St. Joseph's Hawks Women's Basketball News

Joseph's 73-69 on Sunday. Holy Cross scored seven straight points to break a 63-63 tie after the end of regulation and take a 70-63 lead with 2:08 left.

Senior center Jennifer Bender scored a career high 25 points on Saturday night including 10 in an overtime run as Stephanie Gaitley won in her Monmouth University coaching debut, a 59-47 nonconference victory ...

BKCRider-St Joseph's,0197 St. Joseph's 69, Rider 57 Eds: APNewsNow. PHILADELPHIA Senior center Hamad Nivins scored 25 points and tied his career high with 13 rebounds in leading St.

BYAA AND DR. PEPPER ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT will be held Dec. 19-21 and 26-28 for boys in the third, fourth.

Can Arinze Onuaku help Syracuse get a bid to the NCAA Tournament? After posting Sports Illustrated's college basketball preseason rankings, I felt that in an effort to provide equal time, we should also mention ...

The Marist College women's basketball team received 56 votes in the Associated Press' preseason Top 25 poll, which was released on Saturday.

David Bruce, a 6-foot 9-inch, 210-pound senior on the Linden High School boys basketball team, has made a nonbinding commitment to attend St.

Holy Cross head women's basketball coach Bill Gibbons and athletic director Richard M. Regan, Jr., have announced the Crusaders' schedule for the 2008-2009 season, which is slated to begin on November 15.

The University of Dayton women's basketball team has announced its 2008-2009 Atlantic 10 Conference schedule.

Home contests against perennial league powers Xavier and St. Joseph's highlight the St.

Justin Crosgile became a high-priority recruit for St. Joseph's while he was leading DePaul Catholic to the Passaic County title in New Jersey as a sophomore two seasons ago.

The U.S. Olympics Gymnastics Team is looking to finalize its roster, and beginning Thursday, hopefuls will compete for a shot at Beijing.

The magic finally ran out on the Hopedale Blue Raiders. Last night in the Division 3 state semifinal played at steamy St.

Wagner College head women's basketball coach Gela Mikalauskas has announced the hiring of former Saint Joseph's standout Whitney Ffrench as a graduate-assistant coach for the upcoming season.

The crowds were small, about 300-400 people attended games, according to the coach of the local Division I women's college basketball team. via Asbury Park Press Online

St. Francis has interviewed at least three candidates to replace Bobby Jones, who resigned as men's basketball coach after last season. via The Tribune-Democrat

“Honestly, at that point, it was the lowest of the low”

MAYBE YOU HAVE to possess a twisted, ironic sense about you, or maybe you had to have been in the steaming Palestra that night in February to witness the carnage. via Daily News

“I said that to the team after the UConn game, that this is the type of game you need to learn to compete in to beat a team to go to the Sweet 16”

- Asked if any of Hartford's opponents played defense like Texas A&M had Monday night, point guard Lisa Etienne laughed.

'Yeah.

UConn ,' she said.

The Hawks lost that game 70-24 in December. They fared a little better Monday in a second-round NCAA Tournament game against second-seeded A&M, but were still never in it, losing 63-39 to the Aggies at the Maravich Assembly Center.

Hartford coach Jen Rizzotti can't schedule UConn every week to prepare her team for a second-round NCAA opponent. But the past two years, she has made her nonconference schedule stronger and next season, she has scheduled a number of higher-level teams, including the Huskies. Read more

FIRST ROUND Oklahoma 72, St. Joseph's 64: David Godbold scored a career-high 25 points, including the team's first 11 in the second half, to help the Sooners get past St. via Fox Sports