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Saint Joseph’s Basketball 2018-19 Game Notes Game SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWKS (4-10, 0-1 A-10) 15 vs. SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS (5-9, 0-1 A-10) 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS January 9, 2019 • 11:30 a.m. Overall: 4-10 A-10: 0-1 H: 3-5 A: 1-5 N: 0-0 NOVEMBER EST Hagan Arena • Philadelphia, Pa. Fri. 9 TEMPLE # L, 58-52 Sun. 11 at Drexel L, 51-34 Thur. 15 at Penn # L, 65-45 Online Stream: ESPN+ (Joe Greenwich, Renie Shields) TV: None Tue. 20 NIAGARA W, 68-54 Audio: SJUHawks.com Sat. 24 RIDER ^ L, 54-56 Sun. 25 LOYOLA MARYLAND ^ W, 49-46 • Saint Joseph's returns to Hagan Arena to begin a two-game homestand this Wednesday ver- Thur. 29 COLUMBIA W, 68-61 OT sus Saint Louis. DECEMBER Sun. 2 VILLANOVA # L, 35-47 • The Hawks are holding their annual Education Day promotion on Wednesday, with more than Thur. 6 AUBURN L, 70-81 500 area school children expected. Mon. 10 TOWSON L, 52-73 Wed. 20 at Sacred Heart W, 61-44 • Both SJU and Saint Louis enter Wednesday looking for their first Atlantic 10 win of the season. Sat. 28 at Delaware L, 48-39 The Hawks dropped their conference opener at VCU on Saturday, 59-40, while the Billikens lost Mon. 31 at Navy L, 48-49 at Massachusetts, 70-66, on Sunday. JANUARY Sat. 5 at VCU * L, 40-59 • Wednesday marks the 16th meeting between the two squads with Saint Joseph's holding a Wed. 9 SAINT LOUIS * 11:30 a.m. Sun. 13 ST. BONAVENTURE * 2:00 p.m. 10-5 edge in the series. Wed. 16 at Duquesne * 7:00 p.m. Sun. 20 LA SALLE *# (CBSSN) 4:00 p.m. • The teams split a pair of contests last year as the Billikens won at home during the regular sea- Wed. 23 at Richmond * 7:00 p.m. son, 96-73, while the Hawks avenged the loss with a 58-49 victory in the semifinals of the A-10 Sun. 27 at Dayton * (ESPNU) Noon Championship. FEBRUARY Sun. 3 VCU * 2:00 p.m. • Wednesday is the second of three Jesuit Basketball Spotlight matchups this season for the Wed. 6 DAVIDSON * 7:00 p.m. Hawks. SJU won the first contest, 49-46, over Loyola Maryland and will face fellow Jesuit insti- Sund. 10 at George Washington * Noon tution, Fordham, on March 2. Wed. 13 MASSACHUSETTS * 7:00 p.m. Sun. 17 at La Salle * 2:00 p.m. • Saint Joseph’s fell to a 29-7 all-time in conference openers with its loss to the Rams and are Wed. 20 DUQUESNE * 7:00 p.m. trying to avoid a 0-2 start in A-10 play for the first time since 2016-17. Sun. 24 at Rhode Island * 2:00 p.m. Wed. 27 at George Mason * 4:00 p.m. MARCH • Making her first career start, sophomore guard Lula Roig scored a game-high 12 points ver- Sat. 2 FORDHAM * Noon sus VCU. Tue 5 A-10 Championship – First Round TBD Fri., 8 - Atlantic 10 Championship • Senior guard Alyssa Monaghan enters Wednesday just 10 points shy of 1,000 for her career. Sun., 10 (A.J. 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HAWKS’ LINEUP Home games in CAPS at Hagan Arena ^ Hawk Classic PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG Notes * Atlantic 10 game F- #1 Whisper Fisher 4.4 3.7 0.6 15.9 Had 4 points at VCU in first career start # Big 5 game G- #2 Lula Roig 6.9 2.6 1.2 20.5 Scored a game-high 12 points at VCU G- #4 Kristalyn Baisden 4.8 1.3 1.0 25.5 Played 16 minutes at VCU G- #12 Alyssa Monaghan 11.7 4.1 3.4 37.1 Added 3 points and 4 rebounds at VCU Contact: Jack Jumper ([email protected]) F- #33 Katie Mayock 7.5 5.9 0.9 25.1 Tallied 2 points and 2 blocks at VCU O: 610-660-3389 | C: 610-636-3701 Press Row (Hagan Arena): 610-660-2599 OFF THE BENCH F- #0 Ashlyn Wert 1.5 2.0 0.0 4.0 Scored 2 points and had 2 rebounds at VCU G- #3 Nailah Delinois 2.5 2.4 0.5 15.1 Added 3 points and 5 rebounds at VCU F- #5 Elizabeth Marsicano 1.3 0.8 0.2 6.5 Played 2 minutes at VCU FOLLOW THE HAWKS G- #11 Avery Marz 0.7 0.0 0.3 2.0 Scored 2 points at VCU G- #13 Mary Sheehan 2.2 1.8 0.4 14.2 Had 2 points and a rebound at VCU Twitter @SJUHawks_WBB G- #14 Katie Jekot 6.1 3.5 1.9 24.9 Finished with 8 points at VCU G - #20 Rachel Gartner 4.0 3.3 0.3 17.3 Out - Knee Instagram @SJUHawks_WBB G- #22 Devyne Newman 0.5 0.3 0.0 2.8 Scored first 2 collegiate points at VCU Facebook SJUHawksWBB F- #35 Michala Clay 4.1 3.4 1.8 19.9 Added an assist and steal at VCU SJUHawks.comSJUHawks.com •• #THWND 2017-182018-19 SAINT JOSEPH’S BASKETBALL • 2 ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE NO. NAME CL POS HT HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL/LAST COLLEGE 0 Ashlyn Wert Gr. F 6-5 Lancaster, Pa. JP McCaskey/Chattanooga (Kristalyn) BAISDEN . .BAYS-den 1 Whisper Fisher Sr. F 6-2 Owings Mills, Md. Owings Mills/Loyola Chicago 2 Lula Roig So. G 5-9 Barcelona, Spain IES Costa I Llobera NAILAH DELINOIS . .NY-luh del-in-WAHH 3 Nailah Delinois Jr. G 5-9 Sunrise, Fla. Northeast 4 Kristalyn Baisden Sr. G 5-10 East Hartford, Conn. Berkshire School (Mass.) (Katie) JEKOT . .JAY-kot 5 Elizabeth Marsicano Fr. F 6-1 Manasquan, N.J. St. Rose 11 Avery Marz Gr. G 5-7 Sinking Spring, Pa. Wilson West Lawn (Alyssa) MONAGHAN . .mon-UH-han 12 Alyssa Monaghan