PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Pat Carroll scored 20 points and Chet Stachitas added 11 to lead Saint Joseph's to a 67-53 win over Fordham on Saturday in the Atlantic 10 regular-season finale for both teams.
Saint Joseph's (17-10, 14-2 A-10) finished the season with the best record in the conference and gets a first-round bye in the A-10 tournament as the top seed. The Hawks will play either Richmond or Rhode Island in the quarterfinals Thursday in Cincinnati.
Marcus Stout led Fordham (12-15, 8-8) with 18 points and Bryant Dunston had eight points and five rebounds.
Dwayne Jones had five points and 13 rebounds for Saint Joseph's. Jones finished the regular season averaging a double-double, the first Hawks player to accomplish the feat since 1996.
Saint Joseph's outscored Fordham 39-17 in the first half, during which the Rams shot only 25 percent from the field (6-for-24) and had eight turnovers.
Carroll led the Hawks with 12 points in the first half, all on 3-pointers.
Dunston, Fordham's leading scorer, got into early foul trouble and only played five minutes of the first half. He scored all eight of his points in the second half.
After a 3-9 start to the season, the Hawks opened their conference schedule with a 53-50 win over Fordham Jan. 5 and have only lost four games since.
