SAINT JOSEPH’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES GAMES SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWKS (0-0) 1-2 at ROCKET MORTGAGE FORT MYERS TIP-OFF 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 0-0 | A-10: 0-0 | Big 5: 0-0 November 26-27, 2020 Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 Suncoast Credit Union Arena • Fort Myers, Fla. Television: FS1 (Adam Amin, Bill Raftery) NOVEMBER DAY OPPONENT EST Audio: TuneIn (Matt Martucci, Joe Lunardi) Thurs. 26 vs. Auburn ^ 4:30 p.m. Fri., 27 vs. No. 6 Kansas ^ 2:00 p.m. ROCKET MORTGAGE FORT MYERS TIP-OFF MATCHUPS Mon., 30 at No. 3 Villanova # 5:00 p.m. Saint Joseph’s vs. Auburn (#RV) All-Time Meetings DECEMBER Date: Thursday, November 26 | 4:30 p.m. 12/18/56 | Auburn, 66-64 Sat. 12 TEMPLE # 3:00 p.m. Series vs. Auburn: Auburn leads 2-0 3/21/03 | Auburn, 65-63 OT Wed. 16 at Drexel 6:00 p.m. First Meeting: 12/18/56, Auburn, 66-64 Sat. 19 MOUNT ST. MARY’S Noon Last Meeting: 3/21/03, Auburn, 65-63 OT Wed. 30 VCU * TBA Coach Lange vs. Auburn: First Meeting JANUARY 12/6/05 | Saint Joseph’s, 70-67 Sun. 3 at Rhode Island * 4:30 p.m. Saint Joseph’s vs. Kansas (#6) 11/23/04 | Kansas, 91-51 Wed. 6 at St. Bonaventure * TBA Date: Friday, November 27 | 2:00 p.m. 12/18/70 | Kansas, 80-65 Sat. 9 SAINT LOUIS * 6:00 p.m. Series vs. Kansas: Kansas leads 5-2 12/19/58 | Saint Joseph’s, 67-65 Tues. 12 at Davidson * TBA First Meeting: 12/30/42, Kansas, 63-38 12/14/57 | Kansas, 66-59 Mon. 18 at La Salle *# TBA Last Meeting: 12/6/05, Saint Joseph’s, 70-67 12/9/50 | Kansas, 60-41 Wed. 20 at George Mason * TBA Coach Lange vs. Kansas: First Meeting 12/30/42 | Kansas, 63-38 Sat. 23 GEORGE MASON * 12:30 p.m. Tues. 26 RICHMOND * 7:00 p.m. • Saint Joseph’s opens its 2020-21 slate this Thursday and Friday at the Rocket Sat. 30 at Duquesne * TBA Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off against #RV Auburn and #6 Kansas, respectively, FEBRUARY • The Hawks enter the Fort Myers Tip-Off with an 83-26 mark in season-opening Wed. 3 ST. BONAVENTURE * 7:00 p.m. contests, and have won their last two openers, including an 86-81 victory over Sat. 6 LA SALLE * Noon Bradley last season in head coach Billy Lange’s debut. Sat. 13 at Dayton * TBA • Saint Joseph’s returns six letterwinners from last year’s team, including leading Wed. 17 at George Washington * TBA scorer Ryan Daly (20.6 ppg). Sat. 20 DAVIDSON * 12:30 p.m. Wed. 24 MASSACHUSETTS * 7:00 p.m. • Transfers Greg Foster, Jr. (Gonzaga) and Dahmir Bishop (Xavier) will make Sat. 27 at Fordham * 1:00 p.m. their Hawk debuts this Thanksgiving after each redshirted the 2019-20 season. Foster, Jr. joined the Hawks in the summer of 2019, while Bishop came to Hawk MARCH Hill in January of 2020. Sat. 2 RHODE ISLAND * 7:00 p.m. • Redshirt junior Taylor Funk will make his return to the Saint Joseph’s lineup Wed. 10 - Atlantic 10 Champinship Sun. 14 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) this week after missing the final 25 games of last season due to a right hand in- Home games in CAPS at Hagan Arena jury. * Atlantic 10 game • Freshmen Jordan Hall and Jadrian Tracey make their collegiate debuts, with # Big 5 game Tracey (West Oaks Academy) playing in his hometown of Fort Myers, Florida. ** Atlantic 10 Championship Game ^ Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off HAWKS’ LINEUP PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES #0 Dahmir Bishop 1.6 2.5 0.9 12.0 Transfer from Xavier; Making debut Saint Joseph’s Media Contact #1 Ryan Daly 20.6 6.8 4.3 34.7 A-10 leading scorer; 21st nationally Jack Jumper ([email protected]) #3 Cameron Brown 10.1 4.3 1.3 29.7 Led newcomers in scoring in 19-20 O: 610-660-3389 | C: 610-636-3701 #5 Greg Foster, Jr. 0.7 0.4 0.4 4.6 Transfer from Gonzaga; Making debut Press Row (Hagan Arena): 610-660-2599 #33 Taylor Funk 9.4 5.1 2.3 29.9 Missed 25 games due to hand injury OFF THE BENCH FOLLOW THE HAWKS #2 Myles Douglas 7.8 3.0 1.3 24.3 Out - Back Ailment #11 Rahmir Moore 7.3 2.8 1.3 27.0 Appeared in 30 games with 13 starts #12 Anthony Longpré 5.6 4.3 1.7 20.0 Averaged career-high in scoring in 19-20 Twitter @SJUHawks_mbb #10 Anton Jansson -- -- -- -- Swedish National Team Member Instagram @SJUHawks_mbb #13 Jadrian Tracey -- -- -- -- Averaged 16 ppg as a senior Facebook SJUHawksmbb #22 Jordan Hall -- -- -- -- First Team All-State #24 Jack Forrest 8.9 3.3 0.6 25.7 Transfer from Columbia 2020-21 Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School/Last College 0 Dahmir Bishop So. G 6-5 190 Philadelphia, Pa. Imhotep Charter/Xavier 1 Ryan Daly R-Sr. G 6-5 225 Havertown, Pa. Archbishop Carroll/Delaware 2 Myles Douglas Jr. G 6-7 215 Edgewood, Md. Aberdeen/UCF 3 Cameron Brown So. G 6-5 220 Laurel, Md. Eleanor Roosevelt 5 Greg Foster, Jr. R-So. G 6-5 200 Milwaukee, Wis. Ed W. Clark/Gonzaga 10 Anton Jansson Fr. C 6-11 235 Stockholm, Sweden Golden State Prep (Calif.) 