ORONO, Maine – The Saint Joseph's women's basketball team opens its road campaign on Friday evening, traveling to Maine for a 7:00 p.m. tip at Memorial Gym.
 
Saint Joseph's (1-0) at Maine (0-0)
Date: Friday, November 7
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Site: Orono, Maine | Skip Chappelle Court at Memorial Gym
TV: ESPN+ (Bryan Stackpole, Sandy Thomas)
Series History: Saint Joseph's leads 3-1 (3-0 home, 0-1 away)
 
SAINT JOSEPH'S   SCHEDULE | ROSTER | STATS
MAINE                SCHEDULE | ROSTER | STATS
 
OPENING TIP
The Hawks are 3-0 in the last three road openers, earning a pair of wins over Power Four foes in Vanderbilt and Syracuse.

St. Joe's opened the season with a 69-46 victory over West Chester on Tuesday evening. The Hawks used a second-half surge on offense to push away from the opposition, led by a 20-point effort in Jill Jekot's debut and a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double from Gabby Casey.

Over the past seven seasons, the Hawks have won each of their home openers. Head coach Cindy Griffin has won by an average of nearly 26 points per game in those wins. Overall, Coach Griffin is 20-5 in home openers on Hawk Hill.

Six of the seven Hawks that made their debut scored their first points for the team in the win over West Chester. Below are program records set in players' debuts.

Jill Jekot - 20 points (2^nd); 6 free throws made (t-3^rd); 3 steals (t-5^th)
Cecilia Kay - 11 rebounds (t-3^rd)
Emily Knouse - 3 three-pointers made (t-3^rd)

 
NO NONSENSE IN THE NON-CONFERENCE
Over the past four seasons, the Hawks have posted a 31-5 record in non-conference play with nine or more wins in each of the first three years.

 
NEW ERA BEGINS IN 2025-26
The Hawks look to replace four players from last year's starting lineup. Only Gabby Casey (33) entered the season having started seven or more games last year. Aleah Snead (6), Rhian Stokes (4) and Kaylie Griffin (1) also made starts in 2024-25.
 
The 2024-25 season ended with the departure of three players who all ranked among the program's top 11 all-time scorers, who combined for 4,737 points. Faith Stinson joined St. Joe's as the leading scorer on the team with 565 career points. Gabby Casey entered the season as St. Joe's top returning scorer with 390 points.
 
Saint Joseph's has 15 players on the 2025-26 roster, representing four states and four countries excluding the United States. Amar Mansour (Lebanon) and Emirson Devenie (Australia) are the first Hawks to represent those countries, while Meja Jägerskog (Sweden) and Olivia Lutterodt (Denmark) are each the second player to join the program from their respective countries.
 
Eight newcomers joined the Hawks over the offseason, four coming by way of the transfer portal while Coach Griffin and company signed four freshmen to the team. Jill Jekot (Penn State), Cecilia Kay (American), Amar Mansour (Missouri Baptist) and Faith Stinson (IU Indy) transferred in to Hawk Hill, while Lutterodt, Kaylinn Bethea, Rian Dotsey and Emily Knouse will all make their debut in 2025-26.

 
SERIES HISTORY
Saint Joseph's enters the road game with a 3-1 all-time record against Maine. The home team has won all four prior meetings as the Hawks head on the road for just the second time.
In last season's meeting, St. Joe's cruised to a 74-48 win over the Black Bears after shooting 60.4 percent from the field. Four different Hawks finished in double figures.
The lone defeat in the series came in the River Classic hosted by Maine in the 2004-05 season. The Hawks defeated Mississippi State, 41-38 in the opening round before being bested by the Black Bears in the championship game.