Sr. G 5-5 Drexel Hill, Pa. Bonner-Prendergast 13 Mary Sheehan So. G 5-10 Drexel Hill, Pa. Cardinal O'Hara LULA ROIG . .LOU-luh ROY-j 14 Katie Jekot R-Fr. G 5-9 Enola, Pa. Cumberland Valley 20 Rachel Gartner Gr. G 5-7 Danbury, Conn. Danbury/Boston College (Sarah) VEILLEUX . .vuh-LOU 30 Sarah Veilleux Gr. G/F 6-0 Hebron, Conn. RHAM 33 Katie Mayock Fr. F 6-2 Berwyn, Pa. Conestoga 35 Michala Clay Sr. F 6-0 Baltimore, Md. Roland Park Country School Head Coach: Cindy Griffin (Saint Joseph’s ‘91) – 18th Season Associate Head Coach: Susan Lavin (Saint Joseph’s ‘02) – 16th Season Assistant Coaches: John Hampton (Mansfield ‘08) – 4th Season, Katie Kuester (Saint Joseph’s ‘12) – 4th Season Overall, 1st as Assistant Coach Director of Basketball Operations: Christina Foggie (Vanderbilt ‘14) - 3rd Season Video Coordinator: Jamie O’Hare (Lafayette ‘16) – 2nd Season Athletic Trainer: Neil Hoffman Captain: Avery Marz, Alyssa Monaghan Champions - 1997, 1999, 2013 QUICK FACTS THE HAWK One of the most famous mascots in college Location ......................................................Philadelphia, Pa. 19131 sports, the Saint Joseph’s Hawk is in its 63rd year Location ......................................................Philadelphia, Pa. 19131 in 2018-19. Founded ....................................................................................1851 The Hawk is best known for staying in constant motion by flapping its wings throughout every bas- Enrollment ..........................................4,904 (full-time undergrads) ketball game and representing the Saint Joseph’s Denomination ............................................Roman Catholic (Jesuit) motto, “The Hawk Will Never Die”. Nickname................................................................................Hawks The idea for the Hawk as a mascot was originat- Colors....................................................................Crimson and Gray ed by Jim Brennan during the 1954-55 season. Athletic Affiliation....................................................NCAA Division I Brennan, an ex-Marine and SJU cheerleader, at first Conference ......................................................................Atlantic 10 wanted to secure an actual hawk, but later switched to the costume idea. The student government Home Arena (Capacity) ............Michael J. Hagan ‘85 Arena (4,200) raised the 120 dollars needed to buy the initial cos- President ..........................................................Mark C. Reed, Ed. D. tume, which Brennan donned for three years. He made his debut as the Hawk on Director of Athletics ..............................................Jill Bodensteiner January 4, 1956, a 69-56 win over La Salle at the Palestra. The Hawk has not missed 2017-18 Regular Season Record..............................................19-15 a men’s basketball game since that first season. 2017-18 Atlantic 10 Conference Record (Place) ..........10-6 (T-5th) In addition to the constant flapping, the Hawk is also recognized by its “flying” in 2017-18 Philadelphia Big 5 Record (Place) ....................1-3 (T-4th) figure eights around the court during timeouts. The constant motion, coupled with the scrappy play of the University’s athletic teams, helped to spawn the school’s Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..................................................10/5 familiar slogan “The Hawk Will Never Die!” A few years ago, ESPN used a “flap-o- Starters Returning/Lost ..............................................................2/3 meter” on the national telecast of a Saint Joseph’s game to estimate that the Hawk Captains............................................Avery Marz, Alyssa Monaghan flaps its wings 3,500 times during a regulation game. Head Coach (alma mater)............Cindy Griffin (Saint Joseph’s ‘91, ‘93) Sophie Smyczekl is the 18th student to serve as the Hawk mascot for the Overall Record/Years......................................361-271/21st season women’s team and in her first season. She is is an interdisciplinary health servic- Record at Saint Joseph’s/Years......................313-238/18th season es, and film and theatre double major from Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Associate Head Coach ...................................................................... ..........................Susan Lavin (Saint Joseph’s ‘02, ‘07) - 16th season SAINT JOSEPH’S Assistant Coaches........John Hampton (Mansfield ‘08) - 4th season Katie Kuester (Saint Joseph’s ‘14) - 4th season The corporate title of “Saint” Joseph’s University, which has been in Director of Basketball Operations ..........................Christina Foggie place since Saint Joseph’s was granted university status by the Video Coordinator ......................................................Jamie O’Hare Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1979, is the public title of the insti- Administrative Assistant ......................................Kathy MacDonald tution for all aspects of its operations.