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The Sacred Heart University men's basketball team travels to Loretto, Pa. to take on the second-seeded Red Flash of Saint Francis U in the first NEC Semifinal. The Pioneers have won four straight games and are 20-12 on the year, while the Red Flash have won nine of their last 10 games. Saturday's game will be available on ESPN3 with John Schmeelk and Joe DeSantis on the call.

Quick Hitters (Rankings through 3/4)

• The Pioneers have won a Division I program record 20 games and are the first 20-win SHU team since the 1988-89 team went 22-10
• SHU won its first NEC Tournament game since a 76-64 win over CCSU in the 2009 tournament
• The Pioneers last advanced to the NEC Championship Game in 2008, the second of back-to-back championship game appearances
• E.J. Anosike had his 18th double-double in the win over Mount
• E.J. Anosike became the 9th player in program history to earn All-NEC First Team honors and sophomore Koreem Ozier was tabbed Third-Team
• SHU had more offensive rebounds (24) than Mount had total rebounds (23) on Wednesday
• SHU has collected 149 rebounds in the last three games, and its 1, 325 rebounds is first in the NCAA
• The Pioneers have four 50 or more rebound games this season, with a season-beset 54 in the win over LIU in the regular season finale
• Anosike has 375 rebounds, second in the NCAA and the 8th most in a single-season in program history, and the top performance by a Division I player at SHU
• Jare'l Spellman moved to seventh in total blocks in the nation, with 86

Within NEC Play

• SHU ranks third, in NEC play, in scoring defense, giving up 66.1 points a game, while the 70.6 points per game ranks fourth in scoring offense
• The Pioneers are second in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 40.9 percent from the field 
• The Pioneers are a league-best +8.2 in rebounding margin
• E.J. Anosike (15.7) and Koreem Ozier (12.6) rank 5th and 16th in scoring against NEC foes
• Anosike leads the league at 12.3 rebounds per game in conference action
• Jare'l Spellman has a league-best 51 blocked shots and 2.83 a game in league play
• The Pioneers are shooting 42.7 percent from the field 34.7 percent from behind the arc and 70.5 percent from the line against league foes

Notable Numbers (rankings through 3/4)

• The Pioneers starting five all have 500 or more career points and enter play today with 3,817 combined points and 1,980 rebounds
• SHU hasn't allowed a second-chance point in the last two games, leading that category 19-0 in both outings
• The Pioneers are 17-0 when scoring 73 or more points
• The Pioneers two lowest point total wins this season both came against Mount (58, 61) 
• The Pioneers finished the road portion of their schedule at 10-7, fourth in the NCAA and one of only 13 teams with 10 or more road wins
• Jare'l Spellman is second all-time in career blocked shots at SHU, with 182, 17th amongst active players, while his 2.84 blocks is third amongst active Division I players
• He also owns the top two single-season block totals in SHU Division I history, 96 and 86
• Koreem Ozier has 100 three pointers for his career
• E.J. Anosike ranks 20th amongst active players with 27 double-doubles, and fifth among non-seniors