PHILADELPHIA – A dominant second half from the Saint Joseph's men's basketball team lifted the Hawks to an 86-65 win against the Delaware Blue Hens in an exhibition matchup on Saturday afternoon.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Four St. Joe's players reached double figures, led by 19 points from Jaiden Glover-Toscano. Deuce Jones II had 16 while Anthony Finkley and Austin Williford netted 13 and 10, respectively.
• Also adding to the scoring effort were Derek Simpson and Dasear Haskins who had nine apiece.
• Williford topped SJU in rebounding with seven. Jones had five assists.
• As a team, Saint Joseph's recorded 24 assists on 30 made baskets and shot 49.2 percent (30-for-61) for the game.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hawks started off strong behind eight early points from Finkley. Delaware hung around, however, pulling to 22-20 midway through the first half.
• SJU took control using a 13-2 run in a span of less than four minutes. Jones had six points in the spurt, hitting from beyond the arc as well as turning in a conventional three-point play.
• After a quick spurt by the Blue Hens, St. Joe's regained command and took a 43-36 lead into halftime.
• UD opened the second half scoring five in a row before a Jones triple and a block leading to an alley oop from Glover-Toscano got the points back for the Hawks.
• Not stopping there, Glover-Toscano had two more blocks leading to a three of his own. On the Blue Hens next trip down the floor, it was Williford with the rejection, that saw Glover-Toscano take the ball the length of the floor ahead of the defense for a finger roll, putting SJU up 53-41.
• Relentless, St. Joe's pushed the run out to 27-7, opening a 70-48 lead on a pair of free throws from Finkley with 8:26 remaining.

 
UP NEXT
Saint Joseph's opens the regular season on Monday, November 3, hosting Lafayette. Tipoff from Hagan Arena is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.