SAINT JOSEPH’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES GAME SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWKS (0-2) 3 at DREXEL DRAGONS (3-2) 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 0-2 | A-10: 0-0 | Big 5: 0-0 December 17, 2020 • 6:00 P.M. Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-2 Daskalakis Center • Philadelphia, Pa. Television: NBC Sports Philadelphia | Stream: FLOHOOPS NOVEMBER DAY OPPONENT EST Audio: TuneIn (Matt Martucci, Joe Lunardi) Thurs. 26 vs. Auburn ^ L, 96-91 OT Fri., 27 vs. No. 6 Kansas ^ L, 94-72 Saint Joseph’s vs. Drexel All-Time Matchup DECEMBER Series vs. Drexel: Saint Joseph’s leads 48-9 Last Five Meetings Wed., 2 at No. 3 Villanova # Postponed First Meeting: 1920, Drexel, 26-17 12/11/16 | Saint Joseph’s, 72-71 Sat. 12 TEMPLE # Postponed Last Meeting: 12/11/16, Saint Joseph’s, 72-71 11/13/15 | Saint Joseph’s, 82-81 Thurs. 17 at Drexel 6:00 p.m. Coach Lange vs. Drexel: 0-1 11/17/14 | Saint Joseph’s, 52-49 Mon., 21 at No. 10 Tennessee 6:00 p.m. Current Saint Joseph’s Streak: Won 6 12/18/13 | Saint Joseph’s, 75-55 Wed. 30 VCU * TBA 12/31/12 | Saint Joseph’s, 63-49 JANUARY • Saint Joseph’s returns to action for the first time in nearly three weeks as the Sun. 3 at Rhode Island * 4:30 p.m. Wed. 6 at St. Bonaventure * 4:00 p.m. Hawks travel to Drexel. Sat. 9 SAINT LOUIS * 6:00 p.m. • Thursday’s matchup marks the first meeting between the Hawks and Dragons Tues. 12 at Davidson * 7:00 p.m. since a 72-71 Saint Joseph’s victory on December 11, 2016. Mon. 18 at La Salle *# TBA • Saint Joseph’s is looking to pick up its first win of the season after opening the Wed. 20 at George Mason * 7:00 p.m. year with hard-fought matchups against Auburn and #6 Kansas at the Rocket Sat. 23 GEORGE MASON * 12:30 p.m. Tues. 26 RICHMOND * 7:00 p.m. Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off. Sat. 30 at Duquesne * TBA • The Hawks fell to#6 Kansas, 94-72, in their previous contest on November 27. • Sophomore Jack Forrest came off the bench to score a team-best 18 points FEBRUARY against the Jayhawks, knocking down 7-14 from the field, including 4-8 from Wed. 3 ST. BONAVENTURE * 7:00 p.m. three-point range. Sat. 6 LA SALLE * Noon Sat. 13 at Dayton * 2:00 p.m. • Classmate Dahmir Bishop, who has scored 14 points in each of his first two Wed. 17 at George Washington * TBA games with the Hawks,has posted a team-best 53.3 shooting percentage from Sat. 20 DAVIDSON * 12:30 p.m. three-point range (8-15). Wed. 24 MASSACHUSETTS * 7:00 p.m. • Redshirt junior Taylor Funk enters Thursday averaging a team and career-best Sat. 27 at Fordham * 1:00 p.m. 17.5 points per game. MARCH • Redshirt senior Ryan Daly, who led the Hawks in rebounds and assists a season Sat. 2 RHODE ISLAND * 7:00 p.m. ago, currently leads SJU with 7.