SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY MEN S BASKETBALL

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2 SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY MEN S BASKETBALL Location: Philadelphia, Pa Founded: 1851 Enrollment: 4,550 (full time undergrads) Denomination: Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Nickname: Hawks Colors: Crimson and Gray Athletic Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Atlantic 10 Home Arena (Capacity): Michael J. Hagan 85 Arena (4,200) University President: Timothy R. Lannon, S.J. Associate Vice President/Athletic Director: Don DiJulia Athletic Department Phone: (610) Head Coach: Phil Martelli (Widener 76) 16th season Career Record/Years: (15 years) Saint Joseph s Record/Years: (15 years) Office Phone: Best Time to Contact Coach: thru SID Assistant Coaches: Mark Bass (Saint Joseph s 96) 12th season; David Duda (Spring Garden College 88) 5th season; Geoff Arnold (Saint Joseph s 86) 3rd season NCAA Tournament Record/Appearances: 18 23/19 NIT Record/Appearances: 16 14/14 Atlantic 10 Championship Record/Titles: 30 26/2 (1997, 1986) Record: Atlantic 10 Record/Finish: 5 11/12th 2009 Post Season Play: none Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/7 Returning Players (6) Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Idris Hilliard * Sr. F Carl Jones So. G Justin Crosgile * So G Todd O Brien * Jr. F Charoy Bentley Sr. G Carl Baptiste So. F * starter Newcomers (6) Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School PPG RPG C.J. Aiken Fr. F/C Conshohocken, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh Langston Galloway Fr. G Baton Rouge, La./Christian Life Academy 26.2 Halil Kanacevic So.# F Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis/Hofstra Daryus Quarles Fr. G/F Paulsboro, N.J/Paulsboro Ronald Roberts Fr. F Bayonne, N.J./St. Peter's Prep Patrick Swilling Fr. G New Orleans, La./Brother Martin 18.1 # Transfer will have 3 years of eligibility beginning in stats at Hofstra Letterwinners Lost (7) Pos. Ht. PPG RPG Darrin Govens G Garrett Williamson G Chris Prescott G Bryant Irwin F A.J. Rogers F Temi Adebayo C C.J. Brown G Asst. AD/Communications (Basketball Contact): Marie Wozniak mwozniak@sju.edu Office: Fax: Press Row: Athletics Website:

3 HAWKS Numerical NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 1 C.J. Aiken Fr. F Conshohocken, Pa. Plymouth Whitemarsh 2 Todd O Brien Jr. C New Holland, Pa. Garden Spot 5 Patrick Swilling Fr. G New Orleans, La. Brother Martin 10 Langston Galloway Fr. G Baton Rouge, La. Christian Life Academy 11 Charoy Bentley Sr. G West Haven, Conn. Harding 12 Justin Crosgile So. G Paterson, N.J. DePaul 13 Ronald Roberts Fr. F Bayonne, N.J. St. Peter s Prep 21 Halil Kanecevic So.# F Staten Island, N.Y. Curtis 24 Daryus Quarles Fr. G/F Paulsboro, N.J. Paulsboro 32 Idris Hilliard Sr. F Roselle, N.J. The Hun School 35 Carl Jones So. G Garfield Heights, Ohio Garfield Heights 42 Carl Baptiste So. F Pittstown, N.J. North Hunterdon Alphabetical NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 1 C.J. Aiken Fr. F Conshohocken, Pa. Plymouth Whitemarsh 42 Carl Baptiste So. F Pittstown, N.J. North Hunterdon 11 Charoy Bentley Sr. G West Haven, Conn. Harding 12 Justin Crosgile So. G Paterson, N.J. DePaul 10 Langston Galloway Fr. G Baton Rouge, La. Christian Life Academy 32 Idris Hilliard Sr. F Roselle, N.J. The Hun School 35 Carl Jones So. G Garfield Heights, Ohio Garfield Heights 21 Halil Kanecevic So.# F Staten Island, N.Y. Curtis 2 Todd O Brien Jr. C New Holland, Pa. Garden Spot 24 Daryus Quarles Fr. G/F Paulsboro, N.J. Paulsboro 13 Ronald Roberts Fr. F Bayonne, N.J. St. Peter s Prep 5 Patrick Swilling Fr. G New Orleans, La. Brother Martin # transfer will sit out season Head Coach: Phil Martelli (Widener '76) 16th year ( career record) Assistant Coaches: Mark Bass (Saint Joseph s 96) 12th year; David Duda (Spring Garden College 88) 5th year; Geoff Arnold (Saint Joseph s 86) 3rd year Director of Basketball Operations: Rob Sullivan (Saint Joseph s 06) 5th year

4 PREVIEW The Saint Joseph's men's basketball team will take to the court in with a new look and a youthful roster, which should provide plenty of excitement for Hawk fans. With the departure of a few reserve players, as well as starters Darrin Govens and Garrett Williamson to graduation, head coach Phil Martelli will retool with six returning players and a recruiting class that is one of the Hawks' most anticipated in recent years. The Hawks had a down year in , especially by the standards that Martelli has established for the program. But the coach has turned last year's results into motivation for the upcoming year and the returning Hawks have embraced the task, showing intensity and enthusiasm in the off season workouts. And although three starters return Idris Hilliard, Todd O'Brien and Justin Crosgile Martelli expects strong competition amongst all six returning players and the newcomers. "One of our strengths for this season is that we have been humbled. Another strength is that we have healthy competition at every position. We've also got an infusion of talent which is definitely a plus," said the coach, now in his 16th season. "But that talent will be inexperienced so we have to prevent that from becoming a weakness. And from a basketball point of view, and this is unusual for me to say this, we need dramatically improved guard play." Leading the