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2016-17SCHEDULENOVEMBER ESTSat.,12 TOLEDO W77-76Mon.,14 COLUMBIA W85-65Fri.,18 vs.Loyola-Chicago+ W71-57Sun.,20 OleMiss+(CBSSN) L68-81Mon.,21 NCState+(CBSSN) L 63-73Wed.,30 TEMPLE%(CBSSN) L72-78DECEMBERSat.,3 at#2/#2Villanova%(CBSSN) L57-88Sun.,11 atDrexel W72-71Wed.,14 atPrinceton(ESPNU) W76-68Sun.,18 atIllinoisState(ESPN3) L72-81Thu.,22 LAFAYETTE 7:00p.m.Fri.,30 GEORGEWASHINGTON(CSN) 7:00p.m.JANUARYTue.,3 atRhodeIsland(CBSSN) 7:00p.m.Sat.,7 atFordham(NBCSN) 3:00p.m.Tue.,10 GEORGEMASON(TCN,ASN) 7:00p.m.Sat.,14 RICHMOND(NBCSN) 12:30p.m.Wed.,18 atMassachusetts(TCN,ASN) 7:00p.m.Sat.,21 PENN(Palestra)% 7:00p.m.Tue.,24 atSt.Bonaventure 7:00p.m.Sat.,28 LASALLE(CSN,ASN) 6:00p.m.Tue.,31 DAVIDSON(TCN,ASN) 8:00p.m.FEBRUARYSat.,4 FORDHAM(TCN, ASN) 6:00p.m.Tue.,7 atDayton(TCN,ASN) 8:00p.m.Sat.,11 MASSACHUSETTS(NBCSN) 2:30p.m.Tue.,14 atVCU(CBSSN) 6:00p.m.Sat.,18 atLaSalle%(CBSSN) 4:00p.m.Wed.,22 ST.BONAVENTURE 7:00p.m.Sat.,25 atSaintLouis(NBCSN) 4:30p.m.MARCHWed.1 RHODEISLAND(TCN,ASN) 7:00p.m.Sat.,4 atDuquesne 2:00p.m.Wed.,8- Atlantic10ChampionshipSun.,12 (PPG PaintsArena,Pittsburgh,Pa.)

HomegamesinCAPSatHaganArenaunlessnoted+ParadiseJam(St.Thomas,U.S.VirginIslands)% Big5game

HAWKS’PERSONNEL2016-17Statistics

PROBABLESTARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG NotesF-#2CharlieBrown 10.6 4.8 0.9 30.7 Tallied14ptsatIllinoisStateF-#5NickRobinson 5.7 3.8 1.3 21.7 Team-high7rebsatIllinoisStateF-#23MarkellLodge 4.8 4.2 0.1 17.4 Career-high3blocksatPrincetonG-#0 LamarrKimble 14.3 4.4 4.7 36.1 Had17pts,8rebs,9astsatPrincetonG-#1 ShavarNewkirk 20.9 5.2 3.6 35.6 Hasscored20-pluspointsinallbut3games

OFFTHEBENCH PPG RPG APG MPG NotesG-#15ChrisClover 3.5 1.8 0.2 13.7 Career-high11ptsvs.ColumbiaF-#20Brendan Casper 4.6 3.1 0.6 17.6 Shot4-of-5fromfieldatIllinoisStateF-#34JavonBaumann 3.5 4.6 0.1 16.1 Personalbest9rebsinDrexelwinF-#32JaiWilliams 2.1 1.0 0.0 7.5 Season-high6ptsvs.NCStateF-#10GeraldBlount 1.0 1.0 0.0 8.0 All-NewEnglandselectionG-#3 MikeBooth 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.3 HasseenactioninthreegamesG-#21KyleThompson 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.7 HasplayedinthreegamesG-#13ChristianVega 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Juniorwalk-oninsecondyearwithteamG-#11ToliverFreeman -- -- -- -- Joinsthesquadasawalk-onINJUREDF-#25JamesDemery 11.0 8.0 0.0 32.0 RecoveringfromstressfractureF-#22LorenzoEdwards 0.0 1.0 0.0 4.0 OutindefinitelywithshoulderinjuryG-#24PierfrancescoOliva 4.0 3.7 1.7 16.5 Sidelinedfortheseasonw/kneeinjury

GAMESTORIES• ShavarNewkirkhad21pointsbuttheHawkslostatIllinoisState,81-72,toendtheirfour-gameroadswing.CharlieBrownwastheonlyotherHawkindoublefigureswith14points.NickRobinson hadaseason-bestsevenreboundsinhishomecomingtoIllinois.•TheHawkshavebeenledinscoringbyShavarNewkirk insevengamesandby LamarrKimblethreetimes.•SaintJoseph’scurrentRPI is54(asofDec.20).•SJUopensdefenseof itsAtlantic10crownwhen itbegins leagueplayonDec.30,hostingGeorgeWashington.

MEDIAINFORMATION

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SAINTJOSEPH’SHAWKS(5-5)vs.

LAFAYETTELEOPARDS(4-6)Game#11•December22,2016•7p.m.

HaganArena•Philadelphia,Pa.

GAMEDAYARENA MichaelJ.Hagan‘85Arena(4,200)TELEVISION NoneRADIO 610Sports(MattMartucci,JoeLunardi)AUDIOSTREAMING SJUHawks.comVIDEOSTREAMING A-10Network(Atlantic10.com)SERIESRECORD SJUleads32-8SJU STREAK 1lossHAWKS’NEXTGAME Dec.30vs.GeorgeWashington,7p.m.,CSN

#THWND SJUHawks.com #FlyasOne

STATISTICALCOMPARISONSaintJoseph’s Lafayette

OverallRecord 5-5 4-6ConferenceRecord 0-0 0-0HomeRecord 2-1 2-4AwayRecord 2-2 2-2NeutralRecord 1-2 0-0PointsperGame 71.3 68.4OpponentPointsperGame 73.8 76.0FieldGoalPct. .414 .433OpponentFieldGoalPct. .441 .4483-Pt.FieldGoalsMadeperGame 6.6 7.93-Pt.Field GoalPct. .332 .362Opponent3-Pt.FieldGoalPct. .377 .383FreeThrowsMadeperGame 15.0 10.9FreeThrowPct. .682 .623ReboundsperGame 37.1 33.6OpponentReboundsperGame 36.2 39.8AssistsperGame 11.6 13.7TurnoversperGame 11.3 14.2OpponentTurnoversperGame 12.4 13.6BlocksperGame 3.2 2.4

HAWKS’ROSTERNO. NAME CL POS HT WT HOMETOWN HIGHSCHOOL0 LamarrKimble So. G 6-0 190 Philadelphia,Pa. Neumann-Goretti1 ShavarNewkirk Jr. G 6-0 180 NewYork,N.Y. CardinalHayes2 CharlieBrown Fr. F 6-7 185 Philadelphia,Pa. St.ThomasMore(Conn.)3 MichaelBooth Jr. G 6-3 200 Thornton,Pa. BishopShanahan5 NickRobinson Fr. F 6-6 201 Chicago,Ill. KenwoodAcademy10 GeraldBlount Fr. F 6-6 220 Suwanee,Ga. PomfretSchool(Conn.)11 ToliverFreeman Fr. G 6-3 213 BatonRouge,La. Catholic13 ChristianVega Jr. G 6-0 175 Guaynabo,P.R. ColegioSanJosé15 ChrisClover So. G 6-3 213 Philadelphia,Pa. St.Joseph’sPrep20 BrendanCasper Sr. F 6-6 213 Audubon,Pa. Methacton21 KyleThompson Jr. G 6-2 190 Mt.Laurel,N.J. St.Joseph'sPrep22 LorenzoEdwards Fr. F 6-7 222 LakeForest,Ill. LakeForest23 MarkellLodge So. F 6-7 214 Washington,N.C. PaceAcademy24 PierfrancescoOliva# So. F 6-8 201 Taranto,Italy BergenCatholic(N.J.)25 JamesDemery Jr. F 6-6 198 Williamston,N.C. NorthsideChristianAcademy32 JaiWilliams Jr. F 6-9 240 Philadelphia,Pa. Phila.ElectricalTech.Charter34 JavonBaumann Gr. F 6-8 255 Solms-Oberbiel,Germany Theodor-Heus#injured-willsitoutseason

HeadCoach:PhilMartelli(Widener‘76)-22ndyearAssistantCoaches:MarkBass(SaintJoseph’s‘95)-18thyear;DavidDuda(SpringGarden‘88)-11thyear;

GeoffArnold(SaintJoseph’s‘86)-9thyearDirectorofBasketballOperations: RobSullivan(SaintJoseph’s‘06)AthleticTrainer: BillLukasiewicz(Springfield‘88)Captains: JavonBaumann,BrendanCasper,LamarrKimble

PRONUNCIATIONGUIDE

JavonBaumann . . . . .ja-VONBOW(likenow)-min(Gerald)Blount . . . . . .blunt(Chris)Clover . . . . . . .CLOE-verrMarkell(Lodge) . . . . . .mar-KELLShavar(Newkirk) . . . .shuh-VARPierfrancesco(Oliva) .pe-AIR-fran-CHES-coJai(Williams) . . . . . . . .Ji(rhymeswith“eye”)

(Bill) Lukasiewicz . . . . .Lu-KAZ-uh-WITZ

BROADCASTSCHEDULEDate Opponent EST TV Radio DigitalNov.12 TOLEDO 7:00p.m. 610 A10NNov.14 COLUMBIA 7:00p.m. 800 A10NNov.18 vs.Loyola-Chicago+ 12:30p.m. 800 FloNov.20 vs.OleMiss+ 6:00p.m. CBSSN 610Nov.21 vs.NCState+ 6:00p.m. CBSSN 610Nov.30 TEMPLE 7:00p.m. CBSSN 610Dec.3 atVillanova 1:00p.m. CBSSN 800Dec.11 atDrexel 6:00p.m. 610Dec.14 atPrinceton 5:00p.m. ESPNU 610 WatchESPNDec.18 atIllinoisState 4:00p.m. 610 ESPN3Dec.22 LAFAYETTE 7:00p.m. 610 A10NDec.30 GEORGEWASHINGTON 7:00p.m. CSN 610Jan.3 atRhodeIsland 7:00p.m. CBSSN 610Jan.7 atFordham 3:00p.m. NBCSN 610 NBCJan.10 GEORGEMASON 7:00p.m. TCN/ASN 800 ASNJan.14 RICHMOND 12:30p.m. NBCSN 800 NBCJan.18 atMassachusetts 7:00p.m. TCN/ASN 610 ASNJan.21 PENN(atPalestra) 7:00p.m. 610 A10NJan.24 atSt.Bonaventure 7:00p.m. TCN/ASN 800 ASNJan.28 LASALLE 6:00p.m. CSN/ASN 610 ASNJan.31 DAVIDSON 8:00p.m. TCN/ASN 610 ASNFeb.4 FORDHAM 6:00p.m. TCN/ASN 800 ASNFeb.7 atDayton 8:00p.m. TCN/ASN 800 ASNFeb.11 MASSACHUSETTS 2:30p.m. NBCSN 800 NBCFeb.14 atVCU 6:00p.m. CBSSN 800Feb.18 atLaSalle& 4:00p.m. CBSSN 610Feb.22 ST.BONAVENTURE 7:00p.m. 800Feb.25 atSaintLouis 4:30p.m. NBCSN 800 NBCMarch1 RHODEISLAND 7:00p.m. TCN/ASN 610March4 atDuquesne 2:00p.m. 610March8-12 Atlantic10Championship

(PPGPaintsArena,Pittsburgh,Pa.)

*ParadiseJam(St.Thomas,U.S.VirginIslands)

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610=610Sports(AM);800=WTMRAM 800

2016-17SAINTJOSEPH’SBASKETBALL•2

SERIESHISTORYSAINTJOSEPH’Svs.LAFAYETTE

All-TimeSeries:SJUleads32-8SJUStreak:9winsFirstMeeting:12/6/30LastMeeting: 11/17/06,SJU81-73LastSJUWin:11/17/06,81-73LastLCWin: 12/3/75,95-88CoachMartellivs.LC: 3-0

SJUand Lafayettehaven’tmet since the2006-07 season... TheHawksownanine-gamewinningstreakvs.Lafayette,withtheLeopards’lastwincomingonDec.3,1975...Thisisonlythe11thgameinthe41oftheseriesthathasbeenplayedonSJU’scampus.Amajorityofthemfrom1956to1982wereplayedatThe Palestra... SJU owns a three-game home winning streak against theLeopards.

LastFive Games11/17/06 W 81-73 H11/18/05 W 70-47 H12/29/99 W 83-812ot N1/6/82 W 81-57 P3/6/81 W 59-41 A

PHILMARTELLIHeadCoach

In 22 seasons as headcoach at Saint Joseph’s, PhilMartelli has built a programthatisconsistentlyoneofthetop in the conference, aperennial postseason partici-pant and a keyplayeron thenationalscene.Indoingso,hehas earned his place amongthe top coaches in the

school’sstoriedhistoryandhasbecomeoneofthemorerespectedcoachesinthegame.

MartelliistheHawks'all-timeleaderincareervic-tories with a mark of 408-278. Setting the schoolrecordforwinsinaseason(30)in2004,MartellihasguidedSJUto20ormorevictoriesninetimesinthepast 21 seasons,which is themost for anyHawks'coach.Hisrecordof198-142inAtlantic10playisthemostconferencewinsforanyactivecoachandrankssecondall-timeintheleague.

