Saint Joseph's Taylor Funk finished with a team-high 16 points and nine rebounds, but a second-half surge propelled La Salle past the Hawks, 75-64, on Monday afternoon at Hagan Arena.

How It Happened
• La Salle jumped out to an early 12-7 advantage.
• Saint Joseph's responded with a 10-0 run as a layup by Dahmir Bishop put the Hawks ahead 17-12.
• The Explorers cut the deficit to 17-16, but the Hawks answered back with 11 straight points as a three-pointer by Cameron Brown made it 28-16 with 2:38 left in the first half.
• St. Joe's took a 33-24 edge into the second half, but La Salle would erase the margin.
• Down 36-26, the Explorers put together an 18-4 run to open a 44-40 lead on a layup by Christian Ray at 10:50.
• The Hawks' Ejike Obinna converted a three-point play to make it a one-point contest, 44-43.
• La Salle pulled away from there as it scored seven of the next nine points and allowed Saint Joseph's to get no closer than three points over the final nine minutes.

Inside The Boxscore
• Funk finished the game 5-of-10 from the floor, 4-of-7 from three-point range and 2-of-4 from the line.
• Jordan Hall added 11 points to go with five rebounds and a team-high four assists.
• Brown added 10 points and four rebounds.
• Saint Joseph's shot 36.1 percent from the floor (22-of-61), 39.3 percent from behind the arc (11-of-28) and 52.9 percent from the foul line (9-of-17).
• La Salle shot 39.7 percent from the field (25-of-63), going 8-of-30 in the first half (26.7 percent), and 17-of-33 in the second half (51.5 percent).
• Monday's contest is part of the annual meeting between the Hawks and Explorers on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
• Saint Joseph's head coach Billy Lange and La Salle head coach Ashley Howard spearheaded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day contest between the two Philadelphia programs.

NEXT UP
The Hawks (7-8, 1-3 Atlantic 10) remain at home to host George Washington on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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