Pioneers Go for Three-Straight Versus Red Flash
1/20/2021 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game 1: Broadcast | Live Stats
Game 2: Broadcast | Live Stats
Coming off back-to-back wins for the first time this season, the Sacred Heart University men's basketball team is back at home for a pair of games against St. Francis University. The Red Flash (2-7, 1-4 NEC) picked up their first conference win after splitting with first-place Bryant. SFU won all three-games last year, including the NEC Tournament semifinals.
OPENING TIP
- Winners of three of their last four games, Sacred Heart is home for a two-game series versus St. Francis.
- St. Francis leads the all-time series, 23-13, including eight of the last nine and knocked the Pioneers out of the 2020 NEC Tournament.
- Forward Cantavio Dutreil produced a 15-point, 19-rebound double-double against Central Connecticut State.
- Sophomore Tyler Thomas leads the NEC and rates 57th in the NCAA at 19.1 points per game.
- Picked last in the preseason NEC coaches poll, Sacred Heart is currently in fifth place and only a game out of the number two spot.
- The Pioneers get 71 percent (49.7 points) from their first year and sophomore players.
- Sacred Heart has the youngest program in the NEC and is 301 out 329 nationally with eight first-year players.
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