The St. Joseph’s Hawks (3-0) used a strong second half showing to break open what was a tied 46-46 game at the half to defeat the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-1) 89-69 in the first round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational.
St Joseph’s will get the winner of the Central Florida vs. Cal State Fullerton at 1:30 PM tomorrow in the semifinals, while Wake heads to the losers bracket to face-off against the loser in another 11:30 AM tipoff.
Charlie Brown led the Hawks with 26 points and nearly outscored Wake Forest by himself in the second half.