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NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
11 GUARD 6-4 SOPHOMORE MANAGEMENT
HAWKS TIDBIT: Entering his sophomore season with eight points in 13 games, Briggs McClain has recorded 41 points in seven appearances in 2021-22 and is averaging a careerhigh 5.9 per game.
2021-22
SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT TUE. FRI. SAT. THUR. TUE. MON. WED. SUN. SAT. TUE. SAT. WED. TUE. SUN. THUR. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. TUE. SAT. TUE. SAT.
11/9 11/12 11/13 11/18 11/23 11/29 12/1 12/5 12/11 12/14 12/18 12/22 12/28 1/2 1/6 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/19 1/22 1/26 1/29 2/2 2/5 2/9 2/12 2/16 2/19 2/23 2/26 3/1 3/5 3/8 3/12
TIME+/RESULT
AT WAGNER VS. CAMPBELL# VS. ARMY# BOSTON UNIVERSITY AT MERRIMACK AT APP STATE AT WINTHROP AT ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN AT UNLV SAINT FRANCIS (PA)$ AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AT SACRED HEART AT CORNELL STONY BROOK* AT MAINE* VERMONT* AT BINGHAMTON* AT UMASS LOWELL* NEW HAMPSHIRE* AT VERMONT* BINGHAMTON* UMASS LOWELL* AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* UALBANY* AT UMBC* AT NJIT* MAINE* AT STONY BROOK* UMBC* NJIT* AT UALBANY* AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINAL^ AMERICA EAST SEMIFINAL^ AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^
RED - HOME GAMES (CHASE ARENA AT REICH FAMILY PAVILION) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT THE HIGHEST OVERALL SEED # DUKE VETERANS DAY WEEKEND SHOWCASE | $ JACK PHELAN CLASSIC
L, 59-77 L, 67-68 L, 79-86 L, 70-75 L, 60-75 L, 59-69 L, 75-82 W, 68-55 L, 78-95 7 PM 1 PM 11 AM 2 PM 2 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 1 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 6:30 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM TBD TBD TBD
ON THE DOCKET
Hartford hosts Saint Francis (PA) in its second — and final — non-conference home game on Tuesday. The Hawks are coming off a five-game road trip that saw them cover more than 7,400 miles over a 19-day stretch.
JACK PHELAN CLASSIC
Hartford and Saint Francis will come together to celebrate Jack Phelan. Serving as head coach of the Hawks for 11 seasons (1981-92), he amassed over 100 wins and was a part of Hartford’s transition from NCAA Division II to I. Prior to his coaching career, the Connecticut native was a four-year member of the men’s basketball team at Saint Francis (1973-77), where he amassed 955 points, 210 rebounds and 353 assists in 85 games. There will be a pregame ceremony and tributes throughout the game to honor Phelan, who passed away in June of 2020.
SAINT FRANCIS SCOUT
Saint Francis is coming off back-to-back losses to Ohio (78-75) and American (83-73). The Red Flash, who were
picked to finish eighth out of 10 schools in the NEC preseason poll, average a league-best 78.4 points per game. Four players average twin figures for Saint Francis, led by Ramiir Dixon-Conover (14.6 ppg).
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and Saint Francis meet for the third time on Tuesday. The clubs tangled for a home-and-home series in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 campaigns, with each side posting wins on its respective home court.
LAST TIME OUT
Hartford dropped a 95-78 decision to UNLV at Mandalay Bay on Saturday. The Hawks trailed by 10 with 3:46 left, but the Runnin’ Rebels ended the game with an 11-4 run to seal the win. Senior D.J. Mitchell netted a season-high 19 points in the defeat, while classmate David Shriver added 18 points.
A QUICK 400
Senior Austin Williams became the fastest player since Joe Zeglinski to score 400 points in a Hartford uniform. Reaching the milestone in his 29th
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game as a Hawk at App State last month, he accomplished the feat in three fewer games than Zeglinski, who recorded his 400th point in his 32nd career game, in 2007-08. With 461 points, Williams is on pace to become one of the fastest players in program history to reach the 500-point plateau.
SHARP SHOOTER
T AL E O F T H E T A P E RECORD
3-5
68.3
POINTS PER GAME
78.4
75.8
POINTS ALLOWED
75.4
33.0
REBOUNDS/GAME
38.1
.458
FG%
.460
.461
FG% DEFENSE
.449
.353
3-PT FG%
.321
1-8
Shriver, who left Alderson Broaddus ranked second all-time in three-point field goals (216), has continued to be a threat from the perimeter at Hartford. Leading the team with 25 makes — including six at Winthrop earlier this month — he is second in the league and 68th in the nation with 2.8 three-pointers per game.
