Thursday Preview: Saint Joseph’s set to face LSU

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Who: Saint Joseph’s (2-1) vs. LSU (3-1) When: 8:30 p.m. Thursday Where: Old Spice Classic – Orlando, Florida TV/Radio: ESPN2 / CBS Sports Radio 610 (WIP – AM) – By JAMES HILL Philahoops Staff @jrhill17 – After letting a great opportunity slip through their fingers against Creighton followed by 12 days to lick their wounds, […]

Saint Joseph’s takes advantage of break in schedule

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By JAMES HILL Philahoops Staff @jrhill17 When fitting 30 regular season games into a four-month schedule, you never expect to have a nearly two-week layoff. But by the time the Saint Joseph’s Hawks take the floor against LSU in the Old Spice Classic on Thanksgiving, it will have been 12 days since their heartbreaking loss […]

Saint Joseph’s Notebook: Galloway gets shot at hometown rivals

Langston Galloway's 13.8 points per game lead all St. Joe's returners. (Photo: Philahoops Archives).

By JAMES HILL Philahoops Staff @jrhill17 Saint Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli lamented on media day a month ago about not being able to get a “home game” for his senior captain Langston Galloway down in Louisiana. Galloway, the Baton Rouge native, will have to settle instead for playing the LSU Tigers in Orlando. “It’s just another […]

Hump Day Rankings: The Nicknames

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Philahoops’ Hump Day Rankings are a weekly look at some of the other topics that make the City Six great. It will be published each Wednesday and will include a poll at the end of each story to get your thoughts. You can see other rankings here. As always, we encourage interaction through comments at the […]

Martelli: Four recruits ink Letters of Intent for Saint Joseph’s

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By JAMES HILL Philahoops Staff @jrhill17 – Small forward James Demery, along with three other prep players, inked National Letters of Intent to play for the Hawks next season, Saint Joseph’s Head Coach Phil Martelli reported through a press release on Monday. Demery, a four-star recruit according to ESPN’s RecruitingNation, is regarded as a prolific […]

Saint Joseph’s Bembry named A-10 Rookie of the Week

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By JAMES HILL Philahoops Staff @jrhill17 – Following an explosive 20-point performance Saturday against Creighton, Saint Joseph’s forward DeAndre Bembry was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Monday. The freshman hit on eight of his 14 attempts from the floor against the Blue Jays, including four of eight attempts from beyond the arc. […]

Creighton 83, St. Joe’s 79: McDermott’s three-point play lifts Jays

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By AARON BRACY Philahoops Staff @Aaron_Bracy As Doug McDermott proved, you can’t hold greatness down forever. St. Joe’s clamped down on the Creighton star, who Hawks coach Phil Martelli called “the best player in college basketball,” for most of the night on Saturday. But when it mattered, McDermott came up with one of the more amazing three-point plays you […]