Game 28: GMU (21-6 / 9-5) at St. Joe’s (16-10 / 8-5) on Wednesday, February 25, at 7:00 PM.

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St. Joe’s plays at home against Loyola Chicago on Saturday the 21st at noon. I’ll update after that game.

First meeting this year:
We beat St. Joe’s 60-52 in front of a raucous Homecoming crowd of 7,335 at EBA on Saturday, February 7. Jahari Long (20) and Riley Allenspach (13) led us in scoring. Jaiden Glover-Toscano (14), Derek Simpson (13), and Austin Williford (11) paced the Hawks. Glover-Toscano had all 14 of his points in the first half. Shutting him down in the second was the key to the game. We held them to just 30.8% from the field and 27% from deep. It was without a doubt one of our better defensive efforts on the year.

Box Score: https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/saint-joseph-s/boxscore/13868

The game is on ESPN+.

KenPom:
Gives us a 51% chance of winning.
GMU - 103
St. Joe’s - 148
NET:
GMU - 89
St. Joe’s - 160

History:
We are 13-8 against St. Joe’s all-time.
Tony Skinn is 3-2 against the Hawks.

St, Joe’s is currently 16-10 on the season and 8-5 in A10 play. They are 10-3 at home, 4-7 on the road, and 2-0 at neutral sites.

The Hawks are 0-4 against Quad 1 teams, 0-2 vs Quad 2, 6-2 against Quad 3, and 7-2 against Quad 4 teams.

Schedule: https://sjuhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Wins: Lafayette (85-76), Drexel (76-65), Rutgers-Camden (100-61), Princeton (60-58), Temple (70-69), Coppin St. (87-65), Delaware St. (67-51), Arcadia (87-65), Duquesne (97-90 OT), Richmond (67-65), St. Bonaventure (68-64), Dayton (81-74), Loyola Chicago (85-64), La Salle (67-58), GW (76-73), St. Bonaventure (71-65)
Losses: Va Tech (94-59), Penn (83-74), UNLV (99-85), Syracuse (71-63), Coastal Carolina (68-62), St. Louis (102-79), Davidson (62-56), vcu (79-72), GMU (60-52), Fordham (68-64)

Probable Starters:
6’6” Jaiden Glover-Toscano - 15.6 ppg & 4.5 reb - Sophomore
6’3” Derek Simpson - 13.1 ppg & 5.2 reb - Senior
6’8” Dasear Haskins - 11.1 ppg & 6.3 reb - Sophomore
6’4” Austin Williford - 7.5 ppg - Freshman
6’10” Justice Ajogbor - 5.0 ppg & 5.1 reb - Grad Student

Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’7” Anthony Finkley - 6.5 ppg - Junior - has 13 starts
5’10” Khaafiq Myers - 4.6 ppg - Freshman
6’11” Jaden Smith - 3.0 ppg - Sophomore - has 1 start

Roster: https://sjuhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Team Stats:

St. Joe’s averages 73.6 points per game (10th in the A10) while giving up 71.4 (6th in the A10).

The Hawks shoot 42.6% from the floor (12th in the A10) and 30.4% from 3 (12th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 41.4% from the field and 32.5% from 3.

The Hawks shoot 74.8% from the free throw line (4th in the A10).

They have out rebounded opponents by 3.2 boards per game and average 12.4 turnovers per contest.

Stats: https://sjuhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26

Thoughts: St. Joe’s is currently tied for 4th place so this is a big game on all counts.

If we lose we’re rapidly fading out of the top 4. An 8-1 start is beginning to look like a total collapse to 9-9. Damn I hate saying that but we’re lost right now.

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