Saint Joseph's (7-10, 1-4 A-10) at La Salle (8-9, 2-2 A-10)
Monday, January 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Tom Gola Arena
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SERIES INFORMATION
Series vs. La Salle: Saint Joseph's leads 72-64
First Meeting: 2/11/1909, Saint Joseph's, 35-29
Last Meeting: 3/9/22, La Salle, 63-56 
Coach Lange All-Time vs. La Salle: 2-6

• For the third consecutive season, Saint Joseph's takes on rival La Salle as part of a special Martin Luther King, Jr. Day matchup.

• Monday's contest, set for a 2:00 p.m. tip, will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network, with audio broadcast available on SJUHawks.com.

• Saint Joseph's Billy Lange and former La Salle head coach Ashley Howard spearheaded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day contest between the two Philadelphia programs that started three seasons ago.

• The Hawks will wear a commemorative Martin Luther King, Jr. "Respect. Elevate. Serve." warm-up shirt for Monday's contest.

• As part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, the Hawks continued their relationship with Gompers School as St. Joe's spent a portion of the day interacting with the grade school students.

• Monday is the first of two meetings this year between the Hawks and Explorers as the two teams will meet on February 5 at Hagan Arena.

• The Hawks are coming off dominant 86-55 victory over Loyola Chicago on Saturday.

• The Ramblers' 55 points were the fewest amount of points given up by Saint Joseph's this season.

• Lynn Greer III finished with 17 points, including a career-best five three-pointers, and added six rebounds, five assists and three steals.

• Kacper Klaczek scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half and added five assists, four rebounds and two steals.

• Christian Winborne scored 15 points on 5-8 shooting, including 3-5 from behind the arc and 2-2 from the foul line.

• Erik Reynolds II was the fourth Hawk in double figures as he added 14 points, four assists, three rebounds and three steals.

• Louis Bleechmore matched his season-high with nine points.

• Ejike Obinna grabbed a team-best eight rebounds to go with eight points in a starting role on Saturday.

• Saint Joseph's 72 wins are its most versus any opponent.

• The Hawks and La Salle have a discrepancy in all-time record as  SJU recognizes the first meeting between the two teams as a 35-29 victory on February 11, 1909, while the Explorers view their 39-20 win on February 10, 1934 as the start of the series based upon their start at the Division I level in 1931-32.

• This year's second contest between the Hawks and Explorers, on February 5, counts towards the Big 5 standings.

• Saint Joseph's Billy Lange previously coached against Fran Dunphy once as Lange's Navy's squad fell to Dunphy's Penn Quakers, 86-73, on December 2, 2005 at The Palestra.