Last Week: CCSU 78, St. Francis (PA) 60
This Week: at Wagner (Monday); vs. Sacred Heart (Friday on Fox-NY; tape delay on Cox Cable - Sunday at 7:00 pm)

The Blue Devils improved to 4-6 in NEC play following a 78-60 win over St. Francis (PA) on Thursday. CCSU has won three in a row at home for the first time since the end of the 2002-03 season...The Blue Devils shot 55.4 percent from the field for the game and 60.7 percent in the second half, while the Red Flash shot only 31.6 percent in the second stanza, the best defensive second half effort of the season for CCSU...Of the eight remaining NEC games for the Blue Devils, four are against teams with four or fewer wins in conference play. Two of them are against first place Monmouth (home) and second place FDU (away)...The Blue Devils turned the ball over only five times vs. St. Francis, matching an NEC season-low. Three of the five miscues came on offensive charge calls...Five players scored in double-figures in the win...After a 4-9 start, the Blue Devils have won four of their last six games...CCSU played in front of a season-high crowd of 1,928 vs. the Red Flash...Howie Dickenman coached his 250th career game at Robert Morris on January 29. He is second all-time at CCSU in games coached behind Bill Detrick...Sophomore forward Obie Nwadike (Jersey City, NJ/St. Anthony’s), who shot 44.3 percent from the line last season, is shooting 72.2 percent (65-90) in 2004-05...Senior forward Rich Pittman (Boston, MA/Thayer Academy) is two points shy of reaching 800 for his career, while junior guard Justin Chiera (Colonia, NJ/Colonia) is 23 points from reaching 700. Chiera netted a season-high 21 points, including a season-best five three-pointers, and added a career-high six assists vs. St. Francis. He scored 14 of his points and hit four of his five treys after intermission. Chiera is second on the team with 45 assists and leads the Blue Devils with 37 trifectas. He upped his average to 9.7 ppg in league play and is shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc (24-6) in ten NEC games...Sophomore guard DeMario Anderson (Fort Washington, MD/Oxon Hill) leads CCSU and ranks 12th in the NEC with 13.4 ppg...Nwadike is third in the league in rebounding (7.6 rpg) and FG% (.600). He also ranks second on the team with 13.1 ppg...CCSU has shot at least 50 percent from the field in five of its last seven games...Freshman point guard Tristan Blackwood (Toronto, Ontario/Eastern Commerce) is second among NEC freshman and seventh overall with 3.8 apg. He also places second among all players in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.85:1)...Junior guard Lenny Jefferson (Norwalk, CT/St. Thomas More), who tallied 18 points vs. the Red Flash, has reached double-figures in 10 of his last 11 games...CCSU plays at Wagner on Monday, then host Sacred Heart on Friday in a game to air live on Fox-NY and on tape delay on Sunday (7:00 pm) on Cox Cable systems.

Last Week: FDU 85, Long Island 65; FDU 78, St. Francis (NY) 54
This Week: at Robert Morris (Thursday); at St. Francis (PA) (Saturday)