Hawks' returnees are frontcourt players Hilliard and O'Brien. Hilliard is SJU's top returning scorer with a 10.2 average and will be looked upon to provide leadership to the young group. "Idris, like all of them, needs to be a better player. That's not knocking him. But I know it gnaws away at him that we haven't made the post season. My responsibility is to show him how to express that to his teammates in the proper way," Martelli said. O'Brien, a 6 11 junior, was last year's leading rebounder with 6.3 boards per game in his first season with the Hawks and will be needed to increase those numbers. Todd has a tremendous work ethic and an intense desire to please. He is a wonderful teammate. We need his physical presence on the backboard and in the lane defensively, stated Martelli. Sophomore Carl Baptiste (2.1 ppg) saw action in 30 games and will challenge for time in the frontcourt. Carl has the skill to be a multi dimensional forward in the Atlantic 10. He had flashes as a freshman. The challenge is to slow him down so his abilities can shine. I'm expecting a huge jump from Carl this year, said Martelli. Sophomore guards Crosgile and Carl Jones should be key players with a year of extensive playing time under their belts. Crosgile got a late start to the season because of pre season hand surgery but made his debut in the sixth game. He worked his way into the starting lineup by the beginning of A 10 play and started the final 19 games at point guard, averaging 6.7 points. "Justin clearly demonstrated the importance of the off season. He didn't have a productive pre season and then got hurt. So to me, this Fall is really like first off season to improve. Looking ahead, I am intrigued by how he is going to use those minutes and that experience that he gained last year," said Martelli. The flashier Jones was the team's fourth leading scorer with his 9.6 average and exhibited a knack for scoring from long range. "Carl is another guy who came in thinking that college basketball is easy but after a dramatic impact in the first three games, he got knocked down in the next few. I've clearly seen a more humbled guy in the off season workouts and being humbled is not a bad thing," said the coach. "In my mind, he and Justin have the most room to grow and I put my greatest expectations on both of them to do that. Senior Charoy Bentley (2.3 ppg) will add depth and experience to the backcourt in his final season. "I always count on the seniors, and Charoy and Idris are going to have to come outside of themselves this year. They have a good example from a few years ago when Rob Ferguson did that and led his team to the (2008) NCAA Tournament. Charoy and Idris are going to have to become leaders in order for this to work," said the coach. Saint Joseph s recruiting class was ranked 25th in the nation by MaxPreps. The talented newcomers include the Pennsylvania Player of the Year, C.J. Aiken (6 9, F) and Louisiana products, Langston Galloway (6 3, G) and Patrick Swilling, Jr. (6 4, G), who all helped their teams to state titles. New Jersey standouts Ronald Roberts (6 7, F) and Daryus Quarles (6 6, G/F) round out the athletic group of freshmen who are all expected to contribute immediately. We are upgrading our roster in terms of athletic ability, and that s all well and good, but people can t put too much on them. Aside from their athletic ability, the thing that jumps out to me about this class is that three of them (Aiken, Galloway, Swilling) won state championships, one played for a state title (Roberts) and the fifth (Quarles) would ve won one had he been able to play last year for his high school, said Martelli. "I am much more interested in the fact that their teams achieved success than their individual accolades. And now the goal is to get each of these individuals going in a positive direction immediately so that when they take the floor they're never using their college inexperience as any kind of excuse." Aiken averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds and six blocked shots for state champion Plymouth Whitemarsh while earning All State honors. Martelli said, "C.J. has basketball gifts that are extraordinary. He's a wonderful passer, he's a comfortable long range shooter, and has unreal timing to block shots. C.J. plays almost without emotion he doesn't have any highs and doesn't have any lows. Since he's going to be playing against men he's got to embrace the weight room and put on the right kind of weight. That will be a test for our strength and conditioning staff, and it's a test they must ace." Galloway scored over 26 points for Christian Life Academy (La.) while earning District Player of the Year honors for the second time. A 6 3 guard, he was an All State selection. " Langston is a basketball player who does a lot of things well. He's athletic and long and is a guy who I fully anticipate competing for rotation minutes," said the coach. Swilling, also a football standout at Brother Martin High School, is a fellow Louisiana product and AAU teammate of Galloway's. The son of College Football Hall of Famer Pat Swilling, he averaged 18 points and helped his squad to the state title, while earning MVP honors of the championship. "Patrick does a little bit of everything on the court. I think the biggest characteristic that he brings as a basketball player is that he is a vision passer. He sees the play, makes the play and plays the game easily."

