CHARLESTON, S.C. - Fighting back from an 18-point first half deficit to Florida, the Saint Joseph's men's basketball team made it a two-point game on a Ryan Daly layup with under a minute to play. Unfortunately for the Hawks, the Gators scored the game's final six points to hold on for a 70-62 victory in the opening round of the Charleston Classic on Thursday at TD Arena.

How It Happened
• Falling behind 14-2 to start, and trailing by 18 at one point, the Hawks slowly chipped away at Florida's lead in the second half to make it 52-43 on a free throw by Myles Douglas at 11:32.
• The Gators pushed their lead to 55-43, but Saint Joseph's answered with a 7-0 run as a layup by Rahmir Moore cut it to a 55-50 game with 8:50 remaining.
• With under two minutes to play, Florida held a 64-58 edge, but two free throws by Douglas and a driving layup by Daly made it 64-62 with 0:56 left.
• The Gators closed out the game at the line though, going 6-6 from the charity stripe.

Inside The Boxscore
• The Hawks connected on just 2-10 field goals to start the game, while Florida was 6-10, including 3-5 from three-point range, as the Gators took a 16-4 edge early.
• After shooting 26.3 percent in the first half (10-38), Saint Joseph's shot 46.4 percent in the second (13-28) to finish the game at 34.8 percent.
• Saint Joseph's finished with season-lows in three-pointers made (three) and attempted (23).
• The Hawks scored 38 points in the paint and scored 15 second chance points.
• Daly scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the second half.
• Daly finished with his third double-double of the season as he grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
• Taylor Funk and Moore each finished with 11 points apiece.

Up Next
Saint Joseph's (2-3) will face Missouri State at 2:30 p.m. on Friday.

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