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St. John’s St. John’s (3-1) vs. Stony Brook (1-1) (3-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) GAME Sunday, December 6, 2020 • 2:30 p.m. • Carnesecca Arena (5,602) • Queens, N.Y. TV: FS1 (John Fanta, Tarik Turner) N25 SAINT PETER’S (CA)* W, 76-75 5 ST. JOHN’S IMG RADIO NETWORK: 970 AM WNYM (John Minko, Brandon Tierney) N26 LA SALLE (CA)* W, 82-65 N30 vs. Boston College # W, 97-93 D2 vs BYU ^ L, 74-68 News & Notes 2020-21 D6 STONY BROOK (CA) 2:30 p.m. 4 The Red Storm will look to rebound from its first loss of the year Stats D8 RIDER (CA) 7 p.m. when it hosts Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon. The Johnnies are 2-0 so far this season at Carnesecca Arena and 10-1 in Queens during D11 • at Connecticut 7 p.m. 3-1 Overall 1-1 D14 • at Butler 5 p.m. non-conference play under Mike Anderson. 4 St. John’s is coming off a 1-1 showing at Mohegan Sun’s 0-0 Conference 0-0 D17 • CREIGHTON (CA) 5 p.m. “Bubbleville,” hanging up 97 points on Boston College before 80.8 PPG 70.0 D20 • GEORGETOWN (CA) 6:30 p.m. falling to BYU, 74-68. Julian Champagnie averaged 27.0 points 76.8 Opp PPG 75.5 in those two games. 4 Sunday’s game will be the second-to-last non-conference game on .450 FG% .427 the schedule for Mike Anderson’s squad. The Johnnies will also .472 OPP FG% .435 welcome Rider to Carnesecca Arena on Tuesday night and have the .306 3FG% .333 opportunity to schedule one more non-conference game if they .364 OPP 3FG% .472 should choose to do so. 4The Red Storm was originally slated to play Sacred Heart on Sunday, .802 FT% .483 but was forced to cancel the game after the Pioneers had a positive 38.2 Rebounds 38.5 COVID test in their program. Similarly, St. John’s was supposed to 17.0 Assists 16.0 face off with Fordham on Tuesday, but a positive test put the Rams 15.8 Turnovers 17.0 on pause. 4Sunday is scheduled to be the only time this season that St. John’s 2.8 Blocks 7.0 will match up with another team from New York State. Last year, St. 11.3 Steals 6.0 John’s defeated Albany, Wagner and Columbia at Carnesecca Arena. About the Series with Stony Brook Last Five Meetings vs. Stony Brook Record 12/2/10...................................St. John’s, 63-55 St. John’s leads 8-0 12/7/05...................................St. John’s, 63-45 (6-0 home, 2-0 away, 0-0 neutral) 11/30/04.................................St. John’s, 66-57 Overview 11/29/03.................................St. John’s, 72-61 St. John’s and Stony Brook will meet for the ninth time in series history. Their first contest was on Nov. 23, 1999 when St. John’s 11/26/02.................................St. John’s, 68-57 cruised to a 41-point road win over the Seawolves. It has been over a decade since the last time the Red Storm and Seawolves squared off, as DJ Kennedy scored a game-high 19 points and hit three 3-pointers to lift St. John’s to an eight-point win in Queens. 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 389-216 career Rider record in 19 seasons at the helm. He previously served as head Tues., December 8 at 7 p.m. coach at Arkansas, Missouri and UAB. Anderson has led his Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Remainder of the 2020-21 schedule will be announced teams to 12 postseason appearances with nine trips to the 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: CBS Sports Network Radio: 570 WMCA * Lapchick Tournament Geno Ford is in his second season serving as head coach of the Stony Rider Record: 0-0 # Hall of Fame Bubbleville at Mohegan Sun Arena Brook men’s basketball program. He guided the Seawolves to a 20- 13 overall record in his first season at the helm. Ford previously Series History: St. John’s leads 11-0 ^ Legends Classic at Mohegan Sun Arena served three years as associate head coach at Stony Brook. Prior to Last Meeting: St. John’s 65, Rider 46 Stony Brook, Ford served as head coach at Kent State and Bradley. (March 2, 1951) BROADCAST INFORMATION TV: Live national broadcast on FS1. John Fanta 2020-21 St. John’s Red Storm and Tarik Turner are the announcers. Dave Katz is the producer. Eric Singer is the director. Previous Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 970 AM F 2 Julian Champagnie (2-1) 6-8 215 So. 27.0 7.5 Scored 25+ points in each of his first two games in 20-21 WNYM Radio. John Minko and Brandon Tierney are the announcers. Chris Majkowski F 13 Isaih Moore (4-4) 6-10 205 Jr. 9.8 6.3 Ninth in the BIG EAST with an 83.3 FT pct is the producer/engineer. G/F 15 Vince Cole (4-3) 6-6 185 Jr. 13.0 3.0 20.0 ppg with a 53.8 FG pct in first two games at St. John’s Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via FOXSports. G 0 Posh Alexander (4-4) 6-0 205 Fr. 11.5 *4.5 Sixth in the BIG EAST averaging 4.5 assists per game com. Audio available on TuneIn Radio and G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (4-4) 6-3 200 Jr. 11.5 3.8 Has scored in double figures the last three games (13.3 ppg) SiriusXM. Live stats and Learfield IMG College audio on RedStormSports.com. Media stats Off the Bench available at StJohns.StatBroadcast.com. F 1 Josh Roberts (4-2) 6-9 220 Jr. 2.0 3.0 Averaging 1.1 blocks in 51 career appearances at St. John’s 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 (4-0) 6-4 235 Fr. 8.3 2.5 Team high 57.9 FG pct (11-19) and 55.6 3FG pct (5-9) G/F 10 Marcellus Earlington (4-1) 6-6 240 Jr. 7.0 3.8 Ranked 9th in the BIG EAST averaging 2.3 off. reb in 19-20 Senior Associate Athletics Director G 11 John McGriff (3-0) 6-0 185 R-Fr. 1.3 1.0 Red-shirted 19-20 season after having shoulder surgery for External Relations Stephen Dombroski F 12 Arnaldo Toro (4-0) 6-8 240 Gr. 2.0 2.0 Started 10 of 24 appearances at George Washington in 19-20 Office Phone 718-990-6897 G/F 23 David Caraher (4-0) 6-6 205 R-Jr. 0-0 0-3 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 BYU 74, St. John’s 68 #0 POSH ALEXANDER • Fr. • G • 6-0 • 190 December 2, 2020 4Leads the BIG EAST averaging 3.0 steals per game; recorded 6.0 assists in last Uncasville, Conn. - Mohegan Sun Arena two games versus Boston College and BYU 4Tops the team and tied for 11th in the league averaging 32.0 minutes per St. John’s suffered its first loss of the season on Wednesday night, falling to game BYU, 74-68, at Mohegan Sun Arena in the Roman Legends Classic. 4Scored a career-high 18 points (7-11 FG, 2-3 3FG) in win over Boston College Julian Champagnie once again led the way for St. John’s, scoring 25 points on 10-of-20 shooting to go along with five rebounds and three assists. Isaih Moore reached double figures for the second time in four appearances as #2 JULIAN CHAMPAGNIE • So. • G/F • 6-8 • 220 a Johnnie, scoring 11 points with two blocks and a steal. The former NJCAA 4Recorded his fifth career double-double with 29 points shooting 11-for-20 All-American made four of his six shot attempts from inside the three-point from the field and grabbed 10 rebounds in a win over Boston College arc. 4Has drained all nine free-throw attempts this season Logging 35 minutes of playing time for the second straight game, Greg Wil- 4Named to the 2019-20 BIG EAST All-Freshmen Team liams Jr. registered another complete showing, finishing with 10 points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists. As a team, St. John’s turned 19 BYU turnovers into 23 points, but it wasn’t #4 GREG WILLIAMS JR. • So. • G • 6-3 • 200 enough to slow a 3-point barrage that saw the Cougars connect on 10 tri- ples. St. John’s on the other hand, went just 4-for-21 from beyond the arc. 4Ranked second in the BIG EAST averaging 2.8 steals per game 4Dating back to last season, has scored in double figures in seven of the last Trailing by six at halftime, St.