Saint Joseph’s Basketball 2018-19 Game Notes Game SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWKS (6-12, 2-3 A-10) 19 at RICHMOND SPIDERS (3-15, 0-5 A-10) 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS January 23, 2019 • 7:00 p.m. Overall: 6-12 A-10: 2-3 H: 5-6 A: 1-6 N: 0-0 NOVEMBER EST Robins Center • Richmond, Va. Fri. 9 TEMPLE # L, 58-52 Sun. 11 at Drexel L, 51-34 Thur. 15 at Penn # L, 65-45 Stream: ESPN+ TV: None Tue. 20 NIAGARA W, 68-54 Audio: SJUHawks.com (Jack Jumper, Ben Steenrod) Sat. 24 RIDER ^ L, 54-56 Sun. 25 LOYOLA MARYLAND ^ W, 49-46 • Saint Joseph's begins a two-game road swing this Wednesday as the Hawks head to Richmond Thur. 29 COLUMBIA W, 68-61 OT for a 7 p.m. tip with the Spiders. DECEMBER Sun. 2 VILLANOVA # L, 35-47 • The Hawks enter Wednesday’s matchup with a 14-6 edge in the all-time series versus Thur. 6 AUBURN L, 70-81 Richmond, including an 81-72 victory in last year’s matchup (full series breakdown on page 3). Mon. 10 TOWSON L, 52-73 Wed. 20 at Sacred Heart W, 61-44 • Saint Joseph’s is coming off a 60-57 victory over La Salle on Sunday in which the Hawks over- Sat. 28 at Delaware L, 48-39 came a nine-point deficit in the second half for the win. Mon. 31 at Navy L, 48-49 JANUARY • With Sunday’s win, the Hawks capped Big 5 play with a 1-3 mark and are now 111-47 all-time Sat. 5 at VCU * L, 40-59 in city series play with a share of 17 titles. Wed. 9 SAINT LOUIS * L, 49-62 Sun. 13 ST. BONAVENTURE * W, 66-41 Wed. 16 at Duquesne * L, 81-73 • Senior Alyssa Monaghan poured in a career-best 25 points on 9-14 shooting, including 5-7 Sun. 20 LA SALLE *# (CBSSN) W, 60-57 from three-point range, to go with five boards, four assists and three steals to lead the Hawks Wed. 23 at Richmond * 7:00 p.m. over La Salle. Sun. 27 at Dayton * (ESPNU) Noon FEBRUARY • Senior Kristalyn Baisden scored 10 points against the Explorers and is averaging 14.7 points Sun. 3 VCU * 2:00 p.m. per game over the last three contests. Wed. 6 DAVIDSON * 7:00 p.m. Sund. 10 at George Washington * Noon • Over the past four games, Monaghan is averaging 22 points per game while shooting 60.7 per- Wed. 13 MASSACHUSETTS * 7:00 p.m. cent from the field (34-56) and 61.5 percent from three-point range (16-26). Sun. 17 at La Salle * 2:00 p.m. Wed. 20 DUQUESNE * 7:00 p.m. • On Monday, Monaghan was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week and Co-Big 5 Player of the Sun. 24 at Rhode Island * 2:00 p.m. Wed. 27 at George Mason * 4:00 p.m. Week after averaging 24 points, 4.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds per game and shooting 62.1 percent MARCH from the floor over two contests. Sat. 2 FORDHAM * Noon Tue 5 A-10 Championship – First Round TBD • After averaging 44.5 points a game over its first two A-10 games, SJU has averaged 66.3 points Fri., 8 - Atlantic 10 Championship per game over its last three conference contests. Sun., 10 (A.J. Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.) 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 4.1 4.1 0.5 17.0 Posted 5 boards and 4 points versus La Salle # Big 5 game G- #2 Lula Roig 6.8 2.7 1.5 22.6 Had 7 rebounds and 6 points against La Salle G- #3 Nailah Delinois 2.4 2.6 0.6 16.0 Grabbed 2 rebounds versus La Salle G- #4 Kristalyn Baisden 6.4 1.6 1.1 26.3 Scored 10 points against La Salle Contact: Jack Jumper ([email protected]) G- #12 Alyssa Monaghan 14.0 4.2 3.6 37.3 Had a career-high 25 points versus La Salle O: 610-660-3389 | C: 610-636-3701 Press Row (Hagan Arena): 610-660-2599 OFF THE BENCH F- #0 Ashlyn Wert 2.3 1.7 0.0 4.7 Questionable - Ankle F- #5 Elizabeth Marsicano 1.2 0.8 0.1 5.9 Grabbed a rebound against La Salle G- #11 Avery Marz 0.5 0.3 0.3 2.0 Added a rebound against St. Bonaventure FOLLOW THE HAWKS G- #13 Mary Sheehan 2.5 1.9 0.3 14.1 Played 10 minutes versus La Salle G- #14 Katie Jekot 5.7 3.1 1.7 23.9 Scored 9 points against La Salle Twitter @SJUHawks_WBB G - #20 Rachel Gartner 4.0 3.3 0.3 17.3 Out - Knee G- #22 Devyne Newman 0.8 0.2 0.0 2.6 Scored 2 points against St. Bonaventure Instagram @SJUHawks_WBB F- #33 Katie Mayock 6.7 5.6 0.9 22.9 Finished with 6 points versus La Salle Facebook SJUHawksWBB F- #35 Michala Clay 4.2 2.9 1.7 18.8 Played 10 minutes against La Salle 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-oy 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 QUICKFACTS 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 Founded ....................................................................................1851 in 2018-19. Enrollment The Hawk is best known for staying in constant ..........................................4,904 (full-time undergrads) motion by flapping its wings throughout every bas- Denomination ............................................Roman Catholic (Jesuit) ketball game and representing the Saint Joseph’s Nickname................................................................................Hawks motto, “The Hawk Will Never Die”. Colors....................................................................Crimson and Gray The idea for the Hawk as a mascot was originat- Athletic Affiliation....................................................NCAA Division I ed by Jim Brennan during the 1954-55 season. Brennan, an ex-Marine and SJU cheerleader, at first Conference ......................................................................Atlantic 10 wanted to secure an actual hawk, but later switched Home Arena (Capacity) ............Michael J. Hagan ‘85 Arena (4,200) to the costume idea. The student government President ..........................................................Mark C. Reed, Ed. D. raised the 120 dollars needed to buy the initial cos- Director of Athletics ..............................................Jill Bodensteiner tume, which Brennan donned for three years. He made his debut as the Hawk on 2017-18 Regular Season Record..............................................19-15 January 4, 1956, a 69-56 win over La Salle at the Palestra. The Hawk has not missed 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 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..................................................10/5 the scrappy play of the University’s athletic teams, helped to spawn the school’s Starters Returning/Lost ..............................................................2/3 familiar slogan “The Hawk Will Never Die!” A few years ago, ESPN used a “flap-o- Captains............................................Avery Marz, Alyssa Monaghan meter” on the national telecast of a Saint Joseph’s game to estimate that the Hawk 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......................................363-272/21st season women’s team and in her first season. She is is an interdisciplinary health servic- Record at Saint Joseph’s/Years......................315-239/18th 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.