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Game 7-055: Saint Joseph's vs. Fordham
February 14, 2011 2:37 pm ET by Kyle Whelliston

Saint Joseph's Hawks vs. Fordham Rams

February 13, 2011 4:00 pm
East Rutherford, NJ
BBState Stats/Recap

They had a Final Four here once.


Now, basement Atlantic 14 basement battles.

@midmajority Game Tweets

16:46 Game 7-055: Saint Joseph's vs. Fordham at East Rutherford, NJ. Curtains. http://img.ly/2ZXY
16:47 Fordham leads SJU 43-29 with one minute left in 1H. On the other end of the league, Xavier beat Duquesne.
16:48 They had the Final Four here once. Then they put it in stadiums. http://img.ly/2ZY0
16:57 RT @gmoore21566: @midmajority The Final Four is there - as in the number of fans at the game today based on your picture.
16:58 Halftime at the building that used to be called two other things. 43-31 Fordham.
16:59 My memories of the Meadowlands are mostly hockey-related. This was enemy territory for Ranger fans, and harder to get to than Uniondale.
17:00 When I was a teenager, I'd take the NJTransit when the Devils were playing. I'd stand outside and wait for someone to give me a ticket.
17:01 There would always be someone who had lots of extra $70 lower bowl tix they'd just give out. This was 1988. They never filled this place.
17:03 Someone will write the book about the attempts to make E. Rutherford/16W a "sports city."
17:04 New Giants Stadium and the racetrack notwithstanding, it didn't work. The plans for the future center around this huge new mall.
17:06 The second half has begun. Chris Gaston for Fordham with a layup + 1. FT off the rock-hard rim; it's 47-31 Rams.
17:07 The real question is: why are we here? Turns out it was the IZOD Center's idea, they approached Fordham with the idea.
17:08 Hold a few games here, and the IZOD could build a profile to maybe have NCAA Tournament games here again. NJIT had the same deal last year.
17:09 I talked to a Fordham person at HT, and it sounds like the consensus is that they won't be back. This isn't working out for anyone.
17:09 RT @devyanks90: @midmajority and the Mall/indoor ski lift is out of money and has been sitting empty for 3 years
17:11 And I'm sore fans of teh football have heard all the complaints about the shoddy planning and huge ticket prices at New Giants Stadium.
17:12 MTO1 of second half; Fordham up 51-38.
17:13 Another thing: the Fordham band is deafening. Not because they are 20 strong & blowing their lungs out, but b/c they are heavily mic'ed up.
17:15 I challenge anyone out there to tell me they've been to a CBB game where the band needed amplification.
17:17 Easy to make fun of a scene like this, but it's really unfortunate. Big ideas, corruption, nonsustainability.. let's just not do this again.
17:19 SJU making a comeback here with #superhoop power, especially Langston Galloway's. Fordham's 12-point HT lead's been cut in half to 51-44.
17:20 Thanks to all who've chimed in with "our band needs amplification." I'll put you in touch with the IZOD people.
17:22 RT @iracane: @midmajority there are some rich people making a lot of money in Newark. The only person still committed to East Rutherford is Springsteen.
17:22 They even painted a floor for Fordham. The people here really wanted basketball here, any basketball. http://img.ly/2ZYp
17:24 When all this started, I recall how everyone back then wrote off Newark as useful for anything. But Newark won in the end! Brick City! Whoo!
17:27 The SJU comeback is nearly complete. 53-52 Fordham at 10:40 2H, eight straight Hawk points.
17:28 I want a t-shirt: "I'M CALLING IT BOILING SPRINGS" RT @dhm East Rutherford used to be called Boiling Springs. Should have kept the old name!
17:28 And, while we're on the topic: NYR 5, PIT 3. Losing streak over.
17:30 That was Gardner-Webb! RT @jtanHC: @midmajority OH S@#T that explains the Boiling Springs team in the March Madness 2003 video game!
17:31 Carl Jones with a long #superhoop for Saint Joe's, and the Hawks have their first lead of the game! We can't get a bad game this weekend!
17:32 As we used to say in the blue seats, "You tell 'em, Coach." RT @jscottfitzwater: NHL regular season: Meaningless.
17:33 Charoy Bentley with a flying layup in transition, and Saint Joe's is up by four! 59-55. Hawk run is officially 28-8.
17:36 The 1996 NCAA Final Four, held here, also had some serious Atlantic 10 overtones. You probably don't need a history lesson about *that*.
17:41 Carl Jones in on a #superhoop rampage here in East Rutherford. SJU up 65-58 with 4:05 2H.
17:46 Oops, I relied on my memory and got my 95 and 96 mixed up. UMass got drilled by Oklahoma State the earlier year. Kentucky beat them here.
17:48 For UMass, 1996 ended in two losses. They were never here. We never saw the reasons why, but we saw the games. And they were awesome.
17:50 Two minutes left in a quiet IZOD Center, and Saint Joseph's leads 69-63.
17:50 RT @HarrySmalleyIII: @midmajority Izod is also the place St. Joe's lost to OK State in the Elite 8 in 04. That seems like 25 years ago watching this.
17:52 That too. @HarrySmalleyIII
17:54 Hate calling it IZOD, though. That's not what it was when things happened here. Names, vacated results, etc.: the present can't be trusted.
17:56 SJU is going to win this game. They're up 5 with 33 seconds to go and going to the line.
17:58 And that's a final. 76-70. Fordham hasn't won since December 22. SJU: two in a row. They beat UMass last Saturday. Vacate *this!*
17:59 And the thousand or so just file out. There were just as many at SPC earlier, but the building was quite a bit smaller. Makes a difference.
18:03 I love that slogan b/c it contains the hope that sickness will not end in death. RT @boneillhawk: @midmajority The Hawk Will Never Die!
18:05 And so endeth a weekend of six games and a lot of running from one place to another. I need food, and there's none anywhere on Twitter.
18:06 And so a good late afternoon to you, Hoops Nation. See you on the site tomorrow, and from Norfolk tomorrow night.

Boxscore

SAINT JOSEPH'S 76, at FORDHAM 70
02/13/2011

SAINT JOSEPH'S 7-17 (2-8) -- L. Galloway 7-13 7-9 25; C. Jones 4-9 3-4 15; I. Hilliard 1-5 2-2 4; C. Aiken 2-3 4-7 8; C. Bentley 5-7 2-2 14; R. Roberts 1-7 0-0 2; P. Swilling 1-2 0-0 3; D. Quarles 2-5 0-0 5; T. O'Brien 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-51 18-24 76.
FORDHAM 6-17 (0-11) -- C. Gaston 6-12 2-5 14; B. Frazier 5-11 4-4 17; A. Estwick 5-11 0-0 14; B. Butler 4-13 7-7 17; K. Bristol 3-7 0-2 6; J. Green 1-1 0-0 2; L. Samuell 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 13-18 70.

Three-point goals: SJU 12-25 (C. Bentley 2-3; I. Hilliard 0-1; C. Jones 4-8; C. Aiken 0-1; L. Galloway 4-9; D. Quarles 1-2; P. Swilling 1-1), FORD 9-23 (B. Butler 2-9; A. Estwick 4-7; C. Gaston 0-1; B. Frazier 3-6); Rebounds: SJU 32 (R. Roberts 11), FORD 32 (C. Gaston 10); Assists: SJU 18 (C. Jones 6), FORD 17 (C. Gaston 5); Total Fouls -- SJU 15, FORD 20; Fouled Out: SJU-None; FORD-K. Bristol.