LORETTO, Pa. (AP) - Earl Brown grabbed a career-high 25 rebounds and scored 16 points as St. Francis (Pa.) pulled away from a 27-all halftime tie to beat Central Connecticut State 67-60 for its first victory of the season in the Northeast Conference opener for both teams.
Brown's 25 rebounds are the most in a Division I game since Morgan State's Kevin Thompson grabbed 25 boards against Towson on Dec. 22, 2009. The 6-foot-6 Red Flash sophomore had 12 boards and 11 points in St. Francis' last game against Cornell for his second-career double-double. He had just 19 rebounds in seven games prior to that this season.
Umar Shannon led the Red Flash (1-11) in scoring with 19 points and had eight assists. Ronnie Drinnon and Dominique Major added 12 points apiece.
Kyle Vinales scored 23 points for CCSU (4-8), and Matt Hunter had 18 points and 10 rebounds.
St. Francis won the rebound battle 43-33.
Brown scored the first six points of the second half to lift the Red Flash to a 33-27 lead 3:13 in. Major's 3-pointer with 12:36 to go established a 43-34 advantage.
The Red Flash led 50-39 on Brown's dunk with 8:35 to go, and Shannon's jumper pushed it to 55-42 with 6:49 left.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Central Connecticut State (4-8) | 27 | 33 | 60 |
| St. Francis (Pa.) (1-11) « | 27 | 40 | 67 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Burbage, F | 33 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| B. Peel, F | 30 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Hunter, G | 39 | 4-15 | 7-11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| K. Vinales, G | 39 | 9-22 | 3-3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| M. McMillan, G | 31 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Allen | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Efese | 9 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Hurd | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-59 | 18-24 | 33 | 8 | 15 | 60 | |
| 30.5% | 75% | ||||||
| St. Francis (Pa.) Red Flash | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Brown, F | 35 | 8-11 | 0-4 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| S. Mosley, F | 25 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| U. Shannon, G | 33 | 5-13 | 7-8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| G. Brown, G | 30 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| S. Whyatt, G | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Major | 30 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| R. Drinnon | 20 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| A. Ervin | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Jackson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 14-20 | 43 | 15 | 19 | 67 | |
| 43.4% | 70% | ||||||
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