.348
3-PT FG% DEF
.402
.655
FT%
.739
NEXT ON TAP
12.7
ASSISTS/GAME
14.0
14.3
TO/GAME
11.9
-4.3
TO MARGIN
+3.1
5.0
STEALS/GAME
7.8
2.4
BLOCKS/GAME
3.0
The Hawks return to the road for their final three non-conference games, beginning with a tilt at local rival Central Connecticut on Saturday. Tipoff from Detrick Gymnasium is set for 1 p.m.
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Vermont UMass Lowell Stony Brook UMBC NJIT New Hampshire Binghamton Maine UAlbany Hartford
OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT 7-4 .636 6-4 .600 5-4 .556 5-4 .556 5-5 .500 4-4 .500 3-6 .333 2-6 .250 2-7 .222 1-8 .111
0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
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(1-8 OVERALL, 0-0 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
0 Hunter Marks
Gr.
F
6-9 190
Phillip Island, Australia/Wonthaggi Sec. College
2
D.J. Mitchell
Sr.
G
6-0 160
Englewood Cliffs, N.J./St. Thomas More School
3
David Shriver
Sr.
G/F
6-6 220
Philippi, W.Va./Alderson Broaddus Univ.
Jr.
G
6-3 180
Dorchester, Mass./Thayer Academy
Kurtis Henderson Fr.
G
5-10 180
Brockton, Mass./Catholic Memorial
11 Briggs McClain
So. G
6-4 175
Martinsburg, W.Va./St. Maria Goretti
13 Dejuan Clayton
Gr.
6-2 185
Bowie, Md./Coppin State University
15 Thomas Webley
So. F
6-10 240
Christchurch, New Zealand/Cashmere
20 Austin Williams
Sr.
G
6-4 200
Roseland, N.J./Marist University
21 Matt Hobbs
Sr.
G
6-4 200 Anchorage, Alaska/Univ. of New England
22 Carlos Edmundo
Jr.
G
6-2 180
Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway
23 Michael Dunne
Sr.
G
6-4 190
Matawan, N.J./Matawan Regional
24 Jared Kimbrough Sr.
F
6-8 225
Neptune, N.J./La Salle University
45 Pierre Sow
C
7-0 235
Teaneck, N.J./Hampton University
4 Moses Flowers 5
Sr.
G
Hometown/Last School
HEAD COACH JOHN GALLAGHER - 12th Season - St. Joseph’s ’99
ASSISTANT COACHES TOM DEVITT - Ninth Season - Boston College ’93 YOLONZO MOORE II - Fifth Season - Hartford ’15 TIM BROOKS - Third Season - James Madison ’11 J.R. LYNCH - First Season - Hartford ’18, MBA ’19
SAINT FRANCIS RED FLASH (3-5 OVERALL, 0-0 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
1
Zahree Harrison
So. G
6-0 190
West Philadelphia, Pa./Cheltenham
2
Ramiir Dixon-Conover
R-Sr. G
6-3 185
Newark, N.J./Southeastern CC
3
Luke Ruggery
R-So. G
5-11 160
Duncansville, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle
So. G
6-4 185 Brandywine, Md./Charles Herbert Flowers
4 Ronell Giles, Jr. 5
Myles Thompson Sr.
F
Hometown/Last School
6-6 230
Camden, N.J./Camden
11 Maxwell Land
So. G/F
6-4 185
Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller
13 Marlon Hargis
Sr.
F
6-7 205
Mays Landing, N.J./Holy Cross
15 Chukwu Ikediashi R-Jr. F
6-8 220
Hoboken, N.J./Hudson Catholic
20 Brendan Scanlon Fr.
G
5-8 155
State College, Pa./Saint Joseph
21 Ben Seidel
Jr.
G
6-0 170
Johnstown, Pa./Bishop McCort
22 Tyler Stewart
R-Sr. G/F
6-8 195
Silver Spring, Md./Binghamton
23 A.J. Labriola
Sr.
G
6-2 185
Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle
31 Brad McCabe
R-So. G
6-6 185
Manasquan, N.J./Manasquan
32 Jeriah Coleman
So. F
7-0 220
Anchorage, Alaska/Great Bridge Christian (Va.)
