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St. Bonaventure 60, Saint Joseph’s 49: Hawks’ offense goes cold after halftime

Saint Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli has said it seemingly thousands of times this season: it’s hard to win when the ball isn’t going in the basket.

Thursday night in Brooklyn, Saint Joseph’s familiar offensive struggles were again on display. The Hawks made only five of their 29 shots from the floor in the second half, good for 17 percent, and St. Bonaventure took advantage to erase a halftime…

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Saint Joseph's 55, LaSalle 50: Wilson shines on senior night

Saint Joseph’s 55, LaSalle 50: Wilson shines on senior night

Saint Joseph’s lone senior starter carried the Hawks on senior night. Chris Wilson scored 22 points to lead all scorers and buried a key three-pointer late to lift the Hawks over Big Five rival LaSalle, 55-50.

With the Hawks clinging to a one-point lead in the final minute, Wilson dribbled to the top of the key and stepped back to bury a huge three-pointer with 39 seconds left. The shot put the…

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Richmond 63, Saint Joseph's 57: Hawks can't complete comeback

Richmond 63, Saint Joseph’s 57: Hawks can’t complete comeback

The smallest man on the court had the biggest impact of anyone.

Richmond’s Kendall Anthony led all scorers with 23 points and keyed a 13-0 run late in the first half that helped the Spiders take control in a 63-57 win over Saint Joseph’s.

The 5’8 Richmond guard sparked a run late in the first half that vaulted the Spiders in front. With Richmond down 23-18 with four minutes remaining in the first…

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St. Bonaventure 70, Saint Joseph's 60 (OT): Missed free throws doom Hawks

St. Bonaventure 70, Saint Joseph’s 60 (OT): Missed free throws doom Hawks

Twice Saint Joseph’s star DeAndre Bembry stepped to the free throw line for a one-and-one opportunity in the final 10 seconds of regulation. Twice he clanked the front-end off the iron.

Saint Joseph’s was unable to overcome missed free throws and long scoring droughts as they dropped their third straight game against St. Bonaventure, 70-60, in overtime.

The Bonnies (14-11, 7-7 A-10) scored the…

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Dayton 68, Saint Joseph's 64: Flyers outlast Hawks despite Miles, Bembry

Dayton 68, Saint Joseph’s 64: Flyers outlast Hawks despite Miles, Bembry

With 20 seconds left and Dayton leading by two, the Hawks cleared the floor for DeAndre Bembry. The sophomore couldn’t come through, dribbling the ball off his foot on the drive to his left with five seconds to play, to send Saint Joseph’s to their eighth straight road loss by a 68-64 count at Dayton.

Despite a strong offensive performance that saw the Hawks (11-14, 5-8 A-10) shoot 48 percent…

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Fordham 69, Saint Joseph's 55: Rams cruise against listless Hawks

Fordham 69, Saint Joseph’s 55: Rams cruise against listless Hawks

Mandell Thomas scored 20 points to lead four Rams in double figures as Fordham grabbed only its second Atlantic 10 win of the season with a 69-55 win over the visiting Saint Joseph’s Hawks.

Thomas buried four three-pointers on the afternoon for the Rams (7-16, 2-10 A-10), who went 8-for-16 from range as a team. Christian Sengfelder hit three of his own from deep en route to 15 points. Bryan Smith

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Davidson 77, La Salle 69: Wildcats expose Explorers mental errors in A-10 battle

After their gritty double overtime win against nationally ranked VCU, La Salle returned home in hopes of continuing their momentum against Davidson on Saturday, February 14th. Despite the Explorers starting hot at the beginning of both halves, the Wildcats just kept fighting back and topped the Explorers, 77-69.

“I thought Davidson was stunningly good in mental toughness and in execution,” said…

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Saint Joseph's 65, Rhode Island 64: Wilson's three lifts Hawks to win

Saint Joseph’s 65, Rhode Island 64: Wilson’s three lifts Hawks to win

Chris Wilson missed his first four three-pointers on the night, but the fifth was the only one that mattered.

The senior point guard buried a huge three from the corner with seven seconds to play to lift Saint Joseph’s over Rhode Island, 65-64.

Wilson kicked off the final Hawk possession by taking a contested three from the top of the key, which missed badly off the iron. St. Joe’s Aaron Browncam…

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Saint Joseph's 58, George Mason 54: Hawks hold on despite sloppy play

Saint Joseph’s 58, George Mason 54: Hawks hold on despite sloppy play

It wasn’t pretty, but it counts all the same.

Despite a number of turnovers, poor shooting, and 15 missed free throws, the Hawks held on at home to beat an equally sloppy George Mason team, 58-54.

