Saint Joseph's (6-5, 0-0 A-10) at Richmond (9-4, 0-0 A-10)
Thursday, December 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Robins Center
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GAMEDAY LINKS
Saint Joseph's: Roster | Schedule | Stats
Richmond: Roster | Schedule | Stats

THE TIP-OFF
• Saint Joseph's opens Atlantic 10 play this Thursday as the Hawks travel to Richmond.
• Thursday's contest will be streamed on ESPN+, NBC Sports Philadelphia+ and NBC Sports Washington+.
• The Hawks enter Thursday with a 18-21 all-time mark in A-10 openers.
• Thursday marks the second time in three seasons St. Joe's and Richmond will face off in a conference-opening matchup, with the Spiders topping the Hawks, 84-52, in the 2019-20 opener.
• The Hawks are looking to snap their four-game skid in A-10 openers, with Saint Joseph's last conference-opening win coming against George Washington, 68-63, on December 30, 2016.
• Saint Joseph's is coming off a 77-73 loss at Bradley on December 18 in which the Hawks nearly erased a 12-point second half deficit in the final moments.
• Taylor Funk finished with a game-high 20 points and a team-high nine rebounds against the Braves.
• Funk has averaged 10.3 rebounds per game over the last three contests, after averaging 5.9 rpg over the first eight games.
• Jordan Hall handed out a career-best 12 assists and added 10 points and seven rebounds versus Bradley.
• Thursday's contest features two of the best distributors in the A-10 in St. Joe's Hall (6.4 apg) and Richmond's Jacob Gilyard (6.5 apg).
• Hall's 12 helpers tied him for the fourth-most assists in a game, alongside Jameer Nelson (twice), Halil Kanacevic (twice), Tasheed Carr, Rap Curry, Luke Griffin, Maurice Martin and Bob McNeill.
• Erik Reynolds II matched his season-high of 13 points against Bradley, going 5-8 from the field, including 2-3 from three-point range.
• The Hawks wrapped up their non-conference schedule with their best non-conference winning percentage (.545) since the 2016-17 season (.583).

THE MATCHUP
Series vs. Richmond: Saint Joseph's leads 19-11
First Meeting: 2/13/54, Saint Joseph's, 71-54
Last Meeting: 3/1/21, Saint Joseph's, 76-73
Coach Lange All-Time vs. Richmond: 1-2

SAINT JOSEPH'S VERSUS RICHMOND
• Saint Joseph's and Richmond meet for the 31st time as the Hawks hold a 19-11 edge in the series.
• The Hawks are 7-5 all-time versus the Spiders in Richmond, including a 76-73 victory last March.
• Taylor Funk has averaged 14.0 points, and 4.8 rebounds per game in four previous meetings with Richmond.
• With their win over Richmond last March, the Hawks snapped a two-game skid to the Spiders.
• St. Joe's has won three of the last four meetings with Richmond at the Robins Center.

NEXT UP
The Hawks open the home portion of their A-10 slate as they host George Washington on January 2.

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