St. John’s St. John’s (1-0) vs. La Salle (0-0) (1-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) GAME Thursday, November 26, 2020 • 2 p.m. • Carnesecca Arena (5,602) • Queens, N.Y. TV: FS1 (John Fanta, Tarik Turner) N25 SAINT PETER’S (CA)* W, 76-75 2 ST. JOHN’S IMG RADIO NETWORK: 970 AM WNYM (John Minko, Brian Mahoney) N26 LA SALLE (CA)* 2 p.m. N30 vs. Boston College # 6 p.m. D3 at Texas Tech ^ 9 p.m. News & Notes *2019-20 D6 SACRED HEART (CA) 12 p.m. 4 The St. John’s men’s basketball team will play its final game of The Stats D8 FORDHAM (CA) 7 p.m. Lapchick Tournament on Thursday at 2 p.m. against La Salle. A win over the Explorers would improve the Red Storm to 43-1 all-time in the D11 • at Connecticut 7 p.m. tournament and give the Johnnies their 21st Lapchick Tournament title. 17-15 Overall 15-15 D14 • at Butler 5 p.m. 4 The tournament, which honors the memory of the late great Joe 5-13 Conference 6-12 D17 • CREIGHTON (CA) 5 p.m. Lapchick, was held every year in Queens from 1975-1995. Lapchick went 334-130 (.720) in 20 seasons as the head coach of St. John’s. He also 74.6 PPG 68.0 D20 • GEORGETOWN (CA) 6:30 p.m. guided the Knicks for a number of years during the late 40s and early 50s, leading them to three straight NBA Finals appearances. Lapchick is 71.6 Opp PPG 69.9 a Naismith Hall of Famer twice over, earning induction as an individual .409 FG% .414 in 1966 after being enshrined with the Original Celtics in 1959. 4 Three newcomers proved to be the difference maker for St. John’s in .415 OPP FG% .429 a come-from-behind win over Saint Peter’s on Wednesday. Vince Cole .321 3FG% .336 scored 21 points while Posh Alexander added 16 and Isaih Moore chipped .317 OPP 3FG% .300 in 12 points and nine boards. Cole scored the game’s final five points in a span of just 18 seconds. Mike Anderson improved to 18-1 in season .703 FT% .665 opener as a head coach and 19-0 in home openers. 38.7 Rebounds 35.3 4St. John’s has won both of its first two games at Carnesecca Arena every year dating back to 2005-06. 14.7 Assists 13.0 4The Johnnies’ last game at Carnesecca Arena against an Atlantic 10 school 11.2 Turnovers 14.7 was on Dec. 8, 2016, a 28-point drubbing of Fordham. St. John’s has won its last four games against the A-10, defeating UMass at Mohegan Sun last 4.0 Blocks 3.1 year after topping VCU in the championship of the 2018 Legends Classic 10.0 Steals 8.0 at Barclays Center. The year prior, St. John’s handled Fordham at home before downing Saint Joe’s at Mohegan Sun in December. About the Series with La Salle Last Five Meetings vs. La Salle Record 12/28/64.................................St. John’s, 78-71 Tied 3-3 12/30/55................................... La Salle, 85-76 (1-0 home, 0-0 away, 2-3 neutral) 3/9/53.....................................St. John’s, 64-55 Overview 3/29/52..................................... La Salle, 71-62 St. John’s and La Salle will square off for the first time since the 3/10/52..................................... La Salle, 51-45 1964 Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden. The Johnnies and Explorers have split their six meetings all-time. St. John’s has won two of the last three contests, including a 78-71 victory their last time out at MSG under legendary head coach Joe Lapchick. 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 387-215 career Boston College record in 19 seasons at the helm. He previously served as head Monday., November 30 at 6 p.m. coach at Arkansas, Missouri and UAB. Anderson has led his teams to 12 postseason appearances with nine trips to the Mohegan Sun Arena (9,518) Remainder of the 2020-21 schedule will be announced NCAA Tournament. He has advanced on six of those occasions, Uncasville, Conn. at a later date including two trips to the Sweet 16 and a run to the Elite Eight. TV: ESPNU Radio: 970 WNYM * Lapchick Tournament Ashley Howard enters his third season as head coach at La Salle. He owns a 25-36 overall record, including