Saint Francis U is the NEC’s hottest team and much of the credit can go to Blackmon, who collected his second NEC Player of the Week award after leading the Red Flash to a pair of victories last week that left them one-half game out of first place. He contributed 25.5 points. 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game as SFU stretched its win streak to seven. Blackmon shot 64.5 percent from the field and 52.9 percent from long range, where he made nine of his 17 attempts. He scored a career-high 30 points (12-18 FG, 6-11 3P) and added seven rebounds and four steals in Tuesday’s 86-71 win over fellow NEC contender RMU, then dropped 21 points on 8-13 shooting in a 74-71 triumph against LIU. The senior guard from Charlotte, NC leads all scorers in league play with 21.6 ppg, and his 19.0 ppg on the year ranks second overall. Blackmon also paces the circuit in three-point accuracy both in conference (.473) and overall (.438).