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HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball team (5-13, 2-5 NEC) is heading to west Pennsylvania for two Northeast Conference clashes in three days, first at Saint Francis University (3-16, 2-6 NEC) on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 31, in the first game of a doubleheader with the FDU and SHU men's basketball teams. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m.
 
Last Time Out
The Knights suffered their first loss in two weeks when they lost a close 79-75 match-up against LIU Brooklyn at Stratis Arena. Redshirt junior Erika Livermore (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) tallied a season-high 28 points on 13-of-19 shooting with junior guard Kelsey Cruz (Chester, Va./Lloyd C. Bird) adding 19 points, senior guard Tiffany Grant (Odenton, Md./Arundel) adding 10 second-half points, and senior point guard Amanda Andrades (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) reaching double digit assists, with 10, for the third time of her career. Grant and redshirt sophomore Anastasia Williams (Central Islip, N.Y./St. John the Baptist Diocesan) helped spark a second-half rally that brought an 18-point deficit all the way to three before the visiting Blackbirds ultimately held on for the victory. Grant's back-to-back threes in 33 seconds late in the second-half got things started. FDU's road contest at Sacred Heart on Monday was postponed and moved to Wednesday, Feb. 25, due to winter storm conditions.
 
Saint Francis U
2014 Season: 3-16 (2-6 NEC)
Where: Loretto, Pa. (DeGol Arena)
When: January 31, 2015 – 1 p.m.
Series History: Saint Francis U holds a 36-19 all-time advantage since 1986
Last Meeting: January 25, 2014 – SFU 110 FDU 69 in Hackensack, N.J.
What You Need To Know: The Red Flash have won their last seven meetings against the Knights, including two last season in which they tallied over 100 points. SFU started its season off with eight straight losses against some tough competition and since opening up NEC play with a weekend split, they had lost five straight before a double-digit win at Wagner on Monday. Over the weekend, senior forward Corissa Archer created two new career-highs in points with 18 and then 22 at Wagner and earned the NEC Player of the Week award for her efforts. Senior guard Alexa Hayward is the conference's second-leading scorer with 23.1 points per contest and has scored at least 11 points in every game this season. As a team, the Red Flash play extremely up-tempo and boast an average of 69.3 points per game  (at a 34.9% clip) but the defense allows 86.0 points to opposing offenses.
 
Up Next
The Knights continue west to Moon Township, Pa., to take on the reigning NEC champions Robert Morris on Monday morning, Feb. 2, at 10 a.m. NEC Front Row will have a live video broadcast.