SCHEDULE/RESULTS RV/RV ST. JOHN’S (21-10, 10-8 BIG EAST) 2015 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY NEW YORK LIFE N1 HUMBOLDT STATE (CA) [Exh.] W, 95-83 N8 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (CA) [Exh.] W, 97-71 MARCH 11 - 14, 2015 N14 NJIT (CA) W, 77-58 St. John’s Record: 21-10, 10-8 BIG EAST N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE (CA) * W, 94-81 N19 LIU BROOKLYN (CA) * W, 66-53 FOX SPORTS 1 • 970 AM (WNYM)/570 (WMCA) N26 MINNESOTA (MSG) * W, 70-61 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA (MSG) * L, 73-66 NEW YORK, N.Y. • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (19,979) D2 NIAGARA (CA) W, 70-57 D6 at Syracuse W, 69-57 • The red-hot St. John’s men’s team finished the regular-season D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (CA) W, 74-52 winning seven of its last nine contests to earn a top-5 seed at the BIG EAST Tournament for the third time in four full seasons under head ST. JOHN’S IN THE D14 FORDHAM (MSG) ^ W, 74-53 coach . The Red Storm strung together four-straight BIG D19 SAINT MARY’S (CA) W, 53-47 EAST victories from Feb. 21 to March 4, the team’s second longest win BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP D22 LONG BEACH STATE (CA) W, 66-49 streak of the season. (1980-2014) D28 vs. Tulane # (BC) W, 82-57 • For the second-straight year, No. 5 seed St. John’s will meet No. 4 seed D31 • at Seton Hall L, 78-67 Providence in a quarterfinal matchup at the BIG EAST Championship ALL-TIME APPEARANCES 32nd in 2015 Presented by New York Life. The Red Storm and Friars will tip off at J3 • BUTLER (CA) L, 73-69 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Madison Square Garden on FOX Sports 1, with OVERALL W/L 25-28 J6 • No. 8/8 VILLANOVA (MSG) L, 90-72 announcers Justin Kutcher and Donny Marshall. Molly McGrath is the SEED #5 3-6 (1984, ‘87, ‘88, ‘03, ‘11, ‘14) J14 • at Providence W, 83-70 sideline reporter for all BIG EAST Tournament games. Gus Johnson and J18 • at DePaul L, 71-67 OT will announce the semifinal and championship rounds. QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCES 21 (11-10) St. John’s radio broadcasts, with John Minko and Brandon Tierney J21 • MARQUETTE (MSG) W, 60-57 SEMIFINAL APPEARANCES 11 (5-6) will air on 970 AM (WNYM)/570 (WMCA) and are available through J25 No. 5/6 DUKE (MSG) L, 77-68 TuneIn Radio and on RedStormSports.com. FINALS APPEARANCES 5 (3-2) J28 • at Creighton L, 77-74 • St.s John’ enters the BIG EAST Tournament winning its past five J31 • PROVIDENCE (MSG) W, 75-66 conference games at Madison Square Garden. The Red Storm CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 (1983, 1986, 2000) F3 • at No.22/22 Butler L, 85-62 completed the regular-season sweep of Providence with a 75-66 victory over the Friars on Jan. 31. St. John’s wrapped up the home portion of F7 • CREIGHTON (MSG) W, 84-66 the regular-season with a pair of victories over Xavier and Georgetown F11 • DePAUL (CA) W, 86-78 at “The World’s Most Famous Arena”. ST. JOHN’S STATS F14 • at Xavier W, 78-70 • No. 1 seed Villanova and will face the winner of No. 8 Seton Hall/No. OVERALL F17 • at Georgetown L, 79-57 9 Creighton in the first quarterfinal contest Thursday at noon on St. BIG EAST John’s side of the bracket. The semifinal is scheduled for 7 p.m. on F21 • SETON HALL (CA) W, 85-72 21-10 Record 10-8 Friday. A potential St. John’s-Villanova matchup would be a rematch F23 • XAVIER (MSG) W, 58-57 of the regular-season finale in Philadelphia on March 7 when the Red 71.7 PPG 71.8 F28 • GEORGETOWN (MSG) W, 81-70 Storm played without injured Chris Obekpa and Jamal Branch. 67.4 Opp PPG 73.1 • St.s John’ finished the regular-season with an RPI of 35 and the 28th- M4 • at Marquette W, 67-51 .446 FG% .445 M7 • at No. 4/4 Villanova L, 105-68 toughest schedule in the nation. The Red Storm posted nine wins against the RPI Top 100, including five against the RPI Top 50. St. John’s .405 OPP FG% .428 BIG EAST Tournament (MSG) registered a 10-8 record in the BIG EAST for the second-straight year, .356 3FG% .384 M12 Quarterfinal 2:30 p.m. the No. 2 RPI rated conference in the nation. M13 Semifinal 7 p.m. • The Red Storm posted an 11-2 non-conference record, picking up four .324 OPP 3FG% .350 M14 Championship 8 p.m. RPI Top-100 wins against Syracuse, Minnesota, Saint Mary’s and Long .694 FT% .705 Beach State. St. John’s only out-of-conference setbacks came against *NIT Season Tip-Off Gonzaga and Duke, both teams rank in the AP Top-10. 35.4 Rebounds 32.9 ^ Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival • St.s John’ is 7-3 this season and 417-280 (.598) all-time at Madison Square 12.7 Assists 12.7 # BROOKLYN HOOPS Winter Festival presented by Honda Garden, which has served as the home court for St. John’s basketball 10.6 Turnovers 10.4 • Game for more than 79 years. The Red Storm has not lost to a team outside the AP Top-10 at The Garden this season. 6.6 Blocks 6.5 BROADCAST INFORMATION 7.6 Steals 6.6 TV: The entire 2015 BIG EAST Tournament will be nationally televised on FOX Sports 1. Justin Kutcher and Donny Marshall are the announcers for St. John’s quarterfinal contest. Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson 2014-15 ST. JOHN’S RED STORM QUICK NOTES will announce the semifinal and championship. Molly McGrath is the sideline reporter throughout the Most Common Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes tournament. F/C 12 Chris Obekpa (29-23) 6-9 230 Jr. 5.9 6.9 2nd NCAA D1 active career blks (320) and blks/gm (3.4) Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network 970 AM (WNYM)/570 G/F5 1 Sir’Dominic Pointer (31-30) 6-6 192 Sr. 13.7 7.6 Top-10 BE: 13.7 pts, 7.6 rpg, 52.6 FG%, 2.0 spg, 2.5 bpg, 1.6 A/TO (WMCA). John Minko and Brandon Tierney are the G 11 D’Angelo Harrison (31-31) 6-4 202 Sr. 17.8 5.5 5th NCAA D1 active pts (2,153); 106-of-123 (.862) career dbl-fig. gms announcers. Chris Majkowski is the producer/engineer. G 1 Phil Greene IV (31-31) 6-2 187 Sr. 13.3 3.2 30th SJU history w/ 1,225 career points; 119 starts in 128 app Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via FOX Sports Go G3 2 Rysheed Jordan (29-20) 6-4 185 So. 14.1 3.2# Top-10 BE: 14.1 ppg, 1.7 spg; Last 5: 17.4 ppg, 5.0 apg app and FOXSportsGo.com. Audio available on TuneIn Radio. Live stats and IMG audio on RedStormSports.com. Red Storm Key Reserves (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes Instagram/Twitter: @StJohnsBBall, #sjubb G 0 Jamal Branch (28-12) 6-3 169 Sr. 4.7 2.5# Team-high 2.65 A/TO ratio; Career-high 69 assists G 2 Myles Stewart (19-1) 6-5 180 Fr. 1.5 0.4 Season-high 9 pts vs. Niagara MEDIA INFORMATION F 4 Christian Jones (18-0) 6-7 230 R-So. 1.3 1.3 58.8 FG%, 6.3 mpg; Career-high 6 reb vs. Fordham G0 1 Felix Balamou (21-3) 6-4 192 Jr. 1.4 1.4 Career-high 33 minutes vs. DePaul; Season-high 6 points at Butler Associate Athletics Director F 14 Amar Alibegovic (22-2) 6-9 230 Fr. 1.5 1.6 15 BE app w/ two starts; BE gms 1.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg for Communications Stephen Dombroski C4 3 Joey De La Rosa (16-2) 6-11 249 Sr. 0.4 0.8 4.4 mpg, 37.5 FG pct; Started at Georgetown and Villanova Office Phone 718-990-6897 Mobile Phone 518-928-6103 # - indicates assists per game E-mail [email protected] with a career-best 13.3 points and has reached double-figures in 22 games Roster Breakdown ROSTER BREAKDOWN this season, including 17 of the last 19 contests. The senior shot 40.0 percent from long range in the regular-season, good for sixth in the league, and also • A first team All-BIG EAST selection for the second-straight season, senior ranked seventh with 1.9 3-pointers made per game. Greene has appeared D’Angelo Harrison finished the regular season ranked second in the league in 128 games in his career and leads the senior class with 119 starts. with 17.8 points per game. Only the third St. John’s player to reach the 2,000-point mark, the senior ranks fifth among active Division I players • Senior Jamal Branch committed only 26 turnovers in 610 minutes during with 2,153 points and ninth all-time in regular season league play with the regular-season, one every 23.4 minutes on the floor. The guard 1,178 points. Harrison, who registered his fourth-career 30-point game reached double-figures for the sixth time this season with 10 points against and his sixth-career double-double with a 33-point, 10- effort Georgetown (Feb. 28) and he scored a season-high 17 points at Creighton against DePaul (Feb. 11), ranks sixth in 3s made per game (2.1), eighth in (Jan. 28). Branch has recorded 2.4 assists per game and has a 2.6 -to- shooting (80.4 percent) and 14th with 5.5 rebounds. Harrison turnover ratio, while averaging 4.7 points and shooting 47.3 percent from has reached double-figures in 106-of-122 games played and has scored at the. floor Branch dished out a season-high seven assists with zero turnovers least 20 points in 53 contests, including a career-high 36-point effort as a against Fordham (Dec. 14) and has at least four assists in seven games during sophomore. Harrison owns the program-record with 262 3-pointers. the regular-season.