SevenofMartelli’splayershavereachedtheNBA,with three First Round draft picks - DeAndre’Bembry (2016), JameerNelson (2004) andDelonteWest(2004)-andasecond-roundselectionAhmadNivins(2009).DwayneJonesandRonaldRoberts,Jr.each had NBA stints while undrafted free agentLangstonGallowayearnedAll-RookieSecondTeamhonorswiththeNewYorkKnicksin2014-15.Nelson(Denver), Galloway (New Orleans) and Bembry(Atlanta)arecurrentlyplayingintheNBA.

Martellihasbeenathisbestwhen itcountsthemostashis18postseasonwins(7NCAA,11NIT)arethemostinschoolhistory.HehastakenSJUtothepostseasoninfourofthelastfiveyears,and13timesinhis21seasonsatSJU.

Saint Joseph’s 2015-16 team made its mark asoneof thebest in schoolhistory, compiling a28-8record for the second-most victories for a Hawkteam.SJUwonitssecondA-10titleinthreeseasonsand advanced to the NCAA Second Round for thefirst time since 2004. Martelli, who recorded his400th career win, earned Big 5 Coach of the YearhonorsastheHawkswerethethirdmostimprovedteaminthenation.Healsohadtwoofthebestplay-ersintheleague,asDeAndre’BembrywastheA-10Player of the Year and Isaiah Miles was the Most

ImprovedPlayer,withbothearning All-Conferencehonors.

He has also served thegame of basketball as aPast President of theNABC’s Board of Directorsand as member of theNCAA Division I Men'sEthicsCoalition.In2016,hewashonoredwiththeGeneBartow Award byCollegeInsider.comforout-standing achievement andcontributionstothegame.

The 2014-15 Hawkswere challenged after los-ing three All-Conferenceplayersfromthe2014A-10champion team, but sawthe emergence of sopho-more DeAndre’ Bembry ashetoppedtheA-10inscor-ingandearnedAll-ConferenceFirstTeamhonors.

In2013-14,Martelliandhisveteranteamturnedinoneofthemorememorableseasonsinschoolhis-tory, adding another A-10 Championship to hisrésumé. The Hawks, led by seniors LangstonGalloway, Halil Kanacevic and Ronald Roberts, Jr.,won20of26games frommid-Decemberand cap-turedtheschool’sthirdconferencetitleanditsfirstsince1997.SJUwent24-10andreachedtheNCAATournamentforthesixthtimeunderMartelli,fallingtoeventualchampionConnecticut.

The 2012-13 season saw an experienced SaintJoseph’s squad reach the Atlantic 10 QuarterfinalsandearnasecondconsecutiveNIT bid,forthe11thpostseasonberthinMartelli’scareer.

In2011-12,MartelliandtheHawksbecameoneof nine teams in thenation towin 20 games afterlosing20thepreviousseason,andalsoreturnedtothepostseasonwithanNIT bid.Fivedifferentplay-ers received Atlantic 10 honors, themost ever forthe Hawks. SJU also scored twowins over Top 25teams(CreightonandTemple)andMartellibecameSJU’sall-timeleaderinvictories.

Martelli guided young squads in 2010-11 and2009-10,aftercomingoffa2008-09seasonthatsaw

theHawksgo17-15forhisninthconsecutive winning season.Among the highlights of ‘08-09was Ahmad Nivins becomingthethirdHawkinsixyearsto garner the Atlantic 10’sPlayeroftheYearAward.Nivinswas also chosen by the DallasMavericks in the 2009 NBADraft, becoming the thirdMartelliplayerdrafted.

The 2007-08 Hawksreached the Atlantic 10Championship game for thethird time in four years andearned the program’s 19th bidto the NCAA Tournament, andMartelli’sfifth.The11th-seededHawks fell to sixth-seededOklahoma in the NCAA FirstRound,whileendingtheyearat21-13.

Martelli turned in anothertop-notch coaching perform-ance in 2005-06, as the Hawkswentfroma10-12recordtowineight consecutive games toreach the Atlantic 10 champi-onship game for the secondyear in a row. SJU earned itssixth consecutive postseasonbidtotheNIT.

In2004-05,Martelliturnedin perhaps a more remarkablecoaching job than in 2003-04when he was the consensus

National Coach of the Year. Facedwith the loss oftwoNBAfirst-rounddraftpicks,MartelliguidedSJUto21winsinthecalendaryearof2005toposta24-12 record. Saint Joseph’s posted the conference’sbestrecord(14-2),wonitsfifthstraightregular-sea-sontitletotietheleaguerecord,earnedtheA-10’stopseedandreachedthetitlegame.Hewasnamedthe Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year for the secondstraightseasonandthefourthtimeinhiscareer.SJUmadeanexcitingsix-gamerun intheNIT, falling inthetitlegame.

In 2003-04, Martelli guided a focused andunselfish squad that became the most compellingstory in college basketball. The Hawkswent unde-featedintheregularseason,reachedthepinnacleasthe top-ranked team in thenation and earned theschool’s first-ever number-one seed in the NCAATournament, while advancing to the Elite Eight.JameerNelsonwastheconsensusNationalPlayerofthe Year and with teammate Delonte West, wereboth first-round selections in the NBA Draft. SJUopened the season ranked 12th in the polls andmovedupthroughouttheyear,takingthetopspotonMarch8,2004,forthefirsttimeever,whilefin-ishingfifthinthepolls,forSJU’shighestfinalrankingsince1966.

MartellijoinedwithNelsontosweepthenationalcoach and player awards, marking one of the fewtimesinhistorythatthetopplayerandcoachwerefrom the same school.Hewas also theAtlantic 10Coach of the Year for the third time and a repeatwinneroftheBig5CoachoftheYearaward.A 1976 graduate ofWidener, Martelli began his

career on Hawk Hill with SJU's 1985-86 NCAATournamentteam.After10yearsasanassistantatSaintJoseph’s,Martelliwasnamedthe14thcoachinschool history on July 20, 1995, and just the thirdnon-alumnustotoguideSJU.

Martelli burst onto the scene in his first season(1995-96) and took the squad to the NIT champi-onshipgame.Hefollowedthat in1996-97withtheAtlantic 10 regular season and tournament titles,alongwithaberthintheNCAA Sweet16.

Prior to his arrival at SJU, Martelli spent sevenyears as head basketball coach at Bishop KenrickHigh School and had a stint as assistant coach atWidener, helping guide the Pioneers to the 1978NCAADivisionIIIFinalFour.

AsapointguardatWidener,hewaspartof theNCAATournamentteamsin1975and1976,andsettheschool'ssingleseasonandcareerassistmarks.

Martelli and his wife, Judy, a former basketballplayer with the national champion ImmaculataCollege teams in the 1970s, have three children -Phil, Jr., Jimmy and Elizabeth. Phil, Jr. and andElizabeth are both Saint Joseph’s graduates. TheMartelli’s have six grandchildren - Philip Stephen,Marra,Avery,Brynley,MadalynandNolan.

THEMARTELLIFILECareerRecord: 408-278(22years)Atlantic10Record: 198-142PostseasonRecord:18-13(overall);7-7(NCAATournament)

Birthdate:August31,1954Hometown:Media,Pa.Education:WidenerUniversity,1976PlayingCareer:WidenerUniversity,1972-76CollegeCoachingCareer: HeadCoach,SaintJoseph’sUniversity,July20,1995topresent;AssistantCoach,SaintJoseph’s,1985-86to1994-95.Family: Wife,Judy;children-Phil,Jr.,Jimmy,Elizabeth;grandchildrenPhilipStephen,Marra,Avery,Brynley,MadalynandNolan.

Honors: 2004ConsensusNationalCoachoftheYear;Atlantic10CoachoftheYear(2005,2004,2001,1997);USBWA DistrictCoachoftheYear(2004,1997);PhiladelphiaBig5CoachoftheYear(2016,2004,1997,1996);HonoraryDoctorates-WidenerUniversity2004,CabriniCollege2006,ImmaculataUniversity2010.

MARTELLIYEAR-BY-YEAR(22seasons)OVERALL ATLANTIC10

YEAR W L PCT W L PCT POSTSEASON1995-96 19 13 .594 9 7 .562 NIT Runner-up1996-97 26 7 .788 13 3 .812* NCAA Sweet161997-98 11 17 .393 3 13 .1871998-99 12 18 .400 5 11 .3121999-00 13 16 .448 7 9 .4372000-01 26 7 .788 14 2 .875 NCAA2ndRound2001-02 19 12 .613 12 4 .750 NIT2ndRound2002-03 23 7 .767 12 4 .750 NCAA1stRound2003-04 30 2 .937 16 0 1.000 NCAAEliteEight2004-05 24 12 .667 14 2 .875 NIT Runner-up2005-06 19 14 .575 9 7 .562 NIT2ndRound2006-07 18 14 .562 9 7 .5622007-08 21 13 .617 9 7 .562 NCAA1stRound2008-09 17 15 .530 9 7 .5622009-10 11 20 .343 5 11 .3122010-11 11 22 .333 4 12 .2502011-12 20 14 .589 9 7 .562 NIT 1stRound2012-13 18 14 .562 8 8 .500 NIT 1stRound2013-14 24 10 .705 11 5 .687* NCAA1stRound2014-15 13 18 .419 7 11 .3892015-16 28 8 .778 13 5 .722* NCAA2ndRound2016-17 5 5 .500 0 0 .000Totals 408 278 .595 198 142 .582 6NCAA,6NIT*Atlantic10Champion



LAST TIME OUT: Shavar Newkirk led the Hawks with 21 points, butSaint Joseph's fell to Illinois State, 81-72, at Redbird Arena. CharlieBrown reached double figures with 14 points, including 4-of-8 fromthree-pointrange.Trailing41-27athalftime,SaintJoseph'sgotbackintothegamewith13-4runtocutthedeficittofive.LamarrKimble scoredsevenofhisninepointsduringtherun,includingathree-pointertobringthedeficitunderdoubledigitsat45-36with15:42 togo.ConsecutivebasketsbyJavonBaumannandChrisClovercappedoffa7-0stretchandmade it a45-40gameat11:56. Illinois Statehita three,butBrendanCasper answered with one of his own to make it 48-43 with 11:13remaining.Thatprecededa9-2stretch for theRedbirdsover thenext2:30,andaftertheteamstradedbaskets,Newkirkhitshotsonconsecu-tivepossessionstogetitbacktosingledigitsat59-51with7:18toplay.Fromthere, theHawkswouldgetnocloser thaneight the restof theway. SJU fell behind early, trailing 17-6with 11:04 to go in the half.BrownandKimblethencombinedforfiveinarow,buta7-0runextend-edtheRedbirds'advantageto24-11atthe8:51mark.SJUgotwithin28-20,butIllinoisStateusedan8-3runoverthenextthreeminutestopushthe leadto36-23with1:49toplay.TheRedbirdswent intothebreakwith their biggest lead of the half after a three-quarter-court buzzerbeater.SJUshotjust36percentfromthefloorinthefirsthalfandturnedtheballover12 times. TheHawks recovered in the second, shooting46.7percenton14-of-30fromthefloorandturningitoveronlytwice.

NOPLACELIKEHOME:TheHawksaremakingtheirfirstappearanceinHaganArenasinceNov.30 (losstoTemple),astretchoffourconsecutivegamesinwhichtheywent2-2.SJUis2-1athomethusfarthisyear.

PRELUDETOAHOLIDAY: Tonight’sgameiswhatPhilMartelli callsthe“toughest” game of the year to coach. As the last game beforeChristmas,theplayershavefinishedexams,campusisemptyandit’stheplayers’lastgamebeforegoinghomeforashortbreak.TheHawkshavefaredwellinrecentyears,havingwonthelastthreeinarow,butownanoverall12-9recordinMartelli’s21seasons.

SLOW STARTERS:A slow start doomed the Hawks at Illinois State, asthey fell behind by 14 points at the half. SJU committed 12 turnoversandshotjust36percent,whileIllinoismade50percentofitsshots,andwent6-for-11frombehindthearc.TheHawkspickeditupinthesecondhalf,butcouldn’tovercomethedeficit,losing81-72.

CHARLIEINCHARGE:FreshmanCharlieBrown averaged13.0pointsand5.5 rebounds in theHawks’ twogames lastweek,whileshooting46.2percent (6-of-13) from three-point range. Brown cored 12 points andgrabbedteam-high7reboundsinwinoverPrincetonandhad14pointsatIllinoisState,makingaseason-best4-of-8three-pointers.

HOLDINGON:AtPrinceton,SaintJoseph’sseemedtobeholdingacom-fortable 10-point lead, but saw the Tigers take advantageof a seven-minutefieldgoaldroughtandusea10-0runtotiethegame.Princetonthenwentahead,64-61,beforeShavarNewkirk brokethestreakwithalayupat3:37.ConsecutivebasketsbyCharlieBrown and MarkellLodgehelped SJU regain the lead, 67-64. Four straight points from NickRobinson expandedtheleadto71-64andfreethrowsbyNewkirkandLamarrKimble icedthewin.

STARRINGSHAVAR:ShavarNewkirk scoredtheHawks’final11pointstoliftSJU tothewinoverDrexelandearnBig5Co-PlayeroftheWeekhon-orsforDec.12.ItmarkedthefirstBig5honorsofhiscareer.Newkirk’sscoringstreakstartedwith4:27toplay,ashisjumperforceda63-63tie.Thejuniorconnectedon3-of-3fieldgoalsand5-of-6fromthefoullineinthefinalfourminuteswhilehisthree-pointplaywith10.7secondsleft

provedtobethedecidingpoints.Itwasthesecondgame-winningshotofhiscareerashehitashortjumperwithonesecondlefttogiveSJUa66-64winoverOldDominioninthe2015Hallof FameTip-OffClassic.