33 Josh Cohen
R-So. F
6-10 220
Lincroft, N.J./Christian Brothers Acad.
42 Mark Flagg
R-Sr. F
6-9 215
Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury
HEAD COACH ROB KRIMMEL - 10th Season - Saint Francis ’00
ASSISTANT COACHES ANDREW HELTON - Sixth Season - Miami (Ohio) ’92 ERIC TAYLOR - Ninth Season - Xavier ’91 LUKE McCONNELL - Eighth Season - Saint Francis ’12 JOE CAUSGROVE - First Season -HAWKS Penn State Behrend ’14 HARTFORD // #FLYHIGH
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hunter
4
moses
MARKS
GRAD STUDENT | FORWARD
FLOWERS
JUNIOR | GUARD
CLAYTON 13 dejuan
GRAD STUDENT | GUARD
2
d.j.
5
kurtis
MITCHELL
SENIOR | GUARD
HENDERSON
FRESHMAN | GUARD
WEBLEY 15 thomas
SOPHOMORE | FORWARD
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david
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SHRIVER
SENIOR | GUARD/FORWARD
McCLAIN
SOPHOMORE | GUARD
WILLIAMS 20 austin
SENIOR | GUARD
HARTFORD HAWKS
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matt
HOBBS
SENIOR | GUARD
EDMUNDO 22 carlos
JUNIOR | GUARD
KIMBROUGH 24 jared
SENIOR | FORWARD
SOW 45 pierre
DUNNE 23 michael
SENIOR | GUARD
SENIOR | CENTER
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JOHN GALLAGHER HEAD COACH 12th Season
TIM BROOKS ASSISTANT COACH Third Season
TOM DEVITT
YOLONZO MOORE II
J.R. LYNCH
BRENDAN POLLICK
ASSISTANT COACH Ninth Season
DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS First Season
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ASSISTANT COACH Fifth Season
GRADUATE ASSISTANT Second Season
2021-22 Hartford Men's Basketball Combined Team Statistics All games
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HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records Record
Overall
ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
1-8 0-0 1-8
Home
AMERICA EAST: 0-0
Team Box Score No. Player
20 WILLIAMS, Austin
GP-GS
4 FLOWERS, Moses
00 MARKS, Hunter
3 SHRIVER, David 2 MITCHELL, D.J.
13 CLAYTON, Dejuan
24 KIMBROUGH, Jared 11 MCCLAIN, Briggs 23 DUNNE, Michael
5 HENDERSON, Kurtis
15 WEBLEY, Thomas 21 HOBBS, Matt
Team
MIN
0-1 0-0 0-1
•
Away
.535
9-9
298:53 33.2
35-68
.515
2-2 6-4 8-0 9-0 5-0 8-2 1-0
267:47 29.8 253:29 28.2 290:23 32.3 67:11 33.6
119:41 19.9 115:06 14.4 73:30
8.2
50:36
6.3
10:43 00:58
•
AWAY: 1-5
2.1 1.0
35-78 30-73 30-71 4-11
16-28 18-44 5-19 2-3 2-6 0-0
3-18
.167
28-46
.609
10-26
.385
20-25
.800
.449
11-32
.411
25-63
.423 .364 .571
.344 .397
15-41
.366
0-2 3-5
.286
1-4
4-14
.667
2-2
1.000
0-0
.000
.333 .000
.278
0-0
1-3
8-11
.600
5-18
2-4
.000
.409 .263
23-31
.000
7-12 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0
4
33
37
4.6
10
30
40
4.4
.742
16
.500
4
.333 .727
4 0
50 37 19 5
66 41 23 5
.583
10
18
28
.000
0
7
7
.250
5
.000
0
.333 .000
0 0
17
15 1 3 0 9
20 1 3 0
26
1st 281 347
•
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG 46-86
9-9
0-3 0-0 0-3
HOME: 0-1
251:43 31.5
9-4
Neutral
1-4 0-0 1-4
8-8 9-7
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
OVERALL: 1-8
7.3 4.6 2.6 2.5
29
4
19
0
22 12
8 4
16
0.8
6
0.2 0.4 0.0
9 6 5 0
OT 0 0
TOT 615 682
NEUTRAL: 0-2
PF DQ
4.7 2.5
2nd 334 335
1 0
A
26
TO BLK STL PTS AVG
19
29
2
7 123 15.4
22
9
5 100 11.1
1
8
19
20 4
5
0
23
25
1
10
8
0
2
0 0 0 0 0
6
6
1
3 4 1
0 3
2
0
0 5
3 10 104 11.6 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
4
87
9.7
2
16
8.0
76
5
42
2
41
2
15
0 0
7.0 5.1 1.7
6
1.2
0
0.0
5
0
8.4
0.6
Total
9
1800
223-487 .458
78-221
.353 91-139 .655
70 227 297 33.0 136
6 114 129 22 45 615 68.3
Opponents
9
1800
250-542 .461
77-221
.348 105-151 .695
89 222 311 34.6 144
3 124
Team Statistics Scoring Points per game Scoring margin Field goals-att Field goal pct
3 point fg-att 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game
Free throws-att Free throw pct F-Throws made per game Rebounds Rebounds per game Rebounding margin Assists Assists per game
Turnovers Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio Steals Steals per game
Blocks Blocks per game
Winning streak Home win streak