a 14-22 mark in the Atlantic Boston College Record: 0-1 # Hall of Fame Bubbleville at Mohegan Sun Arena 10 during his time leading the Explorers. Howard previously spent Series History: St. John’s leads 45-27 ^ BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle five years as an assistant at Villanova where he was part of two Last Meeting: Boston College 82, St. John’s 70 National Championships in his final three years. Prior to Villanova, (November 18, 2008) BROADCAST INFORMATION Howard served as an assistant coach at Xavier, Drexel and La Salle. TV: Live national broadcast on FS1. John Fanta and 2020-21 St. John’s Red Storm Tarik Turner are the announcers. David 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 G/F 10 Marcellus Earlington (1-1) 6-6 240 Jr. 4.0 6.0 Ranked 9th in the BIG EAST averaging 2.3 off. reb in 19-20 WNYM Radio. John Minko and Brian Mahoney are F 13 Isaih Moore (1-1) 6-10 205 Jr. 12.0 9.0 Third Team NJCAA All-American at Pearl River CC the announcers. Chris Majkowski is the producer/ G 0 Posh Alexander (1-1) 6-0 205 Fr. 16.0 7.0 Brooklyn native who was a four-star recruit coming out of HS engineer. Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via FOXSports. 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 com. Audio available on TuneIn Radio and SiriusXM. G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (1-1) 6-3 200 Jr. 6.0 3.0 5th in the BIG EAST averaging 1.6 steals in league play in 19-20 Live stats and Learfield IMG College audio on Off the Bench RedStormSports.com. Media stats available at F 1 Josh Roberts (1-0) 6-9 220 Jr. 0.0 5.0 Averaged 1.1 blocks in 47 career appearances at St. John’s StJohns.StatBroadcast.com. F 2 Julian Champagnie (0-0) 6-8 215 So. 0.0 0.0 Named to the 2019-20 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team MEDIA INFORMATION G 5 Dylan Addae-Wusu (1-0) 6-4 235 Fr. 6.0 1.0 Bronx native and high school teammate of Posh Alexander G 11 John McGriff (0-0) 6-0 185 R-Fr. 0.0 0.0 Red-shirted 19-20 season after having shoulder surgery Senior Associate Athletics Director F 12 Arnaldo Toro (1-0) 6-8 240 Gr. 6.0 3.0 Started 10 of 24 appearances at George Washington in 19-20 for External Relations Stephen Dombroski G/F 15 Vince Cole (1-0) 6-6 185 Jr. 21.0 2.0 First Team All-America and NJCAA Region X POY in 19-20 Office Phone 718-990-6897 G/F 23 David Caraher (1-0) 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 76, Saint Peter’s 75 #0 POSH ALEXANDER • Fr. • G • 6-0 • 205 November 25, 2020 4Filled the stat sheet with 16 points, seven rebounds and a game-high five Queens, N.Y. - Carnesecca Arena steals in a season opening win over Saint Peter’s Trailing Saint Peter’s by four with just 20 seconds remaining in Wednesday’s 4Rated the no. 6 prospect in New York state coming out of high school ac- season opener at Carnesecca Arena, St. John’s received some late heroics from cording to ESPN recruiting services Vince Cole, as the former Junior College All-American scored the game’s final 4A high school teammate of Dylan Addae-Wusu at Our Saviour Lutheran in the Bronx five points and lifted the Red Storm to a 76-75 victory. Cole sparked the comeback, bringing the Johnnies within two on a driving #3 RASHEEM DUNN • R-Sr. • G • 6-2 • 190 layup through contact with 18 seconds to go. With Saint Peter’s inbounding the ball underneath its own basket following a St. John’s timeout, the Peacocks 4Recorded double-figures 21 times in 29 appearances last season with a threw a long pass into the frontcourt. Freshman Posh Alexander won the season-high 24 points against Villanova (Jan. 28) ensuing foot race, beating out Daryl Banks III for his fifth steal of the game. 4Ranked eighth in the BIG EAST with a 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio and was Alexander moved the ball ahead to Greg Williams Jr., who then found Cole wide ninth in the league averaging 3.4 assists in conference play last season open on the left wing.