WELL-GUARDED: Saint Joseph’s backcourt of Shavar Newkirk andLamarr“Fresh”Kimblehascombinedtoscore49percentoftheHawks’641pointsandhaveeachexceededtheircareer-highsalreadythisyear.Newkirk had a career-high 28 points in the opener vs. Toledo, withKimble bettering his career-high by scoring 16 points. Kimble thenincreasedhispersonalbestvs.Columbiawith19points,andagainwith26pointsagainstLoyolaChicago.Newkirkhasrecorded20-pluspointsinsevenof10games.Lastseason,theduosplittimeatpointguardsothisisthefirsttimethey’reseeingsignificantplayingtimetogether.

INJURYUPDATE: Junior JamesDemery,who has been sidelined sinceNov.14withastressfracture,isoutofhiswalkingbootanddoingcar-diowork.Heisbeingevaluatedweeklybydoctorsandcouldreturntothe practice court in a week or two. Freshman Lorenzo Edwards hasbeenbattlingashoulderinjuryandisoutindefinitely.

BIGBOARDS: SaintJoseph’sdominatedtheboardsatPrinceton,outre-boundingtheTigers,58-34,intotalreboundsand19-7ontheoffensiveglass.ItwasthemosttotalreboundsforSJU sincetheHawkshad50atSt.BonaventureonJan.14,2009.

TWO-BY-TWO: PhilMartellihassaidthattheHawksneedtomaketheirtwo-pointfieldgoalsforthemtobesuccessful.Theyarecurrentlycon-verting45percent(184-405)oftheirtwo-pointfieldgoalsand33.2per-centoftheirthree-pointers.Saint Joseph’sisaveraging19.6three-pointfieldgoalattemptspergame.

RALLYCAPS:ThewinoverDrexelmarkedthelargestdeficitovercomebytheHawksforavictorythisseason.SJUtrailedby11pointsinthefirsthalfandthenagainwith14:51leftinthesecondhalf.

CAN’TMISS:ShavarNewkirkisputtingupcareer-bestnumbersthusfarwhileshooting45.8percentfromthefield.Thejuniorhasscored20-pluspointsinallbutthreegamesthisyear.

FRESH APPROACH: Sophomore tri-captain Lamarr Kimble started theseasonbetteringhiscareer-highforthethirdtimeinthreegameswith26pointsvs.LoyolaChicago.Kimbleshot10-for-17 fromthe fieldandmade a personal best five three-pointers. It marked the first 20-pluspointgameofhiscareer.

WORKINGOVERTIME: LamarrKimble andShavarNewkirk are seeingcareer-highnumbersinminutesplayed,withKimbleaveraging36.1andNewkirkat35.6.KimbleisthirdintheA-10andranks21stinthenationforminutesplayed,whileNewkirkisfourthintheleagueand30thinthenationalrankings.Kimbleplayedacareer-high37minutesagainstbothLoyolaChicagoandTemple,whileNewkirk reachedanewcareer-highwith38minutesversusTemple.Theduoactuallyplayedall20minutestogetherofthesecondhalfatDrexel,forthefirsttimethisseason.

HANDSOFF:Astheyhaveinthepastfewyears,theHawksarelimitingtheirpersonal foulsandaverage17.4pergame.They leadtheA-10 infewestfoulswith174andrank48thinthenation.Atonepointlastyear,SJU led thenation in fewest foulsandonlyhad10disqualificationsallseason.

BOOSTFROMBRENDAN:SeniorBrendanCasper scoreda career-high10pointsinthewinatDrexel,includingastretchofsixstraightduringan



8-0runinthefirsthalf.Theformerwalk-onisnowintherotationandsaw a personal-best 23 mintues of action against both Drexel andColumbia.After theColumbia game,Phil Martelli said, “I thought theseniorsreallyhelped.Brendan’sthreechargesandactivity,energy,andconfidence.Hedoesn'tjust'haveascholarship.'He'sascholarshipplay-ernow,andheapproacheditlikethat.Hehasapproachedeverydayinpracticelikethat.”

SOCLOSE:Lamarr Kimble justmissedatriple-doubleatPrincetonashescored17points,grabbedacareer-higheightreboundsandtiedhisper-sonalbestwithnineassists.

BAUMANN’SBOARDS:GraduatestudentJavonBaumann cameupbigfor theHawks in thewinatDrexel.Hewas3-for-3 fromthe fieldandrecorded a new career-high of nine reboundswhile playing a season-high 22 minutes. Baumann also had a block on one of Drexel’s finalattemptswithtwosecondstogo.

BYTHENUMBERS: ThewinoverDrexelendedafour-gamelosingskidforSJU,whichwasthelongestsince2014-15.

EVENMOREIMPROVED?: Lastseason,theHawks’IsaiahMileswasoneofthemostimprovedplayersinthenation,earningthatawardfromtheA-10 and the Big 5.Miles had increased his scoring average by sevenpointsupto18.1pergameandbecameoneoftheHawks’go-toplayers.Althoughit’sstillearlyintheseason,ShavarNewkirk hasshownanevenbiggerincreaseinhisscoringaverage.Lastseasonhescored8.0pointspergame-he’snowaveraging20.9.

TAKINGCAREOF THEBALL: SJU currently ranks 21st in the nation infewestturnoverswith113,and28thinturnoverspergamewithan11.3average.Conversely,theHawkshaveoneofthelowestassistaveragesinthenation.Theyrank306thinthenationwith11.6assistspergame.

WHATCANBROWNDOFORYOU: FreshmanCharlieBrown hasscoreddoublefigures infivegamesthisyear,withahighof15pointsagainstColumbia. Brown had 14 points, five rebounds and a team-high fivesteals against NC State. After three games of less than 10 points, hescored12inthePrincetonwin.Thefreshmanishittingateam-high44.0percentofthisthree-pointfieldgoalattempts.

MARKELL’S MARK: Redshirt sophomoreMarkell Lodge has come onstrongasof late.AgainstTemple,he scoreda career-highninepointsandgrabbedfiverebounds,whileplayingapersonalbest24minutes.Hereachedanewcareer-highwith10reboundsatVillanovaandthenhadninereboundsandacareer-highthreeblocksatPrinceton.

RAININGTHREES:AgainstTemple, theHawksconnectedona season-bestfrombehindthearc,going12-for-23.ShavarNewkirk ledthewaywith4-of-6,whileCharlieBrown andLamarrKimble eachhadthree.Itwas the most three-pointers for the Hawks since they had 10 atMassachusettsonFeb.24,2016.

CHARGE IT: Senior Brendan Casper has a knack this year for takingchargesandhastakentheminmultiplegames.CaspertookthreeinthefirsthalfagainstColumbiaandhadtwointhewinoverDrexel.

NICK OF TIME: Freshman Nick Robinson had his best game to dateagainstTemple,scoringaseason-high11pointson4-for-7shooting.Healsoconnectedon2-of-3three-pointers.ThenativeofIllinoisalsohadaseason-highsevenreboundsatIllinoisState.RobinsonreplacedJames

Demery in the starting lineup beginningwith the second game, afterDemerywasdiagnosedwithastressfracture.

TOURNEYTALES: ShavarNewkirk topped theHawks in scoring at theParadiseJam,averaging21.3pointsinthethreegames.LamarrKimblescored13.0pointswhileCharlieBrown averaged12.0pointspergameastheHawksfinishedfifthinthetournament.

A-10ACCOLADES: JuniorShavarNewkirk wasnamedtheAtlantic10Co-PlayeroftheWeekforNov.14,markingthefirsttimeinhiscareerthatheearnedaconferencehonor.Newkirkscoredacareer-high28pointsandgrabbedapersonalbestsevenreboundsintheHawks’season-open-ing77-76winoverToledo.Hemadeacareer-high9-of-16fromthefieldwhilealsohitting7-of-9fromthefoulline.Inasecondhalfwhichsawtheleadchange25times,Newkirkconnectedonashortjumperat:46thatgavetheHawkstheleadforgood.Healsomadetwofreethrowswith:25lefttohelpsealthewin.

BIGLOSS: TheHawkssufferedahugelosswhenitwasdeterminedthatjuniorJamesDemeryhadsufferedastressfractureintheToledogame(Nov. 12). Demerywas diagnosedwith a stress fracture in the fourthmetatarsalofhisleftfootandhasbeensidelinedsincethen.A6-6jun-ior,Demeryhad11pointsandtiedhiscareer-highwitheightreboundsintheHawks’77-76seasonopeningwinoverToledo.HewasSJU’slead-ingreturningscorerafteraveraging8.0pointspergamelastyear.


HONORROLLShavarNewkirk Atlantic10Co-PlayeroftheWeek(11/14)

Big5Co-PlayeroftheWeek(12/12)

HAWKLEADERS(numberofgamesledineachcategory;includessharedhighs)

Points Rebounds Assists Steals BlocksShavarNewkirk 6 2 4 2 0LamarrKimble 3 1 6 2 1JamesDemery 0 1 0 0 0MarkellLodge 0 2 0 0 5ChrisClover 0 0 0 1 0CharlieBrown 0 2 0 2 1JavonBaumann 0 2 0 0 3NickRobinson 0 1 1 2 0BrendanCasper 0 0 0 3 0

HAWKDOUBLESDouble-FigurePoints

‘16-17 Streak* CareerShavarNewkirk 10 11 22LamarrKimble 8 -- 19JamesDemery 2 2 26CharlieBrown 5 2 5ChrisClover 1 -- 1Brendan Casper 1 -- 1JavonBaumann -- -- 1

20-plusPointGames‘16-17 Streak Career

ShavarNewkirk 7 -- 6LamarrKimble 1 -- 1

Double-FigureRebounds‘16-17 Streak Career

MarkellLodge 1 -- 1

*datingbacktolastseason


ANOLDERPRESENCE:PhilMartelli alsocitedtheplayofgraduatestu-dentJavonBaumann intheColumbiawin.Baumannplayed16minutesandtoppedtheteamwithsixrebounds.“IthoughtJavon(Baumann)wasverygoodwithsixreboundsin16minutes.Heguardslikeanolderguy,”saidMartelli.

CALLINGON CHRIS: SophomoreChris Clover is expected tomake animpactthisyearafterseeinglimitedactionin2015-16.Afterascorelessfirst game, Clover rebounded with a career-high 11 points againstColumbia,shooting5-for-8fromthefield.

YOUNGGUNS:WithfreshmenCharlieBrown andNick Robinson inthestarting lineup, it’s the youngest groupof startersunderPhilMartellisince2010-11whenLangstonGalloway,C.J.AikenandDaryusQuarlesstartedasfreshmen.BecauseoftheinjurytoJamesDemery,theHawkshave started two freshmen, two sophomores and a junior, beginningwiththeColumbiagame.TheaverageageofSJU’sstartinglineupis19.6yearsold.

BANNERYEAR:TheHawksarecomingoffofoneofthebestseasonsinschoolhistory,whichsawthemgo28-8andwintheirthirdAtlantic10Championshipintwoseasons.SJUwasledbyA-10andBig5PlayeroftheYear DeAndre’Bembry,andIsaiahMiles,theMostImprovedPlayerintheA-10andBig5.SaintJoseph’swasthethirdmostimprovedteaminthenationandthe28victorieswerethesecondbestinschoolhisto-ry,behindonly the2003-04NCAA EliteEight squad,whichwent30-2.SJU raised its newest championship banner in Hagan Arena in a pre-gameceremonyattheseasonopenervs.Toledo.

DEAN OF COACHES: Now in his 22nd season as Saint Joseph’s headcoach,PhilMartelliisthedeanofA-10coaches.He’stheHawks’leaderinwinswitha408-278record,andhasa198-142recordinAtlantic10playforthemostconferencewinsofanyactivecoach,andthesecondmostall-time.

THEY’REBACK:Although Saint Joseph’s returned 12 players from lastyear’sA-10championteam,only fourof themaverageddouble-figureminutesduringthatseason.ShavarNewkirk isthelonestarterreturningsince Pierfrancesco Oliva will be sidelined for the year with a kneeinjury. JamesDemery andLamarrKimble were theother twoplayersseeingsignificantplayingtime,makingkeycontributionsoffthebenchlastseason.

DOUBLEDOWN: ThismarksthefirsttimeinPhilMartelli’s careerthathe entered the season without a returning double figure scorer. TheHawkslostIsaiahMiles(18.1),DeAndre’Bembry(17.4)andAaronBrown(10.4) from last year’s 28-8 team. SJU’s leading returning scorers areJamesDemery (8.1)andShavarNewkirk (8.0).

RARING TO GO: Redshirt sophomore Markell Lodge made his firstcareerstartvs.Toledoandhadfourpointsandtwoblocks.Lodgesawlimitedactionlastseasoninhisfirstyearaftersittingout2014-15tocon-centrateonacademics.A6-8forwardfromPaceAcademy(N.C.),Lodgeownsaverticalleapof39inches,whichisthehighestintheprogram’shistory.

FROMTHESTART: CharlieBrownbecamethefourthfreshmaninfouryears tobe in the starting lineuponopeningday.PierfrancescoOlivawas a starter in 30 games last year. Previous freshman starterswereDeAndre’Bembry withall34gamesin2013-14andJamesDemerywith29gamesin2014-15.

