St. Francis men’s basketball coach Rob Krimmel expects team to shoot better with more blended roster

With a strong blend of returners and impactful newcomers, St. Francis men’s basketball coach Rob Krimmel sounded quite optimistic about his team’s prospects this coming season.

The Red Flash bring back seven letterwinners and three starters from the 2023-24 team. Krimmel expects his squad to shoot at a higher clip this winter.

“We’re going to shoot the ball a lot better,” Krimmel said during Tuesday’s tip-off luncheon at Levity Brewing Co. in Altoona. “It’s going to have to be a bigger part of our repertoire, our scheme. It’s not just one guy. We can put a lot of guys on the floor – a little bit like the team with (now-Southern California forward) Josh Cohen a couple years ago (2022-23) where I think we finished in the top 20 in the country in 3-point percentage. I think we have a team like that. We’re going to have to utilize the 3-point shot this year more.”

Guards Chris Moncrief, Bobby Rosenberger III and Ace Talbert should help buoy a backcourt that will be tasked with limiting turnovers and running the offense.

“I think we’re going to be able to take care of the basketball,” Krimmel said. “Our assist to field goals, those things that allow you to get a great shot and be much more improved, is in part because of the experience of guys like Ace and Bobby, but then bringing in someone in like Riley (Parker), who’s got 60 games under his belt will be helpful as we kind of shape our offensive identity. Right now, we’re rebounding at a pretty high clip. So much of that will be determined in January when we get into our peer group (conference play). We’ll shoot it better and we’ll handle it better.”

St. Francis went 8-22 – 3-11 in the Northeast Conference – in 2023-24.

The Red Flash finished in a tie for eighth place in the nine-team league as part of the preseason coaches poll.

The Red Flash begin the season at Dayton Monday and at Clemson Friday. Both of those squads advanced to at least the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament….

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Author : The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.

Publish date : 2024-11-04 23:31:00

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