Overview
- Saint Joseph's trailed 61-42 with 13:34 left and 70-56 with 8:13 remaining before closing out a 76-75 road win.
- Derek Simpson hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:50 to play to give the Hawks their first lead of the late surge.
- Jaiden Glover-Toscano scored 24 points and blocked Dai Dai Ames’ last-second drive to secure the result.
- Cal, a No. 2 seed, came up empty on late possessions with misses by Justin Pippen, Lee Dort and Ames at Haas Pavilion.
- The Hawks advance at 24-11 to visit New Mexico (25-10) in Tuesday’s NIT quarterfinal at The Pit on ESPN2 at 9 p.m.