HARDWORKPAYSOFF: Seniortri-captainBrendanCasper wasawardedascholarshipforthe2016-17academicyear.CasperjoinedtheHawksasawalk-onasafreshmanin2013-14andpreviouslyearnedascholarshipfortheSpring2016semester.Enteringthisyearheplayedin42careergames, including a personal best 23 as a sophomore, andhas been amemberoftheHawks’twoA-10championteams.Casperwasselectedtothe2016NABCHonorsCourt,whichrecognizesacademicexcellence.

WELCOMETOHAWKHILL: TheHawkshavewelcomedfivenewcomersthis season - Charlie Brown (Philadelphia), Gerald Blount (Suwanee,Ga.), Lorenzo Edwards (Lake Forest, Ill.),Nick Robinson (Chicago, Ill.)andwalk-onToliverFreeman (BatonRouge,La.).

ONTHESIDELINES:TheHawkssufferedablowoverthesummerwhenPierfrancescoOliva hadsurgeryinlateJunetorepairanosteochondraldefectinhisrightknee,achronicconditionthatwasaggravatedinpost-seasonworkouts.Afterpost-surgeryevaluationthroughoutthesummer,itwasdeterminedthathewillneedclosetoayearofrehabilitation.The6-8forwardfromTaranto,Italy,wasastarterin30gamesforthe2016Atlantic10ChampionHawks.Heaveraged4.0pointsand3.7reboundswhilescoringdoublefigurestwice.

HAWK CAPTAINS:Graduate student Javon Baumann, seniorBrendanCasper and sophomore Lamarr Kimble were voted as tri-captains bytheirteammates.Kimbleisthesecondsophomoreinthepastthreesea-sonstoearnthedistinction,andisthethirdsophomoreinschoolhisto-rytoserveasacaptain.ThefirstsophomorecaptainwasJoeOakes,whocaptainedthefamed“MightyMites”teamin1936-37.

CAROLINAONMYMIND:TheHawks’rosterfeaturestwoplayersfromthestateofNorthCarolina-JamesDemery(Williamston)andMarkellLodge(Washington).

ANEWMAN: JaiWilliamshaslostcloseto60poundssincecomingtocampus in 2013-14.He redshirted that season to further his develop-ment andhas seen limited action in the past two years.Wiliamswas


STATSBYHALFPoints High:50vs.Columbia(1st)

Low:26atVillanova(2nd)Rebounds High:34atPrinceton (2nd)

Low:13vs.Toledo(1st)Assists High:10vs.OleMiss(1st);vs.Columbia(1st)

Low:3atPrinceton(2nd);vs.LoyolaChicago(both),vs.Toledo(1st)

FG% High:57.6%vs.Columbia(1st)Low:25.0%atVillanova(1st)

3-ptFG% High:55.6%vs.Temple(2nd);vs.Toledo(1st)Low:11.1%atDrexel(2nd),vs.NC State(1st)

FT% High:83.3%atIllinoisState(1st)Low:33.3%vs.Temple(1st);vs.OleMiss(1st)

INDIVIDUALHIGHSBYHALFPoints 16,ShavarNewkirkatIllinoisSt.(2nd); LamarrKimblevs.

LoyolaChicago(2nd)Rebounds 6,(6times),lastbyNickRobinsonatIllinoisSt.(1st)Assists 7,LamarrKimbleatPrinceton (1st)Blocks 2,MarkellLodgevs.Temple(1st);vs.Columbia(1st)Steals 3,ShavarNewkirkvs.OleMiss(1st)FGMade 6,Shavar NewkirkatDrexel(2nd);LamarrKimblevs.Loyola

Chicago(2nd);ShavarNewkirkvs.Toledo(2nd)3-ptFGMade 4,LamarrKimblevs.LoyolaChicago(2nd);FTMade 8,ShavarNewkirkatIllinoisSt.(2nd)


downto240poundsenteringthisseason. He’sseenplayingtimeinfourgamesthusfar,andhadsixpointsagainstNCState.

MY KINDOF TOWN: Chicago-area natives Lorenzo Edwards andNickRobinson aremembersoftheHawks’freshmanclass.EdwardsplayedatLakeForestHighSchoolwithRobinsonattendingKenwoodAcademy.

PRESEASONPICK:SaintJoseph’swaspickedtofinishninthintheAtlantic10PreseasonPoll,asvotedonbymediaandtheleague’scoaches.LastyeartheHawkswerepickedseventhandfinishedfourth inthe leaguestandingsbeforewinningtheA-10Championship.

HOMESWEETHOME:ThismarkstheeighthseasonofMichaelJ.Hagan‘85Arena.Thearenawasdedicated inOctober2009aftera two-yearexpansion and renovation of AlumniMemorial Fieldhouse,whichwasthehomeoftheHawkssince1949.SaintJoseph’sownsa68-33recordinthesevenseasonsofHaganArena,buta387-115overallrecordin66yearsofHaganArena/AlumniMemorialFieldhouse. SJU went12-4onitshomecourtlastseasonandiscurrently2-1.

SIGNTHEMUP: PhilMartelliannouncedthatTaylorFunkandAnthonyLongpresignedNationalLettersofIntentduringtheearly-signingperiod,and will attend SJU beginning next Fall. Funk is a 6-8 forward fromManheim CentralHighSchool(Pa.),whoaveraged21.3pointspergameas a junior. Longpre, a 6-10 forward, is originally from Canada butattendsGlenelgCountrySchool (Md.),whereheaveraged12.7pointsand10.0reboundslastyear.

NBAHAWKS:Saint Joseph’s iswell-represented in theNBA with threecurrentplayers.Lastseason’sA-10PlayeroftheYearDeAndre’Bembryisinhisfirstyearintheleague,havingbeendrafted21stoverallbytheAtlantaHawks.LangstonGallowayisinhissecondyearintheNBAandisnowwiththeNewOrleansPelicansafterstartinghiscareerin2014-15withtheNewYorkKnicks.JameerNelsonmarkshis13thyearintheNBAthisseasonasamemberoftheDenverNuggets.

CRADLE OF COACHES: The Saint Joseph’s coaching connection is animpressiveone.AtotalofsevenSaintJoseph’sgraduateshavegoneontobecomeheadcoachesintheNBA,andSJUistiedwithIllinoisforsec-ondonthelistofuniversitieswithalumsthathaveservedasNBAheadcoaches. Indianatopsthe listwith11graduatesthathavecoached inthe league. JimO’BrienwasthemostrecentNBAheadcoach,andhislastyearwiththeIndianaPacerswasin2010-11.HehassincereturnedtotheNBAasanassistantcoachwiththePhiladelphia76ers.BelowisthelistofformerHawkswhohaveheldpositionsasNBAheadcoaches:Player(Class) NBATeams W-L(yrs.)JackRamsay(’49) Phila.,Buf.,Port.,Ind. 864-783(21)JimLynam(’63) L.A.Clippers,Phila.,Wash. 328-392(10)MattGuokas(’67) Phila.,Orlando 230-305(7)PaulWesthead(’61) L.A.Lakers,Chicago,Denver 183-224(6)JackMcKinney(’57) L.A.Lakers,Indiana 135-205(5)GeorgeSenesky(’43) Philadelphia 119-97(3)JimO’Brien(’74) Indiana,Phila.,Boston 303-327(8)

KEEPINGITINTHEFAMILY:PhilMartelli’s staffconsistsofthreeformerHawkplayers.Assistantcoach MarkBass,now inhis18thyear,wasajunioronMartelli’s first team in1995-96, andas a senior, helped theHawksreachtheNITFinalin1997.AssistantcoachGeoffArnold playedfor the Hawks from 1982 to 1986, and was a member of the 1986Atlantic 10 championship team. Arnold was a member of Martelli’scoachingstaffforoneseasonin1995-96,andthenreturnedtoHawkHillatthestartofthe2008-09season.DirectorofbasketballoperationsRobSullivan wasamemberofthe2004EliteEightteam.

LOOKINGAHEAD:TheHawksgetanextendedbreakforChristmasandreturn to action on Dec. 30 with the A-10 opener against GeorgeWashington at Hagan Arena. SJU rings in the New Year on Jan. 3 atRhodeIsland.





HAWKSINTHEA-10STATS(thrugamesofDec.19)

Category All A-10JavonBaumann Off. Rebs. 6th

CharlieBrown 3FGPct. 5th --3FG Made 10th --Def.Rebs. 15th

LamarrKimble Scoring 17th --Assists 5th --Ast/TORatio 4th --Minutes 3rd --

MarkellLodge Off.Rebs. 15th --Blocks 8th-T

ShavarNewkirk Scoring 3rd --Assists 13th --FT Pct. 7thAst/TORatio 12th --Off.Rebs. 11th-TMinutes 4th --

TEAM Category All A-10ScoringOff 9th-T --ScoringDef 12th --ScoringMarg 13th --FTPct. 9th --FGPct. 11th --FGPct.Def 12th --3FGPct. 7th --3FGPct.Def 12th --Reb.Offense 6th --Reb.Defense 8th --Reb.Margin 6th --Blocks 9th --Assists 14th --Steals 12th --TO Marg 9th --Ast/TORatio 11th --Off.Rebs 5th --Def.Rebs 9th --Def.Reb.Pct. 4th --Off.Reb.Pct. 5th --3FGMade 11th --

FREETHROWSHOOTING

Final5:00ofgame(regulationonly)Player FTM FTA Pct.CharlieBrown 2 2 1.000GeraldBlount 2 2 1.000ChrisClover 1 1 1.000ShavarNewkirk 20 22 .909JaiWilliams 4 5 .800BrendanCasper 3 4 .750NickRobinson 6 10 .600LamarrKimble 3 6 .500JamesDemery 1 2 .500Kyle Thompson 1 2 .500JavonBaumann 0 4 .000Totals 36 50 .720

Final1:00ofgame(regulationonly)Player FTM FTA Pct.ShavarNewkirk 7 7 1.000CharlieBrown 2 2 1.000GeraldBlount 2 2 1.000ChrisClover 1 1 1.000NickRobinson 5 7 .714LamarrKimble 3 4 .750BrendanCasper 3 4 .750JamesDemery 1 2 .500KyleThompson 1 2 .500JavonBaumann 0 1 .000Totals 25 32 .781


THELASTTIME...SAINTJOSEPH’S...Woninovertime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-65atTemple,12/13/15Lostinovertime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-60vs.St.Bonaventure,2/21/15Wonindoubleovertime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83-81overLafayette,12/29/00Lostindoubleovertime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98-93atSt. Bonaventure,2/29/12Wonintripleovertime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-86overRhode Island,1/10/09PlayedaTop10opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-57lossat#2Villanova,12/3/16Playedarankedopponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-57lossat#2Villanova,12/3/16DefeatedaTop10opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-66winover#8Xavier,3/6/08DefeatedaTop25opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-70winover#15/13Dayton,2/17/16WasrankedintheTop25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #25byUSA Today,3/14/16Wonby50pointsormore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-63(51pts)overSt.Bonaventure,1/24/04Wonby40-49points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-42(40pts)overPenn,1/19/08Wonby30-39points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-44(37pts)overRhode Island,3/6/13Wonby20-29points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-65(20pts)overColumbia,11/14/16Scored100pointsormore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-63winoverSt.Bonaventure,1/24/04Scoredlessthan50points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-49losstoSt.Bonaventure,3/12/15Shot60percentorbetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8%vs.VCU,3/13/16Shot50-59percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2%vs.Columbia,11/14/16Shotunder30percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5%vs.St.Bonaventure,3/12/15Made10ormore3-pointfieldgoals . . . . . . 10atMassachusetts,2/24/16Didnotmakeany3-pointfieldgoals . . . . . . 0vs.Massachusetts,2/26/09Totaled50ormorerebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 58atPrinceton,12/14/16Hadlessthan25rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19atLaSalle,2/16/13Totaled20ormoreassists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21vs.SaintLouis,2/28/16Had20ormoreturnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20at#20VCU,1/10/15Had15ormoresteals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15vs.Lehigh,12/20/09Had10ormoreblocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10atDuquesne,1/12/13Had4playersindoublefigures . . . . . . . . . . vs.Columbia,11/14/16Had5playersindoublefigures . . . . . . . . . . . vs.GeorgeWashington,3/11/16

ASAINTJOSEPH’SPLAYER...Scored40ormorepoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,TonyCostnervs.Alaska-Anchorage,12/30/83**Scored30ormorepoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,DeAndre’Bembryvs.VCU,3/13/16Scored25-29points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,ShavarNewkirkatDrexel,12/11/16Scored20-24points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,ShavarNewkirkatIllinoisState,12/18/16Made8ormore3-pointfieldgoals: . . . . . . . 10,LangstonGallowayvs.Fordham,2/22/14**Made10ormorefreethrows: . . . . . . . . . . . 11,IsaiahMilesvs.VirginiaTech,12/22/15Shot100percentfromthefield (min.5md) 6-for-6,RonaldRoberts,Jr.vs.VCU,3/16/14Attempted15ormorefreethrows: . . . . . . 15,DeAndre’Bembryvs.Drexel,11/13/15Attempted20ormorefieldgoals: . . . . . . . . 21, DeAndre’Bembryvs.RhodeIsland,1/10/16Had10-19rebounds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,MarkellLodgeat#2Villanova,12/3/16Had20ormorerebounds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,AhmadNivinsvs.RhodeIsland,1/10/09Had10ormoreblocks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,DwayneJonesvs.St.Bonaventure,3/19/05Had5-9blocks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,JavonBaumannatLaSalle,1/27/15Had5ormoresteals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,DeAndre’ BembryatLaSalle,1/27/15Had10ormoreassists: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,HalilKanacevicatPenn,1/18/14Hadadouble-double: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeAndre’Bembry(16pts,12rebs) vs.Oregon,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/20/16

