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The redshirt season is a tool usedin collegiate athletics for a variety ofreasons, but ultimately it presents astudent-athlete with a unique opportu-nity to learn. Whether it’s getting bet-ter acclimated to the college game,learning his position, or improving hisconditioning, every redshirt freshmanshould use that first year to absorb asmuch information as he possibly can.

Javon Baumann and Kyle Molockdid just that.

Baumann is a hulking presence, a6-foot-8 250-pound bruiser with wildhair and an unrelenting desire to bangunder the boards with some of thebest the Atlantic 10 has to offer. Bau-mann most recently averaged 4.7points and 3.8 rebounds while shoot-ing 62.7 percent from the field in 19games for the Licher Baeren team inGermany’s Pro-B league.

Born and raised in Germany,where basketball plays second fiddleto soccer and other sports, Baumannwas always a fan of the game, andmodels his style of play after some ofthe players he grew up watching.

“I’m going to run as fast as I can,post up hard, and get rebounds,” hesaid. His favorite players growing upwere Dennis Rodman and Charles

Barkley, and he has put a real em-phasis on being active and aggressiveon both sides of the ball, just like hisidols. When he hits the floor, Hawkfans are in for a real treat.

Baumann has many tools thatwere refined during his redshirt yearand he credits his coaches and team-mates for instilling in him the compet-itive fire that he hopes to bring withhim every time he steps out onto thecourt.

Javon Baumann, a native of Germany,joined the Saint Joseph’s program in 2012before redshirting the season. His physi-cal presence in the paint will add valuableforward depth to the Hawk lineup.

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“I really tried to improve, and lastyear I had the chance to play againstC.J. [Aiken], Halil [Kanacevic], andRonald [Roberts],” Baumann said. “Itwas really good competition and itmade me better. I’m just trying to getbetter in the post.”

With the departure of Aiken, theteam will rely on Baumann’s size andenergy on both ends of the court. Infact, the most important piece of ad-vice he received during his redshirtyear concerned that very thing.

“Be aggressive,” he was told. “Ijust want to do my best and leaveeverything on the court.”

Off the court, Baumann is an avidchef, a skill he’s shared with his fam-ily for years.

“I used to bake with my grandmaa lot. I really like to cook,” he said. “Myfavorite dish to cook is probably pasta,it’s fast.” His love of food was also afactor in his decision to come to SaintJoseph’s. He was very interested inthe school’s food marketing program,of which he is now a student.

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Kyle Molock had a much differentexperience during his redshirt season.

The 6-foot-2 point guard fromDublin, Ohio, had recovered from atorn left ACL in 2010 and was averag-ing 19 points per game through eightgames as a senior at Dublin CoffmanHigh before tearing his right ACL inJanuary of 2012. After re-tearing hisACL during summer workouts, Molockdedicated last year to getting healthyand preparing himself for this season,which he understandably was anxiousto get underway.

“I’m very excited,” Molock said.“Being in front of the fans and in thatatmosphere is something I haven’t ex-perienced in a while. I’m definitelyready to get back to that.”

Along with the constant rehab onhis knee, Molock took advantage of allthe learning opportunities he was pre-sented last year.

“When certain situations wouldarise in practice or a game, [the coach-ing staff] would say ‘are you paying at-tention? You’re going to be expectedto do this next year,’” Molock said.

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Saint Joseph's Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Nov 13, 2013)

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0

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11/09/13 at Vermont W 74-64 2698 (21)ROBERTS, Ronald (9)ROBERTS, Ronald(21)GALLOWAY, Langston

11/13/13 MARIST W 81-62 3871 (20)GALLOWAY, Langston (11)KANACEVIC, Halil

* - Conference gameAttendance Summary Games Attend Avg/Game

Home 1 3871 3871Away 1 2698 2698Neutral 0 0 0Total 2 6569 3284

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Saint Joseph's Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 13, 2013)