• Sophomore Rysheed Jordan recorded his fourth 20-point game this season, • Redshirt sophomore Christian Jones averaged 1.3 points and 1.3 rebounds and sixth of his career, with 21 points and a career-high eight assists against in 6.3 minutes per game in the regular-season. The forward matched a then-No. 4/4 Villanova (March 7). Jordan has reached double-figures 22 career-high with six rebounds in a season-high 17 minutes against Fordham times this season, including a career-high 25-point effort against Creighton (Dec. 14). As a freshman in 2012-13, Jones scored a career-high 10 points (Feb. 7) that was highlighted by a career-high six 3-pointers. The second against Marquette (March 9) and averaged 2.5 points and 1.2 boards in 9.4 team Preseason All-BIG EAST selection finished the regular-season ranked minutes. ninth in the league with 14.1 points per game, fifth with 1.7 steals and 12th with 3.2 assists. A BIG EAST All-Rookie selection a season ago, Jordan has • Freshman Myles Stewart drained a career-high three 3-pointers as part of a 36 double-figure games in his career. career-best nine-point performance against Niagara (Dec. 2) and made 8-of- 27 3-pointers (29.6 percent) during the regular-season. In 19 appearances, • Second among active players and the St. John’s record-holder with 320 including one start, Stewart averaged 1.5 points in 5.0 minutes of action. blocks in two-plus seasons, junior Chris Obekpa ranked fifth in the country at the end of the regular-season with a league-leading 3.2 blocks per game. • Junior Felix Balamou made his first start of the season against Creighton (Feb. Obekpa also owns program-records with 133 swats in a single season and 7) and finished with five points and four rebounds in 23 minutes. The junior 11 blocks in a single game. The junior pulled down a career-high 16 boards appeared in 20 games during the regular-season, averaging 1.4 points and at Syracuse (Dec. 6) and ranks fifth in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.9 per 1.4 boards in 9.6 minutes. Including a season-high six-point effort at then-No. contest. Obekpa has two double-doubles this season and has grabbed at 22 Butler (Feb. 3), Balamou averaged 2.2 points and 2.1 rebounds in his past least 10 rebounds in six contests. As a freshman, the swat specialist led the eight appearances. nation with 4.03 blocks per game. • Senior Khadim Ndiaye made his first-career start last season against • The BIG EAST Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player and a Georgetown (Jan. 4) and also scored his first-career points against the Hoyas. second team All-BIG EAST honoree, versatile senior Sir’Dominic Pointer has The forward has appeared in 22 games in his career and has twice played a eight double-doubles this season, ranks 10th in the league with a career- career-high seven minutes. high 13.7 points and fourth with a career-high 7.6 rebounds. The 2015 BIG EAST Co-Defensive Player of the Year and the conference’s Most Improved Player also finished the regular-season third in the league with 2.5 blocks, • Freshman Amar Alibegovic scored a career-high seven points against third with 2.0 steals, sixth in percentage (52.6) and 13th with 3.1 Creighton (Feb. 7) and matched a season-high with five boards at Xavier (Feb. assists. Owner of 12-career double-doubles and the 50th player in St. John’s 14). The freshman, who made his first-career start against Seton Hall (Feb. 21), history to reach the 1,000-point mark, Pointer is the only player in St. John’s appeared in 22 contests in the regular-sesaon and is averaging 1.5 points and history to rank in the program’s top five in both blocks (3rd, 170) and steals 1.6 rebounds in 8.7 minutes. Alibegovic drained a 3-pointer against Niagara (5th, 198). The senior has averaged 8.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.5 (Dec. 2) to record his first-career points. steals and 1.3 blocks per game in 128 games. • Senior transfer Joey De La Rosa has averaged 4.4 minutes in 16 appearances • Senior Phil Greene IV drained a career-high six 3-pointers and posted a during the regular-season, including two starts. The scored a season- career-high 26 points against Georgetown (Feb. 28) to record his ninth-career high three points and also grabbed a season-best four rebounds against 20-point game. Greene is 30th on St. John’s all-time scoring list with 1,225 Tulane (Dec. 28). De La Rosa made his Red Storm debut against Saint Mary’s points. The 6-foot-2 guard finished the regular-season 11th in the league (Dec. 19), blocking two shots and grabbing one rebound.

2014-15 ST. JOHN’S MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER QUICK FACTS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Location: Queens, N.Y. 0 Jamal Branch G 6-3 169 Sr. Kansas City, Mo. (Grace Prep. Acad./Texas A&M) Conference: BIG EAST 1 Phil Greene IV G 6-2 187 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (IMG Academy (Fla.) Enrollment: 19.047 2 Myles Stewart G 6-5 180 Fr. , Calif. (Westchester) Founded: 1870 4 Christian Jones F 6-7 230 R-So. Arlington, Texas (IMG Academy (Fla.) Colors: Red and White 5 David Lipscomb G 6-2 180 R-So. Riverdale, Ga. (Wheeler) Nickname: Red Storm 10 Felix Balamou G 6-4 192 Jr. Conakry, Guinea (Our Savior New American (N.Y.) Arena (Capacity): Madison Square Garden (19,979) 11 D’Angelo Harrison G 6-4 202 Sr. Missouri City, Texas (Dulles) Carnesecca Arena (5,602) 12 Chris Obekpa F/C 6-10 236 Jr. Makurdi, Nigeria (Our Savior New American (N.Y.) President: Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw 14 Amar Alibegovic F 6-9 230 Fr. Rome, (Istituto Tecnico Minerva) Athletics Director: Chris Monasch (St. John’s ‘81) 15 Sir’Dominic Pointer G/F 6-6 192 Sr. Detroit, Mich. (Quality Education Academy (N.C.) 2013-14 Overall Record: 20-13 22 Jay Henderson G 6-5 180 Fr. Orlando, Fla. (Lake Highland Prep) 2013-14 Conference Record: 10-8, T-3rd 23 Rysheed Jordan G 6-4 193 So. Phildelphia, Pa. (Roberts Vaux) 25 Samuel Harris IV G 6-0 175 Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Catholic) BASKETBALL HISTORY 31 Adonis De La Rosa C 7-0 322 Fr. Bronx, N.Y. (Christ the King) 33 Olisa Nwachie F 6-7 225 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Fairfax) First Year of Basketball: 1907-08 34 Joey De La Rosa C 6-11 249 Sr. Bronx, N.Y. (Montverde Academy/FIU) Overall All-Time Record: 1,795-954 35 Khadim Ndiaye F 6-6 199 Sr. Queens, N.Y. (Christ the King/Chestnut Hill College) NCAA Tournament Apps./Last: 27/2011 NCAA Final Fours: 2 (1952, 1985) COACHES AND STAFF NCAA Elite Eights: 6 (1951, 1952, 1979, 1985, 1991, 1999) NCAA Sweet Sixteens: 9 (1951, 1952, 1967, 1969, Head Coach: Steve Lavin (Chapman ‘88/5th season) 1979, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1999) Assistant Coach: Rico Hines (UCLA ‘02/5th season) BIG EAST Championships: 8 (Tournament Champions Assistant Coach: Tony Chiles (Columbia ‘89/5th season) — 1983, 1986, 2000; Regular Season Champions — 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992) Assistant Coach: Jim Whitesell (Luther ‘82/2nd season) Director/Operations: Darrick Martin (UCLA ‘92/3rd season) Special Assistant: Gene Keady (Kansas State ‘58/5th season) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant to the Head Coach: Derrick Wrobel (Arizona State ‘01/5th season) 10 Felix Balamou BAH-lah-moo Graduate Assistant: Shogo Fukuda (Tokyo Univ. of Science/2nd Season) 12 Chris Obekpa oh-BEK-puh Graduate Assistant: Luca Virgilio (Tor Vergata School of Economics /1st Season) 14 Amar Alibegovic Ah-MAR ah-lee-BEG-oh-vich Athletic Trainer: Ron Linfonte, A.T.C. (Seton Hall ‘78/34th season) 23 Rysheed Jordan RYE-sheed Strength Coach: Mike Compton (Eastern Illinois ‘12/1st Season) 33 Olisa Nwachie Oh-LISA nuh-WATCH-ee 35 Khadim Ndiaye Kha-DEEM Jiaye Gene Keady KAY-dee 2014-2015 BY THE NUMBERS

NON-CONFERENCE REGULAR-SEASON WINS RECORD HOME VICTORIES Matched most victories since Most since 1999-2000 21 winning 23 in 1998-99 11-2 Highest win percentage (.846) 16 since 1990-91

START TO SEASON BACK-TO-BACK BIG EAST RECORD Program’s best start to a 20-WIN SEASONS Third winning conference 11-1 season since 1985-86 20-20 First consecutive 20-win 10-8 record during seasons in 15 years The Steve Lavin Era

20-WIN SEASONS RANKING IN AP POLL Three 20-win campaigns in CONSECUTIVE WINS No. 15 (On Dec. 29) four full seasons under Steve Longest win streak since Highest national ranking 3 Lavin. First coach since Lou 7 1999-2000 since 2011 Carnesecca to reach 20-win (Dec. 2 to Dec. 28) plateau three times

WEEKS IN STRAIGHT BIG EAST STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE NATIONAL POLLS HOME WINS Five Top 50 Wins, Nine Top 100 Victories, Ranked or received votes Undefeated at Madison Square Non-Conference Wins Over Syracuse, 10 in AP Top-25 & USA Today/ 7 Garden & Carnesecca Arena against 28 Minnesota, Saint Mary’s, Coaches Poll league opponents since Jan. 21 Long Beach State

BIG EAST BACK 9 RECORD RECORD AT MADISON ROAD VICTORIES 7-2 last two years in the final SQUARE GARDEN Recorded key road wins at Syracuse, 14-4 nine BIG EAST regular-season 7-3 Three losses came against 5 Providence, Xavier games (Villanova is only team teams in the AP Top 10 with better record at 17-1)

