OLEAN, NY (02/24/02) - Senior Susan Moran scored 33 of her career-high 38 points in the second half, rallying Saint Joseph's (21-6, 12-4 A-10) from a 15-point halftime deficit to defeat St. Bonaventure (13-14, 7-9 A-10) at the Reilly Center. The victory was SJU's 16th in a row over SBU and extended the team's current winning streak to five straight "We feed off of off Susan," SJU head coach Cindy Anderson-Griffin. "We feed off of her defensively and offensively. She took the challenge and put the team on her shoulders in the second half. She got everybody together and was able to lead us." SJU led the game early, but the Bonnies held the Hawks without a field goal over the final 7:35 of the first half. During that span, SBU went on a 20-1 run that turned a four-point SJU leads (20-16) into a fifteen-point halftime deficit (36-21). The Hawks, who played on Friday in Philadelphia and traveled to Olean, NY on Saturday, appeared lifeless in the first half. They shot just 28.0% in the period, while Bona connected at 59.3% clip from the field. In the second half, however, SJU and Moran came out with fire in their eyes. A quick 12-2 run by the Hawks trimmed the lead down to just five points (38-33) with 17:11 left to play. "We knew we needed to score," stated Anderson-Griffin. "We needed to chip away at the lead and start right from the get go." The Hawks then slowly whittled away at at the lead over the next eight minutes. With Moran scoring 15 of the team's next 22 points, SJU finally tied the score and then went ahead 55-54 with 8:53 remaining. The Bonnies regained the lead briefly, but two more free throws by Moran and a long three-pointer by sophomore Amra Mehmedic from the left side gave the Crimson and Gray a lead (60-57) that they would never relinquish. Twice the Hawks pushed their lead out to eight points in the final minutes. The Bonnies, however, did not quit and closed to within a single point on two occassions. Each time, however, Moran and the Hawks had an answer. Hitting from the line, the post and the perimeter, Moran seemingly would not allow the Hawks to surrender the lead. SJU hit eight of ten free throws in the final 1:12 to ice the contest. Moran, who scored 33 points after intermission, was nothing less than marvelous. She connected on 10-13 shots from the field in the second half and knocked down13-15 from the line. Moran was not alone in jump starting the Crimson and Gray's comeback. Mehmedic stepped up as well, netting 13 of her 16 points in the second half. The duo outscored the entire Bonnie squad 46-41 in the second period. In addition to that tandem, senior Jane Meade finished in double figures with 13 points. Fellow senior Amy Snell did all of the little things, scoring seven points, dishing seven assists and coming up with four steals. Sophomore Stephanie Graff netted only two points, but played rugged interior defense and hauled down 11 rebounds, including a critical offensive carom in the final minute. "I think that the way the team played in the first half was not us," assessed Moran about the team's performance. "There is a lot of pride in this team and we didn't want to let that go. We wanted to finish off the season the right way. We wanted to come out with everything and leave it all out there." Junior Courtney Mattingly led four Bonnies in double-figures with 23 points. Moran's 38 points were a new career high by the senior and the fourth highest single game total in SJU history. The Hawks' all-time leading scorer has now netted 2,223 career points. The Crimson and Gray tied Temple for first place in the A-10's East Division, but gained only the division's #2 seed due to head-to-head competition. The Hawks are slated to play the winner of the Dayton-Fordham game in an A-10 quarterfinal on Saturday at 2:00 PM.