Saint Louis triumphes team-record 15th in row


No. 13 Saint Louis covers Hawks, gains 15th right

Saint Louis coach Jim Crews apologized for not having the right words to explain one of the most effective teams in the country.

" You know just how uninteresting I am," he said.

His Billikens more than offset it on the court, using a surrounding defense that consistently contributes to the face and eyes on the ball.

And now, an area in the record book.

Rob Loe scored 17 factors and Jordair Jett had 10 factors and seven aids to assist No. 13 Saint Louis leading Saint Joseph's 65-49 on Wednesday night for a team-record 15th straight victory.

The Billikens (21-2, 8-0 Atlantic 10) covered 14-game succeeding streaks set in the 1958-59 and 1993-94 periods.

" We don't consider it, we don't talk about it, it's not said," Crews shared.

The Billikens, that needed overtime to beat George Mason on Sunday, extended their best beginning in team record and are 8-0 while driving.

Saint Louis last lost Dec. 1 to Wichita State, 70-65.

" I assume it's terrific, yet I think it's expected of us," Loe said.

Saint Louis is triumphing in the house, while driving, close ones and blowouts. All of the Ws have actually added up to a period to remember.

However the Billikens are only focused on exactly what's in advance

" We do not also look at the winning touch," guard Austin McBroom said." Coach always talks about moving on to the following game.".

Ronald Roberts Jr. had 19 factors for the Hawks (15-7, 5-3), who missed 14 of 15 3-point efforts.

The Hawks blew a chance midway via the 2nd fifty percent to make a huge dent in their 15-point deficit when DeAndre Bembry missed out on three of four free throws throughout a critical stretch. Roberts likewise missed out on 2 from the line, keeping Saint Louis' lead at nine factors. The Billikens displayed to Saint Joseph's how to get it done from the line, making 4 straight to open a 45-32 lead, and they hit simply sufficient big shots down the stretch to hold back the Hawks.

The Hawks missed out on 18 of 30 free throws.

" You need to use those possibilities to stem the tide," coach Phil Martelli claimed." We're going to visit it and men will visit function and we'll enhance. We'll gain a game with our foul capturing down the stretch.".

Martelli essentially utilized a six-man spinning (three players played 39 minutes) and his tired team really did not have enough lift in those late-game jumpers to position a significant rally. Mike McCall Jr. and Loe cracked the game open with Fours in the final minutes for an 18-point lead, propelling the Billikens in to the leading spot.

" I picture playing 40 mins a game like that is pretty intense," Loe stated." Our group's got such a large bench that we really don't need to do that as well commonly, so that aided us a lot, I believe.".

The Hawks had 17 turnovers and just five assists.

Saint Joseph's, which hasn't made the NCAA event considering that 2008, had actually succeeded 11 of 13 considering that Dec. 7 to at the very least begin considering some kind of postseason play. The Hawks were coming off a 73-68 win over No. 21 UMass and wished to beat Leading 25 groups in successive ready the initial time since March 1966. That drought will certainly take place.

Saint Louis has actually functioned its method up the ranks in large component to a defense that enables simply 59 factors per game, tops in the A-10 and 8th across the country. The Billikens led the A-10 in field goal portion protection (39 percent) and were 2nd in 3-point basket protection (29 percent).

They oppose and bug ballhandlers on every belongings, resulting in 8 various players amounting to 12 swipes.

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" I assume, and homeowner implicate me of blowing smoke, they're a leading 10 team since have something to hang their hat on," Martelli shared." And in this city we must cherish that because that's exactly how John Chaney's groups gained continuously, because of the Temple zone. Now you have the Saint Louis man-to-man.".

The tentative Hawks obtained a taste of just what it's like having fun against the Billikens: They missed 16 of 22 tries from the area (1 for 6 on 3s) for a miserable 27 percent. That's not good enough to defeat even the weakest nonconference group, considerably less versus a program that's succeeded NCAA competition games in successive periods.

McBroom struck a 3 and drove the lane for an easy layup throughout a 13-1 run late in the initial half that sent Saint Louis in to the break with a 35-22 lead.

The Billikens are staying today in Philly - they play Saturday at Los angeles Salle.