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St.s John’ finished in the top-five of the BIG EAST for the regular-season fifth in NCAA Division I averaging St. John’s began the season with an 11-1 record 1the third time in four full seasons under head coach 3.21 blocks and Pointer was 29th with 2.48. Their 8marking the program’s best start since 1985-86. It also Steve Lavin. The Red Storm played its best basketball combined 5.69 average and 170 blocks are the most topped the chart for Steve Lavin’s 11 full seasons as a in February/March going 7-2 in the final nine BIG EAST for any teammates in the country. head coach. The Red Storm won seven-straight games games for the second-straight year. Over the last two in December, capped with its largest victory of the seasons, St. John’s has the second-best record (14-4) on Four-year seniors D’Angelo Harrison, Phil Greene IV regular-season defeating Tulane by 25 points on Dec. the back nine of the BIG EAST schedule, only behind 5and Sir’Dominic Pointer were members of Steve Lavin’s 28 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It was the longest two-time regular-season champion Villanova (17-1). first recruiting class in Queens that was rated No. 3 win streak for the program since 1999-2000 when St. in the nation in 2011. Harrison became one of three John’s reeled off eight-consecutive victories as part of The Red Storm is one of 2,000-point scorers in St. John’s history, while Greene a 25-win campaign. 2two teams in the nation to IV and Pointer each joined the 1,000-point club. The class also featured two BIG EAST Rookies of the Year have four players averaging The Red Storm picked up seven of its 10 BIG EAST wins 13 points or more this season. in Maurice Harkless (2012) and JaKarr Sampson (2013) who went on to the NBA, while Amir Garrett pursued 9when using eight players or less. St. John’s played only D’Angelo Harrison (17.8 ppg), six players on March 4 at Marquette with four starters Rysheed Jordan (14.1 ppg), a professional baseball career. Garrett is a pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization. Harrison, Greene IV logging all 40 minutes of action. D’Angelo Harrison Sir’Dominic Pointer (13.7 ppg) and (34.8 mpg), Phil Greene IV (34.6 mpg) and Sir’Dominic Phil Greene IV (13.3 ppg) represent four of the top and Pointer are among the most tenured players in St. John’s history entering the postseason with a combined Pointer (34.5 mpg) finished the regular-season ranked 11 scorers in the BIG EAST. The group accounted for in the top-five in the BIG EAST for minutes played. 80.9 percent (1,798 points) of St. John’s scoring 379 games played. The trio has elevated the program during the regular-season. to back-to-back 20-win seasons and a national ranking earlier this year. In his first four years, Steve Lavin recruited and developed two BIG EAST Rookies of the Year, a For the first time since 1999-2000, St. John’s 10 league Most Improved Player and Sixth Man of the 3had two players named to the All-BIG EAST St. John’s ranks among the top teams in the country Year. Sir’Dominic Pointer became the latest St. John’s First and Second Teams. D’Angelo Harrison 6in protecting the basketball. The Red Storm led the player to garner an individual conference award was selected to the First Team after finishing BIG EAST and ranked in the top-25 in the nation with under Lavin after earning both the 2015 Co-BIG EAST second in the conference averaging 17.8 only 10.6 turnovers per contest. St. John’s committed Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved points per game. He became the fifth player fewer than 10 turnovers in 11 games during the Player Award. Pointer increased his scoring average in St. John’s history to receive multiple All-BIG regular-season, including a season low seven turnovers from 5.9 points last season to 13.7 points this year. His EAST First Team honors (2014 and 2015), and four times. rebounding numbers jumped from 3.2 to 7.6 in a single the first since Marcus Hatten (2002 and 2003). season, while he also led the team with 95 assists, 34 Sir’Dominic Pointer was named to the Second St. John’s went 11-2 (.846) against non-conference more than his total as a junior. Defensively, the 6-foot- Team with season averages of 13.7 points, 7.6 7opponents, which is the program’s best mark since 6 senior finished the regular-season third in the BIG rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 2.0 steals. going 10-1 (.909) in 1990-91. The BIG EAST has the EAST in blocks (2.5) and steals (2.0), while collecting second best RPI in the nation and compiled a 94-30 174 of his team-high 236 rebounds on the defensive St. John’s is one of the top shot blocking teams in (.758) record against out-of-conference competition. glass. Pointer joined (1987) as the only 4the nation for the third-straight year. The Red Storm St. John’s contributed to the league’s non-conference St. John’s players to earn the BIG EAST Defensive averaged 6.6 rejections in the regular-season with Chris success with key victories over Minnesota, Saint Mary’s, Player of the Year Award. He is also the second Red Obekpa and Sir’Dominic Pointer anchoring the swat Long Beach State and Syracuse. The Red Storm’s 69-57 Storm player to receive Most Improved Player honors efforts. Obekpa (93) and Pointer (77) are the top shot win over the Orange on Dec. 6 was the program’s first (Dwight Hardy, 2011). blocking duo in the country and have accounted for victory at the Carrier Dome in 15 years. 83 percent of the Red Storm’s blocks. Obekpa finished RED STORM PLAYER NOTES RED STORM Updating Career Charts HARRISON BECOMES THIRD 2,000-POINT SCORER IN ST. JOHN’S HISTORY • D’Angelo Harrison scored 10 points against Butler (Feb. 3) at Hinkle Fieldhouse to join St. John’s Hall of Famers (2,440) and (2,402) as the only players in program-history to reach CAREER POINTS the 2,000-point milestone. 1. Chris Mullin 1981-85 2,440 • Harrison reached the milestone on a free throw with 3:51 remaining in the first half of action. 2. Malik Sealy 1988-92 2,402 • The senior needed 114 games to join the 2,000-point club and ranks third all-time with 2,153 points. 3. D’Angelo Harrison 2011-15 2,153 4. Felipe Lopez 1994-98 1,927 GREENE IV JOINS 1,000-POINT CLUB AS 49TH MEMBER 5. Bob Zawoluk 1949-52 1,826 • With a 20-point performance in a road win at Providence (Jan. 14), Phil Greene IV became the 49th St. John’s player to score 1,000 points. 6. Zendon Hamilton 1994-98 1,810 • The senior guard reached the milestone on a 3-pointer with 2:18 to go in the first half against the Friars. 7. George Johnson 1974-78 1,763 • Greene has climbed to 30th on the all-time list with 1,225 points. 8. David Russell 1979-83 1,753 9. Glen Williams 1973-77 1,727 POINTER BECOMES 50TH ST. JOHN’S PLAYER TO SCORE 1,000 POINTS 10. Tony Jackson 1958-61 1,603 • Sir’Dominic Pointer became the 50th St. John’s player to reach the 1,000-point milestone with a 19-point effort in a win against Xavier (Feb. 23) at Madison Square Garden. • Pointer scored his 1,000th point on a tip-in with 6:34 remaining in the opening stanza against the Musketeers. CAREER REBOUNDS • The senior swingman ranks 45th on the all-time scoring chart with 1,050 points. 1. George Johnson 1974-78 1,240 2. Lloyd “Sonny” Dove 1964-67 1,036 POINTER: ONLY ST. JOHN’S PLAYER TO RANK TOP-FIVE IN BLOCKS & STEALS CHARTS 3. Tony Jackson 1959-61 991 • Sir’Dominic Pointer stands as the only player in St. John’s history to rank in the program’s top five in 4. Zendon Hamilton 1994-98 949 both blocks and steals. 5. LeRoy Ellis 1959-62 927 • Pointer ranks third in program-history with 170 blocks and also ranks fifth with 198 steals. • In 128 career-games, the senior has averaged 1.3 blocks per game as well as 1.5 steals per contest. 6. Malik Sealy 1989-92 880 7. Mel Davis 1970-72 845 OBEKPA LEADS BIG EAST IN SWATS FOR THIRD-CONSECUTIVE SEASON 8. David Russell 1979-83 832 • After leading the BIG EAST in blocks in each of his first two seasons (postseason included), junior Chris 9. Wayne McKoy 1978-81 824 Obekpa is on his way to making it three seasons in a row after finishing the regular season with a 10. 1992-95, 96-97 784 league-best 93 blocks (3.2 per game). 11. D.J. Kennedy 2007-11 781 • Obekpa concluded the regular season with 16 more blocks than teammate Sir’Dominic Pointer (77) and with 18 more than Carson Desrosiers (75) of Providence. 12. Bill Chrystal 1955-57 760 • Obekpa swatted a league-leading 94 shots (2.4 per game) as a sophomore in 2013-14, finishing with 13. Anthony Glover 1999-2003 751 12 more blocks than Desrosiers (82). Obekpa registered a league-high 133 blocks (4.0 per game) as a 14. Tyrone Grant 1995-99 750 freshman in 2012-13, totaling 43 more than Cheikh Mbodj (90) of Cincinnati. 15. Shelton Jones 1985-88 749 16. Mike Parenti 1955-57 747 JORDAN ELEVATES PLAY DOWN THE REGULAR SEASON STRETCH 17. Robert Werdann 1989-92 746 • For the second-straight season, sophomore Rysheed Jordan has elevated his play with improved numbers down the regular season stretch. 18. William “Beaver” Smith 1972-76 717 • Jordan recorded 14.1 points and 3.2 assists in 29 games this season, but averaged 15.5 points and 4.1 19. Lavor Postell 1996-2000 716 assists in the last 10 regular-season games dating back to Feb. 1. 20. Shawnelle Scott 1990-94 710 • As a freshman, Jordan averaged 9.7 points and 3.0 assists in 29 appearances. In his final nine regular 21. Walter Berry 1984-86 703 season games beginning Feb. 1, Jordan saw his numbers rise to 12.2 points and 3.8 assists. 22. Ed Searcy 1973-75 701 23. Lamont Hamilton 2003-07 682 BRANCH: TAKING CARE OF THE BASKETBALL 24. Bob McIntyre 1963-66 665 • Senior Jamal Branch has played 610 minutes this season and has committed just 26 turnovers in that time, just one every 23.4 minutes on the court. 25. Sir’Dominic Pointer 2011-15 664 • Branch also owns a 2.65 assist-to-turnover ratio, boosted by a seven-assist, zero-turnover performance against Fordham (Dec. 14) and a pair of four-assist, zero-turnover efforts against Marquette (Jan. 21) CAREER STEALS and Seton Hall (Dec. 31). 1. Malik Sealy 1988-92 238 2. Jason Buchanan 1988-92 220 HARRISON CONSIDERED FOR FOUR NATIONAL AWARDS • Ranking second in the league with 17.8 points per game and becoming just the third player in St. 3. Chris Mullin 1981-85 213 John’s history to reach the 2,000-point milestone, D’Angelo Harrison was listed among those being 4. Marcus Hatten 2000-02 205 considered for four national awards this season. 5. Sir’Dominic Pointer 2011-15 198 • One of five active Division I players with 500 rebounds, 200 3-pointers, 200 assists and 100 steals in 6. Eugene Lawrence 2004-08 196 his career, Harrison ranks fifth among active Division I players with 2,153 points. 7. D.J. Kennedy 2007-11 183 • Harrison was named to the Midseason Top 25 for the John R. Wooden Award, the most prestigious 8. Mark Jackson 1983-87 174 individual award in . • Harrison was selected as one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, an honor given to a Division 9. Erick Barkley 1998-2000 167 I senior with notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and 10. D’Angelo Harrison 2011-15 155 competition. • Harrison was one of 16 players named to the Watch list for the inaugural Jerry West CAREER BLOCKS of the Year Award, presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 1. Chris Obekpa 2012-15 320 • He was chosen as one of 25 players named to the Midseason Watch List for the Lute Olson Award, given to the nation’s top Division I player with at least two years of collegiate experience. 