5 PREVIEW Quarles, from Paulsboro High School (N.J.) didn't play his senior season because of transfer rules, but had a stellar junior year at Life Center Academy. He averaged 15 points, seven rebounds and four blocks while receiving All South Jersey second team honors. "Darius is long and lanky and is a sponge in terms of taking in information. He has an air of desperation about chasing greatness, one which is very comparable to what I saw in Delonte West. I don't really have a concern about him not playing in high school last year because he still played basketball and I think the acclimation to college will be quick for him," said Martelli. Roberts was a late addition to the class but comes with just as many accolades. He averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds for St. Peter's Prep, which was ranked sixth in New Jersey, and also garnered All State honors. Martelli stated, "Ron is another unique individual who has lots and lots of basketball skills. He will need to develop a forceful demeanor because he is such a good person. We're looking forward to working with him because there is so much to work with." Also new to the program is transfer Halil Kanecevic, a 2010 CAA All Rookie selection at Hofstra. The sophomore will have three years of eligibility beginning in The 6 8 forward posted 8.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game with the Pride, while recording double figures 12 times. The athleticism of this group of first year players has been noted by Martelli and he feels they will soon became favorites of the SJU faithful. "They will make athletic plays that will bring people out of their seats," he said. The Hawks' youthful squad will take on a schedule that Martelli called "calm", without the high level tournament that the Hawks had participated in the past two years (EA Sports Maui Invitational and Paradise Jam). The schedule is solid with Minnesota, Penn State, Siena, Villanova and Drexel, as well as the always tough Atlantic 10 slate. Saint Joseph's will be the local team in the Philly Hoops Classic, where it will face Norfolk State at home, Fairfield on the road and Rutgers at The Palestra. The challenge lies ahead for Saint Joseph's in , but Martelli is determined to bring the Hawks back to the level that is most associated with SJU basketball. "The goal here is to not recreate, but to re establish who we are and where we stand in this city and this league," said the coach. "We cannot and will not be an afterthought." Preseason Notes Phil Martelli enters his 16th season at the helm of the SJU program and owns a career record. Saint Joseph s will be the Philadelphia representative in the Philly Hoops Classic. The Hawks will host Norfolk State at Hagan Arena and then will travel to Fairfield before playing Rutgers at The Palestra. This season, the Hawks will face 15 teams which reached the postseason in , including six NCAA Tournament squads and three NIT teams. Freshman Langston Galloway is the nephew of Hawk assistant coach Geoff Arnold. Freshman Patrick Swilling, Jr., is the son of former NFL player Pat Swilling. The elder Swilling was recently an member of the Class of 2010 inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He played at Georgia Tech in the 1980 s before enjoying a pro career with the New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions and the Oakland Raiders. Halil Kanecevic joins the SJU program after transferring from Hofstra. The 6 8 forward earned CAA All Rookie honors and will have three years of eligibility with the Hawks after sitting out this season Opponents (dates & times tba) Home (at Hagan Arena unless noted) Western Kentucky Norfolk State (Philly Hoop Classic) Rutgers (Palestra) (Philly Hoop Classic) Minnesota Siena Duquesne George Washington Massachusetts Rhode Island Richmond St. Bonaventure Temple (Palestra) Xavier Away Drexel Villanova Princeton Creighton Boston University Holy Cross Penn (Palestra) Charlotte Dayton Fordham La Salle (Palestra) Massachusetts Richmond Temple Saint Louis

6 PHIL MARTELLI Head Coach Saint Joseph s University Career Record (15 years) * 2004 Consensus National Coach of the Year * Four time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2005, 2004, 2001, 1997) * Head Coach, 2005 USA Basketball Under 21 World Championship Team In 15 seasons as Saint Joseph s University head coach, Phil Martelli has built a program that is consistently one of the top in the conference, a perennial postseason participant and a key player on the national scene, while earning his place among the top coaches in the school s storied history. The season marked his 25th year at Saint Joseph s, including 10 years as an assistant coach. His 15 year career mark stands at , while he ranks fifth in career winning percentage (.625) among SJU coaches. Setting the school record for wins in a season (30) in 2004, Martelli has guided SJU to 20 or more victories six times in 15 seasons. He is in Atlantic 10 play, which is the most conference wins for any active coach in the A 10. Martelli faced a challenge in with a young and inexperienced squad that went 11 20, coming off a season that saw the Hawks go for his ninth consecutive winning season. Among the highlights of was Ahmad Nivins earning AP Honorable Mention All America honors and becoming the third Hawk in the past six years to garner the Atlantic 10 s Player of the Year Award. Nivins was also chosen by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2009 NBA Draft, becoming the third player coached by Martelli to be drafted. The Hawks reached the Atlantic 10 Championship game for the third time in four years and earned the program s 19th bid to the NCAA Tournament, and Martelli s fifth. The 11th seeded Hawks fell to sixth seeded Oklahoma in the NCAA First Round, while ending the year at Martelli reached a significant milestone in , when he surpassed Hall of Famer Jack Ramsay for second place on the school s all time list for wins (236), while guiding a young squad to 18 wins. Martelli has also been at his best when it counts the most as his 17 postseason wins (6 NCAA, 11 NIT) are the most in school history, ahead of Ramsay s 12. Martelli ranks first among Hawk coaches with a.653 postseason winning percentage (17 9) and has taken