Now just one-half game out of first place, Fairleigh Dickinson cruised to a pair of victories last week, downing Long Island on the road, 85-65, to give Tom Green his 350th career victory on Monday, before stopping St. Francis (NY), 78-54, at home on Saturday...The Knights beat LIU for the sixth straight time, while the victory over St. Francis (NY) was their first in the last five meetings...At 9-2 in NEC action, the Knights are off to their best start in league play since beginning 9-2 during the 1997-98 campaign...Senior guard Tamien Trent (Moriches, NY/Center Moriches) averaged 17.5 ppg, 7.5 apg, 5.5 rpg and 2.0 spg, while shooting 61.9 percent from the field to win Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week honors. He opened up at Long Island with his first career double-double, tallying 20 points and a career-high 10 assists to go along with seven rebounds and two steals. Trent followed up with 15 points, four boards, five assists and two steals vs. St. Francis...Trent’s award enabled FDU to become the first NEC team to sport three different Player of the Week award winners in the same season since CCSU turned the trick in 2001-02...Freshman guard Bernell Murray (Stillwater, OK/Stillwater) came off the bench at LIU to score a career-high 11 points, all in the first half, on 4-5 shooting from the floor, including 3-4 beyond the arc. In his first collegiate start against St. Francis, he scored three points, while adding a career-high five rebounds, four assists and two steals. For the week he averaged 7.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.5 spg and shot 83.3 percent (5-6) from the field and 80 percent (4-5) from three-point territory...Junior guard Chad Timberlake (Brooklyn, NY/New Utrecht) averaged 16.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg for the week, sinking 66.7 percent (16-24) of his field goal attempts. He poured in a game-high 22 points at LIU...Junior forward Gordon Klaiber (Greenbelt, MD/National Christian Academy) registered his sixth double-double of the year against the Terriers with 11 points and a game-high 11 boards...Sophomore center Andrea Crosariol (Abano T., Italy/Long Island Lutheran) scored 17 against St. Francis...Klaiber has upped his career point total to 964. With three blocks against St. Francis, he moved into eighth place all-time at FDU with 82 for his career...Klaiber leads the team and ranks fifth in the NEC with 15.1 ppg. Timberlake is eighth in scoring with 14.7 ppg, while Trent is 10th with 14.6 ppg. Klaiber, Timberlake and Trent form the NEC’s highest scoring trio with a combined 44.5 ppg. FDU is the lone NEC program with three players in the top-ten in scoring...Crosariol is the league leader with a .650 field goal percentage...The Knights head to western Pennsylvania for contests at Robert Morris and St. Francis (PA) on Thursday and Saturday, respectively.

Last Week: FDU 85, Long Island 65; Monmouth 75, Long Island 65; Long Island 81, Sacred Heart 76
This Week: at St. Francis (NY) (Thursday); vs. Quinnipiac (Saturday)

Long Island went 1-2 last week, falling at home to Fairleigh Dickinson, 85-65, and at league leader Monmouth, 75-65, before returning to the Schwartz Center to post an 81-76 win over Sacred Heart...Sophomore guard James Williams (DeSoto, TX/DeSoto) averaged 19.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 3.7 apg last week. He is now averaging a team-best 16.0 ppg overall and 18.2 ppg in league play. He ranks in the NEC top-ten in scoring (third), assists (eighth; 3.6 apg), free throw percentage (fourth; .802) and three-pointers (third; 2.3 3PFG/game). Of Williams' team-leading 51 triples, 36 have come in just 12 league games, where he is shooting 42.4 percent from long range...Williams went 7-8 from three-point range at Wagner on December 4. That was - for ten weeks- the best single-game three-point field goal performance in Division I, but was topped this past week by Providence’s Donnie McGrath, who went 9-9 from downtown vs. Virginia...Sophomore forward Esa Maki-Tulokas (Forssa, Finland/Forssa Yhteislyseo) leads the Blackbirds and is fifth in the NEC in shooting, hitting at a 58.9 percent clip from the floor. In league games, he is even more accurate, ranking third at 63.8 percent. Maki-Tulokas has drilled 31- 48 field goal attempts in the past eight games (.646). He is second in the circuit in three-point accuracy in league affairs at 51.9 percent...Maki-Tulokas has 36 straight starts, the most of any current player in the program...The Blackbirds placed five players in double figures against Sacred Heart...Senior forward Derek Bell (Brooklyn, NY/Milford Academy (CT)) has 527 career rebounds, fourth among active NEC players...Freshman forward Kellen Allen (Mansfield, TX/Summit) has drawn or taken 41 charges/offensive fouls this season, including four on Monday against FDU...Freshman guard Randy Jones (West Palm Beach, FL/Notre Dame Prep (MA)) is second on the team in scoring (8.5) and fifth in the league in assists (4.1 apg, first among newcomers). Jones registered 10 points vs. Monmouth, his first double digit effort in six games. He made it two straight with 11 points vs. the Pioneers...Williams, sophomore guard Evan Meekins (East Providence, RI/Proctor (NH) Academy) and Jones have all hit for 25+ treys this season. The last time LIU had three players hit for 30 or more triples in a single season was the 1997-98 campaign when Charles Jones erupted for 116, Mike Campbell for 67 and Matt Picinic for 57...LIU is ranked first in the NEC in 3PFG% defense (.284)...The Blackbirds have connected on 10 or more trifectas in seven games this season after turning the trick just twice a year ago...Among LIU Hall of Fame inductees this past Saturday were former men’s basketball players Jim Apicella, Riley Clarida and Ben Kramer...Long Island travels to St. Francis (NY) on Thursday for the 30th annual "Battle of Brooklyn." The Blackbirds also host Quinnipiac on Saturday.