Hadatriple-double: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DwayneJones(11pts,11rebs,10blk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs.St.Bonaventure,2/19/05

Played40minutes(inregulation): . . . . . . . . DeAndre’Bembryvs.Oregon,3/20/16

ANOPPONENT...Scoredlessthan50points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42byLoyolaMaryland,12/9/14Scoredlessthan40points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35by Yale,11/12/12Shotunder30percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3%byLoyolaMaryland,12/9/14Shot60percentorbetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5%bySt.Bonaventure(3/2/16)Scored100pointsormore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104byIona,11/23/11** Denotesschoolrecord

HAWKSBYTHENUMBERS

SJU’sRecordinGames....Decidedby5pointsorless 2-0Decidedby6-10points 1-3Decidedby11pointsormore 2-3Playedduringtheday 1-2Playedatnight 4-3Televised 1-5Home 2-1Away 2-2Neutral 1-2InOvertime 0-0InNovember 3-3InDecember 2-2Inwhiteuniforms 3-1Incrimsonuniforms 2-4Whenwinningtheopeningtip-off 2-4

SJU’sRecordWhenScoring....Lessthan60points 0-160-69points 0-270-79points 4-280-89points 1-090-99points 0-0

SJU’sRecordWhenAllowing....Lessthan60points 1-060-69points 2-070-79points 2-280-89points 0-390-100points 0-0

SJU’sRecordWhen....Leadingatthehalf 3-0Trailingatthehalf 2-5Tiedatthehalf 0-0

SJU’sRecordWhenShooting...50%orbetter 1-0Lessthan50% 4-5Lessthan30% 0-0Betterthanopponent 4-0Worsethanopponent 1-5

SJU’sRecordWhen...Outreboundingopponent 2-2Outreboundedbyopponent 3-3Equalreboundsasopponent 0-0CommittingfewerTOsthanopponent 4-2CommittingmoreTOsthanopponent 1-3EqualTOsasopponent 0-0Committing14orfewerTOs 4-5Committing15ormoreTOs 1-0Newkirkscoresdoublefigures 5-5Kimblescoresdoublefigures 5-3Brownscoresdoublefigures 2-3Demeryscoresdoublefigures 1-0Fourplayersscoredoublefigures 2-0Fiveplayersscoredoublefigures 0-0

MISCELLANEOUSSTATSLargestwinningmargin: 20vs.ColumbiaLargestleadinagame:26vs.ColumbiaLargestmarginofdefeat:31atVillanovaLargestdeficitinagame: 34atVillanovaLargestdeficitovercometowin:11atDrexelLargestwinningmarginlost:11vs.NCState



THEHAWKOne of themost famousmascots in college

sports, the Saint Joseph’s Hawk celebrates its60thanniversaryin2015-16.

TheHawkisbestknownforstayinginconstantmotionbyflappingitswingsthroughouteverybas-ketball game and representing the Saint Joseph’smotto,“TheHawkWillNeverDie”.

TheideafortheHawkasamascotwasoriginat-ed by Jim Brennan during the 1954-55 season.Brennan,anex-MarineandSJUcheerleader,atfirstwantedtosecureanactualhawk,butlaterswitchedto the costume idea. The student governmentraisedthe120dollarsneededtobuytheinitialcos-tume,whichBrennandonnedforthreeyears.HemadehisdebutastheHawkonJanuary4,1956,a69-56winoverLaSalleatthePalestra.TheHawkhasnotmissedamen’sbasketballgamesincethatfirstseason.

Inadditiontotheconstantflapping,theHawkisalsorecognizedbyits“flying”infigureeightsaroundthecourtduringtimeouts.Theconstantmotion,coupledwiththe scrappyplayof theUniversity’sathletic teams,helped to spawn the school’sfamiliarslogan“TheHawkWillNeverDie!”Afewyearsago,ESPNuseda“flap-o-meter”onthenationaltelecastofaSaintJoseph’sgametoestimatethattheHawkflapsitswings3,500timesduringaregulationgame.

TheHawkisuniquebecauseitisoneofthefewmascotsinthenationthattravelstoeverygame,andthestudentwhoholdsthepositiongainsatuitionscholarship.Thestudent,whoisselectedthroughaninterviewprocessduringthepreviousspringsemester,alsoservesasateammanagerforthemen’sbasketballteamandtravelswiththesquad.

TimmyParksbecomesthe37thstudenttowearthewingsin2015-16.Heisajun-ioraccountingmajorfromWilmington, Del.

ONTHEAIRTV:SaintJoseph'swillhaveastrongtelevisionpresencein2016-17,withatotalof19gamesscheduledfornationaltelevisioncoverage.(Completescheduleonpage2)

RADIO: Saint Joseph’sUniversitywillpartnerwithapairofPhiladelphiaradiostations to broadcast all 30 regular-seasonmen’s basketball games this year,withthegamesbeingairedoneither610SportsandWTMRAM800.TheSaintJoseph'sSportsNetworkteamofMattMartucciandLunardiwillreturnfortheireighth season together,with Lunardi ismarking his 27th year as the Hawks'coloranalyst.

VIDEOSTREAMING:Thisseason,livevideobroadcastsofmanySJUgameswillbebroadcastthroughtheAtlantic10DigitalNetwork.Asubscriptionisneces-sary.(Seescheduleonpg.2)

INTERNET: InformationforSaintJoseph’sbasketballisfoundatSJU’sathleticswebsite,www.SJUHawks.com withstatistics,updatedgamenotes,andlivein-game statistics for allHawkhomegames, and selected road games. ThroughHawksAll-Access,fanscanfolloweveryhomegamethroughaudiostreamingaswell as video streaming fornon-televisedgames.All roadgamesare coveredwith audio streamingwhile video streaming also available for selected ones.Videofeaturesontheteamwillalsobeavailableonthesite.

SAINTJOSEPH’S

Thecorporatetitleof“Saint”Joseph’sUniversity,whichhasbeeninplace since Saint Joseph’s was granted university status by theCommonwealthofPennsylvaniain1979,isnowthepublictitleoftheinstitutionforallaspectsofitsoperations.

Officialreference: SaintJoseph’sUniversitySaintJoseph’s

Acceptableinheadlinesorinformalreferences: SaintJoseph’sSJUSt.Joe’s

UNACCEPTABLE: St.Joseph’s

ForarticlesontheHawks,goto“HawksintheNews”onSJUHawks.com

http://tinyurl.com/SJUClippings1617

MediaGuideOnlineatSJUHawks.comhttp://tinyurl.com/SJUGuide-1617


#34JAVONBAUMANNPTS:11vs.WesternKentucky(11/27/14)REB: 9atDrexel (12/11/16)AST:2(5x)lastatLaSalle(1/27/15)FGM:5vs.WesternKentucky(11/27/14)FGA:6vs.WesternKentucky(11/27/14)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:2(2x)lastvs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FTA:5vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)BLK:5(2x)lastatLaSalle(1/27/15)STL:4vs.Vermont(11/22/14)TO:3(3x)lastvs.Richmond(2/28/15)MIN:32vs.WesternKentucky(11/27/14)

#10GERALDBLOUNTPTS:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)REB:1(2x) lastatVillanova(12/3/16)FGM:--FGA:1atVillanova(12/3/16)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FTA:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)AST:--BLK:--STL:--TO:--MIN:3vs.Columbia(11/14/16)

#2CHARLIEBROWNPTS:15vs.Columbia(11/14/16)REB:7vs.Temple(11/30/16)FGM:6vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FGA:12(3x) lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)3FGM:4atIllinoisState(12/18/16)3FGA:8atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FTM:4vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FTA:4vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)AST:2(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)BLK:2vs.Toledo(11/12/16)STL:3(2x) lastvs.NCState(11/21/16)TO:2vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)MIN:37atIllinoisState(12/18/16)

#3MICHAELBOOTHPTS:3atIllinoisState(12/18/16)REB:1(3x)lastvs.LaSalle(2/13/16)FGM:1 atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGA:1(5x)lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)3FGM:1atIllinoisState(12/18/16)3FGA:1(3x) lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)FTM:2vs.VirginiaTech(12/22/15)FTA:2(2x)lastvs.VirginiaTech(12/22/15)AST:--BLK:--STL:--TO:1vs.VCU (3/13/16)MIN:2(7x) lastvs.Columbia(11/14/16)

#20BRENDANCASPERPTS:10atDrexel (12/11/16)REB: 9atVillanova(12/6/14)AST:2(3x)lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGM:4(2x) lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGA:9atVillanova(12/6/14)3FGM:1(3x) lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)3FGA:2vs.LoyolaMaryland(12/9/14)FTM:4(2x) lastatDrexel (12/11/16)FTA:5(2x)lastvs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)BLK:1(2x) lastatVillanova(12/6/14)STL:2(3x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)TO:5atVillanova(12/6/14)MIN: 23(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)

#15CHRISCLOVERPTS:11vs.Columbia(11/14/16)REB:5vs.NCState(11/21/16)FGM:5vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FGA:8vs.Columbia(11/14/16)3FGM:2vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)3FGA: 4 vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)FTM:3vs.LaSalle(2/13/16)FTA:4vs.LaSalle(2/13/16)AST:1(2x) lastatVillanova(12/3/16)BLK:--STL:2(2x) lastvs.OleMiss(11/20/16)TO:3(2x)lastvs.OleMiss(11/20/16)MIN:20vs.NCState(11/21/16)

#25JAMESDEMERYPTS: 17(2x) lastvs.LaSalle(2/13/16)REB:8(2x) lastvs.Toledo(11/12/16)FGM:7(2x) lastvs.LaSalle(2/13/16)FGA:14vs.Toledo(11/12/16)3FGM:3atGeorgeMason(1/13/16)3FGA:4atGeorgeMason(1/13/16)FTM:5(2x) lastvs.Massachusetts(1/27/16)FTA:8atVCU (1/10/15)AST:4atFordham(2/15/15)BLK:2atDuquesne(1/7/15)STL:3(2x) lastvs.LaSalle(2/13/16)TO:5atSt.Bonaventure(1/18/15)MIN: 37vs.St.Bonaventure(2/21/15)

#22LORENZOEDWARDSPTS:--REB:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FGM:--FGA:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)3FGM:--3FGA:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FTM:--FTA:--AST:--BLK:--STL:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)TO:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)MIN:4vs.Columbia(11/14/16)

#0LAMARRKIMBLEPTS: 26vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)REB:8atPrinceton(12/14/16)FGM:10vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FGA:17vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)3FGM:5vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)3FGA:8vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FTM:5vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FTA:6(7x) lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)AST:9(3x)lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)BLK:1(5x)lastvs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)STL:2(3x) lastvs.Temple(11/30/16)TO:5vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)MIN:38(2x) lastatDrexel (12/11/16)

#23MARKELLLODGEPTS:9vs.Temple(11/30/16)REB:10atVillanova(12/3/16)FGM:4(2x)lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)FGA:6(3x)lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:4vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)FTA:5vs.Temple(11/30/16)AST:1vs.Toledo(11/12/16)BLK:3atPrinceton(12/14/16)STL:1vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)TO:1(6x) lastatVillanova(12/3/16)MIN:24vs.Temple(11/30/16)

#1SHAVARNEWKIRKPTS:28vs.Toledo(11/12/16)REB:8atPrinceton(12/14/16)FGM:10(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)FGA:18vs.NCState(11/21/16)3FGM:4vs.Temple(11/30/16)3FGA:6(2x) lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)FTM:10(2x) lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)FTA:11(2x) lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)AST:9vs.Villanova(12/1/15)BLK:2atGonzaga(11/19/14)STL:4(2x) lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)TO:7atIllinoisState(12/18/16)MIN:39atDrexel (12/11/16)

#5NICKROBINSONPTS:11vs.Temple(11/30/16)REB:7atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGM:4vs.Temple(11/30/16)FGA:8(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)3FGM:2vs.Temple(11/30/16)3FGA:4atDrexel (12/11/16)FTM:3vs.NCState(11/21/16)FTA:6vs.NCState(11/21/16)AST:3(3x) lastvs.OleMiss(11/20/16)BLK:2atPrinceton(12/14/16)STL:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)TO:4vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)MIN:28atIllinoisState(12/18/16)

#21KYLETHOMPSONPTS:2vs.LoyolaMaryland(12/9/14)REB:2vs.IllinoisState(12/19/15)FGM:1vs.LoyolaMaryland(12/9/14)FGA:1(4x)lastatVillanova(12/3/16)3FGM:--3FGA:1atFordham(2/6/16)FTM:1(3x)lastvs.Columbia(11/14/16)FTA:2 (3x)lastvs.Columbia(11/14/16)AST:1(3x) lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)BLK:--STL:--TO:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)MIN:3vs.Columbia(11/14/16)

#13CHRISTIANVEGAPTS:--REB:1vs.Fordham(1/16/16)FGM:--FGA:1atVillanova(12/3/16)3FGM:--3FGA:1atVillanova(12/3/16)FTM:--FTA:--AST:--BLK:--STL:--TO:2vs.Fordham(1/16/16)MIN:1(4x)lastatVillanova(12/3/16)

#32JAIWILLIAMSPTS:8vs.GeorgeMason(2/7/15)REB: 3(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)AST:1atLaSalle(1/27/15)FGM:3vs.GeorgeMason(2/7/15)FGA:4vs.GeorgeMason(2/7/15)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:4vs.NCState(11/21/16)FTA:4vs.NCState(11/21/16)BLK:1(4x)lastvs.GeorgeMason(2/7/15)STL:1 (3x)lastvs.GeorgeMason(2/7/15)TO:2(3x) lastvs.Fordham(1/16/16)MIN: 19vs.GeorgeMason(2/7/15)

