Men's basketball opens Big 5 play on Tuesday as the Hawks host Villanova

Saint Joseph's Hawks (1-1) vs. Villanova Wildcats (2-1)

Tuesday, November 12th | 5 p.m. | Hagan Arena

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NEWS & NOTES
• Saint Joseph's opens Big 5 play on Tuesday when the Hawks host Villanova in a match televised by CBS Sports Network at Hagan Arena.

• The Hawks enter Tuesday's Big 5 campaign with a record of 135-120 and have won 21 titles, including last year's inaugural Big 5 Classic title.

• Overall, the Wildcats lead the series 55-26, but the Hawks are coming off a 78-65 win at #18/15 Villanova a season ago.

• Tuesday marked just the 15th time Saint Joseph's hosted Villanova at Hawk Hill.

• The Hawks are 2-12 and 1-5 in their last 14 meetings against the Wildcats at Hagan Arena.

• St. Joe's last win over Villanova at Hawk Hill came on Dec. 17, 2011, when Langston Galloway scored 20 points in a 74-58 victory.

• Saint Joseph’s head coach Billy Long previously coached twice at Villanova under Jay Wright; Lange was an assistant coach from 2001 to 2004 and deputy head coach from 2011 to 2013.

• Saint Joseph's looks to bounce back from Friday's 73-67 loss to Central Connecticut.

• Rasheer Fleming posted a game-high 19 points and career-high 16 rebounds in his first double-double of the season against the Blue Devils.

• Xzayvier Brown finished Friday with 16 points, five boards and five assists.

• Through the first two games, Brown averaged 19.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game.

• Derek Simpson was the third Hawk to score in double figures against Central Connecticut, as the junior scored 10 points to go with three assists and two steals.

• St. Joe's returns seven letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team that went 21-14 overall, won its first Big 5 Classic title and secured an NIT bid.

• Despite returning seven letterwinners, the Hawks have one of the youngest rosters in the country with just one senior (Eric Reynolds II) and a doctoral student (Justice Ajogbor), and the other 85.7 percent consist of freshmen (six), sophomores (four) and juniors (two).