Last Week: Sacred Heart 44, Monmouth 41; Monmouth 75, Long Island 65; Monmouth 78, Robert Morris 66
This Week: vs. Quinnipiac (Tuesday); at St. Francis (PA) (Thursday); at Robert Morris (Saturday)

After a 7-0 start, the first place Hawks suffered their first NEC loss of the season on Monday, falling at Sacred Heart, 44-41. Monmouth quickly dusted itself off with a 75-65 win over Long Island on Thursday and a 78-66 triumph over Robert Morris on Saturday...The Hawks hold a slim half-game lead over Fairleigh Dickinson (8-2)...The two victories extended Monmouth’s home win streak over conference opponents to 16 dating back to a 69-59 setback to Robert Morris in the penultimate regular season game of the 2002-03 season. Marist holds the NEC record for consecutive home wins over league rivals, winning 21 straight over a three-year period from 1985-87...The Hawks are 19-2 (.905) at home over the last two seasons, the best mark in the conference...Monmouth needs one more win to be ensured of its fifth consecutive winning record in league play. It would mark the second time the Hawks have accomplished the feat. The Blue and White also turned the trick from the 1987-88 to 1991-92 seasons...Head coach Dave Calloway has his career record at 105-103, the first time he has ever been two games over .500...Monmouth’s 6-2 home mark can be attributed to the play of senior forward Blake Hamilton (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin), who is averaging 18.3 ppg and shooting 61.0 percent at Boylan Gymnasium, while averaging just 12.2 ppg and shooting 39.2 percent on the road...With 202 for his career, senior guard Dwayne Byfield (Elmont, NY/St. Mary’s) needs two more three-point field goals to move into second place on Monmouth's all-time list. He currently trails only Dave Calloway (260) and John Giraldo (204)...During the week, Hamilton passed Rahsaan Johnson (456) for ninth place on Monmouth's career rebounds list with 472...With 211 career assists, senior guard Tyler Azzarelli (Tampa, FL/H.B. Plant) recently eclipsed Jack Gordon (209) and Greg McLaughlin (209) to move into ninth place on Monmouth's all-time list...Monmouth's defense continues to flourish with sophomore forward Marques Alston (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) in the starting lineup. The Hawks are 9-3 since his insertion as a starter and have yielded just 60.9 ppg and allowed opponents to shoot just 38.7 percent from the floor...Monmouth leads the league by allowing just 64.3 ppg. The Hawks have led the NEC in scoring defense in 11 of the last 16 years. In conference play, Monmouth has been even stingier, yielding just 59.5 ppg...Hamilton is the only Monmouth player averaging in double digits. He is seventh in the conference with 14.7 ppg...Junior guard Chris Kenny (Spring Lake, NJ/CBA) matched a career-high with 20 points against Robert Morris. He was 4-7 from beyond the arc...Alston hit 14-19 shots from the floor last week, a 73.7 percent success ratio. He is eighth in the conference in field goal percentage at .548...The Hawks embark upon their third straight week with three games. Monmouth hosts Quinnipiac on Tuesday, then makes its Pennsylvania swing with games at St. Francis (PA) on Thursday and Robert Morris on Saturday.