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

ALL GAMES 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg10 GALLOWAY, Langston 2-2 62 31.0 12-22 . 5 4 5 6-12 . 5 0 0 11-13 . 8 4 6 2 9 11 5.5 6 0 3 2 0 0 41 20.513 ROBERTS, Ronald 2-2 60 30.0 15-25 . 6 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 6 13 19 9.5 4 0 2 6 1 0 37 18.543 BEMBRY, DeAndre 2-2 58 29.0 8-16 . 5 0 0 3-5 . 6 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 1 6 7 3.5 6 0 4 3 1 2 20 10.045 KANACEVIC, Halil 2-2 49 24.5 4-8 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 6-6 1.000 3 15 18 9.0 7 1 11 8 3 2 14 7.024 WILSON, Chris 2-2 61 30.5 5-14 . 3 5 7 1-4 . 2 5 0 2-2 1.000 0 5 5 2.5 0 0 3 1 0 0 13 6.511 QUARLES, Daryus 2-0 34 17.0 3-7 . 4 2 9 2-4 . 5 0 0 4-7 . 5 7 1 3 2 5 2.5 6 0 0 1 0 2 12 6.015 MILES, Isaiah 2-0 28 14.0 3-7 . 4 2 9 1-4 . 2 5 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 5 1 6 3.0 7 0 2 1 2 1 8 4.034 BAUMANN, Javon 2-0 15 7.5 2-3 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 2 5 7 3.5 2 0 1 2 0 1 5 2.520 CASPER, Brendan 1-0 2 2.0 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.000 MASCHMEYER, Evan 2-0 14 7.0 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1.541 KELLY, Colin 1-0 4 4.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.022 MOLOCK, Kyle 1-0 5 5.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.025 KINDLER, Eric 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.032 NDAO, Papa 1-0 7 7.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team 1 6 7 1Total.......... 2 400 54-113 . 4 7 8 13-32 . 4 0 6 34-51 . 6 6 7 25 63 88 44.0 39 1 28 26 7 8 155 77.5Opponents...... 2 400 42-107 . 3 9 3 10-42 . 2 3 8 32-47 . 6 8 1 11 43 54 27.0 44 2 24 18 10 11 126 63.0

TEAM STATISTICS SJU OPPSCORING 155 126 Points per game 77.5 63.0 Scoring margin +14.5 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 54-113 42-107 Field goal pct . 4 7 8 . 3 9 33 POINT FG-ATT 13-32 10-42 3-point FG pct . 4 0 6 . 2 3 8 3-pt FG made per game 6.5 5.0FREE THROWS-ATT 34-51 32-47 Free throw pct . 6 6 7 . 6 8 1 F-Throws made per game 17.0 16.0REBOUNDS 88 54 Rebounds per game 44.0 27.0 Rebounding margin +17.0 -ASSISTS 28 24 Assists per game 14.0 12.0TURNOVERS 26 18 Turnovers per game 13.0 9.0 Turnover margin -4.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 1.3STEALS 8 11 Steals per game 4.0 5.5BLOCKS 7 10 Blocks per game 3.5 5.0ATTENDANCE 3871 2698 Home games-Avg/Game 1-3871 1-2698 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsSaint Joseph's 83 72 155Opponents 51 75 126

Date Opponent Score Att.11/09/13 at Vermont W 74-64 269811/13/13 MARIST W 81-62 3871

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# NAME YR POS HT WT HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL0 Evan Maschmeyer Jr. G 6-3 200 Jeffersonville, Ind. Jeffersonville

