Game 6  ·  American (2-3, 0-0 PL) at Saint Joseph's (2-3, 0-0 A-10)
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019  ·  Noon  ·  Philadelphia, Pa. (Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena)
All-Time Record: Saint Joseph's leads, 3-0

Game 7  ·  American (2-3, 0-0 PL) vs. Buffalo (4-2, 0-0 MAC)
Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019  ·  Noon  ·  Philadelphia, Pa. (Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena)
All-Time Record: American leads, 1-0

WASHINGTON - The American University women's basketball team will conclude its four-game road stretch this weekend in Philadelphia at the 26th Annual Hawk Classic, hosted by Saint Joseph's on Saturday and Sunday.

The Eagles will open against host Saint Joseph's at noon on Saturday, followed by Buffalo at noon on Sunday.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES

• The Eagles fell just shy of picking up their second fourth quarter comeback against Towson, outpacing the Tigers 20-12 down the stretch behind a seven-point effort from senior Kaitlyn Marenyi.
• Marenyi closed with a season-high 18 points alongside senior Morgan Bartner, who put up a new career-high off 7-for-11 from the field and 4-for-5 from the perimeter.
• American is in search of its first road win of the season after it opened the season with a 81-69 loss at the preseason No. 1 pick in the MAC with Ohio. Buffalo, picked No. 2 in the preseason poll, is the second and final MAC team on AU's nonconference schedule. 
• Marenyi leads the Patriot League with 13 three's made and ranks fifth with a .412 three-point percentage. Sophomore Jade Edwards, after leading the league in scoring in the early weeks of the season, now sits in third for scoring (17.4 ppg). 
• Junior Indeya Sanders also sits at No. 2 in the PL for blocks (8) and blocks per game (1.6) while sophomore Emily Fisher is third in assists per game (4.0) and field goal percentage (.541). 
• Marenyi is second on the team with 12.6 ppg while Edwards leads on the boards with 6.6 rpg followed by 6.0 rpg from Sanders.
• As a team, the Eagles are averaging 63.2 ppg to their opponents' 63.8 ppg. 
• American is shooting 43.8 percent from the field and 30.1 percent from three-point range while its opponents have hit 40.1 percent from the floor and 35.5 percent from the perimeter.
• AU is averaging 32.4 rpg and 13.2 assists per game.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS

• Saint Joseph's enters the weekend on a three-game skid after dropping games to Seton Hall, 55-39, Penn, 55-45, and Auburn, 66-62. 
• The Hawks opened with a pair of wins over Columbia, 71-57, and Temple, 67-53. 
• In the last loss to Auburn, freshman Gabby Smalls led the way with 19 points and eight rebounds to just miss out on her first career double-double. Mary Sheehan followed with 15 points. 
• Picked to finish 10th in the A-10 in the conference's preseason poll, the makeup of the Hawks' squad is eerily familiar to the Eagles - nine of the 13 players for SJU are either freshmen or sophomores. 
• Junior Lula Roig leads the team with 10.7 ppg followed closely by the 10.6 ppg from freshman Claire Melia. Returning A-10 All-Rookie Team selection Katie Jekot is third on the squad with 9.2 ppg. 
• Melia also leads the team with 17 assists so far this season while classmate Gabby Smalls leads the Hawks on the boards with 7.8 rpg. 
• As a team, SJU is averaging 56.8 ppg while its opponents have averaged 59.2 ppg. The Hawks are shooting 40.0 percent from the field, 22.2 percent from 3-point range, while their opponents have gone 36.3 percent from the field and 22.9 percent from three. 
• SJU is also averaging 36.4 rpg and 11.6 apg. 
• THEIR LAST MEETING...Saint Joseph's has taken all three meetings against the Eagles in the series dating back to Dec. 2, 1980. The two teams last met in Philadelphia during the WNIT First Round on March 13, 1998 (77-68). 

SCOUTING THE BULLS

• Buffalo is 4-2 on the season with its only two losses coming against San Jose State, 95-88, and #3 Stanford, 88-69. 
• The Bulls boast two of the top players in Division I with freshman Dyaisha Fair and senior Theresa Onwuka. Both have scored 30+ points in one game so far this season with Fair picking up 31 against Niagara (Nov. 9), and Onwuka hitting 30 against Canisius (No. 12). 
• Fair is second in Division I with 26.0 ppg while Onwuka is 23rd with 20.5 ppg. The next scorer for the Bulls is Hanna Hall at 7.5 ppg. 
• Onwuka has also lead the team on the boards with 8.3 rpg, including a pair of double-double performances against San Jose State and Stanford. 
• Fair also serves as the team's lead distributor with 29 assists followed by 23 from Hanna Hall. 
• As a team, Buffalo is 14th in Division I and first in the MAC for offensive rebounds per game (17.8), and 18th in Division I, first in the MAC, for three's made per game (9.2). 
• The Bulls are averaging 75.3 ppg off 39.8 percent shooting to their opponents' 72.7 ppg and 40.7 percent shooting from the field. They are also hitting 32.4 percent from three and pulling down 41.0 rpg to 40.7 rpg from their opponents. 
• THEIR LAST MEETING...American took the 54-43 win in the series opener against Buffalo on Dec. 28, 2009, during the Hatter Classic in DeLand, Fla. 

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