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Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Lexie Martin
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Matt Watkins
Anthony Getz
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Brandon Cornelius
Anthony Getz
Brandon Cornelius

0 Derek Simpson

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mount Laurel, N.J.
  • High School Lenape

Biography

2025-26 Atlantic 10 First Team
2025-26 NABC All-District Second Team
2025-26 Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year
91.7 FT percentage is the highest ever in a single-season at Saint Joseph's
188 assists in 2025-26 are the second most in a single-season at SJU


2025-26
  • Started all 36 games for the Hawks
  • Averaged 13.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 5.2 APG
  • One of seven players nationally to average 13-5-5
  • Eighth nationally in free throw percentage at 91.7 percent
  • Led the A-10 in APG, FT%; 12th in A-10 in scoring; 13th in steals (1.4/G); 17th in rebounding
  • 27 games in double figure scoring; 20+ in six contests
  • Four double-doubles
  • Only player in A-10 with three games of 10+ assists
  • Career-high 27 points at VCU (1/19)
  • Personal best six three-pointers in NIT quarterfinals at New Mexico (3/24)
  • First career double-double with 23 points and 11 assists, adding four steals against Duquesne (1/7)

2024-25
  • Appeared in all 35 games for the Hawks, making 22 starts
  • Averaged 8.7 PPG, 3.9 RPG and 3.6 APG
  • Had a 2.1:1 assist-to-turnover ratio
  • Scored in double figures 15 times
  • Season-high 19 points against Loyola Chicago (1/11/25)
  • 18 points, making a career-high four threes against Virginia Tech (12/21/24)
  • Personal best nine assists against Delaware State (12/28/24)

2022-24 (at Rutgers)
  • Appeared in 66 games and made 31 starts
  • Averaged 7.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game
  • As a sophomore, played in all 32 games with 25 starts
  • Averaged 8.3 points with team-high 93 assists and 44 steals, while shooting team-best 86.4% from the free throw line in 2023-24
  • Earned a spot on the February 6, 2024 SportsCenter Top 10 
  • In 2022-23, played in all 34 games and made six starts as a freshman
  • Averaged 7.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game as a rookie

High School
  • Averaged a team-high 20.6 points-per-game and 4.9 assists-per-game as a senior
  • Named All-State Third Team, the 2021 Burlington County All-County Team and was named the 2021 Burlington County Player of the Year
  • Scored more than 1,000 points, capping his career as Lenape's all-time leading scorer
  • South Jersey Sports Weekly’s 2021-’22 Boys Basketball Player of the Year

Personal
  • Father, Ron, was a three-year letterwinner at Rider and scored over 1,700 points

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2024-25Junior

    Guard
    6'3" 175 lbs
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    2025-26Senior

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    6'3" 175 lbs
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