AMHERST, Mass. - The Saint Joseph's women's basketball team caps the road portion of its regular schedule this Thursday at Massachusetts. Game time is set for 7 p.m., with live audio broadcast provided by the Saint Joseph's Sports Network.
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GAME STORIES . . .
• The Hawks enter the game with a 45-9 edge in the all-time series and have won three straight against the Minutewomen.
• Saint Joseph's is coming off a 82-56 loss to Dayton on Sunday.
• Sophomore guard Ciara Andrews had a team-best 15 points versus Dayton and is averaging 18.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game over the last two games.
• Senior Kelsey Berger tallied a season-best 13 points off the bench at Dayton, going 5-of-8 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the foul line.
• Senior guard Erin Shields enters Thursday 10th all-time in career assists (350), while junior Natasha Cloud is currently 11th at 341.
• Shields currently ranks seventh in a single season for three-pointers (78) and is second all-time in three-pointers (238), 18 behind all-time leader Amra Mehmedic (256).
• Natasha Cloud is fifth all-time in single season assists (199) and currently has more assists than three teams in the nation (Wofford-180, Morgan St.-182 and Alcorn St.-153).
• As a team, SJU is currently first nationally in free throw percentage (80.3 percent).
• This year's SJU squad became just the fourth team in program history to win 10 games at home and on the road, joining the 1977-78, 1986-87 and 1999-00 teams.
Series History - Saint Joseph's vs. Massachusetts
All-Time Series: SJU Leads 45-9
Last Meeting: 2/27/13, SJU, 87-50
Last SJU Win: 2/27/13, 87-50
Last Massachusetts Win: 2/25/10, 75-62
Current SJU Streak: W-3