2016-17SAINTJOSEPH’SBASKETBALL•11CAREERHIGHS



SEASONHIGHS#34JAVONBAUMANNPTS:6atDrexel (12/11/16)REB: 9atDrexel (12/11/16)AST:1vs.NCState(11/21/16)FGM:3atDrexel (12/11/16)FGA:3(4x) lastatDrexel (12/11/16)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:2vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FTA:5vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)BLK:2(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)STL:1(2x) lastvs.NCState(11/21/16)TO:1(3x) lastatVillanova(12/3/16)MIN:22atDrexel (12/11/16)

#10GERALDBLOUNTPTS:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)REB:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FGM:--FGA:--3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FTA:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)AST:--BLK:--STL:--TO:--MIN:3vs.Columbia(11/14/16)

#2CHARLIEBROWNPTS:15vs.Columbia(11/14/16)REB:7vs.Temple(11/30/16)FGM:6vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FGA:12(3x) lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)3FGM:4atIllinoisState(12/18/16)3FGA:8atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FTM:4vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FTA:4vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)AST:2(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)BLK:2vs.Toledo(11/12/16)STL:3(2x) lastvs.NCState(11/21/16)TO:2vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)MIN:37atIllinoisState(12/18/16)

#3MICHAELBOOTHPTS:3atIllinoisState(12/18/16)REB:--FGM:1atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGA:1(2x)lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:--FTA:--AST:--BLK:--STL:--TO:--MIN:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)

#20BRENDANCASPERPTS:10atDrexel (12/11/16)REB: 7atPrinceton(12/14/16)AST:2(2x)atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGM:4atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGA:5(2x) lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)3FGM:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)3FGA:2vs.NCState(11/21/16)FTM:4(3x)lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)FTA:5(2x)lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)BLK:--STL:2(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)TO:3atPrinceton(12/14/16)MIN: 23(2x) lastatDrexel (12/11/16)

#15CHRISCLOVERPTS:11vs.Columbia(11/14/16)REB:5vs.NCState(11/21/16)FGM:5vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FGA:8vs.Columbia(11/14/16)3FGM:2vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)3FGA:4vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)FTM:1atVillanova(12/3/16)FTA:1(2x) lastatVillanova(12/3/16)AST:1atVillanova(12/3/16)BLK:--STL:2(2x) lastvs.OleMiss(11/20/16)TO:3(2x) lastvs.OleMiss(11/20/16)MIN: 20vs.NCState(11/21/16)

#25JAMESDEMERYPTS:11vs.Toledo(11/12/16)REB:8vs.Toledo(11/12/16)FGM:5vs.Toledo(11/12/16)FGA:14vs.Toledo(11/12/16)3FGM:--3FGA:2vs.Toledo(11/12/16)FTM:1vs.Toledo(11/12/16)FTA:2vs.Toledo(11/12/16)AST:--BLK:1vs.Toledo(11/12/16)STL:1vs.Toledo(11/12/16)TO:4vs.Toledo(11/12/16)MIN:32vs.Toledo(11/12/16)

#22LORENZOEDWARDSPTS:--REB:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FGM:--FGA:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)3FGM:--3FGA:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FTM:--FTA:--AST:--BLK:--STL:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)TO:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)MIN:4vs.Columbia(11/14/16)

#0LAMARRKIMBLEPTS:26vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)REB:7vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)FGM:10vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FGA:17vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)3FGM:5vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)3FGA:8vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FTM:5vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FTA:6(2x) lastvs.Columbia(11/14/16)AST:9(2x) lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)BLK:1vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)STL:2vs.Temple(11/30/16)TO:5vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)MIN:38(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)

#23MARKELLLODGEPTS:9vs.Temple(11/30/16)REB:10atVillanova(12/3/16)FGM: 4(2x) lastatPrinceton(12/14/16)FGA:6atPrinceton(12/14/16)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:1(2x)lastvs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)FTA:3vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)AST:1vs.Toledo(11/12/16)BLK:3atPrinceton(12/14/16)STL:1vs.LoyolaChicago(11/18/16)TO:1(3x)lastvs.Temple(11/30/16)MIN:20atPrinceton(12/14/16)

#1SHAVARNEWKIRKPTS:28vs.Toledo(11/12/16)REB:7(4x)lastatIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGM:10(2x)lastatDrexel(12/11/16)FGA:18vs.NCState(11/21/16)3FGM:4vs.Temple(11/30/16)3FGA:6vs.Temple(11/30/16)FTM:10atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FTA:11atIllinoisState(12/18/16)AST:6vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)BLK:--STL:3vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)TO:7atIllinoisState(12/18/16)MIN:39atDrexel(12/11/16)

#5NICKROBINSONPTS:11vs.Temple(11/30/16)REB:7atIllinoisState(12/18/16)FGM:4vs.Temple(11/30/16)FGA:8(2x)lastatDrexel (12/11/16)3FGM:2vs.Temple(11/30/16)3FGA:4atDrexel (12/11/16)FTM:3vs.NCState(11/21/16)FTA:6vs.NCState(11/21/16)AST:3(3x) lastvs.OleMiss(11/20/16)BLK:2atPrinceton(12/14/16)STL:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)TO:4vs.OleMiss(11/20/16)MIN:28atIllinoisState(12/18/16)

#21KYLETHOMPSONPTS:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)REB:--FGM:--FGA:1atVillanova(12/3/16)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)FTA:2vs.Columbia(11/14/16)AST:1atIllinoisState(12/18/16)BLK:--STL:--TO:1vs.Columbia(11/14/16)MIN:3vs.Columbia(11/14/16)

#13CHRISTIANVEGAPTS:--REB:--FGM:--FGA:1atVillanova(12/3/16)3FGM:--3FGA:1atVillanova(12/3/16)FTM:--FTA:--AST:--BLK:--STL:--TO:--MIN: 1(2x) lastatVillanova(12/3/16)

#32JAIWILLIAMSPTS:6vs.NCState(11/21/16)REB: 3atDrexel (12/11/16)AST:--FGM: 1 (4x)lastatVillanova(12/3/16)FGA:2vs.NCState(11/21/16)3FGM:--3FGA:--FTM:4vs.NCState(11/21/16)FTA:4vs.NCState(11/21/16)BLK:--STL:--TO:1vs.Toledo(11/12/16)MIN:10(2x) lastvs.NCState(11/21/16)



GAMERECAPSGame1:November12,2016-HaganArena

SJU77-Toledo76GuardsShavarNewkirkandLamarrKimble combinedfor44pointsbyeachhittingcareer-highstoleadSaintJoseph’stoa77-76winoverToledointheseasonopenerforbothteamsatHaganArena.Newkirktalliedcareer-highsof28pointsandsevenrebounds,whileKimblescored16points. JamesDemeryhad11pointsandtiedhiscareer-highwitheightreboundsforSJU.Thegamewasaback-and-forthcontestwithatotalof25leadchangesinthesecondhalf.SJUtookthefinalleadofthegame,72-71,onaputbackbysophomoreMarkellLodgewith1:42toplay.Newkirkhitajumperat:45toincreasetheHawks’leadtoitsbiggestofthegame,74-71,andaddedapairof freethrowstopush itto76-71with25secondstoplay.Toledocounteredwithalayupat:19butDemerymadeoneoftwofreethrowsat:11togivetheHawksa77-73lead.Toledo’sthree-pointeratthebuzzerprovidedthefinalmargin.

Toledo0-1tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min23 TAYLOR,Jr.,Steve f 7 12 0 2 0 1 0 7 7 1 14 3 2 0 1 3333 GARBER,Zach c 1 2 0 0 3 4 1 2 3 5 5 1 2 0 0 2001 WILLIAMS,J g 7 13 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 5 18 1 4 0 0 2610 DZIERZAWSKI,D g 6 13 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 4 13 2 4 0 0 2113 SANFORD,Jalen g 2 6 2 4 3 5 1 2 3 0 9 1 3 1 1 3302 ADWAY,Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 605 ROBERTS,Justin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 625 LAUF,Jordan 2 4 1 3 4 4 2 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 0 2130 KNAPKE,Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 935 NAVIGATO,Natee 3 11 2 8 0 0 1 7 8 2 8 0 1 1 0 25

TEAM 3 2 5Totals.............. 28 61 8 22 12 16 11 27 38 25 76 12 17 2 2 200

TOTALFG%1stHalf:13-2846.4% 2ndHalf:15-3345.5% Game:45.9% DEADBALL3-Pt.FG%1stHalf:5-1241.7% 2 ndHalf:3-1030.0% Game:36.4% REBOUNDSFThrow%1stHalf:10-1376.9% 2ndHalf:2-366.7% Game:75.0% 3

SaintJoseph's1-0tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 1 6 1 4 2 2 0 4 4 3 5 2 0 2 0 3023 LODGE,Markell f 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 2 0 1925 DEMERY,James f 5 14 0 2 1 2 2 6 8 2 11 0 4 1 1 3200 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 6 14 1 3 3 6 1 1 2 1 16 3 3 0 0 3601 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 9 16 3 4 7 9 1 6 7 1 28 3 1 0 1 3505 ROBINSON,Nick 2 2 1 1 2 4 0 3 3 3 7 0 1 0 1 1715 CLOVER,Chris 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 920 CASPER,Brendan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 232 WILLIAMS,Jai 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 534 BAUMANN,Javon 1 3 0 0 1 3 3 2 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 15

TEAM 1 1 2Totals.............. 27 60 6 14 17 28 9 23 32 20 77 9 13 5 5 200

TOTALFG%1stHalf:12-2744.4% 2ndHalf:15-3345.5% Game:45.0% DEADBALL3-Pt.FG%1stHalf:5-955.6% 2ndHalf:1-520.0% Game:42.9% REBOUNDSFThrow%1stHalf:11-1573.3% 2ndHalf:6-1346.2% Game:60.7% 8

Officials:DwayneGladden,TonyCrisp,PaulSzelcTechnicalfouls:Toledo-None.SaintJoseph's-None.Attendance:4,200

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalToledo 41 35 76SaintJoseph's 40 37 77

Game2:November14,2016-HaganArenaSJU85-Columbia65

LamarrKimble scoredacareer-high19pointsandShavarNewkirk scored17toleadSaintJoseph’spastColumbia,85-65.CharlieBrown,whoscored12pointsinthefirsthalf,tallied15forthefirstdouble-figuregameofhiscareer,whileChrisClover talliedacareer-high11points.TheHawkswereplayingwithoutstartingforwardJamesDemerywhosufferedastressfracture inhis foot intheseasonopenerversusToledo.Saint Joseph’snevertrailed inthegameand after back-to-back threes byBrownandRobinson, took a 17-6 lead in the firstsevenminutes.Leading17-8,KimbleandBrowncombinedtoscoreninestraight,withadunkfromBrownpushingtheSJUleadto26-11.SJU,whichshot57.6percentfromthefieldinthehalf, increasedthemarginto20,38-18,ona layupfromNewkirkat6:54.TheHawkstooktheirbiggestleadofthehalf,50-27,onathree-pointeratthebuzzerbyBrendanCasper,whoaddedsevenpoints.TheHawksmaintainedthe20-pluspointleadformostofthehalf,exceptfora5-0runbyColumbiathatcutthemarginto60-45at10:40.SaintJoseph’stookitsbiggestleadofthecontest,78-52,onathreefromBrownat4:41.

Columbia1-1tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min11 MEISNER,Lukas f 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 3 0 0 2533 PETRASEK,Luke f 1 9 0 3 1 1 0 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 2812 SMITH,Mike g 2 4 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 7 1 2 0 0 2120 KILLINGSWORTH, g 6 9 3 6 2 2 2 1 3 0 17 0 1 0 0 2022 HICKMAN,Nate g 5 10 4 7 0 0 0 3 3 3 14 1 1 0 0 1902 PANAYIOTOU,A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 203 TAPE,Patrick 1 2 0 0 3 4 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 1 404 HUNTER,Rodney 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1005 DAVIS,CJ 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 1 0 1 1410 ADLESH,Quinton 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 2214 JACKSON,Kendall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 921 BARBA,Peter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 324 SICA,John 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 332 MCCOMBER,Chris 2 3 0 1 2 5 1 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 15

52 VOSS,Conor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5TEAM 3 4 7Totals.............. 22 54 9 25 12 16 8 22 30 22 65 13 15 0 3 200

TOTALFG%1stHalf:9-2832.1% 2ndHalf:13-2650.0% Game:40.7% DEADBALL3-Pt.FG%1stHalf:4-1330.8% 2ndHalf:5-1241.7% Game:36.0% REBOUNDSFThrow%1stHalf:5-5100% 2ndHalf:7-1163.6% Game:75.0% 3


## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 6 10 3 5 0 0 0 5 5 2 15 1 1 0 1 2405 ROBINSON,Nick f 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 5 3 1 1 2 2623 LODGE,Markell f 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1600 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 7 16 0 7 5 6 0 3 3 1 19 8 1 0 0 3101 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 6 12 1 5 4 4 2 1 3 3 17 4 1 0 1 3003 BOOTH,Michael 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210 BLOUNT,Gerald 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 313 VEGA,Christian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 115 CLOVER,Chris 5 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 11 0 1 0 1 1320 CASPER,Brendan 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 7 0 1 0 1 2321 THOMPSON,Kyle 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 322 EDWARDS,Lorenzo 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 432 WILLIAMS,Jai 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 834 BAUMANN,Javon 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 1 4 0 0 2 0 16

TEAM 1 2 3Totals.............. 32 58 7 23 14 21 9 26 35 15 85 16 8 5 7 200


Officials:NathanFarrell,KevinFehr,TomMorrisseyTechnicalfouls:Columbia-None.SaintJoseph's-None.Attendance:3,543

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalColumbia 27 38 65SaintJoseph's 50 35 85

Game3:ParadiseJam-November18,2016Univ.ofVirginIslandsArena-St.Thomas,USVI

SJU71-LoyolaChicago57LamarrKimble scoredacareer-high26pointsandShavarNewkirk added20asSaintJoseph’sdefeated Loyola Chicago, 71-57, in the opening round of the 2016 Paradise Jam at theUniversityoftheVirginIslands.CharlieBrown scoredninepointsandgrabbedateam-highsixrebounds.TheHawksledforallbutaminuteinthegame,andfoughtoffeveryLoyolarunwithbasketsfromeitherKimbleorNewkirk.Loyolaclosedto39-35earlyinthesecondhalf,buttheHawksscoredsevenstraightthatpushedSJU’sleadto45-35.SaintJoseph’stookitsbiggestmarginofthegame,53-39,at8:33onanotherthreebyKimble,butsawtheRamblerscutitto56-50at6:50.WiththeHawksleadingagainbysix,60-54,at3:35,JavonBaumannslammedhomeapassfromKimbletogiveSJUa62-54lead.Fromthere,theHawksiceditatthefoulline.

