Women's Basketball Hosts La Salle on Saturday Afternoon

1/24/2025 4:15:00 PM

Saint Joseph's (15-4, 6-2 A-10) vs. La Salle (7-14, 1-7 A-10)

AT THE TIP

The Hawks cap off a two-game homestand against La Salle on Saturday afternoon inside Hagan Arena, a rematch between the two sides that met just 20 days prior on 20th and Olney.
St. Joe's enters on a three-game win streak after brushing past St. Bonaventure on Wednesday afternoon.
SJU sits in a tie for second in the Atlantic 10 standings, one game behind Richmond.
The Hawks are honoring past players as Saturday's game is Alumni Day.

LAST TIME OUT

11 three-pointers from the Saint Joseph's women's basketball team helped secure a 67-55 win over Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon inside the Mullins Center.
St. Joe's converted four of its first five three-pointers in the contest for an early lead. Trailing by four, the Hawks capped off an 11-0 run to end the first half with a wide-open triple as time was expiring to create a nine-point gap. St. Joe's was able to keep the lead above nine until over two minutes to play in the fourth quarter before Mackenzie Smith's and-one restored order as the Hawks earned a 67-55 win.
Laura Ziegler scored a game-high 23 points, securing 14 rebounds. Gabby Casey tallied 12 points, while Mackenzie Smith and Rhian Stokes each added 11 points in the win.

HAWK NOTES

Laura Ziegler has scored 10+ points in 18 of 19 games this season after a 17-point, 15-rebound double-double against St. Bonaventure. The junior is second all-time in program history with 35 double-doubles in her career.
Ziegler ranks fourth in the country with 11.8 rebounds per game, while her 10.0 defensive boards per contest leads the NCAA.
Mackenzie Smith has registered 11 games this season with 15+ points.
Ziegler and Smith rank in the top 10 in scoring in the conference, Smith currently third in A-10 in three-point percentage (43.4%).
Rhian Stokes recorded back-to-back double digit games for the first time in her career against UMass and St. Bonaventure.
Aleah Snead has averaged 9.3 points per game in her three career starts, adding nine points, four rebounds and two assists in her start against St. Bonaventure.
St. Joe's shoots 36.9% from three on the season, ranking 15th in the NCAA.
The Hawks are 13th as a team in assist/turnover ratio (1.36), leading the Atlantic 10. The 18.3 assists per game sits 18th-best in the country and is just behind Richmond's 18.7 assists.

MILESTONE MARKS

Laura Ziegler ranks seventh all-time in program history with 787 career rebounds and ninth with 88 career blocks. Ziegler's 1,138 points ranks 22nd in school history.
Paula Maurina is one game shy of reaching 100 games played in her career, 62 of the 99 games played in the last three seasons on Hawk Hill. Maurina spent two seasons at Hartford, making 37 appearances.
Mackenzie Smith is 24 rebounds shy of becoming the third player on the team to reach 500 career rebounds, Laura Ziegler and Talya Brugler the 23rd and 24th Hawk in program history to reach 500 rebounds in their career.
Brugler is 25 points shy of entering top five in program history in scoring, while Mackenzie Smith ranks 10th in school history with 1,428 career points.

SERIES REWIND

Saint Joseph's meets La Salle for the 71st time in series history on Saturday, the Hawks earning a win in the first of the two meetings on the season.
Overall, St. Joe's holds a 54-16 record in the rivalry, including a 30-9 advantage under Coach Griffin's tenure.
The 30 wins are the most for Coach Griffin against a single opponent, 25 wins over Fordham being the next closest opponent.
The Hawks have only collected more wins against Rhode Island (59) than the 54 against La Salle in program history. Massachusetts is the only other team that the Hawks have beat at least 50 times.