Men's Basketball

Top-Seeded Blue Jays Defeat #9 Monks in GNAC Tournament

Top-Seeded Blue Jays Defeat #9 Monks in GNAC Tournament

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Pts: Drew Shea - 11
Reb: Team - 7
Ast: Camryn Yorke - 3
St. Joseph (Conn.)
Pts: Ryan O'Neill - 18
Reb: Lucius Brittian - 8
Ast: Jaecee Martin - 9

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
St. Joseph (Conn.)

Field Goals

(16-63)
(40-75)

Field Goal %

25.4%
53.3%

Rebounds

36
47

Assists

10
25

Turnovers

24
12

Pts off Turnovers

6
32

2nd Chance Pts

6
14

Pts in the Paint

18
60

Fastbreak Pts

6
14

Bench Pts

15
36
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Posted: Feb 23, 2022

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The top-seeded University of Saint Joseph (USJ) men's basketball team defeated ninth-seeded Monks of Saint Joseph's College of Maine (SJC), 95-45, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament quarterfinal at the O'Connell Center Wednesday night.

With the victory, USJ - ranked 12th nationally - improves to 24-1 overall on the season and will host fourth-seeded Anna Maria College in the GNAC semifinals on Friday February 25, at 7:00 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION

Score: #9 Saint Joseph's (Me.) 45, #1 Saint Joseph (Conn.) 95

Records: SJC (9-18), USJ (24-1)

Location: O'Connell Athletic Center | West Hartford, Conn.

Notes: GNAC Quarterfinals

The Blue Jays have won four straight GNAC Tournament games dating back to the 2019-20 season and are 6-2 in program history in postseason play (0-1 in NCAA Tournament).

Senior guard Ryan O'Neill (Litchfield, Conn.) was the high-man on the night with a playoff career-high 18 points who made six three-pointers (6-7 3FG) in the triumph. Seniors Chaylyn Martin (Hartford, Conn.) Jordan Powell (Middletown, Conn.) added 14 points apiece on the evening.

Saint Joseph's had trouble with the relentless perimeter pressure by the Blue Jays, as senior guards Nicholas Curtis (Windham, Maine) and Griffin Foley (Portland, Maine) entered the night as the top scoring duo in the GNAC (37.5 PPG) but were held to a combined 13 points on 5-of-21 shooting (3-10 3FG).

Junior forward Drew Shea (Mount Desert Island, Maine) was a bright spot for the Monks, scoring a team-high 11 points and hauling in six rebounds.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

 

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