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St. John’s St. John’s (3-0) vs. BYU (3-1) (3-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) GAME Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • 5 p.m. • Mohegan Sun Arena (9,518) • Uncasville, Conn. TV: ESPN2 (Jon Sciambi, Jon Crispin) N25 SAINT PETER’S (CA)* W, 76-75 4 ST. JOHN’S IMG RADIO NETWORK: 570 AM WMCA (John Minko, Brian Mahoney) N26 LA SALLE (CA)* W, 82-65 N30 vs. Boston College # W, 97-93 D2 vs BYU ^ 5 p.m. News & Notes 2020-21 D6 STONY BROOK (CA) 2:30 p.m. 4 The Red Storm will play its second game in three days at Mohegan Sun’s Stats D8 TBD (CA) 7 p.m. “Bubbleville” after holding off Boston College, 97-93, on Monday night. D11 • at Connecticut 7 p.m. St. John’s is now 3-2 at Mohegan Sun Arena since 2015-16. 4 The Johnnies will look to start the season 4-0 for the second time in the 3-0 Overall 3-1 D14 • at Butler 5 p.m. last three years. The 2018-19 team went 12-0 in pre-conference action. 0-0 Conference 0-0 D17 • CREIGHTON (CA) 5 p.m. Last season’s 11-2 start marked the best non-league record by a first-year 85.0 PPG 82.3 D20 • GEORGETOWN (CA) 6:30 p.m. St. John’s head coach since the formation of the BIG EAST in 1979. 77.7 Opp PPG 64.8 4 Wednesday’s game, which was only scheduled on Monday, will be part of the Roman Legends Classic. St. John’s won the Legends Classic in 2018 .466 FG% .471 when it was held at Barclays Center, defeating California in the semis .480 OPP FG% .405 before downing VCU in overtime to claim the title. Shamorie Ponds .353 3FG% .380 scored a tournament-record 67 points in those two games. .361 OPP 3FG% .424 4The BYU game was scheduled after St. John’s had its BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle contest at Texas Tech cancelled, which was originally scheduled for .813 FT% .583 Thursday. The decision was made jointly by the University and local health 39.3 Rebounds 41.5 officials. BYU had an opening after Vanderbilt was forced to withdraw 17.3 Assists 19.8 from the Legends Classic due to COVID concerns within its program. 17.0 Turnovers 13.8 4St. John’s last faced a WCC team in 2014-15, a season that saw the Johnnies play both Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s. The Red Storm defeated 3.0 Blocks 3.0 the Gaels in Carnesecca Arena a month after losing to No. 10 Gonzaga in 11.7 Steals 5.3 the championship game of the Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden. About the Series with BYU Last Five Meetings vs. BYU Record 12/8/90...................................St. John’s, 67-62 St. John’s leads 7-1 11/26/88.................................St. John’s, 83-77 (2-0 home, 2-0 away, 3-1 neutral) 12/27/82.................................St. John’s, 75-64 Overview 12/16/78.................................St. John’s, 90-83 St. John’s and BYU will square off for the ninth time in series history and for the first time in three decades. The Johnnies have won the 12/13/75.................................St. John’s, 78-65 last six meetings with the Cougars, including a 67-62 victory their last time out in the championship game of the 1990 Cougar Classic in Provo, Utah. Coaches Next Opponent Mike Anderson is in his second season at St. John’s. He was named the 21st coach in program history on April 19, 2019 at Madison Square Garden. Anderson owns a 389-215 career Stony Brook record in 19 seasons at the helm. He previously served as head Sun., December 6 at 12 p.m. coach at Arkansas, Missouri and UAB. Anderson has led his Carnesecca Arena (5,602) teams to 12 postseason appearances with nine trips to the Remainder of the 2020-21 schedule will be announced NCAA Tournament. He has advanced on six of those occasions, Queens, N.Y. at a later date including two trips to the Sweet 16 and a run to the Elite Eight. TV: FS1 Radio: 970 WNYM * Lapchick Tournament Mark Pope is in his second season leading BYU. He guided the Stony Brook Record: 0-1 # Hall of Fame Bubbleville at Mohegan Sun Arena Cougars to a 24-8 overall record and a 13-3 mark in the West Coast Conference in 2019-20. Pope previously served as head coach Series History: St. John’s leads 8-0 ^ Legends Classic at Mohegan