Loyola3-1tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min00 INGRAM,Donte f 2 5 1 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 6 0 3 0 0 3131 KIRBY,Maurice f 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 413 CUSTER,Clayton g 5 12 2 6 1 1 2 3 5 3 13 1 2 0 1 2914 RICHARDSON,Ben g 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 6 4 0 3 1 0 2 2735 DOYLE,Milton g 4 10 1 5 1 1 0 6 6 4 10 6 5 0 1 3401 LISHA,Glorind 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+04 SKOKNA,Bruno 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 2323 SATTERWHITE,C 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 1 1424 JACKSON,Aundre 9 11 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 1 22 0 4 0 0 2932 GRANIC,Vlatko 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9

TEAM 2 2 4Totals.............. 21 53 6 27 9 12 7 23 30 22 57 12 19 1 5 200



## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 2 8 1 4 4 4 0 6 6 1 9 1 2 0 3 2805 ROBINSON,Nick f 1 6 0 1 1 2 1 4 5 2 3 3 1 0 0 2723 LODGE,Markell f 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 4 3 0 1 0 1 1400 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 10 17 5 8 1 1 0 3 3 1 26 1 5 1 0 3701 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 5 12 1 2 9 10 0 2 2 1 20 1 2 0 1 3615 CLOVER,Chris 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1120 CASPER,Brendan 1 2 0 1 4 5 0 3 3 4 6 0 1 0 1 2234 BAUMANN,Javon 1 2 0 0 2 5 3 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 25

TEAM 2 1 3Totals.............. 21 51 7 17 22 29 8 24 32 16 71 6 15 1 7 200


Officials:JoeLindsay,JustinPorterfield,GuyPaganoTechnicalfouls:Loyola-None.SaintJoseph's-None.Attendance:512

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalLoyola 26 31 57SaintJoseph's 35 36 71



OleMiss81-SJU 68OleMissdefeatedSaintJoseph’s,81-68,inthesemifinalsofthe2016ParadiseJam.ShavarNewkirkhad21pointsandsixassistsfortheHawks,hitting7-of-11fromthefieldand6-of-10fromthefoulline.CharlieBrown scored13pointsandLamarrKimble had10pointsandateam-highsevenreboundsforSJU.TheHawksdidn’thelpthemselvesatthefoulline,shoot-ingjust10-for-22inthegame,whileOleMissshot15-for-19.Leading41-37athalftime,OleMissopenedthehalfwitha12-5runtotakeitsbiggestleadatthatpoint,53-42,at16:15.TheHawkschippedawayandafteraputbackbyJavonBaumann,andalayupandthenafreethrowbyKimble, cut thedeficit to54-49.ButOleMisshadananswerevery time, as theRebelsbuilttheirleadbackto57-49.Afterfallingbehindbydoubledigitsagain,60-50,theHawkscutittoeight,60-52,onfreethrowsbyNewkirk,butthatwouldbetheclosestSJUwouldcometherestoftheway.OleMisswentona13-5runtotakeitsbiggestleadofthegame,73-57,with5:23remaining.Inthefirsthalf,afterSJUhada10-8lead,OleMisswentonan11-4runtogoup17-12. SJUhadanearly28-24leadbuttheRebelsregainedthelead29-28andincreaseditto32-28.Trailing35-30,theHawksclosedto35-33onathreebyNickRobinson.TheRebelsthentooktheirbiggestleadofthehalf,39-33,onathreewithunderfourminutestoplay.SJUclosedwithin39-37onathreebyBrownbeforeOleMissendedthehalfwithabasketatthebuzzer.


## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 5 10 3 5 0 0 1 3 4 3 13 0 1 0 1 3305 ROBINSON,Nick f 1 5 1 3 1 2 0 5 5 1 4 3 4 0 1 2223 LODGE,Markell f 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 1900 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 3 13 1 6 3 6 3 4 7 2 10 4 0 0 0 3701 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 7 11 1 3 6 10 1 2 3 3 21 6 2 0 3 3515 CLOVER,Chris 3 7 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 2 1520 CASPER,Brendan 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 0 1 1832 WILLIAMS,Jai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1034 BAUMANN,Javon 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 4 0 1 0 0 11

TEAM 4 4Totals.............. 25 55 8 22 10 22 7 26 33 19 68 14 13 0 8 200


OleMiss4-0tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min05 HYMON,M f 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 2011 SAIZ,Sebastian f 9 13 2 2 6 8 3 9 12 4 26 0 4 0 1 3301 BURNETT,D g 5 19 3 8 7 8 0 4 4 0 20 5 2 0 1 3602 NEAL,Cullen g 3 8 3 7 2 2 0 2 2 0 11 3 0 0 1 3414 BROOKS,Rasheed g 4 9 3 5 0 0 2 3 5 4 11 3 3 0 0 2100 FITZPATRICK-DORSEY 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 703 DAVIS,Terence 1 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 2 1904 TYREE,Breein 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 312 SILINS,Karlis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 FURMANAVICIUS,J 3 5 0 1 0 0 5 5 10 3 6 2 1 1 0 25

TEAM 2 2 1Totals.............. 27 64 12 28 15 19 13 29 42 20 81 16 14 4 6 200


Officials:JoeLIndsay,JustinPorterfield,DukeEdsallTechnicalfouls:SaintJoseph's-None.OleMiss-None.Attendance:2,755

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalSaintJoseph's 37 31 68OleMiss 41 40 81


NC State73-SJU 63ShavarNewkirk scored23pointsbutSaintJoseph’scomebackfellshortastheHawksweredefeatedbyNCState,73-63,inthethird-placegameofthe2016ParadiseJam.Newkirkshot10-for-18fromthefield,andaddedsixreboundsandfiveassistsforhisthirdconsecutive20-pluspointgame,whileCharlieBrown added14points.SJU trailedbyasmuchas14pointsinthesecondhalf,butcamewithin64-58,with3:54left.NCStateansweredwithathree-point-er,butBrownfollowedwithonetobringtheHawkswithin67-61at3:07.WithNCStatelead-ing69-63,theWolfpackmissedthreeshotsbuttheHawkscouldn’tcomeupwithareboundortheballafterascramble.NC Stateregainedpossessionandtooka71-63lead.AmissedshotbySJUandthenaturnoverresultedinanNCStatedunkat1:06thatsealedthewinforNCState.AfterNCStatetookitsbiggestleadofthegame,57-43,SJUscoredsevenstraighttocomewithin57-50andNewkirkscoredfourinarowtocutitto61-54.TheHawkscameoutstronginthefirsthalfandtookan18-9lead,withJavonBaumannincreasingitto20-9withadunk.ButNCStatewentona13-0runtotakea22-20leadwithunder4:30togo.Apairof freethrowsby JaiWilliams endedtheHawks’scoringdrought,butNCStatemain-tained a 25-22 lead. SJU remained without a field goal for close to nineminutes beforeNewkirk’sjumperat1:59pulledSJUwithin31-26.


## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 5 12 3 6 1 2 1 4 5 4 14 1 0 1 3 3305 ROBINSON,Nick f 1 5 0 1 3 4 2 3 5 4 5 0 2 0 0 18

23 LODGE,Markell f 2 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 1 4 0 1 1 0 1200 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 1 15 1 7 0 0 1 3 4 0 3 2 1 0 1 3801 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 10 18 1 3 2 2 4 2 6 3 23 5 3 1 0 3815 CLOVER,Chris 1 7 0 3 0 0 2 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 2020 CASPER,Brendan 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1332 WILLIAMS,Jai 1 2 0 0 4 4 2 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 1034 BAUMANN,Javon 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 4 1 0 1 1 18

TEAM 1 1Totals.............. 24 73 5 22 10 12 22 21 43 17 63 9 8 4 6 200


NCState4-1tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min00 ABDUL-MALIK,A f 5 8 0 1 2 2 1 9 10 4 12 1 4 2 0 2921 ANYA,Beejay f 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 0 1602 DORN,Torin g 6 9 5 6 2 2 0 4 4 1 19 1 1 0 0 40-03 HENDERSON,T g 5 10 3 5 2 2 2 1 3 1 15 1 1 2 0 4004 SMITHJr,Dennis g 6 15 3 6 9 10 0 3 3 1 24 8 2 0 2 3905 HICKS,Darius 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 411 JOHNSON,Markell 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 2 2622 KIRK,Shaun 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6

TEAM 2 5 7 3Totals.............. 23 49 11 21 16 20 6 27 33 16 73 16 14 6 4 200


Officials:TimComer,TonyCrisp,JasonPorterfieldTechnicalfouls:SaintJoseph's-None.NCState-None.Attendance:2,699

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalSaintJoseph's 30 33 63NCState 34 39 73

Game6:November20,2016-HaganArenaTemple78-SJU72

ObiEnechionyiascored26points,withathree-pointerthaticedthegamewith1:09left,toleadTemple toa78-72winover Saint Joseph’s inaBig5gameat sold-outHaganArena.ShavarNewkirkledSJUwith22points,sevenreboundsandfiveassists,LamarrKimblehad12pointsandtiedhiscareer-highwithnineassists,whilefreshmanNickRobinsonhadasea-son-high11points.WithTUleading73-69with2:48toplay,SJUfreshmanNickRobinsonhita three-point play to pull the Hawks within 73-72. Daniel Dingle tipped in an offensivereboundat1:35andEnechionyiablockedaSaintJoseph’sshotandthenhitthegame-sealingthree-pointer.TheHawkshada fewmorepossessionsbutcouldn’tconnecton three fieldgoalattemptsinthefinalminuteofplay.SJU trailedformostofthesecondhalf,buttooka56-55leadat9:16onathree-pointplaybyMarkellLodge.Templequicklyregainedtheleadanduseda9-2runtotakea64-58leadwith6:14toplay.SJUwouldpullwithinonepointoftheOwlsthreemoretimes,butcouldn’ttakethelead.

Temple5-2,2-0Big5tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min00 ENECHIONYIA,Obi f 10 22 6 12 0 0 1 4 5 0 26 1 1 1 1 4004 DINGLE,Daniel f 3 7 1 2 0 1 2 2 4 2 7 3 0 0 1 3124 AFLAKPUI,Ernest c 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 4 1 0 0 2 1602 MOOREII,Alani g 2 5 2 5 2 2 1 4 5 1 8 2 1 0 1 2803 ALSTON,JR.,Shizz g 5 12 0 4 1 2 0 4 4 3 11 5 1 0 1 3601 BROWN,Josh 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 1410 WILLIAMS,Mark 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 0 1 0 0 1113 ROSE,Quinton 5 7 1 3 3 4 2 4 6 3 14 3 1 1 0 24

TEAM 2 2Totals.............. 31 63 10 27 6 9 8 27 35 16 78 16 5 3 6 200


SaintJoseph's3-3,0-1Big5tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 3 12 3 7 0 0 2 5 7 2 9 1 0 1 0 3205 ROBINSON,Nick f 4 7 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 11 2 2 0 0 2223 LODGE,Markell f 3 3 0 0 3 5 1 4 5 0 9 0 1 2 0 2400 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 4 12 3 4 1 4 1 5 6 1 12 9 2 1 2 3701 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 7 15 4 6 4 4 2 5 7 3 22 5 3 0 0 3815 CLOVER,Chris 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1320 CASPER,Brendan 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1934 BAUMANN,Javon 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 1 5 0 0 1 0 15

TEAM 1 1Totals.............. 25 60 12 23 10 16 11 25 36 14 72 17 9 5 3 200


Officials:DougShows,MarkSchnur,RickCrawfordTechnicalfouls:Temple-None.SaintJoseph's-None.Attendance:4,200

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalTemple 34 44 78SaintJoseph's 31 41 72



Game7:December3,2016-ThePavilion-Villanova,Pa.#2/2Villanova88-SJU57

Lamarr Kimble scored 15 points and Shavar Newkirk added 11 more, but SaintJoseph’sfellatsecond-rankedVillanova,88-57,inaBig5matchupinfrontofaselloutcrowdatThePavilion.TheHawkshelda27-24leadwithsixminutesremaininginthefirsthalf,buttheWildcatsansweredwitha20-4runtocloseouttheperiodwitha44-31lead.KimbleandNewkirktoppedtheHawksinscoringwhileMarkellLodgeaddedacareer-high10reboundsforSJU.Villanovakeptthemomentumgoingandopenedupthesecondhalfwitha10-4runtoexpandthemarginto55-35at16:54.TheHawkscutthedeficit tounder20pointsonly twomore times,and trailed63-44with10:27 toplay.VUtookitsbiggestleadoftheafternoon,86-52,with3:19toplay.

