St. John’s St. John’s (0-0) vs. Saint Peter’s (0-0) (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) GAME Wednesday, November 25, 2020 • 7 p.m. • Carnesecca Arena (5,602) • Queens, N.Y. TV: FS2 (Pat O’Keefe, Tarik Turner) N25 SAINT PETER’S (CA)* 7 p.m. 1 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 begin its second season Stats D8 FORDHAM (CA) 7 p.m. under the direction of head coach Mike Anderson and the 114th in its storied history when it welcomes Saint Peter’s to Carnesecca Arena on D11 • at Connecticut 7 p.m. Wednesday night in the opening game of The Lapchick Tournament. 17-15 Overall 18-12 D14 • at Butler 5 p.m. 4 Last season, the Red Storm was one of the last two teams playing 5-13 Conference 14-6 D17 • CREIGHTON (CA) 5 p.m. college basketball in March before the COVID-19 Pandemic shut down the sporting world. The Johnnies were leading top-seeded 74.6 PPG 66.3 D20 • GEORGETOWN (CA) 6:30 p.m. Creighton, 38-35, at halftime of their BIG EAST Quarterfinal 71.6 Opp PPG 64.1 matchup before the game was halted at intermission. The previous night, the Red Storm overcame a 15-point second half deficit in the .409 FG% .405 opening round against Georgetown. .415 OPP FG% .403 4 St. John’s is currently scheduled to play six non-conference games before the start of BIG EAST action on Dec. 11. Four will come inside .321 3FG% .342 Carnesecca Arena, one will be played on a neutral site at Mohegan .317 OPP 3FG% .321 Sun against Boston College and the remaining tilt will be in Lubbock against Texas Tech in the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle. .703 FT% .723 4 The Lapchick Tournament, named in honor of legendary St. John’s 38.7 Rebounds 37.5 head coach Joe Lapchick, returns to Queens for the first time in 25 14.7 Assists 10.5 years. The tournament was held 21 times from 1975-1995 with the Johnnies winning the title 20 times and posting an all-time record 11.2 Turnovers 16.2 of 41-1. 4.0 Blocks 4.6 4 Nov. 25 will be the latest start to a season for St. John’s since 2002-03, when the Red Storm opened the campaign on Nov. 26 with a 68-57 10.0 Steals 7.4 win over Stony Brook at what was then known as Alumni Hall. About the Series with Saint Peter’s Previous Meetings vs. Saint Peter’s Record 12/3/19...................................St. John’s, 79-69 St. John’s leads 18-0 3/4/76.....................................St. John’s, 75-67 (10-0 home, 6-0 away, 2-0 neutral) 2/17/52...................................St. John’s, 69-53 Overview 3/3/51...................................St. John’s, 105-61 St. John’s has won all 18 meetings versus Saint Peter’s in a series that began in 1910. The Red Storm and Peacocks will square off for the 12/16/41.................................St. John’s, 63-28 second straight year after a 43-year hiatus in series history dating back to a 1976 meeting when St. John’s knocked off Saint Peter’s, 75- 67, in the ECAC Playoffs hosted by Princeton University. 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 386-215 career La Salle record in 19 seasons at the helm. He previously served as head Thurs., November 26 at 2 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: FS1 Radio: 970 WNYM * Lapchick Tournament La Salle Record: 0-0 # Hall of Fame Bubbleville at Mohegan Sun Arena Shaheen Holloway is in his third season at Saint Peter’s and has posted an 28-31 overall record, including a 20-14 mark in the Series History: Tied at 3-3 ^ BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Holloway was named the 15th Last Meeting: St. John’s 78, La Salle 71 head coach in Saint Peter’s history after spending eight seasons as (December 28, 1964) BROADCAST INFORMATION associate head coach at Seton Hall. TV: Live national broadcast on FS2. Pat O’Keefe and 2020-21 St. John’s Red Storm Tarik Turner are the announcers. David Katz is the producer. Mitch Levites is the director. 