PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Saint Joseph’s University women’s basketball team is off to its best start in more than 35 years.
The team has taken off from Hawk Hill this season with a 9-0 record, their best start since the 1984-85 squad started the season 10-0. The winning streak includes impressive victories over city rivals Penn, Temple and Drexel.
“I think we’re scoring the ball from different positions on a consistent basis,” said head coach Cindy Griffin.
“You’re getting a lot of offense from all five spots, which certainly helps spread the floor and the offensive flow. In addition to defending and rebounding, you want to depend on your shooting for so much, but you want to be able to score in different ways and I think we’ve been able to do that and that’s why we’ve been successful.”
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Sophomore Talya Brugler leads the Hawks in scoring, averaging 15.1 points per game. Three Hawks average double figures in scoring per game, and no Hawks starter averages below 7.7 points per contest.
Defensively, St. Joe’s holds opponents to 55.2 points per game and 37% shooting from the field.
A big test comes for the Hawks on Saturday afternoon as they visit Big 5 rival Villanova. Denise Dillon’s Wildcats are 8-2 and are ranked 25th in the Associated Press poll.