St. John’s St. John’s (5-2, 0-1) vs. Georgetown (2-3, 0-1) (5-2, 0-1 BIG EAST) GAME Sunday, December 13, 2020 • 7:30 p.m. • McDonough Gymnasium (2,500) • Washington, D.C. TV: FS1 (Steve Buckhantz, Donny Marshall) N25 SAINT PETER’S (CA)* W, 76-75 8 ST. JOHN’S IMG RADIO NETWORK: 570 AM/102.3 FM WMCA (John Minko, Vin Parise) 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) W, 89-66 4 After falling to Seton Hall in their BIG EAST opener on Friday, the Stats D8 RIDER (CA) W, 82-79 Johnnies will remain on the road for a Sunday night showdown D11 • at Seton Hall L, 77-68 against Georgetown. 4 St. John’s will play at McDonough Gymnasium for the first time 5-2 Overall 2-3 D13 • at Georgetown 7:30 p.m. since the 1980-81 season. The Hoyas also last played at Alumni Hall/ 0-1 Conference 0-1 D17 • CREIGHTON (CA) 5 p.m. Carnesecca Arena that year. The shift to larger, off-campus venues 80.3 PPG 71.0 D20 • GEORGETOWN (CA) 6:30 p.m. began in 1981-82, coinciding with the arrival of a couple future Hall of Famers in Chris Mullin and Patrick Ewing. 75.6 Opp PPG 68.8 4McDonough Gymnasium is the site of Hall of Famer Lou Carnesecca’s .467 FG% .428 first game as head coach of St. John’s on Dec. 4, 1965. The Johnnies upended Georgetown in overtime, 64-62, on a game-winning jumper .476 OPP FG% .389 from team captain Bob McIntyre with two seconds remaining. .298 3FG% .336 4 Sunday’s game between St. John’s and Georgetown was officially .362 OPP 3FG% .306 put on the schedule on Wednesday after Butler, who St. John’s was supposed to play on Monday in Indianapolis, went into a COVID .743 FT% .657 pause. The Hoyas were scheduled to play Connecticut, who is also 36.7 Rebounds 45.8 paused at the moment due to COVID concerns. 17.6 Assists 13.2 4St. John’s and Georgetown played their final official games of the 2019-20 season against one another, as the Johnnies closed the game 14.3 Turnovers 17.2 on a 23-0 run to defeat the Hoyas, 75-62, in the opening round of 3.6 Blocks 4.0 the BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 11. 11.7 Steals 3.8 Marcellus Earlington, who scored 10 straight points on that decisive run, recorded a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double in that game. About the Series with Georgetown Last Five Meetings vs. Georgetown Record 3/11/20...................................St. John’s, 75-62 St. John’s leads 60-56, 32-40 in BIG EAST 2/2/20...............................Georgetown, 73-72 (30-13 home, 21-28 away, 9-13 neutral) 1/8/20...............................Georgetown, 87-66 Overview Original members of the BIG EAST, St. John’s and Georgetown will 1/27/19.............................Georgetown, 89-79 square off for the 117th time in series history. The Hoyas are St. John’s 1/5/19...............................St. John’s, 97-94 OT third-most frequently played opponent. The Johnnies snapped a 13- game winless streak against the Hoyas in Washington, D.C. with their last road victory in the series, a 97-94 overtime win on Jan. 5, 2019. Coaches Mike Anderson is in his second season at St. John’s. He was Next Opponent named the 21st coach in program history on April 19, 2019 at Madison Square Garden. Anderson owns a 391-217 career No. 8/7 Creighton record in 19 seasons at the helm. He previously served as head Thurs., December 17 at 5 p.m. coach at Arkansas, Missouri and UAB. Anderson has led his teams to 12 postseason appearances with nine trips to the Carnesecca Arena (5,602) 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 Patrick Ewing was named head coach at Georgetown on April 3, * Lapchick Tournament Creighton Record: 4-1 # Hall of Fame Bubbleville at Mohegan Sun Arena 2017. He has posted a 51-49 record in four seasons at the helm. