St. Francis (PA) at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7:30 PM Eastern, necfrontrow.com
The non-conference portion of the season was not kind to the Northeast Conference. Only LIU-Brooklyn enters the start of conference play today with a winning record overall, and that is only at 7-6. The conference did pick up a couple of scalps, including LIU’s win over St. John’s and Wagner’s win over UConn, but for the ten teams in this league, the start of conference play probably could not have come soon enough. All ten teams will be in action tonight, but the Under the Radar Game of the Day goes to the conference opener for the defendng NEC tournament champions, as Fairleigh Dickinson welcomes in St. Francis (PA).
FDU is only 2-9 on the season so far, though tonight is only their third home game of the season. Darian Anderson has been leading the way for the Knights, including a very impressive 33 point performance earlier this season in a three point loss at Towson. St. Francis University has not been much better than Fairleigh Dickinson, with a record of only 3-8. The Red Flash run their offense through a trio of sophomores, Jamaal King, Isaiah Blackmon and Josh Nebo. If the three of them continue to develop, especially with a pair of talented freshmen in Keith Braxton and Randall Gaskins to complement, this team has a chance to just get better and better and could be a serious contender in the NEC by the time they reach February and March. A win on the road against the defending champions tonight would certainly help the Red Flash serve notice to the league.
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