The week that was: Your Saint Joe’s Hawks

We know, we know: We’ve been a bit lax in updating the site in the past week or so. Stuff happens. But with our next series of posts, we’re gonna do our best to get you caught up on the city’s six teams. ‘Cause that’s how we do. Next up: Saint Joe’s. But you knew that already, didn’t you?

The Hawks’ struggles have continued since last you heard from us on the subject. Yes, they picked up an A-10 win, but it came against Fordham, and it happened at the Hagan. In their other two games in the past week-and-a-half, Saint Joe’s got thumped at Temple, 73-46, and throttled at Rhode Island, 101-74.

In both of those defeats, Saint Joe’s couldn’t do much in the lane. Against Temple, the Hawks were outscored 46-18 in the paint. They were outrebouned 49-25. And Temple had a 21-4 advantage in second-chance points. No need to do the math to see what it added up to. If there was a positive, it’s that Saint Joe’s frequently double-teamed Juan Fernandez on the perimeter and hounded him into going 0-for-10.

Not much to say about Saint Joe’s 82-69 win over Fordham, which fell to 2-13 as a result. It was a win at home against a team that’s worse.

As for the Rhody game, it was more of the same (that rhymes!). The Rams shot 9-for-16 from the arc in the first half (56.3 percent), and the Hawks turned it over 19 times. Now 5-10, 1-2 A-10, Saint Joe’s is at St. Bonaventure (7-8, 0-2) tonight.

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Posted: Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 5:34 pm by dom
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