News & Notes 2019-20 St. John's Red Storm
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St. John’s St. John’s (14-13, 3-11) vs. No. 12/12 Villanova (21-6, 10-4) (14-13, 3-11 BIG EAST) GAME Wednesday, February 26, 2020 • 6:30 p.m. • Finneran Pavilion (6,501) • Villanova, Pa. TV: FS1 (Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery) N6 MERCER (CA) W, 109-79 28 ST. JOHN’S IMG RADIO NETWORK: 570 AM WMCA (John Minko, Tarik Turner) N9 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (CA) W, 87-57 N12 NEW HAMPSHIRE (CA) * W, 74-61 N16 VERMONT (CA) * L, 70-68 News & Notes 2019-20 N20 COLUMBIA (CA) W, 82-63 4 St. John’s will complete its ranked road swing on Wednesday when Stats N23 vs. Arizona State # L, 80-67 the Johnnies head to No. 12/12 Villanova. The Red Storm will look to N24 vs. UMass # W, 78-63 register its first win on campus at Villanova since Jan. 2, 1992, and snap a streak of 11 straight losses at the Finneran Pavilion. 14-13 Overall 21-6 N30 WAGNER (CA) W, 86-63 4 Wednesday will present yet another opportunity at a Quad One win 3-11 BIG EAST 10-4 D3 SAINT PETER’S (CA) W, 79-69 for St. John’s. The Red Storm, which checked in at no. 70 in Tuesday’s 74.7 PPG 73.9 D7 WEST VIRGINIA (MSG) ^ W, 70-68 release of the NET, currently owns three Quad One victories after 71.2 Opp PPG 66.4 D10 BROWN (CA) W, 82-71 taking down Arizona (no. 7) at a neutral site, West Virginia (no. 17) at home and DePaul (no. 73) on the road. .407 FG% .441 D18 ALBANY (CA) W, 85-57 4 With four games to play, the Red Storm currently sits in ninth place D21 vs. No. 16/17 Arizona % W, 70-67 in the BIG EAST standings, one game clear of DePaul in 10th and two .410 OPP FG% .435 D31 • No. 11/10 BUTLER (CA) L, 60-58 games behind Georgetown in eighth. .307 3FG% .364 4St. John’s will look for its second road win of the season on Wednesday. J5 • at Xavier L, 75-67 .317 OPP 3FG% .317 The Johnnies are averaging just 69.3 points on 37.4 percent shooting, J8 • at Georgetown L, 87-66 including a 29.9 percent effort from three-point rage, in road games .711 FT% .778 J11 • DEPAUL (MSG) W, 74-67 this season. All seven of the team’s true road games have come during 39.7 Rebounds 36.1 J15 • at Providence L, 63-58 BIG EAST play. 14.6 Assists 14.9 4The Red Storm is expected to play its fourth straight game without the J18 • No. 18/18 SETON HALL (MSG) L, 82-79 services of Mustapha Heron, who is likely to miss the rest of the season 11.8 Turnovers 10.7 J21 • at Marquette L, 82-68 with a sprained right ankle. Heron, who ranks second on the team 4.2 Blocks 2.7 J25 • at DePaul W, 79-66 with 13.8 points per game this year, netted only three points in the 10.1 Steals 5.9 J28 • No. 8/10 VILLANOVA (MSG) L, 79-59 Johnnies’ last meeting with Villanova on Jan. 28. Last season, Heron scored 19 against the Wildcats in the Red Storm’s win at MSG on Feb. 17. F2 • GEORGETOWN (MSG) L, 73-72 About the Series with Villanova F8 • at No. 21/22 Creighton L, 94-82 Last Five Meetings vs. Villanova F12 • PROVIDENCE (CA) W, 80-69 Record 2/28/20...................................Villanova, 79-59 F17 • XAVIER (MSG) L, 77-74 St. John’s leads 62-59, 31-40 in BIG EAST 2/17/19...................................St. John’s, 71-65 F23 • at No. 16/14 Seton Hall L, 81-65 (29-21 home, 19-32 away, 14-6 neutral) 1/8/19.....................................Villanova, 76-71 F26 • at No. 12/12 Villanova 6:30 p.m. Overview 2/7/18.....................................St. John’s, 79-75 M1 • No. 10/11 CREIGHTON (CA) 12 p.m. St. John’s and Villanova will meet for the 122nd time in a series that 1/13/18...................................Villanova, 78-71 dates back to 1909. The Wildcats are St. John’s most-frequently M4 • at Butler 7 p.m. played opponent in program history. St. John’s snapped a 13- M7 • MARQUETTE (MSG) 12 p.m. game slide in the series by knocking off the top-ranked Wildcats M11-14 BIG EAST Tournament (MSG) TBD on Feb. 7, 2018 in Philadelphia. Beginning with that victory, the Red Storm and Wildcats have split the last four meetings. Next Opponent * Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament (Campus Site) Coaches Mike Anderson is in his first season