Attendance Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
HART 615 68.3 -7.4
OPP
682 75.8 -
223-487 .458
250-542 .461
91-139 .655 10.1
105-151 .695 11.7
114 12.7
124 13.8
78-221 .353 8.7
297 33.0 -1.6
129 14.3 -4.3 0.9 45 5.0 22 2.4 0 0
1208 1-1208 -
77-221 .348 8.6
Team Results Date
11/09/2021 11/12/2021 11/13/2021 11/18/2021 11/23/2021 11/29/2021 12/01/2021 12/05/2021 12/11/2021
Opponent
at Wagner vs Campbell vs Army West Point Boston U. at Merrimack at Appalachian St. at Winthrop at St. Francis Brooklyn vs UNLV
90 30 77 682 75.8
L L L L L L L W L
59-77 67-68 79-86 70-75 60-75 59-69 75-82 68-55 78-95
Score
Att.
1924 0 0 1208 575 1259 950 300 3257
311 34.6 -
90 10.0 1.4 77 8.6 30 3.3
-
5008 5-1002 3-1086
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GALLAGHER Now in his 12th season as head coach of the Hartford men’s basketball team in 2021-22, John Gallagher brought the Hawks to new heights as his Hawks are coming off the program’s firstever America East Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance this past season. Named the 10th head coach in the 72-year history of the program prior to the 2010-11 campaign, Gallagher has led the Hawks to 70 wins — an average of 17 per year — over the past four seasons, the most in a four-year span in Hartford’s Division I history (since 1984-85). With 157 career victories, he enters the 2021-22 campaign as the all-time winningest coach in Hartford men’s basketball’s Division I history, surpassing legendary coach Jack Phelan (124 wins). A Philadephia native, Gallagher has coached 32 All-Conference Team honorees, with 17 of those awards coming over the past four seasons. During his tenure, the Hawks have earned four First Team, seven Second Team, eight Third Team, six All-Defensive Team, three AllRookie Team and five All-Academic Team selections. The highlight of Gallagher’s career — and arguably the program’s 37 years as a Division I program — came in 2020-21, one of the toughest seasons that college basketball has ever endured. In a year that was abbreviated due to COVID-19, the Hawks became the first team in America East history to win four games on the way to claiming the league’s tournament title. Knocking off Binghamton, UAlbany and perennial power Vermont as the No. 4 seed, Hartford, which was picked to finish sixth in the conference’s preseason poll, downed No. 6 UMass Lowell in the Championship Game to punch the program’s first ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Drawing No. 1-seeded Baylor in the First Round, the Hawks fell to the eventual National Champion, 79-55, in Indianapolis. The Bears’ win against the Hawks marked their smallest margin of victory against any opponent throughout their NCAA Championship run. The banner-raising campaign was not the only accomplishment for Gallagher and his Hawks in 2020-21. Under his guidance, Hartford, which won 10 of 11 home games, finished the campaign with a 15-8 overall record for the highest winning percentage in program history (.625). Gallagher had Hartford knocking on the doorstep of the NCAA Tournament for quite some time before the historic 2020-21 season. The Hawks have top-four finishes in each of the past four seasons, and have qualified for each of the past two America East Championship title games. Despite losing all five starters from a 2018-19 squad that won 18 games and lost in double overtime in the America East’s semifinals to defending champion UMBC, the 2019-20 team was one game away from raising the program’s first-ever league championship banner inside Reich Family Pavilion.
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Posting an 18-win season for the second time in as many years in 2019-20, the Hawks were set to board a bus and head to Burlington, where they would face Vermont in their second America East Championship appearance in program history. Moments before departure, though, the storybook season came to a screeching halt, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancelation of the game.