2. Robert Werdann 1989-92 188 3. Sir’Dominic Pointer 2011-15 170 TRIO EARNS PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST ACCOLADES 4. Wayne McCoy 1977-81 164 • St. John’s earned a league-high three Preseason All-BIG EAST selections, as announced by the 5. Bill Wennington 1981-85 152 conference at the annual BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Media Day in October. 6. George Johnson 1974-78 130 • Senior D’Angelo Harrison earned first team Preseason All-BIG EAST honors and sophomore Rysheed 7. Walter Berry 1984-86 121 Jordan was a second team selection, while junior Chris Obekpa was an honorable mention. • Harrison earned first team All-BIG EAST recognition as a junior after ranking fourth in the conference 8. Lamont Hamilton 2003-07 118 with a team-high 17.5 points per game. 9. Malik Sealy 1989-92 114 • Jordan earned BIG EAST All-Rookie honors as a freshman and Obekpa has led the BIG EAST in blocks 10. Shelton Jones 1985-88 111 in each of his first two seasons. ST. JOHN’S RECORD WHEN... THE LAST TIME A ST. JOHN’S PLAYER HAD: 30 points or more:...... 33, D’Angelo Harrison vs. DePaul (2/11/15) Overall...... 21-10 40 points or more:...... 44, Marcus Hatten vs. Rutgers (3/6/03) BIG EAST...... 10-8 10 rebounds or more:...... 13, Sir’Dominic Pointer at Marquette (3/4/15) At home...... 16-4 15 rebounds or more:...... 16, Chris Obekpa at Syracuse (12/6/14) On the road...... 4-6 At neutral sites...... 1-0 10 assists or more:...... 11, Sir’Dominic Pointer vs. Fordham (12/7/13) After a win...... 14-7 15 assists or more:...... 15, Omar Cook at Connecticut (1/6/01) After a loss...... 6-3 5 steals or more:...... 5, Chris Obekpa vs. Xavier (2/23/15) In overtime...... 0-1 10 steals or more:...... 10, Marcus Hatten vs. Syracuse (2/18/03) vs. ranked opponents...... 0-5 5 blocks or more:...... 6, Sir’Dominic Pointer vs. Xavier (2/23/15) Games decided by 1-3 points...... 2-1 10 blocks or more:...... 11, Chris Obekpa vs. Fordham (12/8/12) Games decided by 4-5 points...... 0-2 Games decided by 6-10 points...... 5-2 Made 5 or more 3-pointers:...... 5-for-9, Rysheed Jordan at Marquette (3/4/15) Games decided by 11-20 points...... 11-2 Double-double (pts./rebs.):...... Sir’Dominic Pointer at Marquette (2/21/15) Games decided by 20+ points...... 3-3 10 points, 13 rebounds Leading at the half...... 18-4 Trailing at the half...... 3-6 Double-double (pts./assts.):...... Sir’Dominic Pointer vs. Fordham (12/7/13) Tied at the half...... 0-0 12 points, 11 assists SJU has more field goals...... 18-4 Double-double (pts./stls.):...... Marcus Hatten vs. Syracuse (2/18/03) 22 points, 10 steals Opponent has more field goals...... 2-6 Field goals are tied...... 1-0 Two players w/ double-double:...... vs. DePaul (2/11/15) SJU shoots 40% or better...... 16-6 D’Angelo Harrison 33 points, 10 rebounds SJU shoots under 40%...... 5-4 Sir’Dominic Pointer 15 points, 11 rebounds SJU outshoots opponent...... 18-1 Triple-double:...... Ron Artest vs. Seton Hall (1/9/99) Opponent shoots 40% or better...... 5-9 13 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists Opponent shoots under 40%...... 16-1 SJU outrebounds opponent...... 8-1 THE LAST TIME ST. JOHN’S: Opponent outrebounds SJU...... 12-9 Was ranked in the AP Top-25...... #24 (1/5/15) Rebounds are tied ...... 1-0 Defeated an AP Top-25 team...... #12 Creighton (2/9/14) SJU has more FT attempts...... 15-1 Opponent has more FT attempts...... 5-9 Scored 100 points:...... 104 vs. Fordham (12/7/13) Allowed 100 points:...... 105 at Villanova (3/7/15) FT attempts are tied...... 1-0 Scored fewer than 50 points:...... 40 vs. Notre Dame (3/5/13) SJU 3FG% is 40% or better...... 9-1 Allowed less than 50 points:...... 49 vs. Long Beach State (12/22/14) SJU 3FG% is under 40%...... 12-9 Scored fewer than 20 points in a half:...... 18 (1st Half) vs. Saint Mary’s (12/19/14) SJU commits more turnovers...... 5-2 Allowed less than 20 points in a half:...... 19 (1st Half) at DePaul (1/18/15) Opponent commits more turnovers...... 14-8 Shot 60 percent or better:...... 66.1% (39-59) vs. Fordham (12/7/13) Turnovers are tied...... 2-0 Shot 25 percent or lower:...... 21.3% (10-47) vs. Georgetown (1/30/08) Held an opponent below 25 percent:...... 23.8% (18-80) vs. Fordham (12/7/13) SJU scores 100+ points...... 0-0 SJU scores 90-99 points...... 1-0 Grabbed 50 or more rebounds:...... 51 vs. Minnesota (11/26/14) SJU scores 80-89 points...... 6-0 Recorded 25 or more assists...... 29 vs. Fordham (12/7/13) SJU scores 70-79 points...... 7-2 Blocked 15 or more shots...... 15 vs. Longwood (11/26/13) SJU scores 60-69 points...... 5-7 Blocked 10 or more shots...... 10 vs. Xavier (2/23/15) SJU scores 50-59 points...... 2-1 Made 15 or more steals...... 16, vs. Minnesota (11/26/14) SJU scores under 50 points...... 0-0 Committed less than 5 turnovers:...... 4 vs. William & Mary (11/7/11) Opponent scores 100+ points...... 0-1 Committed less than 10 turnovers:...... 7 vs. Georgetown (2/28/15) Opponent scores 90-99 points...... 0-1 Opponent scores 80-89 points...... 1-1 Did not make a 3-point field goal:...... 0-for-10 vs. Wagner (11/15/13) Held an opponent w/o a 3-point field goal:...... 0-for-12 vs. Cincinnati (1/13/10) Opponent scores 70-79 points...... 5-7 Made 15 or more 3-pointers...... 16 vs. Robert Morris (3/18/14) Opponent scores 60-69 points...... 3-0 Opponent scores 50-59 points...... 10-0 Did not allow a player to score 10+ points:...... vs. Georgia Tech (11/30/13) Opponent scores under 50 points...... 2-0 Had five players in double-figures:...... vs. NJIT (11/14/14) On Monday...... 3-0 Rysheed Jordan (18), Chris Obekpa (13, Sir’Dominic Pointer (13), On Tuesday...... 1-3 Jamal Branch (11), D’Angelo Harrison (10) On Wednesday...... 7-2 Had six players in double-figures:...... vs. Providence (1/16/14) On Thursday...... 0-0 JaKarr Sampson (16), Phil Greene IV (15), D’Angelo Harrison (14), On Friday...... 2-1 Orlando Sanchez (12), God’sgift Achiuwa (11), Sir’Dominic Pointer (11) On Saturday...... 6-2 Had two or more players score 20 points:...... vs. Georgetown (2/28/15) On Sunday...... 2-2 Phil Greene IV (26), Sir’Dominic Pointer (24) In November...... 4-1 Had three or more players score 20 points:...... at Marquette (3/8/14) In December...... 7-1 D’Angelo Harrison (20), Rysheed Jordan (20), JaKarr Sampson (20) In January...... 3-5 In February...... 6-2 Had two or more players grab 10 rebounds:...... vs. Marquette (1/21/15) In March...... 1-1 Sir’Dominic Pointer (12), Chris Obekpa (10) Won in overtime:...... vs. Marquette (91-90 2OT, 3/8/14) Lost in overtime:...... at DePaul (71-67 OT, 1/18/15) St. John’s Red Storm HEAD COACH STEVE LAVIN of 20-win campaigns. Academic excellence resonates at the core of the thriving program. Every student-athlete to exhaust eligibly under Lavin’s watch at St. John’s has left with a degree, a full complement to the on-court achievements. Steve Lavin Lavin has strategically assembled an elite and specialized basketball Head Coach staff that is among the NCAA’s finest, comprised of individuals with NBA coaching experience, a history of national and city championships Chapman ‘88 and roots that have sprung up from each corner of New York City’s 5th Season At St. John’s rich basketball culture and extend not only across the nation, but across the globe. St. John’s head men’s basketball coach Steve Lavin has been a New A diligent and focused recruiter with a blue-collar work ethic, and Yorker for less than five years, but in that time, he has taken the Big two No. 1 recruiting classes and one No. 2 class to his credit, Lavin Apple by storm, and has given new meaning to the moniker “the city arrived in New York and was faced with the daunting task of filling that never sleeps.” 10 available scholarships for 2011-12. Shining through a situation Lavin -- whose 10 full seasons of head coaching has featured nine unprecedented in the history of contemporary college basketball – he postseason appearances, including seven NCAA Tournaments, five and his staff met the challenge with passion and precision, and landed trips to the NCAA Round of 16 and eight seasons of 20 wins or more the consensus No. 3 recruiting class in the nation for 2011-12, a group -- became the 19th head men’s basketball coach in St. John’s 100-plus that ranks among the most-heralded in school history, and the No. 8 years of storied hardwood tradition on March 30, 2010. After seven class for 2012-13. With only one scholarship available, Lavin signed years as one of ESPN’s premier college basketball analysts, Lavin has consensus top 25 prospect Rysheed Jordan, a point guard rated third spent the last four years in the Empire State revitalizing the foremost in his class, nationally, for the 2013-14 season. The future is bright in college basketball program in the city that has called the game its own Queens. for more than a century. The first four years of The Lavin Era included 10 Top 25 victories Strengthening the foundation for the program’s sustainable success, with four over Top 10 opponents; two BIG EAST Rookies of the Year, Lavin has orchestrated a steady rise to national prominence bringing a league Most Improved Player and a Sixth Man of the Year; the first enthusiasm and excitement back to New York City’s team. Lavin vaulted NBA Draft pick in more than a decade and the highest selection since the Johnnies into the Big Dance for the first time in nearly a decade, 1992; and a return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since producing three postseason appearances in total, while elevating St. 2002. John’s to the upper echelon of the BIG EAST Conference with a pair The 2011 USBWA District II Coach of the Year, Lavin transformed Steve Lavin’s Year-by-Year Coaching Record — Head Coach Overall Conference Year School Position Record Record Finish Postseason 1996-97 UCLA Head Coach 24-8 15-3 1st NCAA Elite Eight 1997-98 UCLA Head Coach 24-9 12-6 3rd NCAA Sweet 16 1998-99 UCLA Head Coach 22-9 12-6 3rd NCAA First Round 1999-00 UCLA Head Coach 21-12 10-8 4th NCAA Sweet 16 2000-01 UCLA Head Coach 23-9 14-4 3rd NCAA Sweet 16 2001-02 UCLA Head Coach 21-12 11-7 6th NCAA Sweet 16 2002-03 UCLA Head Coach 10-19 6-12 6th n/a 2010-11 St. John’s Head Coach 21-12 12-6 T-3rd NCAA Tournament 2011-12 St. John’s Head Coach 2-2 n/a n/a n/a 2012-13 St. John’s Head Coach 17-14 8-8 11th NIT Second Round 2013-14 St. John’s Head Coach 20-13 10-8 T-3rd NIT First Round 2014-15 St. John’s Head Coach 21-10 10-8 5th Coaching Record (11 seasons) 226-129 (.637) 120-76 (.612) 12-8 (.600) At St. John’s: 81-51 (.614) 40-30 (.571) Steve Lavin’s Year-by-Year Coaching Record — Assistant Coach Overall Conference Year School Position Record Record Finish Postseason 1988-89 Purdue Asst. Coach 15-16 8-10 T-6th n/a 1989-90 Purdue Asst. Coach 22-8 13-5 2nd NCAA Second Round 1990-91 Purdue Asst. Coach 17-12 9-9 T-5th NCAA First Round 1991-92 UCLA Asst. Coach 28-5 16-2 1st NCAA Elite Eight 1992-93 UCLA Asst. Coach 22-11 11-7 T-3rd NCAA Second Round 1993-94 UCLA Asst. Coach 21-7 13-5 T-2nd NCAA First Round 1994-95 UCLA Asst. Coach 32-1 17-1 1st NCAA Champions 1995-96 UCLA Asst. Coach 23-8 16-2 1st NCAA First Round Coaching Totals (8 seasons) 180-68 (.726) 103-41 (.715) 11-6 (.647)