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer returned to his Series History: Creighton leads 11-10 ^ Legends Classic at Mohegan Sun Arena alma mater after serving for 15 years as an assistant coach in the Last Meeting: St. John’s 91, Creighton 71 NBA with the Washington Wizards, Houston Rockets, Orlando (March 1, 2020) BROADCAST INFORMATION Magic and as the associate head coach for the Charlotte Hornets. TV: Live national broadcast on FS1. Steve 2020-21 St. John’s Red Storm Buckhantz and Donny Marshall are the announcers. Steve Scheer is the producer. John Previous Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes Moore is the director. F 1 Josh Roberts (7-3) 6-9 220 Jr. 2.3 2.9 Has shot 8-for-11 from the field in the last six games Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 570 AM and 102.3 FM WMCA Radio. John Minko and F 2 Julian Champagnie (5-4) 6-8 215 So. 22.4 6.8 26.0 ppg in three games away from home this season Vin Parise are the announcers. Chris Majkowski G/F 15 Vince Cole (7-6) 6-6 185 Jr. 13.3 3.6 Two 20+ point performances; Season high 26 versus Rider is the producer/engineer. G 0 Posh Alexander (7-7) 6-0 205 Fr. 8.9 *4.3 Has dished out 5+ assists in three of the last five games Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via FOXSports. G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (7-7) 6-3 200 Jr. 12.0 2.9 Has scored in double figures five of the last six games com. Audio available on TuneIn Radio and SiriusXM. Live stats and Learfield IMG College Off the Bench audio on RedStormSports.com. Media stats G 3 Rasheem Dunn (2-1) 6-2 190 R-Sr. 7.5 3.0* Has scored double-figures 64 times in 91 career games available at StJohns.StatBroadcast.com. G 5 Dylan Addae-Wusu (7-0) 6-4 235 Fr. 6.4 2.6 Has averaged 4.6 assists over the past five games MEDIA INFORMATION G/F 10 Marcellus Earlington (7-1) 6-6 240 Jr. 7.0 3.7 Ranked 9th in the BIG EAST averaging 2.3 off. reb in 19-20 G 11 John McGriff (6-0) 6-0 185 R-Fr. 1.5 1.2 Season-highs with five points and four assists vs. Stony Brook Senior Associate Athletics Director F 12 Arnaldo Toro (7-0) 6-8 240 Gr. 2.3 2.4 Recorded a season-high seven points in win over Stony Brook for External Relations Stephen Dombroski F 13 Isaih Moore (7-6) 6-10 205 Jr. 8.4 5.0 Has led the team in rebounding three times this season Office Phone 718-990-6897 G/F 23 David Caraher (6-0) 6-6 205 R-Jr. 0.3 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 Seton Hall 77, St. John’s 68 #0 POSH ALEXANDER • Fr. • G • 6-0 • 190 December 11, 2020 4Ranks second in the BIG EAST averaging 2.6 steals per game; has notched Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center four or more steals three times in seven appearances this season 4Has averaged 4.6 assists in St. John’s five wins this season; handed out a Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST selection Sandro Mamukelashvili scored season-high eight assists in win over Rider a career-high 33 points on 12-of-18 shooting, recording nearly half of his team’s offensive output to lead Seton Hall past St. John’s, 77-68, on Friday 4Scored a career-high 18 points (7-11 FG, 2-3 3FG) in win over Boston College at Prudential Center. After trailing by as many as 12 in the opening minutes of the second half, #1 JOSH ROBERTS • Jr. • F • 6-9 • 220 St. John’s whittled the deficit down to three on a pair of occasions, but the 4Has shot 57.1 percent (8-14 FG) in seven appearances this season Pirates managed to answer each time. 4Led the team and ranked seventh in the BIG EAST averaging 2.4 offensive Julian Champagnie led the way once again for St. John’s, registering 24 rebounds per game in 2019-20 points on 10-of-19 shooting to go along with six rebounds and three blocks. 4Started 28 of 29 games in 2019-20 before being sidelined with a shoulder injury Champagnie led four Johnnies in double figures. Greg Williams Jr. scored 12 points in addition to dishing out three assists while Vince Cole scored 11 and Rasheem Dunn added 10 in his first appearance since suffering a concussion in the Red Storm’s season opener on Nov. 25. #2 JULIAN CHAMPAGNIE • So. • G/F • 6-8 • 220 4Through five appearances this season, scoring average has increased by 12.5 St.