SJU to the postseason in seven of the last 10 years, and nine times in his 15 seasons. Martelli turned in another top notch coaching performance in , as the Hawks went from a record to win eight consecutive games to reach the Atlantic 10 championship game for the second year in a row. SJU was rewarded with its sixth consecutive postseason bid, but saw the season come to an end in the NIT Second Round, closing with a mark. In , Martelli turned in perhaps a more remarkable coaching job than in when he was the consensus National Coach of the Year. Faced with the loss of two NBA first round draft picks, the Hawks struggled early on, but Martelli guided SJU to 21 wins in the calendar year of 2005 to finish Saint Joseph s posted the conference s best record (14 2), won its fifth straight regularseason title to tie the league record, earned the A 10 s top seed and reached the title game. He was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year for the second straight season and the fourth time in his career. SJU earned its fifth consecutive postseason bid and made an exciting six game run in the NIT, falling on a last second shot in the championship game. In , Martelli guided a focused and unselfish squad that became the most compelling story in college basketball. The Hawks went undefeated in the regular season, reached the pinnacle as the top ranked team in the nation and earned the school s first ever number one seed in the NCAA Tournament, while advancing to the Elite Eight. Jameer Nelson was the consensus National Player of the Year and with teammate Delonte West, were both first round selections in the NBA Draft. SJU opened the season ranked 12th in the polls and moved up throughout the year, taking the top spot on March 8, 2004, for the first time ever, while finishing fifth in the polls, for SJU s highest final ranking since It was a school record fourth straight season, and fifth in Martelli s tenure, that the Hawks were ranked in the AP poll. Martelli joined with Nelson to sweep the national coach and player awards, marking one of the few times in history that the top player and coach were from the same school. In addition to the national awards, he was the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year for the third time and a repeat winner of the Big 5 Coach of the Year. The SJU squad was the recipient of the prestigious Wanamaker Award in Philadelphia and was named the Team of the Year by the Philadelphia Sportswriters Association. Martelli s commitment to Saint Joseph s is equaled by the University s commitment to him. The coach agreed to a new contract prior to the season and then in September 2004, the University extended the coach s contract through the season. In October 2008, the commitment was taken a step further, when his contract was extended through He served as the head coach of the 2005 USA Under 21 World Championship Team, which earned a fifth place finish at the FIBA U21 World Championship in Argentina. He had previously worked with USA Basketball as an assistant coach for the USA s gold medal winning teams at both the 2001 FIBA World Championship for Young Men and the 1998 Goodwill Games. One of the more colorful coaches in the nation, Martelli s personality, wit and accessibility have always made him a media favorite. His popularity grew to an even higher level in 2004, as the Hawks remained unbeaten and the coach was besieged by media requests from all over the country. Martelli remained as accommodating as ever and the Saint Joseph s story was well documented by the Philadelphia press and told by countless media outlets nationwide. Martelli is not only passionate for coaching, but also for his work in the community. He is one of the leaders of the Philadelphia chapter of Coaches vs. Cancer, as the coaches from the city s six Division I schools strive to raise awareness and funding, and have become one of the top fund raising groups in the country. He s received numerous honors for his community work, and was named the 2004 Citizen of the Year by the March of Dimes, inducted into the CYO Hall of Fame for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and honored by the National Adoption Center. His alma mater, Widener University, gave him an honorary doctorate in public service in May 2004, while he received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Cabrini College in May A 1976 graduate of Widener, Martelli began his career on Hawk Hill with SJU's NCAA Tournament team. After 10 years as an assistant at Saint Joseph s, Martelli was named the 14th coach in school history on July 20, 1995, and just the third non alumnus to follow in the storied tradition of SJU coaches. Martelli burst onto the scene in his first season ( ) and took the squad to the NIT championship game. He followed that in with the Atlantic 10 regular season and tournament titles, along with a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16. Prior to his arrival at SJU, Martelli spent seven years as head basketball coach at Bishop Kenrick High School and had a stint as assistant coach at Widener, helping guide the Pioneers to the 1978 NCAA Division III Final Four. As a point guard at Widener, he was part of the NCAA Tournament teams in and , and set the school's single season and career assist marks. Martelli and his wife Judy, a former basketball player with the legendary Immaculata College teams, have three children. Phil, Jr., a 2003 SJU graduate, is an assistant basketball coach at Niagara University, Jimmy is an assistant coach at Robert Morris University, and Elizabeth is a 2009 graduate of Saint Joseph s. The newest member of his family is grandson Philip Stephen, who was born to Phil, Jr., and wife Meghan in October MARTELLI S MARKS Overall Atlantic 10 YEAR W L PCT W L FINISH POST SEASON rd East NIT Runner up st East + NCAA Sweet th East t 5th East th East st NCAA 2nd Round t 1st East NIT 2nd Round st East NCAA 1st Round st East NCAA Elite st* NIT Runner up th* NIT 2nd Round th th* NCAA 1st Round th th Totals NCAA, 4 NIT + A 10 Tournament champion * A 10 Tournament runner up