Total Combined Record: 406-197 (.673) overall, 223-117 (.656) conference, 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, 7 Sweet 16s, 3 Elite Eights, 1 National Championship St. John’s Red Storm HEAD COACH STEVE LAVIN THE LAVIN FILE a team that finished in 13th place in the BIG EAST Conference in 2009- 10 at 6-12 to a squad that tied for third in 2010-11 at 12-6 – only twice before has a jump of such magnitude occurred in BIG EAST history. The Johnnies finished the season ranked 18th in the Associated Press Top 25 to qualify for the postseason as a ranked team for the first time since 2000-01. The Red Storm, which posted a 7-1 record in eight regular season games at Madison Square Garden (capacity: 19,353) and a 5-2 record on campus at Carnesecca Arena (capacity: 5,602) in 2010-11, saw its home attendance climb by 38.1 percent, marking the fourth-largest increase in NCAA Division I men’s basketball. In 2012-13 the Red Storm advanced to the Second Round of the National Invitation Tournament and finished its campaign at 17-16. The 2011 NCAA berth and 2013 NIT appearance marked the first time since 2002 and 2003 that St. John’s reached the postseason twice in a three- year span under one coach. Lavin led St. John’s to a third postseason appearance in 2013-14 after posting a 20-13 overall record and tying for third in the BIG EAST standings with a 10-8 mark. The Johnnies made their second consecutive COACHING AFFILIATIONS • National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) trip to the NIT capping the third winning season of the Lavin Era and • Coaches vs. Cancer 84th in program-history. • U.S.O. Operation Hardwood Coach (2006, 2009) Lavin’s arrival has returned a definite luster to the St. John’s program, and the buzz has reverberated throughout the “media capital of the world.” As the headlines pile up and a sense of energy and enthusiasm COACHING ACCOLADES grows among St. John’s faithful fanbase, it will be Lavin’s strategy, focus • 2011 USBWA District 2 Coach of the Year and indefatigable work ethic that carry the Red Storm back into the • 2001 Pacific-10 Coach of the Year realm of NCAA Tournament success for years to come. • 1997 Pacific-10 Champions • 1997 Basketball Times National Rookie Coach of the Year BRUIN’ UP SUCCESS • 1997 NABC District 15 Coach of the Year In Lavin’s seven-year tenure as the head coach at UCLA, he compiled • 1997 USBWA District 9 Coach of the Year a 145-78 overall record (.650) and an 81-48 mark (.628) in regular season Pacific-10 conference play. During his first six campaigns as head coach, PLAYING EXPERIENCE UCLA averaged nearly 23 wins per year, advanced to the NCAA Elite • Chapman University (1984-87) Eight in 1997, made five trips to the NCAA Sweet 16 (1997, ‘98, `00, ‘01, • Team Captain (1987) `02), won the Pacific-10 title (1997) and assembled the nation’s No. 1 • Leadership Award (1987) (1998, 2001) and No. 2 (1997) recruiting classes. Under Lavin, the Bruins • Scholar-Athlete Award (1984) were granted six-consecutive NCAA Tournament bids and recorded six- straight seasons of 21 wins or more. PERSONAL During his time in Westwood, Lavin was one of only two coaches in • Education: Chapman (1988), B.A. in communications the country, along with Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, to lead his team to five • Date of Birth: Sept. 4, 1964, in San Francisco, Calif. NCAA regional semifinal games (Sweet 16s) in six years. As UCLA’s head • Family: Wife – Mary Jarou, married Aug. 17, 2007 coach, his career record in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament was 10-1. Lavin’s winning percentage (.909) in the first two rounds of the tournament is second only to Dean Smith in NCAA Tournament history. In addition, he is the only head coach in NCAA men’s basketball history to lead his team to victory over the No. 1 team in the country in four- DID YOU KNOW STEVE LAVIN... ? • Owns a 10-2 record (.833) in the NCAA Tournament’s First and • Recruited eight McDonald’s All-Americans. Second Rounds. • Joined only Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski in leading his team to • Owns a 15-9 record in overtime, including a nine-game OT five NCAA regional semifinal games (Sweet 16s) in six years win streak (1997-2002), and is 8-1 in OT vs. ranked teams. (’97, ’98, ’00, ’01, ’02). • Owns a 189-12 record when his team has a lead with five • Led UCLA to six-straight NCAA Tournaments (1997-2002) and minutes to play. six-straight seasons of 21 wins or more. • Has not only defeated the nation’s top-ranked team four • Participated in 13-straight NCAA Tournaments from 1990- times, but defeated No. 1 in four-consecutive years (2000-03). 2002, as an assistant (Purdue, UCLA) and as the head coach • Defeated the No. 1 team in the nation in back-to-back years of the Bruins. on its home floor (Stanford in 2000, 2001). • Is a member of the Gene Keady “coaching tree,” along with • Recruited No. 1 ranked class in the nation twice (1998, 2001). Kevin Stallings (Vanderbilt), Bruce Weber (Kansas State), • Recruited No. 2 ranked class in the nation (1997). Matt Painter (Purdue), Cuonzo Martin (California) Linc • Recruited No. 3 ranked class in the nation (2011). Darner (Florida Southern) and Alan Major (Charlotte). • Recruited No. 8 ranked class in the nation (2012). St. John’s Red Storm HEAD COACH STEVE LAVIN consecutive collegiate seasons (Stanford ‘00, Stanford `01, Kansas `02, In 2001, in the East Region in Greensboro, N.C., the No. 4 seed Bruins Arizona `03). defeated No. 13 Hofstra, 61-48 in the first round, and No. 12 seed As UCLA’s head coach in 2002, he directed the Bruins to the program’s Utah State, 75-50, in the second round, to advance to the Sweet 16 in 14th-consecutive NCAA Tournament berth, including the sixth-straight Philadelphia. (The Bruins were defeated by No. 1 Duke, the eventual under his reign, and a 14th-consecutive season of 20 wins or more at national champions, 76-63). 21-12. During that season, UCLA posted a 7-4 record against ranked In 2000, as the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Midwest Region, UCLA advanced opponents, and rattled off a nine-game win streak. to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years, beating No. 11 Ball State, In 2001, Lavin earned Pacific-10 Coach of the Year honors and led UCLA 65-57, and No. 3 Maryland, 105-70, before losing to No. 2 seed Iowa to the NCAA Regional Semifinal for the fourth time in five years, with a State, 80-56. 23-9 record. The Bruins strung together an eight-game winning streak In 1999, the Bruins were a No. 5 seed in the NCAA South Region and from Jan. 25 through March 1, and posted a record of 19-5 in their last fell in the first round. 24 games. UCLA compiled a 14-4 record in Pac-10 play, and defeated No. In 1998, the No. 6 seed Bruins advanced to the NCAA South Region 1 Stanford (79-73, Feb. 3 in Palo Alto) on its home floor for the second- Sweet 16, by topping No. 11 Miami (Fla.), 65-62, and No. 3 Michigan, straight season (it is believed Lavin is only the second coach in collegiate 85-82, in the First and Second Rounds, before losing to No. 2 seed and history to record consecutive wins on the home floor of a No. 1 ranked eventual national champion Kentucky, 94-68. team -- USC’s Bob Boyd won at No. 1 UCLA in 1969 and ‘70). In 1997, the Bruins were one game away from the Final Four in In 2000, the Bruins played in the NCAA Sweet 16 for the third time Lavin’s first season as head coach. In the first two rounds of the NCAA in four seasons and entered the Midwest Region Semifinal game with Midwest Regional at Auburn Hills, Mich., No. 2 seed UCLA defeated No. an eight-game winning streak. A season earlier, UCLA was the second- 15 Charleston Southern, 109-75, and No. 7 seed Xavier, 96-83. In San youngest team in the nation and entered the 1999 NCAA Tournament Antonio, Texas, the Bruins downed No. 6 Iowa State, 74-73, in overtime, with a 22-8 overall record after finishing third in the Pac-10. In 1998, the to reach the Elite Eight. The Bruins would fall in the Midwest Region final Bruins were 24-9 overall, placed third in the Pac-10 and advanced to the to top-seeded Minnesota, 80-72. NCAA Sweet 16. With his deep tournament runs, Lavin became the only Bruin head During Lavin’s first year, a 1996-97 season that began in turmoil, mentor since John Wooden to win multiple tournament games five times Lavin and his staff provided direction and leadership and guided the in six years. Wooden accomplished the feat in 1971 (four wins and an Bruins to within one game of the NCAA Final Four and to UCLA’s third- NCAA Title), 1972 (four wins and an NCAA title), 1973 (four wins and consecutive Pac-10 crown. UCLA finished the season 24-8 overall and won an NCAA title), 1974 (three wins) and 1975 (five wins, his 10th NCAA the conference championship, then its 27th in school history, with a 15-3 crown). In 1998, UCLA’s second-consecutive Sweet 16 marked the first record. Prior to the start of the 1996-97 season, Lavin was entering his time a Bruin squad advanced as far since the 1979 and ‘80 seasons. The sixth year on the Bruin staff, his second as a full-time assistant and his Bruins were one of just six teams to reach the Sweet 16 in both 1997 and first as UCLA’s Recruiting Coordinator. On Nov. 6, 1996, Lavin was given ‘98 (Arizona, Kentucky, North Carolina, Stanford and Utah). the Bruins’ interim head coaching position at the age of 32, making him the fifth-youngest major college head basketball coach in the country at ELITE RECRUITING CLASSES the time. Through diligence, precision and a focused strategy, Lavin has built a Lavin is the only coach in UCLA history to win at least 22 games in reputation as one of the nation’s strongest recruiters. With a pair of No. 1 each of his first three seasons and also the only coach to win at least recruiting classes, one No. 2 class and eight McDonald’s All-Americans on 70.0 percent of his games in each of his first three years. He was the first his resume, it is evident that Lavin’s workmanlike methodology has paid UCLA head coach since Gary Cunningham in 1978 (25-3) and ‘79 (25-5) to off. Named to ESPN’s list of toughest NCAA coaches to recruit against, record back-to-back seasons of at least 24 wins (1996-97: 24-8; 1997-98: Lavin immediately inked consecutive top-10 classes in his first two years 24-9). During Lavin’s 12 years on the UCLA coaching staff as a head or at St. John’s, including a 2011 group that became his fourth-ever top 5 assistant coach, the Bruins won the NCAA title in 1995 and four Pacific-10 national class. titles (1992, ‘95, ‘96, `97), along with 11-consecutive 20-plus win seasons In 1997, the Bruins signed the nation’s No. 2 class, led by prep National and 11-consecutive NCAA Tournament bids, including three Elite Eight Player of the Year Baron Davis, and included Rico Hines, Billy Knight, Todd appearances (1997, ‘95, ‘92) and four Sweet 16 appearances (1998, 2000, Ramasar and Earl Watson. Davis and Watson are currently in their second `01, `02). decade enjoying NBA careers, while Hines would eventually coach in the league and join Lavin as an assistant at St. John’s. MARCH MASTERY In 1998, UCLA landed the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, led by Lavin has been particularly successful during March Madness as a head three McDonald’s All-Americans in Dan Gadzuric, JaRon Rush and Ray coach, with a seven-year NCAA Tournament record of 11-7 (.611). Since the Young. Gadzuric’s professional career lasted 11 years in the NBA. NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, only Lavin (1997, `98) and In the fall of 2001, UCLA’s incoming freshman group, comprised of Gonzaga’s Mark Few (2000, `01) advanced to the Sweet 16 in each of their McDonald’s All-American Cedric Bozeman, Michael Fey, Andre Patterson first two seasons as a Division I head mentor. During his time as the head and Dijon Thompson, was named the No. 1 class in the nation by Sports coach or as an assistant at both Purdue and UCLA, Lavin’s teams qualified Illustrated. for 13-consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (1990-2002; 11-straight In 2003, Trevor Ariza became the eighth McDonald’s All-American at UCLA and two, 1990 and `91, while on the staff at Purdue under Gene during Lavin’s seven seasons as UCLA’s head coach, joining Evan Burns Keady). Lavin was an assistant coach on the Bruins’ 1995 national (2002), Bozeman (2001), Jason Kapono (1999), Gadzuric (1998), Rush championship team that completed the season with a 32-1 record. (1998), Young (1998) and Baron Davis (1997). In 2011, as the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Southeast Region, St. John’s fell to In 2011, St. John’s welcomed the consensus No. 3 recruiting class in No. 11 Gonzaga in the second round. the nation, which featured NBA players Maurice Harkless (15th overall In 2002, in the West Region in Pittsburgh, Pa., No. 8 seed UCLA defeated selection in the 2012 NBA Draft) and JaKarr Sampson, as well as current No. 9 Mississippi 80-58, and in one of the most exciting games in NCAA seniors D’Angelo Harrison (2014 All-BIG EAST First Team & Haggerty Tournament history, the Bruins defeated No. 1 seed Cincinnati 105-101 in Award recipient), Phil Greene IV and Sir’Dominic Pointer. double overtime in the second round, to advance to a fifth-straight Sweet 16. St. John’s Red Storm HEAD COACH STEVEST. JOHN’SLAVIN VS. SAINT MARY’S • P. 16 WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE LAVIN IN CRUNCH TIME Lavin’s grand success as a recruiter does not