STANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph's men's basketball
standout Elbie Murphy ‘09
(Loudonville, NY/Albany Academy) is the 10th player in program
history to reach the 1,400-point plateau. The senior forward scored
12 points in a loss to conference-rival Emerson College on
Saturday, February 14th to reach the mark.
With 1,403 career points, Murphy currently ranks 9th on the SJC
men's basketball all-time scoring list. With his effort in the loss
to Emerson, the senior passed St. Joe's Hall of Famer John
Alexander ‘74, who has 1,402. Another SJC Hall
member, Steve Schuler ‘94, is in 7th with
1,457 points. Through 103 games in his four seasons, he has 488
rebounds and is 12 shy of becoming the third player in team history
to amass 1,400 points, 500 boards and 300 assists in their
career.
Murphy's name is scattered throughout the Monks Basketball record
book. He broke the program's career steals record on December 9th
against Husson and has tallied 308 career thefts. His 126 steals in
2007 stands as a single-season record at Saint Joseph's, as does
his 4.2 steals per game average that year, which led all NCAA
levels.
The Monks are 16-7 overall, 10-6 in Great Northeast Athletic
Conference play, this season and hold the fourth spot in the
division standings with a pair of GNAC games left on the docket.
St. Joe's travels to Emmanuel College (14-9, 11-5 GNAC) on Tuesday
to take on the Saints at 7:30 PM and will host Lasell College
(16-7, 13-3 GNAC), currently the top team in the league, on
Saturday at 3:00 PM.
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