St. Francis College (Brooklyn) at St. Francis University (Pennsylvania), 2:00 PM Eastern, free streaming at necfrontrow.com
It is the battle of the St. Francis schools this afternoon as the UTR Game of the Day returns to the Northeast Conference. The St. Francis (Brooklyn) Terriers will be in Loretto, Pennsylvania to take on the Red Flash from St. Francis (Pennsylvania). The Terriers are coming off of a win Friday evening at Robert Morris and will be looking to sweep their trip through PA today. They currently sit at 4-1 in NEC play and 10-8 overall. KenPom continues to have the Terriers rated as the best team in the Northeast Conference.
The Red Flash are also 4-1 in conference, meaning that the winner of today’s game will improve to 5-1 and move into a tie with Bryant for first place in the conference standings. SFPA is 10-6 overall with the top RPI among NEC teams at 99. The Red Flash had four players with double digit scoring in their win over Sacred Heart Friday night and will be looking to continue their balanced attack in this afternoon’s contest. Whichever St. Francis team wins today will have an advantage moving forwards through the NEC season in pursuit of the regular season title and home court advantage throughout the NEC tournament that comes with it.
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