January 17th, 2009 @ The DeGol Arena
Northeast Conference Game
St. Francis (PA) used clutch free throws to escape with a win tonight against Sacred Heart, 86-79.
The first half was dominated tonight by the Red Flash as they held a double digit advantage for majority of the half. St. Francis took at 10 point lead into halftime, 49-39.
The second half was a much different story, as Sacred Heart started the second half on a 6-0 run to pull within 4 points. After a back and forth affair with St. Francis leading by 3 with 1 minute and 30 seconds, Matthew Green hit his 4th three of the game to push the lead out to 6. After a missed shot by the Pioneers, they were force to send St. Francis to the line where they made enough free throws to escape with a victory.
Chas Daley dominated on his way to another double-double, as he scored 26 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Matthew Green scored 19 points and dished out a game-high 4 assists. Taj Lagana fought through foul trouble but managed to chip in 10 points.
Wallace Buckley erupted for 30 points tonight, as the Red Flash had no answer for the junior guard. Derrick Ballinger and Glenn Givens each scored 8 points.
St. Francis (13-5, 7-1) travels up to Connecticut to take on the Blue Devils of Central Connecticut State (10-9, 3-3) on January 22nd.
Sacred Heart Pioneers at St. Francis (PA) Red Flash | |||
Jan 17, 2009 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
Sacred Heart (10-7, 4-2) | 39 | 40 | 79 |
St. Francis (PA) (12-5, 6-1) | 49 | 37 | 86 |
Sacred Heart Pioneers | |||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
G. Givens | 22 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
W. Buckley | 27 | 10-22 | 4-7 | 6-6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
M. Iti | 28 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
D. Ballinger | 21 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
R. Bracy | 27 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
S. Gates | 17 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
P. Reese | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
L. Guerrero | 9 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
M. Wade | 6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
J. Witherspoon | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
P. Dumbliauskas | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
M. Jennings | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
TEAM TOTALS | 23-60 | 7-18 | 26-35 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 79 | ||
TEAM TOTALS | 23-60 | 7-18 | 26-35 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 79 |
St. Francis (PA) Red Flash | |||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
E. Matthews | 27 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
M. Green | 27 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
K. Bradley | 27 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
T. Lagana | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
C. Daley | 27 | 11-18 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
O. Graham | 12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
D. Fadipe | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
E. Eisentrout | 9 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
A. Konare | 9 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
O. Severovas | 9 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
P. Vaitiekus | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
L. Bragg | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
TEAM TOTALS | 30-56 | 6-12 | 20-29 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 86 |
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