News & Notes 2019-20 St. John's Red Storm
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St. John’s St. John’s (5-2) vs. Wagner (2-4) (5-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) GAME Saturday, November 30, 2019 • 12 p.m. • Carnesecca Arena (5,602) • Queens, N.Y. TV: FS2 (John Fanta, Sarah Kustok) N6 MERCER (CA) W, 109-79 8 ST. JOHN’S IMG RADIO NETWORK: 570 WMCA (John Minko, Vin Parise) 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 After splitting a pair of games at the Air Force Reserve Hall of Fame Tip-Off Stats N23 vs. Arizona State # L, 80-67 Tournament this past weekend at Mohegan Sun, the Red Storm returns to Queens on Saturday to kick off a five-game homestand. Four of those games N24 vs. UMass # W, 78-63 will take place at Carnesecca Arena while the other will feature West Virginia 5-2 Overall 2-4 N30 WAGNER (CA) 12 p.m. on Dec. 7 at Madison Square Garden. 80.7 PPG 77.7 D3 SAINT PETER’S (CA) 6:30 p.m. 4 St. John’s fell to Arizona State in the opener of the tournament at Mohegan Sun, squandering a nine-point halftime lead in a rematch of last season’s 67.6 Opp PPG 85.8 D7 WEST VIRGINIA (MSG) ^ 12 p.m. NCAA Tournament First Four. The following day, the Johnnies overcame .423 FG% .418 D10 BROWN (CA) 7 p.m. their first halftime deficit of the season, outscoring UMass, 41-25, in the .384 OPP FG% .490 D18 ALBANY (CA) 8:30 p.m. second half en route to a 78-63 victory. 4 Trailing by as many as eight a few minutes into the second half, St. John’s .351 3FG% .387 D21 vs. Arizona % 10 p.m. mounted its comeback against the Minutemen despite the team’s three D31 • BUTLER (CA) 7:30 p.m. leading scorers failing to reach double figures. David Caraher scored a .320 OPP 3FG% .411 season-high 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting while Josh Roberts added 16 and .659 FT% .721 J5 • at Xavier 12/4:30 p.m. Julian Champagnie kicked in 12. J8 • at Georgetown 6:30 p.m. 4 Julian Champagnie was named to the All-Tournament Team in 44.9 Rebounds 36.8 J11 • DEPAUL (MSG) 12 p.m. Uncasville, Conn., after averaging 13.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 13.1 Assists 14.2 steals per game. He shot 50.0 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from J15 • at Providence 8:30 p.m. three-point range and 81.8 percent from the charity stripe in the Red 12.9 Turnovers 15.2 J18 • SETON HALL (MSG) 12 p.m. Storm’s contests against Arizona State and UMass. 5.6 Blocks 2.0 J21 • at Marquette 9 p.m. 4 St. John’s has won 20 consecutive contests against New York City opponents in Queens dating back to 2004. This season, the Red 9.1 Steals 5.8 J25 • at DePaul 2 p.m. Storm already topped Columbia, 82-63, inside Carnesecca Arena. The J28 • VILLANOVA (MSG) 6:30 p.m. Johnnies’ last loss in Queens against a five-borough foe came on Dec. 11, 2016, against LIU Brooklyn at Barclays Center. F2 • GEORGETOWN (MSG) 1 p.m. About the Series with Wagner F8 • at Creighton 6 p.m. Previous Meetings vs. Wagner F12 • PROVIDENCE (CA) 8:30 p.m. Record 12/16/18.................................St. John’s, 73-58 F17 • XAVIER (MSG) 6:30 p.m. St. John’s leads 18-2 11/13/15.................................St. John’s, 66-57 F23 • at Seton Hall 2 p.m. (14-2 home, 3-0 away, 1-0 neutral) 11/15/13.................................St. John’s, 73-57 F26 • at Villanova 6:30 p.m. Overview 12/1/10...................................St. John’s, 69-61 M1 • CREIGHTON (CA) 12 p.m. St. John’s and Wagner will square off for the 21st time in series 11/20/04.................................St. John’s, 79-68 M4 • at Butler 7 p.m. history. The Red Storm has won 11-straight against the Seahawks, M7 • MARQUETTE 12 p.m. a streak that began in 1957. In the last meeting on Dec. 16, 2018, LJ Figueroa recorded a game-high 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting with M11-14 BIG EAST Tournament (MSG) TBD three 3-pointers leading St. John’s to a 15-point win in Queens. Coaches Next Opponent * Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament (Campus Site) Mike Anderson is in his first season at St. John’s. He was named # Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena the 21st coach in program history on