7 Mark Bass, one of the most prolific shooters in Saint Joseph's history, is the veteran among the Hawks assistant coaches, and is now entering his 12th season at his alma mater in Bass joined the Hawks' staff in and has been involved with teams that made six consecutive post season appearances, won five Atlantic 10 regularseason titles and compiled a record in the past seven years. Nine years after he led the Hawks to the NIT Final as a player in 1996, Bass again helped SJU reach New York City and the NIT Final as a coach in In 2005, Bass was honored with the William J. Bennett Memorial Award, recognizing dedication and loyalty to the Saint Joseph's men's basketball program. He was a co recipient of the award with then fellow staff member Monté Ross. A fiery leader on the court, and two year team captain, Bass led the Hawks to the NIT Finals in his senior season, , and ranked second on the team with his average of 14.3 points per game. He connected for school records of 91 3 pointers and 268 attempts, season marks which were later eclipsed by Pat Carroll in A Second Team All Big 5 selection, Bass made pointers during his career from , a total that ranks behind only Carroll and Marvin O'Connor. As a freshman, the After a highly successful head coaching career in the Division III ranks, David Duda is now in his fifth season with the Hawks. At SJU, Duda was instrumental in the development of 2009 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Ahmad Nivins, who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft. Duda came to SJU in 2006 after eight years as head coach at Widener University, where he compiled a record, with two Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth championships and three trips to the NCAA Division III Tournament. He also served as Widener s athletic director since April 2003, overseeing the operation of the University s athletics program with 20 varsity teams. Widener enjoyed its greatest success under his leadership in , when the team finished 23 6, won the Commonwealth Conference regular season title and made the school s first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance since Duda earned Coach of the Year honors for both the Commonwealth Conference and the NABC Mid Atlantic Region. Duda led the Pioneers to a record breaking 24 4 season in Geoff Arnold is now in his third year on Phil Martelli s staff after rejoining his alma mater in Prior to making his return to Saint Joseph s, Arnold was the associate head coach at Drexel University for seven years. While there, he was instrumental in the Dragons recruiting efforts that helped them reach the postseason four times in seven seasons, including a 23 9 record in The 1986 SJU graduate previously served as an assistant coach with the Hawks from 1993 to That stint included one year with Martelli, who was in his first season ( ) as head coach. During that season, the Hawks went 26 6 and reached the NIT Championship game. Arnold left Saint Joseph s in 1997 to join former Hawk teammate Bruiser Flint at the University of Massachusetts, serving on Flint s staff for five years. He then returned to Philadelphia in 2001 when Flint was named head coach at Drexel. Arnold, originally from Sharon Hill, Pa. and Darby Township High COACHING STAFF MARK BASS Assistant Coach 12th Year (Saint Joseph s 96) guard led the Atlantic 10 Conference in free throw percentage with a school record 86.9 percent. He also led the A 10 in 3 point percentage as a junior (.423), making him just the second Hawk player to lead the league in two different categories. In 2001, Bass became the first member of the 1996 NIT Finalist team to be inducted into the Saint Joseph's Basketball Hall of Fame. Upon graduation he played one season of professional basketball with the Tianjin Breakers in the Chinese Professional League in Following that, he served two seasons ( ) as an assistant coach under Max Good at Maine Central Institute, helping guide the team to back to back New England Prep School Championships, including a perfect 35 0 season in A 1991 graduate of McCorristin High School in New Jersey and native of Trenton, Bass was named the Mercer County Player of the Year as a senior and set the all time scoring record with 1,482 points in his career. He played for one year at Maine Central Institute, helping the squad to a 27 1 record with the lone loss coming in the New England Prep School Championship game. Bass, who was inducted into the Mercer County CYO Hall of Fame in November, 2004, resides with his wife, Tracie, in Lawnside, N.J. DAVID DUDA Assistant Coach 5th Year (Spring Garden 88) and was recognized as MAC Coach of the Year. A 1988 graduate of Spring Garden College, where he was a two time honorable mention All American, Duda began his coaching career as the top assistant to Herb Magee at Philadelphia University. During those seven seasons the Rams had their most successful period in school history, and Philadelphia University was the winningest Division II school in the country during that span with a record. He moved on to be the head coach at Delaware Valley College in 1997 for two seasons. Duda turned around a team which had been 0 23, leading it to a mark for the first non losing season in 11 years. He earned the Freedom Conference Coach of the Year award in His career coaching record in 10 seasons is Duda s connection with the Hawks head coach dates back to 1981 when he played for Martelli on the varsity team at Bishop Kenrick High School ( ). Duda lives in Collegeville, Pa., with his wife Barbara and children, Danielle and David. GEOFF ARNOLD Assistant Coach 3rd Year (Saint Joseph s 86) School, was a senior tri captain for the Saint Joseph s team that won the Atlantic 10 Championship, recorded 26 wins and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament. During his senior season, which was Martelli s first as an assistant coach at SJU, he averaged 8.9 points and led the team with 134 assists. He was inducted into the Saint Joseph s Basketball Hall of Fame in Upon graduation from Saint Joseph s in 1986, Arnold played for the Wildwood Aces of the United States Basketball League and then served as an assistant coach for one season. After one year out of basketball, he became a full time assistant with the Hawks in , working on John Griffin s staff for three seasons. Arnold and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Philadelphia with their daughter, Gabrielle Tryce.

