in assists Thursday handing out six helpers on the night. Prior to Thursday's game the SFU junior had just six assists in his last five games.
 
- Ervin continued his streak of double-digit scoring performances Thursday moving the streak to four consecutive. The Chesterfield, Va. native has scored in double-figures in 10 or his last 11 games.
 
- Jon Taylor (Bowie, Md./Montgomery College-Germantown) posted a career high in an NEC game Thursday with 13 points. It was the fourth double-digit scoring performance of the season for the senior but his first as a starter.
 
- Taylor posted seven rebounds Thursday falling just one short of a season high. The native of Bowie, Md. has recorded multi-rebound performances in his last six games and has tallied five or more rebounds in five games this season.
 
SFU VS. QUINNIPIAC
The Red Flash hold an all-time record of 7-17 against Quinnipiac with the teams splitting the last two meetings. Head coach Don Friday owns a 2-3 mark against the Bobcats in his time in Loretto. In the last 10 meetings between the two schools SFU holds a mark of 2-8. Kameron Ritter stood as the only SFU player to score in double-digits in last season's meeting as the he posted 10 pints and added two assists, two steals and three rebounds. Four different players scored in double-digits last season for Quinnipiac and Dave Johnson posted 10 assists as the Bobcats rode a 35-16 halftime lead to a 75-55 win.
 
BACK AND FORTH
In the entire month of December, Saint Francis contests had just one tie and five lead changes in seven games. The last three game for the Flash have been much more hotly contested. Since returning to conference play Jan. 5 against CCSU there have been 19 ties and 18 lead changes in SFU's three games. Including a season high nine ties and 10 lead changes at Bryant. 
 
NEXT UP
The Red Flash travel to West Long Branch, N.J. to take on the Monmouth Hawks Thursday at 7 p.m.