SaintJoseph's3-4,0-2Big5tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 2 6 1 3 3 4 2 3 5 2 8 0 1 0 0 2823 LODGE,Markell f 3 6 0 0 0 0 4 6 10 2 6 0 1 0 0 2300 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 6 14 1 2 2 2 1 3 4 1 15 4 3 0 0 3601 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 3 15 2 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 11 4 3 0 0 3305 ROBINSON,Nick g 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 1 2 0 0 2103 BOOTH,Michael 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 BLOUNT,Gerald 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 VEGA,Christian 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 CLOVER,Chris 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 5 1 1 0 0 1920 CASPER,Brendan 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1821 THOMPSON,Kyle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 WILLIAMS,Jai 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 734 BAUMANN,Javon 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11

TEAM 2 4 6Totals.............. 21 62 5 15 10 13 12 22 34 12 57 10 12 0 2 200


Villanova8-0,2-0Big5tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 JENKINS,Kris f 7 14 4 9 2 2 1 4 5 1 20 4 0 0 1 3525 BRIDGES,Mikal f 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 5 4 8 1 2 1 3 2145 REYNOLDS,Darryl f 5 6 0 0 3 4 1 5 6 2 13 0 2 1 0 2401 BRUNSON,Jalen g 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 1 2 2 11 6 1 0 0 3003 HART,Josh g 6 10 3 6 1 2 2 9 11 2 16 10 2 0 1 3604 PASCHALL,Eric 4 7 2 4 0 2 2 2 4 1 10 0 1 0 0 2110 DiVINCENZO,Donte 4 9 2 5 0 0 1 3 4 1 10 2 0 0 1 2424 LEIBIG,Tom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 DELANEY,Tim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 335 KENNEDY,Matt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 GRACE,Denny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 142 PAINTER,Dylan 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3

TEAM 1 1 1Totals.............. 32 62 16 34 8 12 10 32 42 14 88 23 11 2 6 200


Officials:PatDriscoll,MichaelStephens,MattPotterTechnicalfouls:SaintJoseph's-None.Villanova-None.Attendance:6,500

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalSaintJoseph's 31 26 57Villanova 44 44 88

Game8:December11,2016-DaskalaskisCenter-PhiladelphiaSJU72-Drexel71

ShavarNewkirk convertedthegame-winningthree-pointplaywith10.7secondstogo,andscoredSaintJoseph'sfinal11points,astheHawksralliedtodefeatDrexel,72-71.Newkirkfinishedthegamewith27points,oneshyofhiscareerhighasSaintJoseph’sended a four-game losing streak. Lamarr Kimble added 16 points,Brendan Casperscored a career-high 10 points and Javon Baumann grabbed a career-high ninerebounds.WiththeHawkstrailing,71-69,NewkirkscoredonadriveandthenputintheensuingfreethrowtogiveSJUa72-71leadat10.7seconds.OnDrexel’sposses-sion,Baumannblockedanattempt,andtheDragonshadonemorechance,inbound-ingwithtwosecondstoplay,butNickRobinson cameupwithablocktopreservethewin.Trailingby11pointsearlyinthesecondhalf,SJUuseda16-3runandscoredeightstraightwithbaskets fromNewkirk,Baumann,CasperandKimble,whose jumperat9:51gaveSaintJoseph’sitsfirstleadofthegame,54-52Fromtheretheteamswouldtrade leadsand forcesix ties,withDrexel’sbiggest leadbeing fourpoints,69-65,at2:06.Newkirktookoverfromthere,scoringthefinal11pointsandthedefenseheldDrexelwithoutafieldgoal,asSJUachieveditsbiggestcome-from-behindwinoftheyear.Drexelcontrolledthefirsthalf,runningouttoa17-6leadinthefirstfiveminutes.TheDragonsconnectedonfivethree-pointersinthehalfwhileSJUmanagedjust2-of-9frombeyondthearc.SaintJoseph’sgotback inthegamewithan8-0runwithsixstraightpointsfromCasper.


## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 2 8 1 3 2 3 0 1 1 2 7 2 1 0 0 3023 LODGE,Markell f 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1200 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 5 15 2 6 4 4 0 4 4 2 16 1 4 0 1 3801 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 10 16 0 3 7 10 3 4 7 2 27 4 1 1 0 3905 ROBINSON,Nick g 1 8 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1515 CLOVER,Chris 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1320 CASPER,Brendan 3 4 0 0 4 4 0 4 4 5 10 2 0 0 2 2332 WILLIAMS,Jai 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 834 BAUMANN,Javon 3 3 0 0 0 1 5 4 9 3 6 0 0 2 0 22

TEAM 1 2 3 1 1Totals.............. 25 60 3 18 19 30 11 25 36 24 72 10 11 4 4 200


Drexel4-5tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min05 WILLIAMS,Austin f 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 5 2 1 2 1 1 0 2324 WILLIAMS,Rodney f 9 17 0 1 11 16 3 7 10 4 29 2 5 1 0 3601 LEE,Kurk g 6 16 3 8 1 3 1 3 4 2 16 6 1 0 0 3812 JONSSON,Kari g 2 9 0 6 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 3 1 0 0 2815 MOJICA,Sammy g 3 5 3 4 0 0 1 5 6 5 9 1 1 0 0 2004 GREEN,Sam 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1611 MORAN,John 0 5 0 4 3 4 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 1823 BAH,Mohamed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 555 MYLES,Tyshawn 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 1 0 16

TEAM 2 2 4Totals.............. 24 58 7 25 16 25 11 30 41 25 71 14 14 3 0 200


Officials:JeffAnderson,SteveMcJunkins,EarlWaltonTechnicalfouls:SaintJoseph's-TEAM.Drexel-Mojica,Sammy.Attendance:1,252

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalSaintJoseph's 34 38 72Drexel 38 33 71

Game9:December14,2016-JadwinGym-Princeton,N.J.SJU76-Princeton68

LamarrKimble scored17points,grabbedacareer-higheightrebounds,andaddednineassists as Saint Joseph's came back from a late deficit to beat Princeton, 76-68, atJadwinGym.ShavarNewkirkscoredagame-high19points–including10-of-11fromthe line– andpulled in a career-higheightboardsofhisown,whileCharlieBrownscored12points.MarkellLodge addedeightpointsandninerebounds.SJUledmostoftheway,pushingafive-pointhalftimeleadtoitshigh-watermarkof11justaminuteintothesecondhalfafterback-to-backthree-pointersbyKimbleandBrown.SJUledby10,59-49,with10:41toplaybeforePrincetonclawedbackintothegame.StevenCookscoredfivepoints ineightsecondstocutthe lead inhalf,andaTigerthreetiedthegameat59at8:38.AfterapairoffreethrowsbyBrendanCasper,anotherthreegavetheTigerstheirfirstleadofthenight,62-61,withoversixminutestoplay.Bothteamswentnearlythreeminuteswithoutapointbeforeapairoffreethrowsat3:58puttheTigersupbythree.ItwasallSaintJoseph'sfromthere,asconsecutivebucketsfromNewkirkandBrownendedaseven-minutefieldgoaldroughtandputtheHawksaheadforgoodat65-64withthreeminutestogo.NickRobinson camethroughwithhisonlyfourpointsofthenightwithunderaminutetogobeforeKimbleandNewkirkputthegameawayatthefreethrowline.TheHawkstotalled58reboundsinthegame-themostsincetheyhad50atSt.BonaventureonJanuary14,2009.


## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 5 12 2 5 0 0 0 7 7 3 12 0 1 1 1 3223 LODGE,Markell f 4 6 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 3 8 0 0 3 0 2000 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 6 16 1 4 4 6 3 5 8 1 17 9 1 0 0 3701 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 4 16 1 6 10 11 2 6 8 1 19 0 1 0 4 3705 ROBINSON,Nick g 1 4 0 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 1 2 0 2115 CLOVER,Chris 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 1420 CASPER,Brendan 2 4 0 0 4 5 3 4 7 3 8 1 3 0 0 2032 WILLIAMS,Jai 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 634 BAUMANN,Javon 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 3 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 13

TEAM 2 5 7 1Totals.............. 26 67 4 17 20 26 19 39 58 21 76 11 10 6 5 200


Princeton4-5tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min10 WEISZ,Spencer f 2 8 2 6 4 8 2 9 11 3 10 8 0 0 2 3425 COOK,Steven f 4 11 0 2 5 9 1 1 2 5 13 1 0 1 3 3331 MILLER,Pete f 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1003 CANNADY,Devin g 6 16 5 13 0 0 0 1 1 3 17 2 4 1 0 3512 STEPHENS,Myles g 4 11 1 3 3 4 0 6 6 0 12 2 0 1 0 3800 YOUNG,Aaron 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1005 BELL,Amir 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 15



13 GLADSON,Will 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 0 1235 BRENNAN,Alec 3 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 13

TEAM 2 2 4Totals.............. 22 62 10 31 14 23 7 27 34 19 68 16 5 4 5 200


Officials:JeffreyAnderson,EarlWalton,GaryPragerTechnicalfouls:SaintJoseph's-None.Princeton-None.Attendance:2,360

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalSaintJoseph's 43 33 76Princeton 38 30 68

Game10:December18,2016-RedbirdArena-Normal,Ill.IllinoisState81-SJU72

ShavarNewkirk ledtheHawkswith21points,butSaintJoseph'sfelltoIllinoisState,81-72,atRedbirdArena.CharlieBrownreacheddoublefigureswith14points,includ-ing4-of-8 fromthree-pointrange.Trailing41-27athalftime,Saint Joseph'sgotbackintothegamewith13-4runtocutthedeficittofive.LamarrKimble scoredsevenofhisninepointsduringtherun,includingathree-pointertobringthedeficitunderdou-bledigitsat45-36with15:42togo.ConsecutivebasketsbyJavonBaumannandChrisClovercappedoffa7-0stretchandmadeita45-40gameat11:56.IllinoisStatehitathree,butBrendanCasperansweredwithoneofhisowntomakeit48-43with11:13remaining.Thatprecededa9-2stretchfortheRedbirdsoverthenext2:30,andaftertheteamstradedbaskets,Newkirkhitshotsonconsecutivepossessionstogetitbacktosingledigitsat59-51with7:18toplay.Fromthere,theHawkswouldgetnocloserthaneighttherestoftheway.SJUfellbehindearly,trailing17-6with11:04togointhehalf.BrownandKimblethencombinedforfiveinarow,buta7-0runextendedtheRedbirds'advantageto24-11atthe8:51mark.SJUgotwithin28-20,butIllinoisStateusedan8-3runoverthenextthreeminutestopushtheleadto36-23with1:49toplay.TheRedbirdswentintothebreakwiththeirbiggestleadofthehalfafterathree-quar-ter-courtbuzzerbeater.SJUshot just36percent fromthe floor in the firsthalfandturnedtheballover12times.TheHawksrecoveredinthesecond,shooting46.7per-centon14-of-30fromthefloorandturningitoveronlytwice.


## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min02 BROWN,Charlie f 5 9 4 8 0 0 0 4 4 1 14 1 0 0 1 3723 LODGE,Markell f 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1500 KIMBLE,Lamarr g 3 13 1 7 2 3 0 3 3 2 9 6 2 0 1 3401 NEWKIRK,Shavar g 5 13 1 4 10 11 4 3 7 1 21 4 7 0 0 3505 ROBINSON,Nick g 2 7 0 3 5 7 2 5 7 3 9 0 3 0 1 2803 BOOTH,Michael 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 115 CLOVER,Chris 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1020 CASPER,Brendan 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 3 9 2 0 0 0 1821 THOMPSON,Kyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 132 WILLIAMS,Jai 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 634 BAUMANN,Javon 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 15

TEAM 3 3Totals.............. 23 55 8 25 18 23 11 21 32 16 72 14 14 2 3 200


IllinoisState6-3tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min10 FAYNE,Phil f 4 8 0 0 2 3 3 2 5 4 10 0 0 1 0 2511 McINTOSH,MiKyle f 6 14 0 0 2 2 0 6 6 3 14 3 2 0 0 3023 HAWKINS,D f 9 18 3 5 0 0 4 4 8 2 21 1 2 1 0 3001 LEE,Paris g 8 11 4 6 4 4 0 4 4 2 24 4 1 0 3 3112 WILLS,Tony g 3 6 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 4 7 2 1 1 0 2902 CLAYTON,DJ 1 8 1 4 2 4 4 2 6 2 5 3 1 0 3 2903 EVANS,Keyshawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 205 HEIN,Matt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 WASHINGTON,Andre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 225 WILLIAMS,Madison 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 2031 THOMPSON,Javaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TEAM 2 1 3Totals.............. 31 66 9 20 10 13 14 23 37 21 81 14 10 3 10 200


Officials:GerryPollard,BretSmith,RandyHeimermanTechnicalfouls:SaintJoseph's-None.IllinoisState-None.Attendance:3,924

ScorebyPeriods 1st 2nd TotalSaintJoseph's 27 45 72IllinoisState 41 40 81



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