St. Joe's survives Fordham run, Phil Martelli notches 200th Atlantic 10 win

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NEW YORK -- James Demery scored a career-high 25 points and pulled down six rebounds, Lamarr Kimble added 12 points, nine boards and six assists, and Saint Joseph's pulled away late for a 70-55 win over Fordham on Saturday.

The win was the 200th Atlantic 10 victory for head coach Phil Martelli.

Brendan Casper and Markell Lodge tied career highs with 10 points apiece for Saint Joseph's (8-6, 2-1 Atlantic 10).

The Hawks led by 15 at the break, but Fordham's Antoine Anderson had two jumpers and a three in an 18-5 Rams run to cut the lead to 52-47.

Fordham (6-10, 0-3) went scoreless for the next seven minutes, with Saint Joseph's scoring 16 straight points until Will Tavares' jumper stopped the run with 5:36 left and the Hawks leading 70-49.

Anderson and Will Tavares each scored 12 points, and Joseph Chartouny and Javontae Hawkins added 11.

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