College Basketball: Hartford comes to town to play La Salle
Penn graduate and former Temple assistant Dan Leibovitz brings his Hartford Hawks to Philadelphia tomorrow to take on La Salle at 2 p.m. With five players from Philadelphia and a coaching staff full of local products, the Hawks (2-6) will feel right at home in Tom Gola Arena.
Penn graduate and former Temple assistant Dan Leibovitz brings his Hartford Hawks to Philadelphia tomorrow to take on La Salle at 2 p.m. With five players from Philadelphia and a coaching staff full of local products, the Hawks (2-6) will feel right at home in Tom Gola Arena.
Archbishop Ryan graduate Joe Zeglinski has a team-high 13.9 points per game.
Last season, Zeglinski became the second-fastest player in program history to reach 1,000 points, just a game slower than NBA star Vin Baker. Zeglinski is replaying his junior year after missing most of last year with an ankle injury.
His brother Zack has joined the squad for his senior season after playing two years of baseball at Temple and a year of football at Penn State. He led the team with five rebounds against Seton Hall on Thursday night.
Plymouth Whitemarsh's Anthony Minor, Simon Gratz's Charles White, and Roxborough's Clayton Brothers have started games for Hartford this season. Hartford recently said Neumann-Goretti's Mustafaa Jones had signed a national letter of intent for the Hawks next season.
On Leibovitz's coaching staff this season is Rick Brunson, who starred at Temple before playing nine seasons in the NBA.
Also on the staff are former Lafayette player and coach Drew Dawson, Philadelphia native Chris Gerlufsen, and Temple standout Jason Ivey.
Elsewhere: No. 9 Michigan State beat Wofford, 72-60, in East Lansing, Mich. . . . No. 13 Florida used 12 three-pointers on the road to defeat Jacksonville, 85-67. No. 19 Texas A&M beat Akron, 74-62, in College Station, Texas. . . . Pittsburgh topped visiting New Hampshire, 47-32. . . . Binghamton defeated Bucknell, 64-60, in Binghamton, N.Y. . . . St. Peter's defeated Iona, 56-54, in New Rochelle, N.Y. Niagara won, 88-64, over Manhattan in Lewiston, N.Y.
Women
Hartford 72, St. Joseph's 66 -
In a nonconference game between two schools with the Hawk as a mascot, Hartford (6-1) prevailed in overtime as Daphne Elliott scored 21 points at St. Joseph's (2-5) Hagan Arena.
Elsewhere: No. 15 Arizona State beat Idaho State, 65-56, in Tempe, Ariz. . . . Bowling Green topped No. 16 Vanderbilt, 66-60, in Nashville. . . . No. 21 DePaul took a 67-56 nonconference win at Illinois-Chicago. . . . Dayton won at home, 86-52, over Wisconsin-Milwaukee.