diminish his ability In addition to a 189-12 record when his team holds a lead with five as an in-game strategist and proven winner. Lavin’s squads simply minutes to play, in ten-plus years as a head coach, Steve Lavin has close out contests, and have recorded a 189-12 mark when holding compiled a 15-9 overtime record. the lead with five minutes to play. Lavin also owns a 15-9 record in • Lavin’s overtime record includes an 8-2 mark vs. ranked teams. overtime, including a nine-game OT win streak from 1997 to 2002. • Lavin’s squads are 2-0 against the No. 1 team in the nation in overtime. Further, Lavin-coached teams are 8-2 in overtime against ranked • Under Lavin, UCLA won nine-straight overtime games from March 20, 1997, to teams. March 17, 2002. Lavin’s impressive overtime record includes a pair of NCAA Date Opponent Result Tournament extra-session victories: a 74-73 win over No. 18 Iowa Nov. 20, 1996 Tulsa (^) L, 77-76 State in the 1997 Sweet 16 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Jan. 18, 1997 No. 6 Arizona W, 84-78 Texas, and a 105-101 double-overtime toppling of No. 5 Cincinnati Jan. 30, 1997 at Oregon L, 85-87 in the 2001 NCAA Second Round at Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena. March 20, 1997 vs. No. 18 Iowa State ($) W, 74-73 Feb. 18, 1998 at USC W, 87-85 COACHING HONORS Jan. 4, 1999 Arizona State W, 88-85 As one of the most-successful coaches in the nation, Lavin is not Dec. 23, 1999 vs. USF (!) W, 103-98 without his share of coaching accolades. At the conclusion of his March 4, 2000 at No. 1 Stanford W, 94-93 first season at St. John’s, Lavin was named the 2011 District II Coach Nov. 10, 2000 vs. No. 12 Kentucky (@) W, 97-92 of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association Feb. 15, 2001 No. 8 Arizona W, 79-77 (USBWA) and a finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Feb. 24, 2001 at Oregon State W, 68-65 Year award. March 17, 2002 vs. No. 5 Cincinnati (%) W, 105-101 (2OT) In March 2001, Lavin was named the Pacific-10 Coach of the Year Nov. 26, 2002 San Diego L, 81-86 in his fifth season as head mentor of the Bruins. In 1998 and 1999, Jan. 30, 2003 No. 22 Oregon L, 91-96 Lavin was announced as a candidate for the Naismith Coach of the Feb. 20, 2003 No. 18 Cal W, 76-75 Year Award. At the 1998 Final Four in San Antonio, he was the March 13, 2003 No. 1 Arizona (&) W, 96-89 head coach of the West squad in the NABC All-Star Game. Nov. 25, 2010 vs. Ball State (+) W, 78-73 Following the 1997-98 season, Lavin was honored by his alma Jan. 2, 2013 at Villanova L, 86-98 mater as the Chapman University Alumnus of the Year. He also Jan. 30, 2013 DePaul W, 79-74 serves on Chapman’s Board of Governors. On Oct. 1, 1998, Lavin was roasted at an event called “Hoop La” March 9, 2013 No. 15/17 Marquette L, 67-69 to benefit the American Diabetes Association, held at Madison Nov. 29, 2013 vs. Penn State (#) L, 82-89 Square Garden. Invited guests included head coaches Jan. 16, 2014 Providence L, 83-84 (2OT) (then at St. John’s), John Calipari (then at Memphis) and Keady March 8, 2014 at Marquette W, 91-90 (2OT) (then at Purdue), television commentators Bill Walton and Billy Jan. 18, 2015 at DePaul L, 71-67 Packer, along with Earvin `Magic’ Johnson and actor Kevin Bacon. (^) First game as UCLA Head Coach Previous honorees at the ADA event include Villanova’s Rollie ($) NCAA Regional Semifinal, Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Massimino, Louisville’s Rick Pitino, Georgia Tech and the College of (!) at Pearl Harbor Classic, Stan Sherriff Center, Oahu, Hawaii (@) Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Charleston’s Bobby Cremins, Maryland’s Gary Williams, FOX Sports (%) NCAA Second Round, Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. and Seton Hall’s Bill Raftery, ESPN and Notre Dame’s Digger Phelps, (&) Pac-10 Tournament First Round, Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif. Seton Hall’s P.J. Carlesimo, Virginia’s Pete Gillen and Calipari. (+) Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, Alaska In fall 1998, Lavin became an honorary member of the Golden (#) Barclays Center Classic, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. Key National Honor Society at UCLA. and ‘91. During his three seasons in West Lafayette, Ind., Purdue was For his efforts in 1996-97, Lavin was named the Basketball Times 54-36 overall, including a 22-8 mark in 1989-90 when the Boilermakers National Rookie Coach of the Year, along with the NABC District were the Big-10 runner-up and ranked No. 6 by USA Today. As a key 15 and USBWA District 9 Coach of the Year. On Oct. 21, 1997, at member of Keady’s staff at Purdue, Lavin assisted at the 1989 U.S. the Hugh O’Brien Youth Foundation Awards Dinner in Los Angeles, World University Team trials (the team won the gold medal in West Lavin was presented the International Inspiration Award. The Germany) and the 1991 U.S. Pan American Team trials (the squad won award is given annually to those who “have profoundly inspired the bronze medal). others by their character, by their values and by their actions.” Past Lavin has been a summer camp and coaches’ clinic speaker throughout recipients of the HOBY International Inspiration Award include the country, specializing in defense, footwork and motivation. Muhammad Ali and Tommy Lasorda. From 1992-96, as a consultant/advisor, he traveled to Korea and worked with both the Korean National and Samsung professional LEARNING FROM THE BEST teams. Lavin has also been involved with the Japanese National Prior to his experience at UCLA as a head and assistant coach, basketball program and traveled to Japan in the summer of 1996. Lavin was a graduate assistant (1988-91) and staff member at Purdue University for three seasons under Gene Keady. Lavin has worked for and studied under some of the most recognized defensive coaches in the country - former Texas Tech and Indiana head coach Bob Knight, Duke’s Krzyzewski, former Fresno State head coach Jerry Tarkanian, longtime NBA assistant Tim Grgurich, Hall of Famer Pete Newell and California Junior College Hall of Famer Bud Presley - in addition to his three years with the Purdue Hall of Famer. While at Purdue, Lavin assisted with all aspects of the Boilermaker program. Purdue advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 1990 St. John’s Red Storm HEAD COACH STEVE LAVIN CHAMPIONS OF WORTHY CHARITIES the NBA Pre Draft Camp as well as the NBA Draft. Lavin continues to be a frequently invited keynote speaker Lavin and his wife, Mary, have been catalysts in engaging the St. throughout the country for business, community and collegiate events. John’s men’s basketball team in causes aligned with the University’s He addresses a wide range of topics including effective communication, Vincentian values. Lavin is involved in extensive charity, fundraising motivation, management, recruiting, leadership, and naturally, college and public speaking events throughout the year, particularly in the basketball. offseason. In 2012 he delivered the commencement address at the St. John’s graduation ceremonies for both the Queens and Staten Island campuses. PLAYING CAREER As a collegiate player, Lavin transferred to Chapman University Lavin has been involved with numerous charities throughout his from San Francisco State in 1984, playing under Lyle Damon at San coaching career, including Make-A-Wish, Coaches vs. Cancer, City of Francisco State, and then at State and Chapman under Kyle Wilson. Hope, the Jimmy V Foundation, the USO and the Special Olympics. In 1984, as a sophomore at San Francisco State, Lavin earned the Since arriving at St. John’s, the Lavins have adopted the Bread and team’s Scholar-Athlete Award and the Gators were 21-11 overall, Life Soup Kitchen in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. In an October ranked No. 5 in the country and NCAA Div. 2010 ceremony with Brooklyn-born II Western Region Champs. During his senior then-redshirt senior Rob Thomas, Steve season at Chapman in 1986-87, he was Starker of BTIG Brokerage and Anthony the team captain and earned the squad’s Butler, Executive Director of St. John’s Leadership Award. Lavin graduated from Bread & Life, the Lavins made a $35,000, Chapman in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree multi-year pledge to aid New York City’s in communications. homeless and hungry. In 2011, the Lavins As a high school player, Lavin was a member were honored with The Johnny’s Angel of the highly successful basketball program at Award celebrating their contributions to Sir Francis Drake in San Anselmo, Calif., under the Bread and Life Soup Kitchen. famed mentor Pete Hayward. During the 1981 For two decades, Lavin has been highly and ‘82 prep seasons, Drake won two state involved with both Coaches vs. Cancer, a titles and amassed an overall record of 65-1, foundation that Lavin has raised more including 57-straight wins. than $1.5 million for since 2010, and LAVIN’S NBA PEDIGREE A total of 14 players signed or coached by Lavin The V Foundation for Cancer Research, have become NBA draft choices. Baron Davis, a 1999 where he has participated in numerous BASKETBALL FAMILY lottery pick, is a two-time NBA All-Star who played Lavin’s late father, Cap Lavin, was inducted fundraising and awareness events. Lavin in his 13th season in 2011-12. Earl Watson, a 2001 into the San Francisco Prep Basketball Hall is part of The V Foundation President’s draft choice, is now a 14-year NBA veteran. Maurice of Fame in 1992 and is a 1997 honoree of Club contributing more than $50,000 Harkless was Lavin’s first draft selection at St. John’s the University of San Francisco Hall of Fame. to the organization. He is joined on — the first for the Red Storm since 2001 and the first in the NBA’s First Round since 2000. Harkless Cap Lavin was a three-time (1946-48) all-city this leadership giving group by Duke’s was selected by Philadelphia and traded to Orlando. performer at St. Ignatius High School, and Mike Krzyzewski, Michigan State’s Tom went on to earn three varsity letters (1950-52) Izzo and Kentucky’s John Calipari. Lavin Player Draft Year Team and serve as the basketball team’s captain at was presented the Coaches vs. Cancer Charles O’Bannon 1997 Pistons the University of San Francisco. While at San Champion Award in 2014, an annual J.R. Henderson 1998 Grizzles Francisco, Cap Lavin played for two Naismith honor awarded to a coach who has 1998 Suns Jelani McCoy 1998 SuperSonics Hall of Fame coaches, Pete Newell (1949-50) engaged vigorously in the Coaches vs. Baron Davis 1999 Hornets and Phil Woolpert (1950-52). A collegiate Cancer program’s fundraising, education Jerome Moiso 1999 Celtics guard, Newell described Cap Lavin as a and promotional initiatives. Earl Watson 2001 SuperSonics “ballhandler way ahead of his time, one of Lavin leads fans and the Red Storm Dan Gadzuric 2002 Bucks the great dribblers and passers in the game.” men’s and women’s basketball teams Matt Barnes 2002 Grizzlies Jason Kapono 2003 Cavaliers In 1997, Cap Lavin retired after 43 years through the annual University Service Trevor Ariza 2004 Knicks as an English teacher (at Cal-Berkeley, San Day “Dribble for the Cure” event at St. Dijon Thompson 2005 Knicks Francisco State and Dominican College), John’s, which has seen more than 1,000 Ryan Hollins 2006 Bobcats including 40 years at Sir Francis Drake HS. combined participants raise a total of Maurice Harkless 2012 76ers At Cal-Berkeley, Cap was co-founder and more than $155,000 from 2011-14. The director of the University of California Bay events raise funding and awareness for Area Writing Project, which established the National Writing Center at pediatric cancer research in the New York City area. For his efforts, Berkeley and over 200 writing centers at university sites throughout the Lavin was honored with the Dream Big Award in 2014 by the Pediatric U.S. and abroad. Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF). Married for six decades, Cap Lavin and his wife, Mary, have six BEHIND THE MIC children - Rachel, John, Mark, Ken and Suzanne, in addition to their youngest child, Steve. Steve Lavin’s brother-in-law, John Moore, is the In March of 2003, after 12 years on the UCLA staff, Lavin posted his head basketball coach at Westmont College in Santa Barbara and is first losing season as a head coach (10-19) and was relieved of his duties. married to Lavin’s sister, Rachel. Shortly thereafter, Lavin was signed to a multi-year contract with ESPN On Aug. 17, 2007, Lavin was married to Mary Ann Jarou, a professional and ABC, where he served as a nationally-recognized analyst on both actress who has made television series appearances on “How I Met Your game and studio broadcasts for “The Worldwide Leader in Sports.” Mother,” “General Hospital,” “Entourage,” “Brothers and Sisters,” Lavin served as a college basketball analyst on ABC and ESPN for “Secret Girlfriend,” and appropriately, “King of Queens.” seven years, largely working alongside legendary broadcasting partner Steve Lavin was born on Sept. 4, 1964 in San Francisco. He and Mary Brent Musburger, and successful play-by-play man Dave O’Brien. Lavin Jarou now live in Manhattan. has provided color commentary and expertise on ESPN’s coverage of WORK WITH CANCER LAVIN’S ORGANIZATIONS: For more than two decades, Lavin has been highly involved with organizations such as Coaches vs. Cancer, The V Foundation for Cancer Research and City of Hope, participating in numerous fundraising and awareness events.