Last Week: Wagner 72, Mount St. Mary’s 55
This Week: at St. Francis (PA) (Monday); vs. Wagner (Thursday)

The Mount lost at Wagner, 72-55, on Friday night to fall to 4-6 in the NEC and 6-13 overall...Mount St. Mary’s has now dropped six of its last seven league games following a 3-0 start...The Mountaineers trailed 30-18 in the first half, but rattled off 11 straight points to cut the deficit to 30-29 with 2:57 remaining prior to intermission. Wagner, however, scored seven of the last nine points to end the opening stanza and the first six of the second half to take a 12-point lead...Junior forward Kiel Butler (Temple Hills, MD/Laurinburg Institute (NC)) scored a season-high 20 points to lead the Mount in the setback...The Mountaineers have allowed its past two opponents to shoot 54.3 percent from the field, including a sizzling 61.5 percent in the second half. On the year, Mount St. Mary’s is 1-7 when opponents shoot 50 percent or better...The Mount has been 4-6 in NEC play four times since joining the league in 1989. In three of those seasons, the Mount finished with a .500 or better record...The Mountaineers are averaging 8.3 three-point field goals in wins this year, hitting 43.5 percent from beyond the arc. In losses, the Mount averages 6.1 three-point field goals and is converting at a 28.0 percent success rate...Sophomore guard Mychal Kearse (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) is shooting 56.9 percent from the field in the past 10 games after hitting just 29.4 percent over his first nine outings of the year. He is averaging 10.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg and 3.0 apg over the last six contests...Kearse, a 6-4 guard, leads the team and ranks sixth in the NEC with 6.1 rpg...Junior guard Landy Thompson (Germantown, MD/Archbishop Spalding), who was held to four points against Wagner, ranks ninth in the NEC with 14.6 ppg. He raised his career scoring total to 1,211 points...Junior forward Charles Cook (Upper Marlboro, MD/Bishop McNamara), the team’s second-leading scorer with 10.1 ppg, was also limited to four points by the Seahawks...The Mount plays at St. Francis (PA) on Monday, then comes home for a return matchup with Wagner on Thursday. Mount St. Mary's has lost seven straight games in Loretto and is just 5-17 all-time on the road vs. the Red Flash. Overall, the Mount has lost four straight and 10-of-11 to St. Francis (PA).

Quinnipiac (9-11, 5-6 NEC)

Last Week: Wagner 87, Quinnipiac 57; Quinnipiac 88, Sacred Heart 83 (OT); Quinnipiac 75, St. Francis (PA) 67
This Week: at Monmouth (Tuesday); at Long Island (Saturday)

After dropping their fifth in a row on Monday - an 87-57 setback at Wagner - the Bobcats rebounded to win two straight at home, knocking off Sacred Heart in overtime, 88-83, on Thursday, then coming out on top of a 75-67 decision against St. Francis (PA) on Saturday. The two triumphs pushed Quinnipiac into a tie for fifth place in the conference with a 5-6 league mark...The overtime victory was the second for Quinnipiac this season and improved its record to 9-3 in overtime contests since the program elevated to Division I in 1998...Senior guard Rob Monroe (Lanham, MD/Montrose Christian) averaged 25.7 points, 5.3 assists and shot 89.3 percent from the line (25-28) last week, including a 40-point, five-rebound, six-assist outing against the Pioneers. It was his second 40-point game of the season and one off his career-high of 41 set against Longwood on January 2. Monroe and St. Peter’s guard Keydren Clark are the only two players in the nation with multiple 40-point games...Monroe remains the NEC leader in scoring (22.1 ppg) and assists (6.8 apg). In the most recent NCAA report, he stood eighth nationally in scoring and ninth in assists. Monroe is one of only two players in the nation - along with Niagara’s Juan Mendez - to rank in the top-10 in two of the three major statistical categories (along with rebounding)...Monroe moved into the NEC all-time top-10 in assists last week. He is now tenth with 506 for his career...Monroe, who also eclipsed the 1,500-point and finished the week with 1,538 points, is also one of four players in conference history with 1,500 points and 500 assists, and one of six players with 1,500 points, 500 assists and 250 rebounds (he has 258)...Monroe needs two more treys to become the Quinnipiac career leader in the category, passing Joe Trimarchi...Senior forward C.J. Vick (Springfield, VA/Robert E. Lee) is 21-27 from the field over the last four games. He ranks second in the NEC in field goal percentage, hitting 64.8 percent of his shots...Junior forward Kevin Jolley (Cheverly, MD/Hutchinson (KS) CC) tallied his fifth double-double of the season with a career-high 17 points and 11 rebounds off the bench in the win over the Red Flash. Jolley is the fourth-leading rebounder in the conference with 7.4 rpg...Sophomore guard Van Crafton (Hanover, IN/Hanover) scored a season-high 18 points, including four trifectas, against St. Francis. He is averaging 10.0 ppg over his last three outings...The Bobcats are 6-3 at home this season...Freshman guard Da-Shawn Dwight (Newark, NJ/Bloomfield Tech) started the first three games of his career last week as head coach Joe DeSantis went to a three-guard set. He responded by averaging 7.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 2.7 apg. He established new career-highs with 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists against Sacred Heart...Quinnipiac hits the road for games at first place Monmouth on Tuesday and at Long Island on Saturday.