Sun Arena at Utah Valley where he compiled a 77-56 record. Prior to Utah Last Meeting: St. John’s 63, Stony Brook 55 Valley, Pope made assistant coaching stops at BYU, Wake Forest (Dec. 2, 2010) BROADCAST INFORMATION and Georgia. TV: Live national broadcast on ESPN2. Jon 2020-21 St. John’s Red Storm Sciambi and Jon Crispin are the announcers. Scott Gustafson is the producer. Mike Roig is Previous Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes the director. F 1 Josh Roberts (3-2) 6-9 220 Jr. 2.0 3.3 Averaging 1.1 blocks in 50 career appearances at St. John’s Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 570 AM WMCA Radio. John Minko and Brian Mahoney F 13 Isaih Moore (3-3) 6-10 205 Jr. 9.3 7.3 Leads team and top-15 in BIG EAST in rebounding are the announcers. Chris Majkowski is the G/F 15 Vince Cole (3-2) 6-6 185 Jr. 16.0 2.7 20.0 ppg with a 53.8 FG pct in first two games at St. John’s producer/engineer. G 0 Posh Alexander (3-3) 6-0 205 Fr. 14.0 *3.7 BIG EAST leader with 3.3 steals per game Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via ESPN.com/ G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (3-3) 6-3 200 Jr. 12.0 3.3 5th in the BIG EAST averaging 1.6 steals in league play in 19-20 watch. Audio available on TuneIn Radio and SiriusXM. Live stats and Learfield IMG College Off the Bench audio on RedStormSports.com. Media stats F 2 Julian Champagnie (1-0) 6-8 215 So. 29.0 10.0 Named to the 2019-20 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team available at StJohns.StatBroadcast.com. G 3 Rasheem Dunn (1-1) 6-2 190 R-Sr. 5.0 5.0* Top returning scorer who posted double figures 21 times in 19-20 MEDIA INFORMATION G 5 Dylan Addae-Wusu (3-0) 6-4 235 Fr. 8.3 2.7 Team high 57.1 FG pct (8-14) and 50.0 3FG pct (3-6) G/F 10 Marcellus Earlington (3-1) 6-6 240 Jr. 8.0 4.7 Ranked 9th in the BIG EAST averaging 2.3 off. reb in 19-20 Senior Associate Athletics Director G 11 John McGriff (2-0) 6-0 185 R-Fr. 2.0 1.0 Red-shirted 19-20 season after having shoulder surgery for External Relations Stephen Dombroski F 12 Arnaldo Toro (3-0) 6-8 240 Gr. 2.7 2.7 Started 10 of 24 appearances at George Washington in 19-20 Office Phone 718-990-6897 G/F 23 David Caraher (3-0) 6-6 205 R-Jr. 0-0 0-0 Ranked second on the team with a 78.1 FT pct in 19-20 Mobile Phone 518-928-6103 * - indicates assists per game E-mail [email protected] Last Time Out Inside the Huddle St. John’s 97, Boston College 93 #0 POSH ALEXANDER • Fr. • G • 6-0 • 205 November 30, 2020 4 Uncasville, Conn. - Mohegan Sun Arena Has averaged a team-high 4.5 assists in the last two games 4Has shot 85.7 percent at the free-throw line and made his last nine attempts After seeing a 20-point lead dwindle down to just one in the final minute at the charity stripe of play, St. John’s used some clutch free throw shooting and a key defensive 4Named to the All-Lapchick Tournament Team after averaging 12.0 points, stop to hold off Boston College, 97-93, at Mohegan Sun Arena on Monday. 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in wins over Saint Peter’s and La Salle Making his season debut after missing the first two games with a sprained ankle, Julian Champagnie showed no signs of rust. The sophomore from #1 JOSH ROBERTS • Jr. • F • 6-9 • 220 Brooklyn logged his fifth collegiate double-double, finishing with a career- 4Started 28 of 29 games in 2019-20 before being sidelined with a shoulder high 29 points and 10 rebounds in 29 minutes of action. injury 4Led the team and ranked seventh in the BIG EAST averaging 2.4 offensive With St. John’s lead down to three on Boston College’s final possession, rebounds per game in 2019-20 Champagnie blocked a second-chance 3-pointer that could have tied the contest at 96. 4Second on the team and 12th in the BIG EAST with 5.8 rpg last season Freshman Posh Alexander had a first half for the ages, making all six of his field goal tries and scoring 16 of his 18 points in the opening stanza. The #4 GREG WILLIAMS JR. • So. • G • 6-3 • 200 Brooklyn native also finished the game with five assists and four rebounds. 4Has averaged 15.0 points shooting 56.3 percent (9-16 FG) from the field and Greg Williams Jr.