Saint Joseph's freshman Jordan Hall matched his season-high with 17 points, but the Hawks fell to Richmond, 79-56, on Tuesday evening at Hagan Arena.

How It Happened
• In a game that featured seven lead changes over the opening seven minutes, a three-pointer by Dahmir Bishop put the Hawks ahead 13-12 in the early stages.
• Behind a 16-2 run over the next six minutes, Richmond opened a 28-15 advantage on a layup by Nathan Cayo at 7:55.
• Saint Joseph's cut the Spiders' lead to seven, 34-27, on a pair of free throws by Rahmir Moore with 2:44 to go in the opening half.
• Richmond scored six of the final 10 points of the period to take a 40-31 lead into the second half.
• The Spiders pushed their lead to 12 points to start the final half, but a jumper by Jadrian Tracey brought the Hawks back to within 43-33.
• The two teams continued to trade baskets over the next 14 minutes, but a 7-0 run by Richmond pushed the visitor's lead to 71-50 on a basket by Blake Francis at 4:19
• Saint Joseph's would get no closer than 18 points in the final minutes.

Inside the Boxscore
• Hall previously scored 17 points against #7 Villanova in December.
• Hall, who handed out a team-high three assists, finished the game 6-13 from the field, 3-6 from three-point range and 2-2 from the foul line.
• Taylor Funk added 10 points and four rebounds.
• Tracey scored all nine of his points in the second half, and grabbed a team-high five rebounds.
• The Hawks got 25 points from its bench to Richmond's 15.
• Saint Joseph's and Richmond finished with an even 30 rebounds apiece.
• For the game, the Hawks shot 38 percent overall (19-50), 37.4 percent from behind the arc (9-24) and connected on 9-10 free throws.
• At the other end, Richmond shot 50.8 percent from the floor (31-61) and hit 8-9 from the foul line.
• After Richmond went 8-11 from three-point range in the first half, the Hawks' defense held the visitors to just 1-12 in the second period as the Spiders finished the game 9-23 (39.1 percent).
• Tyler Burton led four Spiders in double figures with a game-high 25 points.
• The Hawks move to 18-11 all-time against Richmond.

Up Next
The Hawks (1-13, 0-7 A-10) are back in action on Saturday, January 30 as they travel to Duquesne for a 7 p.m. matchup with the Dukes.

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