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game this year, to Wed. 10 - Atlantic 10 Champinship go with 16.0 points a contest. Sun. 14 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Home games in CAPS at Hagan Arena HAWKS’ LINEUP * Atlantic 10 game # Big 5 game PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG NOTES ** Atlantic 10 Championship Game #0 Dahmir Bishop 14.0 2.5 3.5 26.2 ^ Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off #1 Ryan Daly 16.0 7.0 5.0 32.4 #22 Jordan Hall 3.5 4.0 4.0 21.9 #5 Greg Foster, Jr. 6.5 4.5 2.0 29.5 #33 Taylor Funk 17.5 6.5 1.5 29.6 Saint Joseph’s Media Contact Jack Jumper ([email protected]) OFF THE BENCH O: 610-660-3389 | C: 610-636-3701 #2 Myles Douglas 7.8 3.0 1.3 24.3 Out - Back Ailment Press Row (Hagan Arena): 610-660-2599 #3 Cameron Brown 2.5 1.5 0.5 21.2 #11 Rahmir Moore 1.0 1.5 0.0 14.6 #12 Anthony Longpré 1.0 2.0 0.5 8.5 FOLLOW THE HAWKS #10 Anton Jansson 2.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 #13 Jadrian Tracey 2.0 1.0 0.0 3.9 #20 Chris Arizin -- -- -- -- Twitter @SJUHawks_mbb #21 Nikkos Luna-Nash -- -- -- -- Instagram @SJUHawks_mbb #24 Jack Forrest 16.5 2.0 0.0 21.7 Facebook SJUHawksmbb #30 Brian Gaether -- -- -- -- #34 Ethan Griffith -- -- -- -- 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 20 Chris Arizin Fr. G 6-3 195 Media, Pa. Saint Joseph’s Prep | 21 Nikkos Luna-Nash Fr. G 6-0 155 Seminole, Fla. Shorecrest Prep 22 Jordan Hall Fr. F 6-7 215 Wildwood, N.J. Neumann Goretti 24 Jack Forrest So. G 6-5 200 Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Lower Merion/Columbia 30 Brian Gaetens Fr. G 6-0 175 Harleysville, Pa. Saint Joseph’s Prep 33 Taylor Funk R-Jr. F 6-8 215 Lancaster, Pa. Manheim Central 34 Ethan Griffith Sr. G 6-3 190 Hillsborough, N.J. Hillsborough 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: 1630-1146 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: 6-28/2nd Year All-Time NCAA Tournament Record/Appearances: 19-25/21 Career Record/Years: 137-162/10th 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, Brenden 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 SJU VERSUS DREXEL HAWKS PICKED 12TH IN A-10 POLL STATISTICAL COMPARISON Thursday marks the 58th meeting be- Saint Joseph’s was picked to finish 12th SJU DREXEL tween Saint Joseph’s and Drexel with in the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Presea- Overall Record 2-0 3-2 the Hawks entering the game holding a son Poll of head coaches and media. Home Record 0-0 1-1 48-9 edge in the series and having won The Hawks finished 13th in the A-10 Away Record 0-0 0-1 the past six contests. Below are series standings in 2019-20. Neutral Record 0-2 2-0 highlights and notes. Points per Game 81.5 65.4 • Shavar Newkirk converted the BISHOP MAKES DEBUT Opp. Points/Game 95.0 60.2 game-winning three-point play with Sophomore Dahmir Bishop scored Scoring margin -13.5 +5.2 6.7 seconds to go, and scored Saint Jo- 14 points and added seven assists in Field Goal Pct. .389 .421 seph’s final 11 points, as the Hawks ral- his Hawk debut against Auburn, and Opp. Field Goal Pct. .462 .434 lied to defeat Drexel, 72-71, on Decem- has already surpassed his 28 points to 3-Pt. FG Made/Game 12.5 5.6 ber 11, 2016. date have already surpassed his previ- 3-Pt. FG Pct. .325 .295 • Saint Joseph’s is 14-2 in away games ous season output (16). Transferring in the series. from Xavier to Hawk Hill last winter, Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .346 .247 • Rap Curry matched SJU’s single-game Bishop received his eligibility waiver FTs Made/Game 11.0 11.8 assist mark (14) in a 106-98 win over from the NCAA this fall for this season.