10 Langston Galloway Sr. G 6-2 202 Baton Rouge, La. Christian Life Academy

11 Daryus Quarles Sr. F 6-6 186 Paulsboro, N.J. Paulsboro

13 Ronald Roberts, Jr. Sr. F 6-8 225 Bayonne, N.J. Saint Peter’s Prep

15 Isaiah Miles So. F 6-7 223 Baltimore, Md. Milford Mill

20 Brendan Casper Fr. F 6-6 215 Audobon, Pa. Methacton

22 Kyle Molock R-Fr. G 6-2 192 Dublin, Ohio Dublin Coffman

24 Chris Wilson Jr. G 6-3 210 Fayetteville, N.C. Terry Sanford

25 Eric Kindler Jr. F 6-5 223 Mechanicsburg, Pa. Trinity

32 Papa Ndao Jr. F 6-8 225 Dakar, Senegal Montverde Academy (Fla.)

34 Javon Baumann R-Fr. C 6-8 257 Solms-Oberbiel, Germany Theodor-Henss School

41 Colin Kelly Sr. F 6-5 205 West Deptford, N.J. Gloucester Catholic

43 DeAndre’ Bembry Fr. F 6-6 200 Charlotte, N.C. The Patrick School (N.J.)

45 Halil Kanacevic Sr. F 6-8 255 Staten Island, N.Y. Curtis

Head Coach: Phil Martelli (Widener ‘76) – 19th season

Assistant Coach: Mark Bass (Saint Joseph’s ‘96) – 15th season

Assistant Coach: David Duda (Spring Garden College ‘88) – Eighth season

Assistant Coach: Geoff Arnold (Saint Joseph’s ‘86) – Sixth season

S C O R E C A R D# Name Field Goals Free Throws Fouls0 Maschmeyer 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

10 Galloway 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

11 Quarles 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

13 Roberts, Jr. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

15 Miles 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

20 Casper 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

22 Molock 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

24 Wilson 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

25 Kindler 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

32 Ndao 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

34 Baumann 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

41 Kelly 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

43 Bembry 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

45 Kanacevic 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

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# NAME YR POS HT WT HOMETOWN H.S./COLLEGE1 Austin Chatman Jr. G 6-0 180 The Colony, Texas The Colony

2 Steven Ferrarini So. G 6-1 175 Omaha, Neb. Westside/Central CC

3 Doug McDermott Sr. F 6-8 225 Ames, Iowa Ames

4 Alex Olsen So. F 6-6 195 Council Bluffs, Iowa Abraham Lincoln

5 Devin Brooks Jr. G 6-2 175 Harlem, N.Y. St. Raymond/Iowa Western CC

10 Grant Gibbs Sr. G 6-5 210 Marion, Iowa Linn-Mar/Gonzaga

12 Jahenns Manigat Sr. G 6-1 180 Ottawa, Ontario Regional Elite Academy

21 Isaiah Zierden Fr. G 6-2 180 St. Louis Park, Minn. Benilde-St. Margaret’s

22 Avery Dingman Jr. G 6-6 215 Branson, Mo. Branson

23 James Milliken Jr. G 6-2 180 Siler City, N.C. Jordan Matthews/Cowley Cty. CC

31 Will Artino Jr. C 6-11 230 Waukee, Iowa Waukee

34 Ethan Wragge Sr. F 6-7 225 Eden Prairie, Minn. Eden Prairie

40 Zach Hanson Fr. F 6-9 245 Pierre, S.D. T.F. Riggs

41 Geoffrey Groselle So. C 7-0 250 Plano, Texas West

50 Mogboluwaga Oginni So. F 6-8 225 St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis University H.S.

Head Coach: Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa ‘88) – Fourth season

Assistant Coach: Darian DeVries (Northern Iowa ‘98) – 16th season

Assistant Coach: Steve Lutz (Texas Lutheran ‘95) – Fourth season

Assistant Coach: Patrick Sellers (Central Connecticut State ‘91) – First season

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S C O R E C A R D# Name Field Goals Free Throws Fouls1 Chatman 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 52 Ferrarini 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 53 McDermott 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 54 Olsen 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 55 Brooks 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

10 Gibbs 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 512 Manigat 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 521 Zierden 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 522 Dingman 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 523 Milliken 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 531 Artino 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 534 Wragge 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 540 Hanson 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 541 Groselle 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 550 Oginni 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5

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According to Molock, his knee isgood to go, even though he was heldout of exhibition games in Europe overthe summer for precautionary reasons.

“I’ve been playing in every prac-tice and in our scrimmage. There’s noreason why I shouldn’t be able to playright away,” Molock said.

“Last year, the only thing I focusedon was rehabbing and getting readyfor this year,” he said. “As a redshirt,I was able to travel with the team andexperience the road atmosphere. I

used last year as a learning process. Iwon’t have to go through that fresh-man curve this year.”