Last Week: Robert Morris 68, St. Francis (NY) 63; Monmouth 78, Robert Morris 66
This Week: vs. FDU (Thursday); vs. Monmouth (Saturday)

Robert Morris ran its winning streak to a season-high five games and road winning streak to three games with a 68-63 victory at St. Francis (NY) on Thursday before having both streaks snapped with a 78-66 loss at Monmouth on Saturday...The five straight wins is the longest under head coach Mark Schmidt and the first for Robert Morris since the 1999-00 campaign, when the Colonials put together a pair of five-game streaks...Senior center Mark Anderson (Topeka, KS/ Coffeyville CC) was the main offensive force for the Colonials last week, averaging 23.0 ppg and 8.5 rpg. He paced the Colonials in both contests, scoring a career-high 24 points, while tying a career-high with 10 rebounds against the Terriers, before finishing with a game-high 22 points and adding seven boards against the Hawks. After being held to 10 points total in wins over Wagner and St. Francis (PA), Anderson has averaged 21.7 ppg and 7.3 rpg in his last three outings while shooting 65.7 percent (25-38) from the field. Anderson is now 11th in the NEC with 13.6 ppg and sixth in field goal percentage at .579...Senior forward Chaz McCrommon (Pittsburgh, PA/Schenley) had his streak of double figure scoring games snapped at 16 after finishing with nine points vs. St. Francis (NY), but bounced back with 18 points, seven rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a steal against Monmouth. McCrommon is currently fourth in the league with 15.8 ppg...Sophomore guard Derek Coleman (Dorchester, MA/Charlestown) continues to run the Colonial offense efficiently, as he averaged 9.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 5.0 apg last week...Freshman guard Tony Lee (Boston, MA/Charlestown) scored nine points and added seven rebounds, two assists and a steal vs. the Terriers, but was held to four points and three rebounds by Monmouth, his lowest output in both categories as a member of the starting lineup...McCrommon and Carter have both exceeded 1,400 points in their respective careers. McCrommon is fourth in Robert Morris history with 1,469 career points, while Carter is fifth with 1,451 points. They rank third and fourth, respectively, among active NEC players. McCrommon is also third among active league competitors with 546 career rebounds...In league play, Robert Morris leads the NEC with a .496 field goal percentage...With the win over St. Francis, Robert Morris improved to 9-1 on the season when holding its opponent to under 70 points and 22-5 in the last two years. During head coach Mark Schmidt's four years at the helm, the Colonials are 38-13 when limiting its opponent to under 70 points...Robert Morris returns to action this week with a pair of home games, hosting the top-two teams in the standings as FDU comes to town on Thursday and Monmouth on Saturday.

