SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Saint Joseph's women's basketball team looks to snap a two game losing streak on Saturday as the Hawks open play versus St. Francis Brooklyn in the semifinals of the Seton Hall Thanksgiving Tournament. Game time is set for 2:30 p.m., with free audio broadcast courtesy of the Saint Joseph's Sports Network.
GAME STORIES . . .
• Saturday's matchup is the first ever between the Hawks and the Terriers.
• The Hawks will face either host Seton Hall or Saint Peter's on Sunday. All-time, SJU is 4-6 versus the Pirates and 0-1 against the Peacocks.
• Saint Joseph's is coming off a 76-63 loss at Drexel on Tuesday.
• Sophomore guard Kathleen Fitzpatrick had a career-best 18 points at Drexel, connecting on 6-of-10 from three-point range.
• Graduate student Ashley Robinson tallied a season-best 16 points versus the Dragons.
• The Hawks are 1-3 to start the season for the first time since 2009-10. SJU finished that season with a 17-15 mark and earned a bid to the WNIT.
• Saint Joseph's head coach Cindy Griffin (247-167) is one victory shy of matching Jim Foster's program record for victories, 248.
• In the Hawks' losses, they have allowed 76 points exactly to each opponent and finished with just one steal.
• This weekend's tournament is the first of two in-season tournaments Saint Joseph's will play in. In late December, SJU will host the Hawk Classic.
SJU IN IN-SEASON TOURNAMENTS
• This weekend marks the 74th in-season tournament the Hawks will compete in and the first of two this season (SJU hosts the Hawk Classic at the end of December).
• Saint Joseph's has advanced to the title game in 45 of those appearances.
• The Hawks have won six tournament titles under head coach Cindy Griffin.
• Saint Joseph's latest title came at the 2012 Hawk Classic. Current senior Natasha Cloud was one of three SJU players named to the All-Tournament Team.
