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Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
OU basketball adds Saint Joseph's guard Xzayvier Brown via transfer portal
Saint Joseph's guard Xzayvier Brown is set to follow his stepfather to Norman. Brown — who led St. Joe's in scoring and averaged 17.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists this past season — announced Monday that he will transfer to the OU men's basketball program. Advertisement Brown's stepfather, Saint Joseph's associate head coach Justin Scott, was reported a week earlier to be joining coach Porter Moser's staff as an assistant coach. Brown scored in double figures in every game he played and his 32 games in double-figure scoring led the A-10. The Philadelphia native scored a season-high 27 points at Fordham on March 1. More: How OU women's basketball landed Aaliyah Chavez, the top player in 2025 recruiting class Colton Sulley covers the Oklahoma Sooners for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Colton? He can be reached at csulley@ or on X/Twitter at @colton_sulley. Support Colton's work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OU basketball adds Saint Joseph's guard Xzayvier Brown in portal
CBS News
21-04-2025
- General
- CBS News
Philadelphia priest at Saint Joseph's remembers Pope Francis' visit in 2015: "He was such an inspiration"
Nearly 10 years ago, during his visit to Philadelphia, Pope Francis made a surprise stop at Saint Joseph's University. "I feel sad, and there's a little bit of OK, what are we going to do without him? It's like losing a family member," Father Dan Joyce said. Joyce, the vice president for mission and ministry at St. Joe's, is one of many on campus mourning the sudden loss of the 88-year-old pontiff . "One of our faculty members just told me we lost one of the great moral compasses of our time. He's not Catholic, and he's sharing that with me this morning," Joyce said. As students start to return from break, he says the chapel will remain open to anyone who wishes to pay their respects. "He was such an inspiration to us here at St. Joseph's University; he visited our campus, of course, in his U.S. visit in 2015 , 10 years ago," Father Joyce said. It was towards the end of the Philadelphia part of that trip, the pontiff made a surprise visit to the St. Joe's campus and blessed the sculpture "Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time." Nearly a decade later, current students still fondly remember that visit. "It was a big deal. I remember lots of people gathered about to see him," freshman Max Riley said. The Jesuit Catholic university was the only campus — Joyce points out — that Francis visited during his trip to the United States. Francis was also the first Jesuit Pope. Why was visiting a Jesuit Catholic university so important to Francis? "I think because to acknowledge the world of interfaith cooperation for religions to work together to change the world, he wanted to celebrate that," Joyce said. On Easter Monday, a single bouquet of flowers sits at the base of that sculpture. "Even though he's not here any longer, unfortunately, it's just a reminder of his impact on the world and the Catholic church," Riley said. A piece of Francis' legacy will continue at the sculpture, Joyce pledged. "We can live his inspiration and live out the mission of the church, the mission of Christ, maybe even better because now he can do maybe more from his place in heaven than he ever did while he was here," Joyce said.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Yahoo
Female St. Joe's students robbed, assaulted days apart: 'It's definitely shocking'
PHILADELPHIA - Students at St. Joe's University are on edge after a female student was robbed on Tuesday night, and another was punched in an unprovoked attack just days later. "It's definitely shocking when it doesn't happen that often," Maddie Matier, a Senior, told FOX 29 News. Meanwhile, the school is encouraging students to remain "calm and vigilant" while on campus as they work with the Philadelphia Police Department to investigate both incidents. What we know Officials say a female student at St. Joseph's University was robbed on Tuesday night near 54th Street and Woodcrest Avenue. Less than 48 hours later, another female student was punched in the face in an unprovoked broad daylight attack near Cardinal and Overbrook. Authorities say the assault suspect is a 5-foot-10 Black man in his early 20s, wearing black shorts and a camouflage hoodie. It's unknown if the suspect is the same person in both incidents. What they're saying As police continue to investigate both incidents, officials at St. Joe's are encouraging students to remain "calm and vigilant." A St. Joe's spokesperson told FOX 29 News that safety is the school's top concern. Students, meanwhile, appear mostly confident about the school's overall safety and communication with the community about crime. "I think they handled it well, public safety is always out and about," said St. Joe's freshman Julia Hoffman.