JOHN GALLAGHER’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS WINNINGEST COACH IN HARTFORD’S DI HISTORY 158-195 CAREER RECORD AE COACH OF THE YEAR 2017-18 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2020-21 CIT APPEARANCES 2012-13, 2017-18 AE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2020-21 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2019-20, 2020-21 2 NABC ALL-DISTRICT 1 HONOREES 32 AE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES
Known for developing potent offenses that are typically dangerous from three-point land, Gallagher has transitioned Harford into one of the top defensive teams in the America East. The Hawks ranked 31st in the nation in scoring defense (63.9 ppg) and 10th in nation in three-point field goal defense (.290) in 2020-21. The previous season, his squad was the second-best in the nation in defending the three-point line, holding opponents to a .275 clip from behind the arc. In 2017-18, Gallagher piloted Hartford to a program-record 19-win season, earning America East co-Coach of the year honors. That only scratches the surface of what the Hawks accomplished that season. Picked to finish eighth in the America East after a 9-23 finish in 2016-17, Gallagher led Hartford to one of the best single-season turnarounds in program history. Making a 10-win improvement, the Hawks broke the program’s Division I records in regularseason wins (18) and overall victories with a 19-14 record. Hartford’s record-breaking campaign also featured the program’s second Division I postseason appearance, as the Hawks were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The program’s first-ever postseason berth — a CIT invitation — also came under Gallagher in 2012-13. In addition to the team’s successes, Gallagher has also reached key milestones in his coaching career over the past two seasons. Three days after becoming the fifth coach in program history to reach 100 wins with a 79-62 victory at New Hampshire (Jan. 31, 2018), Gallagher became Hartford’s most successful Division I coach after defeating Stony Brook, 73-64 (Feb. 3, 2018). The Hawks have also excelled in the classroom during Gallagher’s tenure. Hartford earned a National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Team Academic Award for the third straight year in 2020-21. In addition, the Hawks’ 3.61 combined GPA ranked first among the America East’s 10 men’s basketball programs. The Hawks posted back-to-back winning records for the first time in Hartford’s Division I history under Gallagher. Breaking out for a 17-win season that was capped by the program’s first-ever Division I postseason bid — all while boasting the 11th youngest squad in the nation — in 2012-13, Hartford posted a 17-16 record the following season in 2014-15.
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At the conclusion of Hartford’s breakthrough season in 2012-13, CollegeInsider.com named Gallagher the 2013 America East Coach of the Year. That year, he was also a finalist for the prestigious Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. Attributing to the Hawks’ success in the 2012-13 season was their tenacity on the defensive side of the court. Holding its opponents to a school record 61.2 points per game, Hartford, which won 17 games that season, also led the America East in steals (8.2 per game) and forced turnovers (16.0 per game). Gallagher’s hiring as Hartford’s fifth Division I coach in 2010 served as a reunion wtih the University, as he previously logged two seasons as the Hawks’ associate head coach (2006-08). Between his two stints at Hartford, he served two seasons as an associate head coach under Glen Miller at the University of Pennsylvania. After the 2010 Final Four, Gallagher left Penn to become Steve Donahue’s Associate Head Coach at Boston College, but was released from that position when the opportunity to return to Hartford’s sidelines arose. During his first stint at Hartford as an assistant, Gallagher breathed new life into the Hawks scoring by helping implement a new motion offense. The Hawks improved upon a 62.1 point-pergame average in his first year (2006-07) by netting 70.8 points per game in his second season (2007-08). In the latter season, which featured a then-school record 312 made three-pointers, Hartford made its first-ever America East Championship title game appearance while posting 18 wins, the most in program history at the time. Prior to that, Gallagher was the top assistant for Fran O’Hanlon’s staff at Lafayette College. At Lafayette, he served as the program’s top recruiter and was responsible for developing the team’s guards. Gallagher arrived at Lafayette by way of La Salle University, where he coached five seasons, including two under Big 5 legend Speedy Morris and the final three under Billy Hahn. He jumped right into coaching in 1999 upon graduating from Saint Joseph’s University, where he was a guard for three seasons and a member of the 1996-97 squad that advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Gallagher is one of four siblings in a basketball-rich family, as his sisters Ann and Joan each played college basketball at La Salle and Boston College, respectively. Gallagher and his wife, Geneva, have three daughters, Kenna, Alanna and Mary Kate, and one son, John “Jack” Gallagher.
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