Sacred Heart (3-17, 2-9 NEC)

Last Week: Sacred Heart 44, Monmouth 41; Quinnipiac 88, Sacred Heart 83 (OT); Long Island 81, Sacred Heart 76
This Week: at CCSU (Friday on Fox-NY; tape delay on Cox Cable - Sunday at 7:00 pm)

After playing 17 straight games, all decided by more at least six points, the Pioneers played three nailbiters decided by five points or less last week, including a 44-41 upset of first place Monmouth on Monday at the Pitt Center. Sacred Heart also fell at Quinnipiac, 88-83 in overtime, and at Long Island, 81-76...The Pioneers have won two of their last three at home...The Pioneers limited Monmouth to just 25.4 percent shooting from the floor, the second lowest percentage in an NEC game this season...Sophomore forward Joey Henley (Kent, WA/Kentridge) averaged 16.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg and hit at a 68.8 percent clip from the field last week. He had 19 points and 10 rebounds in his third double-double effort of the season vs. Quinnipiac, and hit 10-11 field goal attempts in a 23-point outing vs. Long Island. Henley had a key block in the final seconds of the win over Monmouth...Junior center Kibwe Trim (San Juan, Trinidad/St. Mary’s) broke out of a six-game slump that saw him average just 4.5 ppg and 3.0 rpg to tally 18 points and seven boards in the setback to the Blackbirds...Sophomore guard Jarrid Frye (Queens, NY/Martin Luther) had a fine all-around week with 12.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 4.0 apg and 2.0 spg. He was 15-30 (.500) from the field. He posted his first career double-double with 10 points and 10 boards against Monmouth...Sacred Heart hit 52.5 percent of its two-point shots last week, but was undermined by poor three-point (10-37; 27.0 percent) and free throw (27-52; 51.9 percent) shooting...Freshman forward Ryan Howard (Bronx, NY/Holderness School) hit the big shot in the win over Monmouth, draining a three-pointer with 1:11 remaining to give the Pioneers a 42-41 edge. After a pair of free throws from freshman forward Eugene Pettway (Bridgeport, CT/Harding) with 17 ticks left on the clock, Sacred Heart survived a pair of Monmouth three-point attempts in the closing seconds to preserve the win...Howard averaged 9.3 ppg for the week...Junior guard Mike Parker (Windsor, CT/Northwest Catholic) is sixth in the NEC with 3.9 apg...Henley is the only Sacred Heart player averaging in double figures with 11.1 ppg...Howard and Parker had shots in the final seconds of regulation against Quinnipiac, but could not convert as Sacred Heart fell in overtime...The Pioneers sport 11 players who earn at least 12 minutes of playing time per contest...Redshirt freshman guard Luke Granato (Rocky Hill, CT/Northwest Catholic) remains out of action with a broken bone in his foot. He is averaging 7.4 ppg...Sacred Heart hit 17-18 free throws (.944) against CCSU on January 17th, the 17th-best single-game mark in the nation this season...The Pioneers play just once this week, taking on CCSU in New Britain in a game broadcast on Cox Cable systems.

Last Week: Robert Morris 68, St. Francis (NY) 63; FDU 78, St. Francis (NY) 54
This Week: vs. Long Island (Thursday); vs. Wagner (Saturday on Metro-TV)