8 HAWKS #42 CARL BAPTISTE Sophomore Forward Pittstown, N.J./North Hunterdon : Saw action in 30 games... Made starts against Siena and Princeton... Scored four points in win over George Washington...Had two points and four rebounds against Xavier...Grabbed six rebounds and scored two points against Saint Louis...Scored two points and had a steal against Massachusetts...Added four points and a rebound in win over Penn...Scored nine points and had five boards against Rhode Island...Picked up three rebounds, an assist and two points against Temple...Made first career start against Siena...Named Atlantic 10 Co Rookie of the Week for Dec. 27 after 13 point performance in win over Lehigh...Went 6 of 7 from the field en route to a career high 13 points with six rebounds and three blocks in win over Lehigh...Scored four points in five minutes against Minnesota...Scored four points and had two assists against Purdue...Added four points and five rebounds in win over Boston College...Scored two points in win over Holy Cross. High School/Personal: Averaged 21.8 points and 12.0 rebounds for North Hunterdon... Named to the All Group 4 3rd Team and the All West New Jersey 1st Team by the Star Ledger... All County selection... Scored 20 or more points 12 times... Also chosen to the Courier News All Area 2nd Team and the Express Times All Area 1st Team... McDonald's All America nominee... Majoring in business/sports management... Birthdate is December 31, GAME BY GAME OPPONENT MIN FG A 3PT A FT A OR DR TR F A TO BL S PT Drexel Holy Cross Boston College Purdue DePaul Rider Cornell Villanova Did Not Play Minnesota Lehigh Siena* Princeton* Temple Fordham Rhode Island St. Bonaventure Towson Dayton Penn Massachusetts Duquesne Richmond St. Bonaventure Saint Louis Massachusetts Xavier Temple Charlotte George Washington La Salle Rhode Island (A10) CAREER HIGHS PTS: 13 vs. Lehigh (12/20/09) REB: 6 (2x) last vs. Saint Louis (2/9/10) AST: 2 vs. Purdue (11/22/09) FGM: 6 vs. Lehigh (12/20/09) FGA: 7 vs. Lehigh (12/20/09) 3FGM: 1 vs. Purdue (11/22/09) 3FGA: 1 (2x) last vs. Xavier (2/17/10) FTM: 1 (3x) last vs. Massachusetts (2/14/10) FTA: 2 (3x) last vs. La Salle (3/6/10) BLK: 3 vs. Lehigh (12/20/09) STL: 1 vs. Towson (1/18/10) TO: 2 vs. Rhode Island (1/13/10) MIN: 22 vs. Lehigh (12/20/09) * Denotes start CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG A PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF D AST TO BL ST PTS AVG

9 HAWKS #11 CHAROY BENTLEY Senior Guard West Haven, Conn./Harding : Played in 26 games... Picked up an assist in win over George Washington...Had four points, one assist and grabbed a rebound against Charlotte...Scored two points against Xavier...Had an assist against Saint Louis...Had two steals in win over St. Bonaventure...Scored eight points and dished a career high four assists in win over Penn...Scored a careerhigh 10 points and three assists against Rhode Island...Added six points with one assist and one steal against Cornell...Scored nine points and had four rebounds against DePaul...Added seven points and had two assists in win over Boston College...Scored three points in win over Holy Cross...Had an assist against Drexel : Scored four points and grabbed two rebounds against Siena... Matched career high seven points at Lehigh...Played a career high 19 minutes against Indiana and Alabama, respectively, at the Maui Invitational... Scored career high seven points against Texas...Tallied two points in eight minutes at Holy Cross... Played 10 minutes against Rider grabbing a rebound and dishing an assist : Saw action in 18 games... Scored first career points vs. Richmond... Grabbed two rebounds at Charlotte... Recorded first assist at Creighton. High School/Personal: All State selection at Harding High School for two consecutive years... Three time Connecticut Post Super 15 All Star... Scored over 25 points per game his senior season, as team went Named "Mr. Basketball" for Connecticut in Earned All FCIAC honors for three consecutive years, while being named the league MVP in Was the Connecticut Post's Super 15 MVP as a junior after averaging 22.9 ppg and leading Harding to a 20 0 record and a FCIAC championship... Averaged 21.0 points per game in his career as a three year starter, while scoring over 1,600 points... Played at Harding for his father, head coach Charles GAME BY GAME OPPONENT MIN FG A 3PT A FT A OR DR TR F A TO BL S PT Drexel Holy Cross Boston College Purdue DePaul Rider Cornell Villanova Minnesota Lehigh Siena Princeton Temple Fordham Did Not Play Rhode Island St. Bonaventure Towson Did Not Play Dayton Penn Massachusetts Duquesne Richmond Did Not Play St. Bonaventure Saint Louis Massachusetts Xavier Temple Charlotte George Washington La Salle Did Not Play Rhode Island (A10) Did Not Play Bentley... Also ran cross country in high school... Majoring in business... Born August 27, 1988 CAREER HIGHS PTS: 10 vs. Rhode Island (1/13/10) REB: 4 vs. DePaul (11/23/09) AST: 4 vs. Penn (1/25/10) FGM: 4 vs. Rhode Island (1/13/10) FGA: 6 (2x) last vs. Rhode Island (1/13/10) 3FGM: 2 (3x) last vs. Rhode Island (1/13/10) 3FGA: 4 (2x) last vs. DePaul (11/23/09) FTM: 4 vs. Texas (11/24/08) FTA: 4 (2x) last vs. Penn (1/25/10) BLK: STL: 2 (2x) last vs. St. Bonaventure (2/7/10) TO: 3 (2x) last vs. Purdue (11/22/09) MIN: 21 vs. Xavier (2/26/09) CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG A PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF D AST TO BL ST PTS AVG Career