April 19, 2019 at Madison Saint Peter’s % Hall of Fame Al Attles Classic at Chase Center Square Garden. Anderson owns a 374-202 career record in 18 Tues., December 3 at 6:30 p.m. seasons at the helm. He previously served as head coach at ^ Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival Arkansas, Missouri and UAB. Anderson has led his teams to 12 Carnesecca Arena (5,602) postseason appearances with nine trips to the NCAA Tournament. Queens, N.Y. He has advanced on six of those occasions, including two trips to TV: FS1 Radio: 970 WNYM the Sweet 16 and a run to the Elite Eight. Bashir Mason has posted a 125-100 record in eight seasons as head Saint Peter’s Record: 0-3 coach at Wagner. He has led the Seahawks to appearances in the Series History: St. John’s leads 17-0 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) two of the last four years. Last Meeting: St. John’s 75, Saint Peter’s 67 Mason served as an assistant coach at Wagner for two seasons and (March 4, 1976) BROADCAST INFORMATION spent two years as an assistant coach at Marist. TV: Live national broadcast on FS2. John Fanta 2019-20 St. John’s Red Storm and Sarah Kustok are the announcers. Mark Balk 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 570 AM F 1 Josh Roberts (7-7) 6-9 205 So. 8.1 8.7 Ranks 15th in Division I with 3.0 blocks per game WMCA. John Minko and Vin Parise are the F 2 Julian Champagnie (7-7) 6-8 215 Fr. 11.3 7.4 Second highest scoring freshman in the BIG EAST announcers. Chris Majkowski is the producer/ G/F 30 LJ Figueroa (7-7) 6-7 200 Jr. 15.3 5.6 Top-15 in the BIG EAST in scoring, steals, 3FGM, 3FG pct engineer. G 0 Mustapha Heron (7-7) 6-5 205 Sr. 14.3 2.4 Has started 101 of 102 D1 appearances; 1,563 career points Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via FOXSports.com. G 24 Nick Rutherford (7-7) 6-3 185 Gr. 5.3 2.9* Top-15 in the BIG EAST averaging 1.6 steals per game 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 3 Rasheem Dunn (4-0) 6-2 190 R-Jr. 12.0 2.3* Recorded double figures in 14 of his last 17 collegiate games at StJohns.StatBroadcast.com. G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (7-0) 6-3 200 So. 2.4 1.7 Exceeded 2018-19 assist total (11) in seven games with 13 dimes MEDIA INFORMATION G/F 5 David Caraher (7-0) 6-6 205 R-So. 7.6 2.9 Scored season-high 17 points (6-8 FG) versus UMass F 10 Marcellus Earlington (7-0) 6-6 215 So. 8.1 5.4 Has shot 52.4 percent (22-42 FG) inside the three-point arc Senior Associate Athletics Director G 12 Thomas O’Connell (3-0) 6-2 195 Gr. 0.0 0.0 Member of the 2017 Maryland lacrosse national championship team for External Relations Stephen Dombroski F 15 Damien Sears (7-0) 6-7 230 R-Jr. 1.4 2.3 Season-high eight points and career-high 11 rebounds vs. CCSU Office Phone 718-990-6897 G 23 Justin Cole (3-0) 6-2 190 Sr. 0.0 0.0 Local product who attended Archbishop Molloy High School Mobile Phone 518-928-6103 E-mail [email protected] * - indicates assists per game Last Time Out Inside the Huddle St. John’s 78, UMass 63 #0 MUSTAPHA HERON • Sr. • G • 6-5 • 205 November 24, 2019 4 Has averaged 17.8 points and shot 65.0 percent (13-20 3FG) from three point range in five games at Carnesecca Arena this season Uncasville, Conn. - Mohegan Sun Arena 4Ranks third in the BIG EAST shooting 54.2 percent from downtown St. John’s outscored UMass by 16 in the latter period to top the Minutemen, 4 Has recorded double-figures 87 times and reached 20-point mark 22 times 78-63, and take home third place at the Air Force Reserve Hall of Fame Tip-Off in 102 career appearances Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday. Trailing at the half for the first time this season, St. John’s limited UMass to just #1 JOSH ROBERTS • So. • F • 6-9 • 205 21.2 percent shooting, including a 15.8 percent effort from three-point range, in the latter stanza. 4Ranks fifth in the BIG EAST in rebounding (8.7) and 13th in Division I in of- fensive rebounds per game (4.0) Offensively, David Caraher made four of his five field goal attempts and scored 4Has averaged 10.7 points shooting 59.3 percent (16-27 FG) in the last three wins 12 of his season-high 17 points in the second half.