St. Francis (NY) had its losing streak extended to four last week with a 68-63 home defeat at the hands of Robert Morris on Thursday and a 78-54 setback at Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday...The 24-point margin of defeat to FDU was the program’s largest since falling to St. John’s, 97-63, on November 30, 1998...The four straight losses is the Terriers’ longest skid since dropping four in a row in December, 2003...Sophomore forward Allan Sheppard (New York, NY/A. Phillip Randolph) averaged 11.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg last week. He posted the first double-double of his career with 13 points and a career-high 11 rebounds vs. the Colonials. Sheppard continues to lead all NEC freshman in scoring (11.2 ppg) and field goal percentage (.497)...Junior guard Tristan Smith (Amityville, NY/Amityville) earned his first start of the season against Robert Morris. He finished with a team-high 17 points. Smith has scored in double figures in five of his last six games...Junior swingman Christian Brown (New York, NY/Rice) averaged 10.5 ppg last week, including a team-best 11 points on 3-6 shooting from three-point range in the loss to FDU...After being sidelined with an injury, senior forward Damien Herard (Jamaica, NY/Francis Lewis) has seen action in the last three games against Mount St. Mary’s, Robert Morris and FDU. In his first game back, he played four minutes, scoring one point and grabbing one board. Against Robert Morris, Herard played a productive five minutes, scoring four points and collecting two rebounds. On Saturday, he grabbed two rebounds in six minutes vs. the Knights...Senior guard Tory Cavalieri (Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic City) averaged 9.0 ppg and 6.5 rpg last week. He leads the NEC with 2.8 3PFG/game, 2.3 steals per game and ranks second in three-pointers (54), fourth in 3PFG% (.425) and assists (4.2 apg), sixth in scoring (15.1 ppg), seventh in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.46:1) and eighth in FT percentage (.741). Nationally, he ranked 21st in three-point percentage and 27th in made three-pointers through games of last Monday...Cavalieri upped his career assist total at St. Francis (NY) to 414, second among active NEC players...Junior forward Devon Neckles (Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie) leads the NEC with 2.4 bpg...The Terriers host to Long Island in the annual "Battle of Brooklyn" game on Thursday, then welcome Wagner in a Metro-TV televised game on Saturday.

Last Week: CCSU 78, St. Francis (PA) 60; Quinnipiac 75, St. Francis (PA) 67
This Week: vs. Mount St. Mary’s (Monday); vs. Monmouth (Thursday); vs. FDU (Saturday)

The Red Flash have now dropped three straight following road setbacks at Central Connecticut State (78-60) and Quinnipiac (75-67) last week...St. Francis (PA), now tied for fifth place with a 5-6 league mark, is 7-2 at home and 3-8 on the road...The Red Flash are 17-3 at the Stokes Center over the last two seasons, second in the league to Monmouth’s 19-2 mark at Boylan Gymnasium...Junior guard Darshan Luckey (Baltimore, MD/Southern) scored 32 points - his second 30+ point outing of the season - in the loss to Quinnipiac. For the week, he averaged 26.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg and shot 63.0 percent (17-27) from the field and 76.1 percent (16-21) from the charity stripe...Luckey lifted his season scoring average to an even 20.0 ppg, second in the NEC. In the most recent NCAA report, he stood 28th nationally in scoring...Luckey also raised his career scoring total to 1,497 points to move into sixth place in Red Flash annals. He passed Harkeem Dixon (1,458 points) and Greg Jacobs (1,457 points) last week. Luckey is also second in career scoring among active NEC competitors...In league games, Luckey is averaging 22.2 ppg and 5.9 rpg...Senior center Jason Osborne (Randallstown, MD/Rice (NY)) hit 7-9 field goal attempts vs. CCSU in a 14-point, seven rebound effort. For the week, he averaged 11.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg. He shot 62.5 percent (10-16) from the floor and now stands fourth in the conference in field goal percentage at 59.1 percent...Junior point guard Garrett Farha (Concordia, KS/Concordia) is second in the NEC and 15th nationally with 6.3 assists per contest. He also ranks first in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.10:1) and three-point proficiency (.483)...Junior guard Rahsaan Benton (Cleveland Heights, OH/St. Ignatius) is fifth in the conference with 2.4 three-pointers made per game. He is 15th in scoring with 12.8 ppg...The Red Flash rank second in the NEC in field goal percentage (.464), free throw percentage (.729) and three-point field goal percentage (.378)...Luckey has led St. Francis in scoring in 13 games, while Benton has earned game-high honors on six occasions and Osborne one time...Luckey was the only Red Flash player to reach double-figures in scoring in the loss to Quinnipiac...The Red Flash play three at home this week, hosting Mount St. Mary’s on Monday, first place Monmouth on Thursday and second place Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday.

Last Week: Wagner 87, Quinnipiac 57; Wagner 72, Mount St. Mary’s 55
This Week: vs. CCSU (Monday); at Mount St. Mary’s (Thursday); at St. Francis (NY) (Saturday on Metro-TV)