10 HAWKS #12 JUSTIN CROSGILE Sophomore Guard Paterson, N.J./DePaul : Started 19 straight games to end the year... Missed the preseason and the first five games after having surgery on a torn ligament (left thumb)... Made his first start at Temple on Jan Scored 10 points in win over George Washington...Scored 13 points against Massachusetts...Grabbed six rebounds and had two assists and two steals against Saint Louis...Drained a career high 17 points against Duquesne...Scored seven points and had six boards against Massachusetts...Had eight points and three assists in win over Penn...Scored 10 points in win over Dayton...Hit three 3 pointers en route to a season best 13 points in win over Towson...Scored nine points and picked up five boards against St. Bonaventure...Scored nine points and picked up five boards against Siena...Made two three pointers and went 4 5 from the free throw line leading to 12 points against Villanova...Scored 12 points and had three assists and two steals in his Hawk debut against Rider. High School/Personal: North Jersey Player of the Year by the Star Ledger, Herald News and The Record... Averaged 24.5 points per game... Named to the Star Ledger's All State 2nd Team and the Non Public 1st Team... Helped DePaul to a 20 8 record his senior season... In his final game, surpassed the 2,000 point mark for his career, finishing with 2,010 points... Averaged over 20 points in each of his last three years and 19.4 points his freshman season... As a sophomore, saw DePaul go 23 5 and win the county title... Earned Freshman of the Year honors... McDonald's All America nominee... Majoring in business... Born January 30, GAME BY GAME OPPONENT MIN FG A 3PT A FT A OR DR TR F A TO BL S PT Drexel INJURED Holy Cross INJURED Boston College INJURED Purdue INJURED DePaul INJURED Rider Cornell Villanova Minnesota Lehigh Siena Princeton Temple* Fordham* Rhode Island* St. Bonaventure* Towson* Dayton* Penn* Massachusetts* Duquesne* Richmond* St. Bonaventure* Saint Louis* Massachusetts* Xavier* Temple* Charlotte* George Washington* La Salle* Rhode Island (A10)* CAREER HIGHS PTS: 17 vs. Duquesne (1/31/10) REB: 6 (2x) last vs. Saint Louis (2/9/10) AST: 4 vs. La Salle (3/6/10) FGM: 7 vs. St. Bonaventure (1/16/10) FGA: 13 (2x) last vs. Massachusetts (2/14/10) 3FGM: 3 (4x) last vs. Massachusetts (2/14/10) 3FGA: 7 vs. Massachusetts (2/14/10) FTM: 6 vs. Penn (1/25/10) FTA: 6 vs. Penn (1/25/10) BLK: STL: 2 (4x) last vs. Saint Louis (2/9/10) TO: 4 vs. Duquesne (1/31/10) MIN: 30 vs. Richmond (2/3/10) * Denotes start CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG A PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF D AST TO BL ST PTS AVG

11 HAWKS #32 IDRIS HILLIARD Senior Forward Roselle, N.J./The Hun School : Starter in all 32 games... Team s third leading scorer with 10.2 points and second leading rebounder with 5.4 per game... Grabbed 10 boards and scored 13 points in win over La Salle...Shot 8 of 11 from en route to 17 points and five rebounds in win over George Washington...Had 10 points and seven rebounds against Saint Louis...Hit 13 freethrows for 19 points and three assists in win over St. Bonaventure...Scored 14 points and grabbed 14 boards against Duquesne...Had 14 points, six rebounds and four assists against Massachusetts...Scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds in win over Penn...Scored 13 points and had a team high six rebounds in win over Dayton...Went 8 of 12 from the field en route to a team high 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in win over Towson...Went 6 of 7 from the field leading to a team high 14 points against Siena...Hit all five field goals and went 12 of 13 from the free throw line for a career high 22 points against Villanova...Had 13 points with seven rebounds and five assists against Rider...Scored 16 points and had seven boards against Drexel : Averaged career best 9.2 points and 5.5 rebounds... Co recipient of the Robert F. O Neill award as the team s Most Improved Player... Scored a career high 20 points on three occasions... Posted double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds against UMass... Had 20 points and the game winning tip in against Duquesne... Scored a game high 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds at St. Bonaventure...Tallied 13 points and eight boards against URI in a career high 50 minutes... Scored a career high 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds to go with five assists against Siena...Recorded first career double double with 14 points and a career high 10 rebounds against Cornell... Notched 15 points with five rebounds, three assists and two steals at Lehigh GAME BY GAME OPPONENT MIN FG A 3PT A FT A OR DR TR F A TO BL S PT Drexel* Holy Cross* Boston College* Purdue* DePaul* Rider* Cornell* Villanova* Minnesota* Lehigh Did Not Play Siena* Princeton* Temple* Fordham* Rhode Island* St. Bonaventure* Towson* Dayton* Penn* Massachusetts* Duquesne* Richmond* St. Bonaventure* Saint Louis* Massachusetts* Xavier* Temple* Charlotte* George Washington* La Salle* Rhode Island (A10)* * Denotes start : Had a career best game at Siena, with eight points and three rebounds in 12 minutes... Scored his first career points vs. Penn State and grabbed three rebounds... Received the team s Academic Award. High School/Personal: Three time All State selection, earning firstteam honors as a senior... Helped The Hun School to the 2007 Prep A state title, its first since 1992, by scoring 24 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in the championship game... Team went 21 6 and also won the Mid Atlantic Prep League title... Named the Player of the Year by the Princeton Packet... Averaged 15.0 points and 6.2 rebounds as a senior... Named to the All Conference (MAPL) 1st Team three consecutive years... Chosen to the 2007 All Prep 1st Team by the Star Ledger... Scored over 1,000 points and grabbed over 500 rebounds in his career... Team's leading scorer all three seasons, averaging 16.8 ppg as a junior and 11.1 ppg as a s o p h o m o r e... Participated in the 2007 Jordan Brand Classic for the Regional Team... CAREER HIGHS PTS: 22 vs. Villanova (12/11/08) REB: 14 vs. Duquesne (1/31/10) AST: 5 (2x) last vs. Rider (11/30/09) FGM: 10 vs. Siena (12/28/08) FGA: 15 vs. Siena (12/28/08) 3FGM: 1 vs. Massachusetts (1/25/10) 3FGA: 1 (6x) last vs. Massachusetts (1/25/10) FTM: 13 vs. St. Bonaventure (2/7/10) FTA: 17 vs. St. Bonaventure (2/7/10) BLK: 2 (3x) last vs. Cornell (12/6/09) STL: 3 vs. Rider (11/14/08) TO: 6 vs. St. Bonaventure (1/14/09) MIN: 50 vs. Rhode Island (1/10/09) Attended Roselle Catholic High School his freshman year... Brother Jamaal played basketball for Lafayette, graduating in First name is pronounced "EE driss"... Psychology major... Born December 17, CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG A PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF D AST TO BL ST PTS AVG TOTALS