For eight years, Lavin has been a part of the President’s Club leadership giving group of The V Foundation, a group that includes Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo and Kentucky’s John Calipari.

For more than two decades, Lavin has been highly involved with both Coaches vs. Cancer, a foundation that Lavin has raised more than $1.5 million for since 2010, and The V Foundation for Cancer Research, where he has participated in numerous fundraising and awareness events.

Lavin has served as the keynote speaker at numerous Coaches vs. Cancer events in places such as New York City, Wisconsin, Iowa and at the 2011 NCAA Final Four in Houston. Lavin

Inaugural was presented the Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award in 2014, an annual honor awarded to a coach who has engaged vigorously in the Coaches vs. Cancer program’s fundraising, education and promotional initiatives.

Since 2011, Lavin has led more than 1,000 fans and the Red Storm men’s and women’s basketball teams in raising more than $155,000 for pediatric cancer research at the annual St. John’s University Service Day “Dribble For The Cure” events. For his efforts, Lavin was honored with the Dream Big Award in 2014 by the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF).

Lavin was selected as the Chairman of the Jimmy V Basketball New York Dinner Auction on October 13, 2011.

On Nov. 2, 2011, Lavin was honored with the Fighting Spirit Award by the Albany (N.Y.) chapter of Coaches vs. Cancer.

When living in Los Angeles, Lavin was a regular visitor at City of Hope, where he often met with cancer survivors and visited patients during the holiday season. He brought the entire UCLA basketball team with him from 1997-2002.

Lavin spoke at City of Hope’s 25th annual Celebration of Life Bone Marrow Transplant Reunion on April 27, 2001. Thousands of people who have received bone marrow transplants at City of Hope for diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, and family members, friends, physicians, nurses and other caregivers attend this event each year. City of Hope has one of the largest and most successful bone marrow transplant programs in the nation. In 2012, they performed a 10,000th bone marrow transplant and celebrated the 35th anniversary of the program.

Lavin’s father, the late Cap Lavin, overcame skin cancer SEPT. 2010 NOV. 8, 2011 LAVIN’S and was a 23-year prostate LAVIN’S Prostate cancer diagnosis First practice with the team cancer survivor. Lavin’s mother, Mary Lavin, has also APRIL 2011 NOV. 9, 2011 FAMILY overcome skin cancer. COME BACK Public announcement First game back, defeated Lehigh 78-73 Lavin’s maternal grandmother, Mary Brown, JULY 26, 2012 HISTORY OCT. 6, 2011 died of pancreatic cancer Eight-man recruiting class completed; Surgery at Memorial in 1977. Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center later ranked No. 8 nationally WITH Lavin’s niece, Sophia Lavin, lost her right eye to a retinal TIMELINE CANCER blastoma in 2001. 2014-2015 WEEKLY AWARD BREAKDOWN RED STORM SIR’DOMINIC POINTER Updating Career Charts • BIG EAST Player of the Week (March 2), MBWA Co-Player of the Week (March 3): Pointer averaged 21.5 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, CAREER points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 blocks, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals in wins against Xavier and Georgetown. Pointer scored 19 points against the Musketeers to become the 50th St. John’s player to reach the 1,000-point mark, 1. D’Angelo Harrison 2011-15 262 and also added nine rebounds, six blocks, four steals and three assists. The senior matched a career-high 2. Willie Shaw 2000-03 151 with 24 points, while adding seven rebounds, two blocks and two assists against the Hoyas. T3. Paris Horne 2007-11 148 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 23): Pointer averaged 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in games Felipe Lopez 1994-98 148 against Georgetown and Seton Hall to earn a fifth-straight Weekly Honor Roll selection. Pointer 5. Phil Greene IV 2011-15 135 finished with 16 points and eight rebounds against the Hoyas. The senior posted a 22-point, 6. Jason Buchanan 1989-92 123 10-rebound double-double against the Pirates, while adding three assists and two steals. T7. D.J. Kennedy 2007-11 122 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 16), MBWA Player of the Week (Feb. 17): Pointer was a Weekly Eugene Lawrence 2004-08 122 Honor Roll selection after averaging 19.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 2.5 steals in wins 9. Anthony Mason Jr. 2005-10 120 against DePaul and Xavier. The senior recorded a double-double against the Blue Demons, totaling 10. Dwight Hardy 2009-11 116 15 points and 11 rebounds to go with five blocks. Pointer matched a career-high with 24 points against Xavier and added five rebounds, four steals and two blocks. 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 9): Pointer averaged 14.5 points, 6.5 boards and 5.0 blocks in 1. D’Angelo Harrison 2012 76 games against then-No. 22/22 Butler and Creighton to earn Weekly Honor Roll honors. Pointer 2. Avery Patterson 2007 72 scored a team-high 19 points to go with six rebounds and two blocks against the Bulldogs. The 3. Willie Shaw 2001 71 senior finished with 10 points, seven boards and a career-high eight blocks against the Bluejays. 4. Elijah Ingram 2003 70 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 2): Pointer was an honor roll selection after averaging 16.5 5. Omar Cook 2001 68 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists against Creighton and Providence. Pointer had a double-double against Creighton, finishing with 13 points and 10 rebounds to go with six assists, three blocks and T6. D’Angelo Harrison 2015 64 three steals. The senior scored a team-high 20 points, while adding seven rebounds and five assists D’Angelo Harrison 2014 64 against the Friars. 8. Dwight Hardy 2011 62 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 26), MBWA Player of the Week (Jan. 27): Pointer contributed 9. Paris Horne 2009 61 18.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 4.5 blocks and 2.5 steals in games against Marquette and T10. Felipe Lopez 1998 60 then-No. 5/6 Duke. The senior recorded a 15-point, 12-rebound double-double against the Golden Phil Greene IV 2015 60 Eagles, while also adding six assists and six blocks. Pointer added a 21-point, 10-rebound double- double against Duke. 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 29): Pointer averaged 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1. A. Patterson vs. North Florida, 11-10-06 8 4.5 steals in wins against Long Beach State and Tulane. The senior had 11 points, seven rebounds T2. D’Angelo Harrison vs. DePaul, 2-1-12 7 and seven assists against Long Beach State. Pointer scored a career-high 24 points against the Green D.J. Kennedy at DePaul, 3-5-10 7 Wave to record his first-career 20-point game and also added a career-high seven steals. A. Mason Jr. at Louisville, 1-26-08 7 D’ANGELO HARRISON Daryll Hill at Syracuse, 2-23-05 7 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 12): Harrison scored a game-high 25 points, while adding four rebounds Bootsy Thornton vs. Duke, 1-24-99 7 and three assists against then-No. 8/8 Villanova. T7. D’Angelo Harrison vs. DePaul, 2-11-15 6 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 5): Harrison averaged 28.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.5 assists Phil Greene IV vs. Georgetown, 2-18-15 6 in games against Seton Hall and Butler. After matching a game-high with 25 points against the Pirates, Rysheed Jordan vs. Creighton, 2-7-15 6 Harrison matched a season-best with a game-high 31 points against the Bulldogs. D’Angelo Harrison vs. Marquette, 2-1-14 6 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 22): Harrison scored a team-high 21 points to go with three steals in a D’Angelo Harrison vs. Villanova, 1-2-13 6 victory against Saint Mary’s. D’Angelo Harrison vs. Baylor, 11-18-12 6 • BIG EAST Player of the Week (Dec. 15), MBWA Co-Player of the Week (Dec. 16): Harrison averaged 24.0 Six others 6 points in wins against Fairleigh Dickinson and Fordham. Harrison scored a game-high 26 points and added six rebounds, three assists and two blocks against the Knights. The senior finished with 22 points against the Rams. 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS, CAREER • BIG EAST Player of the Week (Dec. 8), MBWA Player of the Week (Dec. 9): Harrison averaged 20.0 points 1. D’Angelo Harrison 2011-15 734 and 6.0 boards in wins against Syracuse and Niagara. Harrison totaled 16 points and nine rebounds against 2. Felipe Lopez 1994-98 500 Niagara. The senior made 4-of-6 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 24-points as St. John’s snapped 3. Willie Shaw 2000-03 444 the Orange’s 55-game non-conference home winning streak. 4. Paris Horne 2007-11 416 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 1): Harrison averaged 17.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in games against 5. Phil Greene IV 2011-15 412 Minnesota and then-No. 10/8 Gonzaga as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Harrison scored a game-high 19 6. Eugene Lawrence 2004-08 408 points to go with nine rebounds and a career-high six steals against the Gophers. The senior finished with 7. Marcus Hatten 2000-02 388 15 points and four boards against the Bulldogs. 8. Anthony Mason Jr. 2005-10 369 PHIL GREENE IV 9. Jason Buchanan 1989-92 360 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 19): Greene averaged 18.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in games against 10. D.J. Kennedy 2007-11 341 Providence and DePaul. Greene made five 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 20 points against the Friars to become the 49th St. John’s player to reach the 1,000-point mark. The senor contributed 17 points, 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS, SEASON five rebounds and three steals against the Blue Demons. T1. Omar Cook 2001 220 RYSHEED JORDAN Avery Patterson 2007 220 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 8): Jordan recorded a team-high 22.0 points per game and shot 50 3. D’Angelo Harrison 2012 207 percent (14-of-28) from the field in St. John’s final two regular-season games at Marquette and Villanova. 4. Marcus Hatten 2002 203 Jordan had a game-high 23 points in a 16-point win over the Golden Eagles as he drained 5-of-9 (55.6 5. Elijah Ingram 2003 194 pct) 3-point attempts and made two steals. He scored a game-high 21 points and dished out a career-high 6. Willie Shaw 2001 189 eight assists at Villanova. 7. Marcus Hatten 2003 185 • BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 15): Jordan averaged 16.0 points and 3.5 assists in wins against Fairleigh Dickinson and Fordham. The sophomore contributed eight points and five assists against the Knights. 8. D’Angelo Harrison 2013 184 Jordan then shot 9-of-12 from the floor and matched a then-career-high with 24 points against the Rams, 9. Paris Horne 2009 182 while also adding four steals, three rebounds and two assists. 10. Felipe Lopez 1998 178 ST. JOHN’S IN THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT

