PLAYING SAINT LOUIS is the basketball equivalent of a trip to the dentist office. Sit in the chair for 2 hours while the shrill of the drill drones on. All you can do is hope to survive and lose as little blood as possible.
Ashley Prim scored 18 points and Samira Van Grinsven added 14 as St. Joseph's defeated La Salle, 57-53, in an Atlantic Ten women's basketbll game at Tom Gola Arena on Wednesday night.
St. Joseph's saw its two-game winning streak halted by one of the nation's top defensive teams, with the aid of its accurate three-point shooter. Cody Ellis scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half as St. Louis defeated the Hawks, 72-60.
Down for the count after a loss to Temple in January, St. Joseph’s has rebounded.
By Joe Juliano, Inquirer Staff Writer
Joe Juliano: In the Atlantic Ten, if a team is going bad, the good news is that there is always next week. Just look at St. Joseph's as an example of how quickly things can turn.
Perhaps it's too early to count out St. Joseph's. Thanks to Saturday's 70-66 victory over La Salle, the Hawks sit a game and a half behind first-place Temple in the Atlantic Ten standings.
Joe Juliano: It's cool that the Atlantic Ten is such a well-balanced league this season, but the fact that its teams are beating up on each other might not bode well when NCAA invitations are handed out.
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