Box Score
Brooklyn Heights, NY - - -The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers fell to the Saint Francis University Red Flash, 90-65, in a Northeast Conference contest on Saturday afternoon at the Pope Physical Education Center. The Terriers, who are now in a four-way tie for third-place, dropped to 11-15 overall and 8-6 in the NEC.
Terriers' freshman guard
Jalen Jordan paced the Red & Blue with 10 points and sophomore guard
Rasheem Dunn added nine points and five rebounds. Junior guard
Glenn Sanabria and senior forward
D.J. Porter (six rebounds) scored eight points apiece. Senior forward
Gunnar Olafsson grabbed six caroms in his first start of the season.
The Red Flash (14-11, 8-6) ran out to a 13-6 lead at the 14:43 mark but sophomore forward
Milija Cosic and senior forward
Jagos Lasic (3-pointer) came off the bench to score consecutive buckets to close the gap to 13-11 at the 13:14 mark.
The visitors continued to lead until Sanabria swished a trey and Dunn converted a driving layup to give the hosts their first advanatge of the contest, 27-26, with 6:50 left in the half.
St. Francis Brooklyn extended their lead to 31-28 with 5:13 left after Lasic scored inside but Jamaal King (game-high 25 points) hit 3-of-4 from the free throw line to even the game for the final time at 31-all with 3:46 left before the half.
Porter gave the Red & Blue their last lead of the game after making two free throws with 3:24 remaining as the Flash would score the final 11 points of the stanza to claim a 42-33 lead at intermission.
Jordan brought the hosts within 45-36 early in the second half as the sharpshooter drilled a trey from the right-corner with 19:22 left, however it was as close as the Terriers would get for the remainder of the contest.
The visitors broke the game open by answering with a 13-2 burst to widen their lead to 58-38 at the 15:52 mark. The NEC's leading 3-point shooter, Andre Wolford, (12 points) hit two treys during the stretch.
The Flash, who shot 58.8 percent overall on 30-of-51 shooting, led by as many as 36 points with four minutes remaining in the contest and cruised to the win.
St. Francis Brooklyn will host LIU Brooklyn on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m.
