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By Philahoops Staff Harvard halted Saint Joseph’s winning streak at five, defeating the Hawks 74-69 on Saturday in Amhest, Mass. Harvard came back from a 48-38 halftime deficit. Kyle Casey had 20 of his game-high 26 points after halftime for the 24th-ranked Crimson (12-1). Tay Jones had 22 points for the Hawks (10-4), who open Atlantic 10 play [...]
By JOE FEDOROWICZ Philahoops Staff Twitter: @joefedorowicz In what has become commonplace at the Tom Gola Arena, La Salle (10-4, 0-0 A10) defended their home court in dominating fashion and defeated Hartford, 73-55. Ramon Galloway and Tyreek Duren paced La Salle,each scoring 19 points, with Galloway also notching seven assists. Earl Pettis and Sam Mills added [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Drexel hit seven 3-pointers in the first half en route to a 35-14 halftime lead and the Dragons (8-4, 0-1 CAA) never looked back, defeating the St. Francis (Pa.) Red Flash (3-10, 2-0 NEC), 63-42. Frantz Massenat and Damion Lee hit back-to-back 3-pointers as part of a game-opening [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin For the second straight game, it looked like the Temple Owls were going to fall just short of victory. And for the second straight game, a late 3-pointer made all the difference. Two days after Juan Fernandez and Ramone Moore each hit from beyond the arc in the final [...]
By AARON BRACY Philahoops Editor Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy Phil Martelli looks at the season as a series of measuring sticks. There were measuring sticks against teams the Hawks lost to last season, such as Western Kentucky, Creighton and Villanova, and they passed them all. Saturday’s road game against Harvard, ranked 24th in the country by the [...]
By MIKE SCULLIN Philahoops Bracket Expert Twitter: @MikeScullin Expected RPI data courtesy of RPIForecast.com. Game projection data courtesy of Sagarain Predictor Ratings. Percentages refer to chances of at large bids, not factoring in the possibility of automatic bids. Saint Joseph’s Expected RPI: 36.4 Current RPI: 39 Expected SOS: 46 Current SOS: 70 Current Record: [...]
By Philahoops Staff Tyler Bernardini cooled off, Zack Rosen had an uncharacteristically sub-standard performance and Penn fell to Davidson, 75-70, in Davison, N.C., on Thursday night. Bernardini, who set a pair of career highs in his last two games while combining for 59 points, finished with 16 points but needed 13 field-goal attempts and 6 [...]
By JOE FEDOROWICZ Philahoops Staff Twitter: @joefedorowicz (Ed Note: Postgame audio at bottom of story.) La Salle (9-4, 0-0 A10) used excellent defense and the play of Tyreek Duren to hold off the Boston University Terriers, 70-53, on Thursday night at Gola Arena. Duren finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Also contributing was [...]
