Reynolds Sets Career Scoring Record as Hawks Down Rams

Erik Reynolds II became the all-time leading scorer in Saint Joseph's men's basketball history as the Hawks beat the Rhode Island Rams 91-74 on Wednesday night. 
 
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

• Reynolds historic points came, appropriately enough, on a three, generated from an offensive rebound with 3:14 to go in the first half.
• With the bucket, he passed Jameer Nelson's mark of 2.094 points. Nelson held the record for 21 years after he surpassed Bernard Blunt.
• Reynolds ended the game with 2,114 career points.

 BY THE NUMBERS

• Reynolds 22 points led the Hawks, as did his five assists.
• Rasheer Fleming scored 19 with seven rebounds and four steals
• Anthony Finkley netted a personal best 18. It is the first time in his career he scored in double figures in back-to-back games.
• Xzayvier Brown had 15 points, six rebounds and five dimes,
• Saint Joseph's has won 20 games in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2002-03 and 2003-04.

 HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hawks got off to a slow start from the floor, hitting one of their first seven shots before recovering to go up 17-14 on a pair of Derek Simpson free throws at the 12:52 mark.
• URI responded with 12 in a row and maintained a modest lead for the next several minutes.
• In a first half full of runs, SJU scored 15 of the next 20 points to go up 34-33 before going into the break leading 38-36.
• St Joe's came out on fire in the second half, hitting seven of their first nine shots, including a trio of treys as the Hawks opened a 56-41 advantage in less than five minutes.
• Continuing the push, SJU expanded the lead to 16 by the midway mark of the stanza.
• From there, St. Joe's never led by less than 11 the remainder of the contest.

UP NEXT
Saint Joseph's closes out the regular season, heading up to Olney to face off against La Salle on Saturday, March 8. Tipoff from Glazer Arena is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. with the game to air on USA Network.

This news article originally appeared on sjuhawks.com.