FLASH POINTS

• SFU broke the game open with a 22-2 run that spanned two quarters
• The Red Flash put six players in double figures led by Jessica Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg)'s 17
• Kovatch moved into fourth place on the SFU all-time scoring list in the victory
• Saint Francis doled out 21 assists as four players had at least three
• SFU hit their first eight shots of the fourth and shot 61 percent in the second half

LORETTO, PA- Saint Francis broke open a three-point game with a 22-2 run and put six players in double figures in a 87-59 triumph over Central Connecticut on Saturday afternoon inside DeGol Arena. 


HOW IT HAPPENED
The Red Flash run started in the second quarter as they closed the half on a 7-2 run to lead 37-29. Ace Harrison (Baltimore, MD/Digital Harbor (Maryland)) had five of the seven points in the run, but the key play was a block by Courtney Zezza (Plum, Pa./Plum), who erased a lay-up by Ashley Berube as time expired in the first half. SFU then opened the second half on a 15-0 run over the first five minutes of the quarter to put the game out of reach. 

FIRST QUARTER RECAP

• Both teams got off to a slow start with SFU missing their first three shots
• A three-point play by Kyasia Duling (Zanesville, Ohio/New Albany (Duquesne)) got the Red Flash offense going
• Neither team led by more than three and the game was tied five times in the first quarter
• A jumper by Andi Lydon gave CCSU a 13-11 lead but Saint Francis would answer right back on layups by Kovatch and Leah Morrow (Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Africentric), CCSU never led again
• SFU led 18-15after the first quarter

SECOND QUARTER RECAP

• After a CCSU basket, the Red Flash ripped off a 8-0 run paced by threes by Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) and Caitlyn Kroll (Bridgeport, Ohio/Bridgeport) to lead 30-19
• The Blue Devils would answer with a run of their own as a pair of Ashley Chin threes sparked a 8-0 run of their own to cut the SFU lead back to three at 30-27
• The game's defining run started with a Duling lay-up and continued with five-straight from Harrison
• The Red Flash defense held CCSU to just two points over the final three minutes, capped by a monster block by Zezza at the end of the half, one of her three on the day
• SFU took a 37-29 lead into the locker room

THIRD QUARTER RECAP

• SFU started quickly in the third quarter scoring five points in the first minute on a Kroll layup and a Harrison steal leading to a Kovatch three, forcing a CCSU timeout
• The Red Flash kept pouring it on as Harrison, Kovatch and Zezza each hit buckets while the SFU defense forced one-and-dones from CCSU
• Saint Francis forced seven-straight CCSU misses to start the quarter, fueling the 15-0 run
• The lead grew to as many as 24 in the quarter before CCSU got a pair of threes from Kiana Patterson to help stop the run
• The Red Flash led 63-44 after three quarters

FOURTH QUARTER RECAP

• The Red Flash hit their first eight shots of the quarter to put the game completely out of reach
• SFU again held CCSU without a field goal for the first four minutes of the quarter
• Threes by Swogger and Kovatch helped the lead hit its high-water mark at 33
• Saint Francis limited the Blue Devils to just 25 percent shooting in the quarter and cruised to a 29-point victory

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Six players scored in double figures for SFU as Kovatch had 17, Kroll and Harrison each had 15, Swogger had 14, Zezza had 12 and Duling had 11
• With her 17, Jessica Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) passed Lex Hayward for fourth place on the SFU all-time scoring list
• Tiffany Slicklein and Kiana Patterson each had 9 for CCSU, but they shot just 33 percent from the field and 26 percent from three
• The Red Flash dominated the glass, earning a 46-36 edge including a 23-7 edge on second-chance points
• Ace Harrison (Baltimore, MD/Digital Harbor (Maryland)) had a game-high eight rebounds but all 14 players recorded a rebound and 10 had at least two
• SFU controlled the paint as well, earning a 46-22 edge inside, The Red Flash shot 60 percent from two-point range on Saturday
• Saint Francis dished out 21 assists as six players had at least two, led by Maya Wynn (Reisterstown, Md./McDonogh)'s four
• SFU forced 17 turnovers while turning it over 15 themselves, but SFU had a 26-15 edge off of turnovers, thanks in part to nine steals, three each by Wynn and Kovatch

 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Red Flash welcome in Bryant on Monday evening for the second game of a three-game home stand. Tip time from DeGol Arena is set for 6 p.m.