LORETTO, PA: Division I St. Francis proved their dominance in a 49 point victory; Sean Hickey led all scorers with 17 points.

The Basics
Scores: Franciscan 66  - St. Francis 115 
Records: Franciscan (3-6 , 2-2 AMCC) - St. Francis (6-4 , 0-0 NEC) 
Location: Degol Arena - Loretto, PA

How it Happened

• The Barons came out firing, making four of their first five shots. Sean Hickey hit his first jumper, and Joe Vernau hit his first two shots including a nice fade away. Justin Mack hit a three with 15:37 to play to give the Barons a 11-8 lead heading into the first media timeout.
• Then the tide turned as the Red Flash would erupt on a 18-0 run over the next five minutes. The Barons would turn it over seven times in this stretch which led to many easy buckets. St. Francis wouldn't relinquish this lead the rest of the night as they had a 26-11 lead with 10:04 left in the half.
• Sean Hickey snapped the skid by hitting his first three of the night. Matt Trent also added a three, hist first of the season. Gabriel Roach also added a trey in the last minute to give head the Barons into the break down 52-26.
• Josh Zimmerman opened up the Barons second half offensive action with a pair of free throws, as he scored all eight of his points in the second half. Dalton Davis and John Noce would add a bucket each, but the Red Flash offense was too dominant as they would stretch the lead up to 47 points at 93-46 with 8:31 left.
• The Barons would play the Red Flash pretty even down the stretch. Matt Trent added another three, his second of the year and game. Andrew Salasek and Danny Zuchak added late buckets, and Nick Mersch scored the last four points of the night with a jumper and a layup.

Inside The Box Score

• Sean Hickey scored in double figures for the eight time this year, only held under one time this year at Westminster with two points.
• The Red Flash shot 66.7% from the floor, their highest mark on the year.
• The Barons turned it over 24 times, their season high; they also had a season low 21 rebounds as a team

Up Next
The Barons are off for Christmas break as they will not return to the floor until January 4th at Penn St. Behrend.