11 Rahmir Moore So. G 6-3 205 Philadelphia, Pa. RISE Prep (Ont.) 12 Anthony Longpré Sr. F 6-10 250 L’Assomption, Quebec Glenelg Country (Md.) 13 Jadrian Tracey Fr. F 6-5 205 Fort Myers, Fla. West Oaks Academy 22 Jordan Hall Fr. F 6-7 215 Wildwood, N.J. Neumann Goretti 24 Jack Forrest So. G 6-4 200 Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Lower Merion/Columbia 33 Taylor Funk R-Jr. F 6-8 215 Lancaster, Pa. Manheim Central Head Coach PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Billy Lange (Rowan ‘94) – 2nd Season DAHMIR Bishop – DAH-meer ANTON JANSSON – ANN-taan JAN-son Associate Head Coach Anthony LONGPR´E – LONG-pray John Griffin III (Bucknell ‘08) – 2nd Season RAHMIR Moore – RUH-meer JADRIAN Tracey – JAY-dree-in Assistant Coaches Justin Scott (East Stroudsburg ‘07) – 2nd Season Brenden Staughn (Hood College ‘12) – 2nd Season Director of Scouting and Analystics Thomas Boyle (Saint Joseph’s ‘15) – 5th Season Head Strength and Condition Coach Eric Lang (West Chester ‘13) – 2nd Season Director of Basketball Operations Amanda Casale (Syracuse ‘16) – 2nd Season Graduate Managers Reggie Cameron (Georgetown ‘17) – 2nd Season Andrew Lutes (Saint Joseph’s ‘20) – 1st Season Graduate Assistant Mike Jolaoso (West Chester ’19) – 2nd Season Program Services Specialist Michelle Thomas – 2nd Season 2020-21 QUICKFACTS Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 2019-20 Overall Record: 6-26 Founded: 1851 2019-20 Conference Record: 2-16 President: Mark C. Reed, Ed.D. Lettermen Returning/Lost: 6/5 Athletics Director: Jill Bodensteiner Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Stephen Porth Newcomers: 6 Nickname: Hawks All-Time Record: 1630-1144 Colors: Crimson and Gray All-Time A-10 Record: 332-300 (36) Arena: Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena All-Time A-10 Championship Record/Appearances: 41-33/37 Head Coach (Alma mater): Billy Lange (Rowan ‘94) Atlantic 10 Championship Titles: 4 (1986, 1997, 2014, 2016) Record at School/Years: 6-26/2nd Year All-Time NCAA Tournament Record/Appearances: 19-25/21 Career Record/Years: 137-160/10th Year Men’s Basketball Contact: Jack Jumper Associate Head Coach: John Griffin III Office Phone/Cell Phone: 610-660-3389/610-636-3701 Assistant Coaches: Justin Scott, Brendan Straughn E-mail Address: [email protected] Director of Basketball Operations: Amanda Casale Website: sjuhawks.com Graduate Managers: Reggie Cameron, Andrew Lutes Twitter: @sjuhawks_mbb Graduate Assistant: Mike Jolaoso Instagram: @sjuhawks_mbb Program Services Specialist: Michelle Thomas THE HAWKS VERSUS AUBURN RETURNING FIREPOWER 2019-20 STATISTICAL COMPARISON Saint Joseph’s faces Auburn in its Saint Joseph’s enters the 2020-21 sea- OVERALL A-10 season opener on Thanksgiving. The son in good shape on the offensive side Overall Record 6-26 2-16 contest marks just the third meeting as it returns 74 percent of its scoring Home Record 4-10 2-7 between the two programs, with the Ti- from a season ago, including its top five Away Record 2-12 0-9 gers having won each. Below is a break- scorers in Ryan Daly (20.6 ppg), Cam- Neutral Record 0-4 0-0 down of the previous two meetings. eron Brown (10.1 ppg), Taylor Funk Points per Game 69.0 66.2 • Auburn won the first meeting, 66-64, (9.4 ppg), Myles Douglas (7.6 ppg) and Opp. Points/Game 79.5 68.1 in the semifinals of the 1956 Carousel Rahmir Moore (7.3 ppg). All told, the Scoring margin -10.5 -1.8 Tournament in Charlotte, North Caro- Hawks’ returning letterwinners scored Field Goal Pct. .392 .392 lina. 1,633 of their 2,208 points in 2019-20. Opp. Field Goal Pct. .466 .471 • Jameer Nelson hit two free throws 3-Pt. FG Made/Game 9.0 8.2 with :00.5 left in regulation to force FUNK BACK AND READY FOR ACTION 3-Pt. FG Pct. .297 .284 overtime in the First Round of the 2003 After missing the final 25 games of last Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .371 .372 NCAA Tournament versus Auburn. In season due to a right hand injury, Tay- the extra frame, the Hawks had a chance lor Funk is set to return to the Hawks’ FTs Made/Game 12.5 12.3 to win at the buzzer, but a three-point lineup this Thanksgiving.