Hawks drop third straight

Pretty much the only statistical category in which DeAndre' Bembry does not lead St. Joseph's was the one the Hawks needed him to excel in Saturday night.

Bembry missed the front end of a potential game-tying one-and-one twice in the final 10 seconds of regulation and the Hawks went on to fall in overtime, 70-60, to St. Bonaventure at Hagan Arena.

St. Bonaventure (14-11, 7-7 Atlantic Ten) outscored the Hawks, 18-8, in the extra session, a margin made closer by a couple of late three-pointers from the Hawks.

As a team, St. Joseph's (11-15, 5-9 A-10) made just 8 of 17 free throws.

"Concerned?" asked St. Joseph's coach Phil Martelli. "You might need a thesaurus. . . . That's not concerning. That's just flat-out embarrassing.

"And you'll say go out and practice. OK. Practice what? It's just broken strokes."

Bembry, one of just four players in the country to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, and either steals or blocks, entered the game shooting 60.5 percent from the line.

He made his only previous free throws to tie it at 52 with 3 minutes, 51 seconds remaining. The score held until regulation ended.

Chris Wilson's end-to-end layup gave the Hawks a 50-48 lead with 7:27 remaining in regulation. They did not make another field goal until Wilson swished a three with 1:18 left in overtime.

Wilson led St. Joseph's with 20 points and nine rebounds. Bembry finished with 15 points, six rebounds, six assists, and six turnovers.

"Those numbers mean nothing," Martelli said. "He's a special guy. He's had a special year. Maybe it's fumes, but I don't know. I have to do more for him. . . . We're not canceling the season, we've got games left to play."

The Hawks, who lost for the third straight game, committed 20 turnovers.

"I'm disappointed for them because we were ordinary," Martelli said.

"Ordinary guys would say, 'Man, we really played hard on a tough weather day with not that many people here.' That's not what a champion does. We expect them to be champions."