12 HAWKS #35 CARL JONES Sophomore Guard Garfield Heights, Ohio/Garfield Heights : Played in all 31 games his rookie season... Averaged 9.6 points per game, hitting double figures 13 times... Scored 16 points in win over La Salle...Had 16 points and eight rebounds against Temple...Scored 12 points against Richmond...Tallied 11 points against Massachusetts...Hit four 3 pointers en route to 16 points in win over Penn...Scored 15 points in win over Fordham...Poured in a team high 17 points and picked up five rebounds and three assists against Princeton...Scored 13 points and had two assists in win over Lehigh...Hit three 3 pointers en route to 16 points with two assists and two steals against Villanova...Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for Nov. 22, averaging 17 points and 3.5 rebounds in victories over Boston College and Holy Cross...Scored 16 points, had two assists, and four rebounds in win over Boston...Drained a game high 18 points in victory over Holy Cross...Scored 13 points and had two rebounds in win over Drexel. High School/Personal: Averaged 25.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 6.7 assists for Garfield Heights... Was the 2009 Northern Ohio Player of the Year... All Ohio 1st Team selection... Also averaged 4.1 steals per game... Scored 45 points in one game against Strongsville... Averaged 24.4 points and 6.0 assists as a junior... Earned All Ohio 2nd Team honors and was the conference Player of the Year his junior season... Nickname is "Tay"... Born February 26, GAME BY GAME OPPONENT MIN FG A 3PT A FT A OR DR TR F A TO BL S PT Drexel Holy Cross Boston College Purdue DePaul Rider Cornell Villanova Minnesota Lehigh Siena Princeton Temple Fordham Rhode Island St. Bonaventure Towson Dayton Penn Massachusetts Duquesne Richmond St. Bonaventure Saint Louis Massachusetts Xavier Temple Charlotte George Washington La Salle Rhode Island (A10) CAREER HIGHS PTS: 18 vs. Holy Cross (11/17/09) REB: 8 vs. Temple (2/20/10) AST: 3 vs. Princeton (1/2/10) FGM: 6 vs. Princeton (1/2/10) FGA: 13 vs. Princeton (1/2/10) 3FGM: 4 vs. Penn (1/25/10) 3FGA: 6 (2x) vs. Penn (1/25/10) FTM: 9 vs. Drexel (11/13/09) FTA: 12 vs. Drexel (11/13/09) BLK: STL: 3 vs. Duquesne (1/31/10) TO: 4 vs. Massachusetts (2/14/10) MIN: 32 vs. Temple (2/20/10) CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG A PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF D AST TO BL ST PTS AVG

13 HAWKS #2 TODD O BRIEN Junior Center New Holland, Pa./Garden Spot : Started 28 games in his first season with the Hawks after transferring from Bucknell... Led the team in rebounding with 6.3 per contest... Recorded four double doubles... Had five points and five rebounds in win over La Salle...Had nine boards, four blocks, and four points in win over George Washington...Scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Charlotte...Had a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Saint Louis...Scored 13 points against Duquesne...Went 6 of 9 from the field for 12 points, eight boards, and three blocks against Massachusetts...Grabbed a team high 11 rebounds and had three blocks in win over Towson...Scored 11 points and picked up seven boards and two steals against St. Bonaventure...Had a career high 20 points and 12 rebounds with four blocks, two assists and two steals in win over Fordham...Picked up a team high 11 rebounds against Siena...Picked up a team high eight rebounds and added eight points and two steals against Rider...Had a double double with 10 points and a team high 10 rebounds in the win over Holy Cross...Picked up a team high eight rebounds and added nine points against Drexel. Bucknell University ( ): Played in 30 games, with two starts for the Bison... Averaged 4.6 points and 4.3 rebounds, in 16.4 minutes of action... Had career highs of 14 points and 13 rebounds against St. Francis (Pa.)... Shot 44.2 percent from the field GAME BY GAME OPPONENT MIN FG A 3PT A FT A OR DR TR F A TO BL S PT Drexel* Holy Cross* Boston College* Purdue* DePaul* Rider* Cornell Villanova* Minnesota* Lehigh* Siena Princeton Temple* Fordham* Rhode Island* St. Bonaventure* Towson* Dayton* Penn* Massachusetts* Duquesne* Richmond* St. Bonaventure* Saint Louis* Massachusetts* Xavier* Temple* Charlotte* George Washington* La Salle* Rhode Island (A10)* High School/Personal: Three time All Section 2 First Team selection at Garden Spot High School... Averaged over 15 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in his scholastic career... Recorded over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 300 blocked shots in his career... Born March 3, CAREER HIGHS PTS: 20 vs. Fordham (1/9/10) REB: 12 vs. Fordham (1/9/10) AST: 2 (2x) last vs. Fordham (1/9/10) FGM: 7 vs. Fordham (1/9/10) FGA: 10 vs. Saint Louis (2/9/10) 3FGM: 3FGA: FTM: 7 vs. St. Bonaventure (1/16/10) FTA: 12 vs. St. Bonaventure (1/16/10) BLK: 4 (2x) last vs. G. Washington (3/3/10) STL: 3 (2x) last vs. Xavier (2/17/10) TO: 3 (5x) last vs. G. Washington (3/3/10) MIN: 40 vs. Saint Louis (2/9/10) * Denotes start CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG A PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG PF D AST TO BL ST PTS AVG