2019-20 Season Stats Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 970 AM Pos. # Name (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes WNYM Radio. John Minko and Brian Mahoney are the announcers. Chris Majkowski is the producer/ G 0 Posh Alexander (-) 6-0 205 Fr. - - Brooklyn native who was a four-star recruit coming out of HS engineer. F 1 Josh Roberts (29-28) 6-9 220 Jr. 5.0 5.8 Averaged 1.1 blocks in 47 career appearances at St. John’s Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via FOXSports. F 2 Julian Champagnie (32-26) 6-8 215 So. 9.9 6.5 Named to the 2019-20 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team com. Audio available on TuneIn Radio and SiriusXM. G 3 Rasheem Dunn (29-15) 6-2 190 R-Sr. 11.9 3.4* Top returning scorer who posted double figures 21 times in 19-20 Live stats and Learfield IMG College audio on G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (31-10) 6-3 200 Jr. 5.7 2.9 5th in the BIG EAST averaging 1.6 steals in league play in 19-20 RedStormSports.com. Media stats available at G 5 Dylan Addae-Wusu (-) 6-4 235 Fr. - - Bronx native and high school teammate of Posh Alexander StJohns.StatBroadcast.com. G/F 10 Marcellus Earlington (32-4) 6-6 240 Jr. 9.0 4.7 Ranked 9th in the BIG EAST averaging 2.3 off. reb in 19-20 MEDIA INFORMATION G 11 John McGriff (-) 6-0 185 R-Fr. - - Red-shirted 19-20 season after having shoulder surgery F 12 Arnaldo Toro (24-10) 6-8 240 Gr. 6.5 7.0 Started 10 of 24 appearances at George Washington in 19-20 Senior Associate Athletics Director F 13 Isaih Moore (-) 6-10 205 Jr. - - Third Team NJCAA All-American at Pearl River CC for External Relations Stephen Dombroski G/F 15 Vince Cole (-) 6-6 185 Jr. - - First Team All-America and NJCAA Region X POY in 19-20 Office Phone 718-990-6897 G/F 23 David Caraher (32-3) 6-6 205 R-Jr. 4.3 2.0 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 75, Georgetown 62 #1 JOSH ROBERTS • Jr. • F • 6-9 • 220 March 11, 2020 4Started 28 of 29 games in 2019-20 before being sidelined with a shoulder New York, N.Y. - Madison Square Garden injury The shots weren’t falling, the Hoyas couldn’t seem to miss and the Johnnies 4Led the team and ranked seventh in the BIG EAST averaging 2.4 offensive trailed by as many as 15 in the second half. All signs pointed toward an early rebounds per game in 2019-20 BIG EAST Tournament exit for St. John’s. 4Second on the team and 12th in the BIG EAST with 5.8 rpg last season Somebody forgot to tell Marcellus Earlington. #2 JULIAN CHAMPAGNIE • So. • G/F • 6-8 • 220 The sophomore forward scored 10 consecutive points on a 23-0 St. John’s run to end the game, as the Johnnies erased a 10-point deficit in the final 6:30 to 4One of three returners to play in all 32 games last season, including 26 starts defeat Georgetown, 75-63, on Wednesday in front of a raucous Madison Square 4Led St. John’s and ranked seventh in the BIG EAST with 6.5 rpg Garden crowd. 4Averaged 13.6 points and 7.6 rebounds in the final 10 games of the 2019-20 Earlington registered the second double-double of his St. John’s career, finishing season the contest with 19 points and 10 rebounds. He scored 17 of his 19 points after halftime, going 6-of-9 from the floor and a perfect 3-for-3 from three in the latter stanza. #3 RASHEEM DUNN • R-Sr. • G • 6-2 • 190 The Red Storm’s 15-point comeback marked the largest for St. John’s in the 41-year history of the BIG EAST Tournament. The Johnnies sank six of their final 4Recorded double-figures 21 times in 29 appearances last season with a eight field goal attempts during the game-ending run. season-high 24 points against Villanova (Jan. 28) LJ Figueroa netted a game-high 22 points, 11 in each period.