With 12.8 seconds to play and the Hawks clinging to a three-point lead, DeAndre Bembry, channeling his inner Jeremy Maclin, released long and caught a pass over the shoulder. Bembry rose and finished…

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La Salle 64, Richmond 62: Despite strong start, Explorers barely able to squish the Spiders

There’s an old saying that “a win is a win is a win”. That was the case on Thursday night as La Salle barely held on to beat the Richmond Spiders, 64-62 at Tom Gola Arena. Coach John Giannini has said that some of the team’s wins so far this season were “not pretty”. This game certainly was not that.

At the start of the contest, La Salle, coming off of two big conference wins against St. Joe’s…

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Saint Louis 68, Saint Joseph's 61: Overtime scoring drought dooms Hawks

Saint Louis 68, Saint Joseph’s 61: Overtime scoring drought dooms Hawks

Following an impressive drive by DeAndre Bembry to tie the game and force overtime, the Saint Joseph’s offense went silent. The Hawks failed to make a basket for the first four minutes of overtime, dropping an Atlantic 10 road game to Saint Louis, 68-61.

The Hawks’ offense output, which started the night with promise, sputtered to a complete halt after regulation. Aaron Brownmade a runner with…

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Saint Joseph's 75, Davidson 70: Hawks outlast Wildcats behind big second half

Saint Joseph’s 75, Davidson 70: Hawks outlast Wildcats behind big second half

Following a first half where the Hawks allowed Davidson to claim a 13-point lead following a 15-2 run, the Hawks responded with a pair of big runs of their own after the break. Saint Joseph’s used runs of 20-3 and 12-0 in the second half to hold off Davidson, 75-70.

Clutch shooting down the stretch gave the Hawks the advantage they needed. The Hawks claimed their final lead of the game on a 12-0…

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La Salle 53, St. Joseph's 48: Wright and Roberts lead second half comeback to top Hawks

La Salle 53, St. Joseph’s 48: Wright and Roberts lead second half comeback to top Hawks

It was a tale of two halves at the Tom Gola Arena on Tuesday night, as the La Salle Explorers came back from being down by as many as 15 points to defeat the St. Joseph’s Hawks, 53-48.

“If you could put a picture in the dictionary next to character win, this game would go up,” said head coach John Giannini on his team’s victory. “We could have lost confidence, but we didn’t. We kept fighting,…

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Penn 56, Saint Joseph's 52: Penn snaps Big Five skid against ice cold Hawks

Penn 56, Saint Joseph’s 52: Penn snaps Big Five skid against ice cold Hawks

One man cannot win a basketball game on his own.

Behind tough defense and timely baskets, Penn pulled out a road win on its home floor by beating Saint Joseph’s 56-52 on a Saturday night sellout at the Palestra.

Though off on his jump shot, DeAndre Bembry still managed to fill the scoring column, pouring in 25 points for the Hawks. After Bembry, the scoring drop-off was steep for the Hawks. Isaia…

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Saint Joseph's 62, UMass 56: Bembry stars as Hawks bounce back

Saint Joseph’s 62, UMass 56: Bembry stars as Hawks bounce back

One game after setting a career high with 27 points in a road loss against St. Bonaventure, DeAndre Bembry was at it again. The do-it-all sophomore led all scorers with 25 points and filled out the stat sheet with eight rebounds, seven assists, a career-high five steals, and a pair of blocks to lift the Hawks (8-9, 2-4 A-10) to a 62-56 victory over UMass.

Bembry electrified the crowd with…

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St. Bonaventure 70, Saint Joseph's 61: Bonnies overcome Bembry's 27 points

St. Bonaventure 70, Saint Joseph’s 61: Bonnies overcome Bembry’s 27 points

DeAndre Bembry’s career-high 27 points were not enough to get the Hawks a road win Sunday. St. Bonaventure used clutch free throw shooting to hold off a Saint Joseph’s rally and win 70-61 in Olean, N.Y.

The Hawks (7-9, 1-4 A-10) led throughout the first half and took a 29-28 lead into the break. Bembry scored 10 of St. Joe’s first 14 points of the day to help the Hawks open up a seven-point lead.…

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La Salle 60, Fordham 49: Explorers use 14-0 run to earn victory against Rams

Looking to change their fortune after a tough loss to Dayton this past Wednesday, La Salle defeated Fordham 60-49 on Saturday to earn their second Atlantic Ten Conference victory of the season. The Explorers started the game out strong, going on a 14-0 run that lasted them the first four minutes of the game.

“The last game, we didn’t play well on defense,” said Jerrell Wright. “So we wanted to…

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