at St. John’s. He was # Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena named the 21st coach in program history on April 19, 2019 No. 10/11 Creighton % Hall of Fame Al Attles Classic at Chase Center at Madison Square Garden. Anderson owns a 383-213 career Sun., March 1 at 12 p.m. ^ Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival record in 18 seasons at the helm. He previously served as head Carnesecca Arena (5,602) coach at Arkansas, Missouri and UAB. Anderson has led his ^ BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle teams to 12 postseason appearances with nine trips to the Queens, N.Y. NCAA Tournament. He has advanced on six of those occasions, TV: FS1 Radio: 970 WNYM including two trips to the Sweet 16 and a run to the Elite Eight. Creighton Record: 22-6, 11-4 BIG EAST Jay Wright is in his 19th season at Villanova. He owns a 469- 181 record with the Wildcats and a 591-266 career mark in 26 Series History: St. John’s trails 9-11 seasons as a head coach. Wright has led Villanova to 14 NCAA Last Meeting: Creighton 94, St. John’s 82 Tournament appearances, six Sweet 16s, four Elite Eights, three (February 8, 2020) BROADCAST INFORMATION Final Fours and the 2016 and 2018 National Championships. TV: Live national broadcast on FS1. Gus Johnson and 2019-20 St. John’s Red Storm Bill Raftery are the announcers. Fran Morison is the producer. Rich Russo is the director. Previous Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 570 AM F 1 Josh Roberts (27-27) 6-9 205 So. 5.3 6.0 Ranks fourth in the BIG EAST with 1.6 blocks per game WMCA Radio. John Minko and Tarik Turner are F 2 Julian Champagnie (27-21) 6-8 215 Fr. 9.0 6.4 Scored double figures in four of the last five games (12.4 ppg) the announcers. Chris Majkowski is the producer/ G/F 30 LJ Figueroa (27-27) 6-7 200 Jr. 14.8 4.4 Leads BIG EAST and 25th in D1 with 2.1 steals per game engineer. G 3 Rasheem Dunn (24-11) 6-2 190 R-Jr. 12.6 3.3* Has scored double figures in three straight games (13.7 ppg) Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via FOXSports.com. G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (26-5) 6-3 200 So. 4.3 2.8 Has recorded two steals in six of the last eight games Audio available on TuneIn Radio. Live stats and IMG Off the Bench Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes audio on RedStormSports.com. Media stats available G 0 Mustapha Heron (21-19) 6-5 205 Sr. 13.8 2.4 Out indefinitely due to right ankle injury at StJohns.StatBroadcast.com. G/F 5 David Caraher (27-3) 6-6 205 R-So. 4.2 1.7 Has shot 80.0 percent (24-30 FT) at the line this season MEDIA INFORMATION F 10 Marcellus Earlington (27-0) 6-6 215 So. 9.0 4.6 Team-high 15.0 points in the last four games G 12 Thomas O’Connell (8-0) 6-2 195 Gr. 0.0 0.1 Member of the 2017 Maryland lacrosse national championship team Senior Associate Athletics Director F 15 Damien Sears (24-0) 6-7 230 R-Jr. 1.3 2.0 Has averaged 7.2 minutes off the bench in BIG EAST play for External Relations Stephen Dombroski G 23 Justin Cole (6-0) 6-2 190 Sr. 0.0 0.2 Has appeared in 19 games during his career at St. John’s Office Phone 718-990-6897 G 24 Nick Rutherford (27-22) 6-3 185 Gr. 5.1 3.1* Third in the BIG EAST averaging 1.9 steals per game Mobile Phone 518-928-6103 F 33 Ian Steere (5-0) 6-9 245 So. 0.8 0.2 Missed first 12 games per NCAA transfer requirements E-mail [email protected] * - indicates assists per game Last Time Out Inside the Huddle No. 16/14 Seton Hall 81, St. John’s 65 #1 JOSH ROBERTS • So. • F • 6-9 • 205 February 23, 2020 4Ranks 11th on the BIG EAST’s rebounding chart (6.0 per game) and ranks Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center seventh in the conference in offensive rebounding (2.6 per game) St. John’s suffered an 81-65 defeat at the hands of Seton Hall on Sunday at the 4Registered third double digit rebounding effort of the season; 10 boards at Prudential Center. Seton Hall were a career best against BIG EAST competition 4Has led the team in rebounding nine times this season LJ Figueroa led the way for St. John’s with 19 points on 6-of-17 shooting, includ- ing a 4-for-9 effort from three-point range.