OLEAN, N.Y. – The Saint Joseph's women's basketball team returns to the road Wednesday, Jan. 14 for a meeting with St. Bonaventure inside the Reilly Center.
 
Saint Joseph's (12-4, 3-2 A-10) at St. Bonaventure (11-5, 2-3 A-10)
Date: Wednesday, January 14
Time: 6:00 p.m. ET
Site: Olean, N.Y. | Reilly Center
TV: ESPN+ (Stephen Scheppner, Ryan Addeo)
Series History: Saint Joseph's leads 47-13 (24-6 home, 23-6 away, 0-1 neutral)
 
SAINT JOSEPH'S              SCHEDULE | ROSTER | STATS | GAME NOTES
ST. BONAVENTURE           SCHEDULE | ROSTER | STATS
 
 
OPENING TIP
Saint Joseph's heads on the road with a 12-4 overall record and a 3-2 mark in Atlantic 10 play, traveling to the Reilly Center to face St. Bonaventure (11-6, 2-3 A-10).
 
The Hawks returned to the win column last time out, holding off a second-half comeback bid from La Salle for a 69-60 victory inside Hagan Arena. Saint Joseph's is 9-0 on the season when holding a lead at the half and is 10-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
 
For the eighth time this season, Gabby Casey paced the Hawks with a team-high 15 points while adding seven rebounds. The junior leads Saint Joseph's in points, rebounds, assists and steals per game, and is one game shy of scoring in double figures in 15 contests — a mark that took her 68 games to reach over her first two seasons on Hawk Hill.
 
Emily Knouse was named Big 5 Rookie of the Week, scoring 14 points on 4-for-8 shooting from 3-point range, while Faith Stinson also reached double figures with 11 points against the Explorers.
 
Saint Joseph's leads the nation in assist rate, assisting on 74.4 percent of its made baskets. Only six teams nationally are above 70 percent.
 
 
CASEY DOES IT ALL
Gabby Casey has done a little bit of everything for the Hawks in 2025-26, leading the team in points, rebounds, assists and steals per game. She has scored in double-digits in 14 of her 15 appearances on the year, collected at least five rebounds in 13 games and has tallied three steals in seven games. Casey has led St. Joe's in points, rebounds and assists eight times, and has led the team in steals in nine games. She is the only Hawk to have the best plus/minus in a game on more than two occasions, leading the Hawks with four times.
 
Through 15 games, Casey is 25 points, 49 rebounds, 21 assists and four steals shy of matching her career high set in 34 games in the 2024-25 season.
 
 
SHARING IS CARING
The Hawks lead the nation with a 74.4 percent assist rate, assisting on 296 of their 398 field goals through the opening 16 games. Only six teams have an assist rate above 70 percent, Drake the next-closest team at 72.8 percent.
 
 
HEATING UP
Saint Joseph's is second in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage at 44.2 percent (58th in the country). The Hawks are shooting 34.4 percent from 3-point range and are third in the Atlantic 10.
 
SJU has shot above 50% on four occasions, 4-0 in such contests. The Hawks have also shot above 50% from three twice on the season, including a 17-for-32 (53.1%) performance against Arcadia. The 53.1 percent marks the second-best shooting percentage from three in program history in games with at least 20 3-point attempts.
 
 
ABOUT ST. JOE'S
The Hawks 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.
 
Saint Joseph's has 14 players on the 2025-26 roster, representing four states and three countries outside the United States. Emirson Devenie (Australia) is the first Hawk to represent her country, while Meja Jägerskog (Sweden) and Olivia Lutterodt (Denmark) are each the second player from their respective countries to join the program.
 
A local influx sees nine of the 14 Hawks come from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, while Faith Stinson (Ohio) and Cecilia Kay (Massachusetts) round out the roster.
 
 
SERIES HISTORY
Saint Joseph's holds a 47-13 all-time record against St. Bonaventure with nearly an identical home and away record. The Hawks enter Wednesday's matchup with a nine-game win streak over the Bonnies, winning the last four games inside the Reilly Center.