The St. Francis PA Red Flash and the Virginia Tech Hokies meet in college basketball action from Cassell Coliseum on Thursday night.
The St. Francis PA Red Flash come into this one looking to add to a 100-54 rout of subdivision Franciscan University. Ramiir Dixon-Conover leads the Red Flash in scoring and assists with 15 PPG and 5 APG while Mark Flagg and Maxwell Land each have 14 PPG with Flagg logging a team-high 13.5 RPG to lead the Red Flash on the glass by averaging a double-double per game. Myles Thompson has 13 PPG and Ronell Giles Jr. has 11.5 PPG to make up the scoring in double figures for the Red Flash up to this point in the season. As a team, St. Francis PA is averaging 86 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 25% from three and 72.6% from the foul line while allowing 64.5 PPG on 34.8% shooting from the field and 34.8% from three this season.
The Virginia Tech Hokies will be out to add to a 65-39 win over Radford in their last game. Keve Aluma leads the Hokies in scoring with 12.7 PPG while Justyn Mutts has 11.7 PPG with a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Hokies on the glass. Storm Murphy has 11 PPG with 3.3 RPG and Hunter Cattoor has 10.3 PPG with 5.3 RPG and a team-high 3.3 APG to make up the rest of the scoring in double digits for the Hokies up to this point in the season. Nahiem Alleyne also has .7 PPG with 3.3 APG as wellon the year. As a team, Virginia Tech is averaging 74.7 PPG on 48.9% shooting from the field, 42.9% from three and 76.7% from the foul line while allowing 47.7 PPG on 33.3% shooting from the field and 12.7% from three this season.
St. Francis PA is 0-7 ATS in their last 7 games following a win and 2-8 ATS in their last 10 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 road games against a team with a home winning percentage above .600. Virginia Tech is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 Thursday games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 home games.
This feels like a big number to be giving up with the Hokies, but the reality is that Virginia Tech’s stepped up to the plate in each of their first three games this season and have handled business in style, winning all three games convincingly. The Red Flash hung around with George Washington, but battling GW and battling the Hokies are two different things. Give me the Hokies in a beatdown.