ACL injuries are prevalent in allsports, but more and more athletesare coming back sooner and stronger.Molock uses Minnesota Vikings run-ning back Adrian Peterson as his in-spiration.

“He was better than before,”Molock joked, citing Peterson’s MVPseason immediately following his re-turn from injury.

Molock has dealt with multiple in-juries to both of his knees already, butit’s not something he dwells on. He isfocused on this season and the past isjust that, the past.

“I’ve been injured and gonethrough some stuff, but what basket-ball player hasn’t?” he said. “Anybodycan get hurt at any given moment onthe court. Although I’ve had the sur-gery and done the proper rehab, mychances are the same as anyone else.All I can control is going out there andplaying as hard as I can.”

All his hard work paid off on No-vember 13 when he made his collegiatedebut, playing five minutes in theHawks’ win over Marist at Hagan Arena.

Kyle Molock spent his redshirt season re-habbing from a torn ACL. He looks to Min-nesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson, whowas voted the NFL’s MVP a year after ACLsurgery, for inspiration.

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Molock grew up in Delaware be-fore moving to Ohio, so he had knowl-edge of Saint Joseph’s style of playand head coach Phil Martelli, due inlarge part to the team’s historic 2003-04 season. Not only was he familiarwith the school and its system, but healso found out he shared a lot of thesame ideas with Martelli when theytalked during the recruiting process.

Baumann has played in both of SJU’sgames this season, at Vermont and athome against Hagan Arena. His size andenergy will provide the Hawks with a sparkoff the bench.

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“When he recruited me, everythingmatched with what I was looking for,”Molock said. “The style of play, whathe expects of me…it was a perfect fitall around.”

There has been much talk thisseason about Saint Joseph’s playingat a faster pace and making a con-certed effort to push the ball up thecourt, something that brought a smileto both Kyle Molock and Javon Bau-mann’s faces.

“I’m a pretty athletic kid. I like topush the ball in transition,” Molocksaid. “As long as we’re forcing the ac-tion, only good things can happen.”

With the additions of Molock andBaumann to the team’s already potentnucleus, the Hawks are looking tomake a lot of noise in the Atlantic 10this season.

by Stephen Albertini

Molock made his collegiate debut in the win over Marist. He is eager to return to thegame day atmosphere and to play in front of the Hawk fans.

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The Saint Joseph’s Sports Network (SJSN) marks its 24th year of operation in 2013-14. Since its beginnings in 1990, SJSN’s coverage of Hawk athletics has grown and in-cluded Phil Martelli’s HawkTalk radio program and the nationally-renowned HawkTalktelevision show, which ran for 15 years.

For the third consecutive year, every Saint Joseph’s game will be broadcast on oneof the top sports radio stations in the nation, CBS Sports Radio 610 (WIP-AM). Thismarks the most comprehensive radio package for Hawk basketball since the 2005-06season. The station will also be the home for Phil Martelli’s HawkTalk radio show, whichwill air on Monday evenings from January to March.

Hawk fans everywhere will be able to hear the broadcast of every game through audiostreaming at the Hawks’ official athletics site, www.SJUHawks.com, which is providedfree of charge. Fans will soon beable to take those broadcasts on-the-go with the SJUHawks app formobile devices.

Veteran color analyst Joe Lunardi (left) and play-by-play man Matt Martucci (right) are back for their fifthseason together in 2013-14.

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Nov. 28 vs. LSU * 8:30 p.m. 610 WIP ESPN2Nov. 29 vs. Memphis/Siena * TBA 610 WIP ESPN2/UDec. 1 Old Spice Classic Opponent* TBA 610 WIP ESPN2/3/UDec. 4 at Temple 8:00 p.m. 610 WIP ESPNEWS

Home games in CAPS at Hagan Arena; all times Eastern and subject to change* – Old Spice Classic (Disney’s Wide World of Sports, Orlando, Fla.)610 WIP – CBS Sports Radio 610 WIP AM

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