Jan. 8, 2005

Box Score

By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pat Carroll scored 20 points and Dwayne Jones added 11 to lead Saint Joseph's to a 60-52 win over Rhode Island on Saturday.

The Hawks (5-6, 2-0 Atlantic 10) survived an 8\-minute stretch without a field goal in the first half and getting outrebounded 42-27 to win two straight games for only the second time this year.

Carroll made four of Saint Joe's seven 3-pointers and the Hawks were 17-for-27 from the free-throw line.

Rhode Island (3-10, 1-1) shot 38 percent from the floor and was in foul trouble for most of the game, allowing the Hawks to shoot in the bonus for about the final 12 minutes of the second half. Rhode Island attempted only 12 free throws and three players finished the game with four fouls.

The Hawks snapped a tie game midway through the second half, with John Bryant scoring five straight points and Carroll hitting consecutive 3s against Rhode Island's zone to push the lead to double digits.

Terrence Mack led the Rams with 18 points and Will Daniels had 11. Scott Hazelton, who came in with a team-high average of 17.4 points, had four fouls early in the second half took only one shot.

The first half was about the sloppiest, ugliest half the Hawks have played all season, if not in a couple of years. Dave Mallon and Dwayne Lee opened the game with 3-pointers and the Hawks didn't score from the floor again until Carroll's 3 with 9:20 left.

Saint Joe's had eight turnovers in the first 10 minutes of the game and both teams combined for 20 in the first half. The Hawks were saved by hitting five 3s to one for the Rams. The Hawks didn't score their first 2-point basket until Jones made a reverse layup with 2:46 to go.

Saint Joe's, though, had only three turnovers in the second half.