Hawks win ugly against Minutemen

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, January, 2008 | by Jeff McLane Inquirer Staff Writer

Tuesday's full moon stayed an extra day and planted itself over Hawk Hill. At least that's how it felt last night as St. Joseph's survived a bizarre game and a late charge to outlast Massachusetts, 81-77, at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse. If the Hawks' 98-92 win over the Minutemen two weeks ago was a clean game of basketball, last night's oddity was the werewolf version.

With an early start time of 6 p.m. came one of the more ugly first halves you'll see, a second half played as if it were on a playground, and other quirks as St. Joe's (11-5, 3-1 Atlantic Ten Conference) escaped with the victory, but not much else. "Other than the result, I don't see anything really that I would take away and say I'm really ecstatic about," St. Joseph's coach Phil Martelli said. "I thought...