• The Red Storm makes its 32nd all-time appearance in the BIG EAST RED STORM Tournament in 2015, and its eighth in nine seasons. A charter member of the BIG EAST Conference, St. John’s appeared in the first BIG EAST Leaders 24 conference tournaments from 1980-2003, logged an appearance in 2007, and participated in the last six events from 2009-14. • The Red Storm owns a 25-28 record all-time in 31 appearances in the Stat Overall Rank Conference Rank event and will open in the quarterfinals in 2015 as the No. 5 seed. Scoring Offense 71.7 3rd 71.8 2nd St.s John’ makes its third quarterfinal appearance in the last five Scoring Defense 67.4 7th 73.1 10th years and 22nd all-time. In 2011, the Red Storm finished regular- Scoring Margin +4.3 6th -1.2 6th season play tied for third in the BIG EAST and earned a 65-63 win Field Goal Percentage .446 5th .445 3rd over Rutgers to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since Field Goal Pct. Defense .405 2nd .428 4th 2003. St. John’s is 3-6 all time as the No. 5 seed. Three-Point Percentage .356 3rd .384 2nd • St. John’s has reached the semifinals 11 times. The Red Storm’s last Three-Point Pct. Defense .324 5th .350 5th semifinal appearance was en route to the tournament title in 2000. Free Throw Percentage .694 7th .705 8th • The Red Storm has made the championship game five times: 2000 Rebounding Offense 35.4 5th 32.9 8th (champions), 1999, 1986 (champions), 1985 and 1983 (champions). Rebounding Defense 38.8 10th 39.5 10th Rebounding Margin -3.5 8th -6.6 10th Blocked Shots Per Game 6.6 1st 6.5 1st BIG EAST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Assists Per Game 12.7 7th 12.7 6th Steals Per Game 7.6 4th 6.6 4th Turnover Margin +2.5 2nd +1.4 2nd • 1983 – The 1982-83 season was filled with superlative Assist/Turnover Margin 1.2 4th 1.2 3rd accomplishments. Led by head coach Lou Carnesecca, the Redmen Three-Pt. FG Made Per Game 6.1 7th 6.9 4th marched to a record-breaking season, including the first-ever BIG EAST Tournament Championship for St. John’s in the first BIG EAST OVERALL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS BIG EAST INDIVIDUAL LEADERS title event played at Madison Square Garden. In the BIG EAST Scoring Scoring Tournament, St. John’s beat Pittsburgh in the first round, and then D’Angelo Harrison 17.8 2nd D’Angelo Harrison 17.3 3rd topped Villanova in the semifinals. The championship game saw Rysheed Jordan 14.1 9th Sir’Dominic Pointer 14.7 T-9th Chris Mullin score 24 points in an 85-77 win over Boston College. Sir’Dominic Pointer 13.7 10th Phil Greene IV 14.7 T-9th • 1986 – A year after a trip to the program’s second-ever appearance Phil Green IV 13.3 11th Rysheed Jordan 13.8 12th in the NCAA Final Four, if anyone was searching for “The Truth,” they found it. In just his second season at St. John’s, Walter “The Rebounding Rebounding Truth” Berry earned national player of the year honors – the second Sir’Dominic Pointer 7.6 4th Sir’Dominic Pointer 7.5 4th straight year a St. John’s player had done so, as Mullin took the Chris Obekpa 5.4 12th award during the 1984-85 campaign – and led the team to a 31-5 D’Angelo Harrison 4.8 T-20th record and the 1986 BIG EAST Tournament Championship. And while Berry was the leader of the team, it was Ron Rowan who Field Goal Percentage Field Goal Percentage came through in the Redmen’s biggest moment, sinking a 14-foot Sir’Dominic Pointer .526 6th Sir’Dominic Pointer .505 7th baseline jumper with eight seconds left to give St. John’s its first Assists Assists lead of the game at 70-69 in a win over Syracuse in the BIG EAST Rysheed Jordan 3.2 12th Rysheed Jordan 3.3 8th Championship. Berry blocked Dwayne “Pearl” Washington’s shot Sir’Dominic Pointer 3.1 13th Sir’Dominic Pointer 2.8 13th at the buzzer as St. John’s won the second of its three BIG EAST Tournament titles. Free Throw Percentage Free Throw Percentage • 2000 – The night of March, 11th 2000, was not just any night for St. D’Angelo Harrison .804 8th D’Angelo Harrison .787 13th John’s. The Red Storm’s 80-70 win over Connecticut at The Garden gave the team its first BIG EAST Tournament Championship since Steals Steals 1986, but it was also the fitting end to a hectic season. St. John’s Sir’Dominic Pointer 2.0 3rd Rysheed Jordan 1.5 6th used a late run to beat Villanova in the opener and then came Sir’Dominic Pointer 1.5 7th a heated rivalry-game with Miami. In a tight contest, Anthony Glover – who had missed his previous five attempts – hit two free Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Three-Point Field Goal Percentage throws with 2.2 seconds left to give St. John’s a 58-57 win over Phil Greene IV .400 6th Phil Greene IV .458 1st the Hurricanes. In a rematch of the previous year’s championship Rysheed Jordan .391 12th game, Marvis “Bootsy” Thornton – who earned tournament MVP D’Angelo Harrison .390 13th honors – scored 22 points to lead four players in double figures in an 80-70 win over UConn. Three-Point Field Goals Made Three-Point Field Goals Made D’Angelo Harrison 2.1 6th Phil Greene IV 2.4 5th Phil Greene IV 1.9 7th D’Angelo Harrison 2.2 8th ST. JOHN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY Rysheed Jordan 1.6 13th Blocked Shots Blocked Shots • One of the storied programs in the history of men’s collegiate Chris Obekpa 3.2 1st Chris Obekpa 3.0 1st basketball, St. John’s began the 2014-2015 season as the eighth Sir’Dominic Pointer 2.5 3rd Sir’Dominic Pointer 2.9 2nd all-time winningest program in the NCAA Division I record book with 1,774 wins and 944 losses. Assist/Turnover Ratio Assist/Turnover Ratio • The school’s .653 winning percentage ranks 10th all-time in NCAA Sir’Dominic Pointer 1.6 10th Rysheed Jordan 1.3 10th Rysheed Jordan 1.1 14th history, while St. John’s 27 all-time NCAA Tournament appearances are top-20 all-time. Offensive Rebounds Offensive Rebounds • The program’s 28 NIT appearances and five titles are unprecedented. Chris Obekpa 2.4 5th Sir’Dominic Pointer 2.3 5th Helms Foundation national champions following the 1910-11 Sir’Dominic Pointer 2.0 10th Chris Obekpa 2.2 8th season, St. John’s appeared in NCAA Final Fours in 1952 and 1985. • The program boasts 11 consensus All-Americans, 60 NBA Draft Defensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds choices and 50 players that have scored 1,000 career points or more. Sir’Dominic Pointer 5.6 4th Sir’Dominic Pointer 5.2 4th Chris Obekpa 4.5 8th D’Angelo Harrison 4.1 9th D’Angelo Harrison 4.4 10th CURRENT ST. JOHN’S PLAYER ALL-TIME STATISTICS IN THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT

#0 • Jamal Branch • Senior • Guard Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Villanova 3/13/13 * 20 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0-2 2-2.0 5 1 5 0 0 2 Providence 3/13/14 19 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000 0-0 0-0.0 2 2 0 0 1 9 Total 1 39 3-10 .300 0-3 .000 5-5 1.000 0-2 2-1.0 7 3 5 0 1 11

#1 • Phil Greene IV • Senior • Guard Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Pittsburgh 3/6/12 * 34 0-7 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 3-3.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 Villanova 3/13/13 * 36 7-19 .368 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 1-1 2-2.0 3 2 4 0 1 16 Providence 3/13/14 * 22 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-3 3-3.0 3 1 0 0 1 2 Total 3 92 8-31 .258 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 2-6 8-2.7 10 4 5 0 3 18

#4 • Christian Jones • Redshirt Sophomore • Forward Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Villanova 3/13/13 8 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1-1 2-2.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Total - 8 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1-1 2-2.0 1 0 0 0 0 4

#5 • David Lipscomb • Redshirt Sophomore • Guard Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Villanova 3/13/13 4 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1-1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 4 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1-1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0

#10 • Felix Balamou • Junior • Guard Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Villanova 3/13/13 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Total 0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0

#11 • D’Angelo Harrison • Senior • Guard Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Pittsburgh 3/6/12 * 40 4-18 .222 0-6 .000 4-4 1.000 3-7 10-10.0 4 1 1 1 3 12 Providence 3/13/14 * 36 6-17 .353 2-6 .333 7-10 .700 3-7 10-10.0 4 4 1 2 0 21 Total 2 76 10-35 .286 2-12 .167 11-14 .786 6-14 20-10.0 8 5 2 3 3 33

#12 • Chris Obekpa • Junior • Center Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Villanova 3/13/13 * 28 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 4-2 6-6.0 2 1 1 4 4 6 Providence 3/13/14 * 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 3 0 1 0 0 0 Total 30 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 4-2 6-3.0 5 1 2 4 4 6

#15 • Sir’Dominic Pointer • Senior • Forward Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Pittsburgh 3/6/12 * 25 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 3-3.0 5 0 4 2 3 8 Villanova 3/13/13 * 36 3-6 .500 0-2 .000 1-3 .333 2-2 4-4.0 2 3 2 0 2 7 Providence 3/13/14 10 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0-1 1-1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Total 2 71 7-18 .389 0-3 .000 1-5 .200 3-5 8-2.7 8 3 6 3 6 15

#35 • Khadim Ndiaye • Senior • Forward Opponent Date GS Min. FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR-DR Reb.-Avg. PF A T/O BK STL Pts. Villanova 3/13/13 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OVERALL RECORDS: Overall...... 25-28 All-Time BIG EAST Tournament Results First Round...... 5-7 Second Round...... 1-3 1980 - Providence Civic Center 1995- Madison Square Garden Quarterfinals...... 11-10 Quarterfinals First Round Semifinals...... 5-6 No. 2 St. John’s 48, No. 7 Providence 44 No. 9 Pittsburgh 74, No. 8 St. John’s 71 Championship...... 3-2 Semifinals No. 3 Georgetown 76, No. 2 St. John’s 66 1996- Madison Square Garden RECORD AS SEED: First Round No. 1...... 5-1 1981 - Syracuse Carrier Dome No. 6 Providence 80, No. 11 St. John’s 72 No. 2...... 2-3 Quarterfinals No. 3...... 12-7 No. 6 Syracuse 71, No. 3 St. John’s 66 1997- Madison Square Garden No. 4...... 0-1 First Round No. 5...... 3-6 1982 - Hartford Civic Center No. 7 Miami 76, No. 10 St. John’s 68 (OT) No. 6...... 0-0 Quarterfinals No. 7...... 0-0 No. 3 St. John’s 54, No. 6 Connecticut 52 1998- Madison Square Garden No. 8...... 0-2 Semifinals Quarterfinals No. 9...... 1-1 No. 2 Georgetown 57, No. 3 St. John’s 42 No. 3 St. John’s 91, No. 11 Boston College 80 No. 10...... 0-2 Semifinals No. 11...... 0-2 1983 - Madison Square Garden No. 2 Syracuse 69, No. 3 St. John’s 67 (OT) No. 12...... 0-1 Quarterfinals No. 13...... 2-2 No. 3 St. John’s 64, No. 6 Pittsburgh 53 1999- Madison Square Garden No. 14...... 0-0 Semifinals Quarterfinals No. 15...... 0-0 No. 3 St. John’s 91, No. 2 Villanova 80 No. 3 St. John’s 77, No. 6 Rutgers 62 No. 16...... 0-0 Championship Semifinals RECORD AGAINST SEED: No. 3 St. John’s 85, No. 1 Boston College 77 No. 3 St. John’s 62, No. 2 Miami 59 Championship No. 1...... 1-4 No. 1 Connecticut 82, No. 3 St. John’s 63 No. 2...... 4-5 1984- Madison Square Garden No. 3...... 0-2 Quarterfinals No. 4...... 5-4 No. 5 St. John’s 57, No. 4 Boston College 56 2000- Madison Square Garden No. 5...... 0-3 Semifinals Quarterfinals No. 6...... 6-4 No. 1 Georgetown 79, No. 5 St. John’s 68 No. 3 St. John’s 75, No. 6 Villanova 70 No. 7...... 2-3 Semifinals No. 8...... 2-0 1985 - Madison Square Garden No. 3 St. John’s 58, No. 2 Miami 57 No. 9...... 1-2 Quarterfinals Championship No. 10...... 0-0 No. 1 St. John’s 90, No. 8 Providence 62 No. 3 St. John’s 80, No. 4 Connecticut 70 No. 11...... 1-0 Semifinals No. 12...... 2-0 No. 1 St. John’s 89, No. 4 Villanova 74 2001- Madison Square Garden No. 13...... 1-1 Championship First Round No. 14...... 0-0 No. 2 Georgetown 92, No. 1 St. John’s 80 West No. 6 Seton Hall 78, East No. 3 St. John’s 66 No. 15...... 0-0 No. 16...... 0-0 1986 - Madison Square Garden 2002- Madison Square Garden Quarterfinals First Round ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT RECORD AGAINST CURRENT No. 1 St. John’s 87, No. 9 Seton Hall 68 East No. 3 St. John’s 64, West No. 6 Seton Hall 58 BIG EAST MEMBERS: Semifinals Quarterfinals Butler...... 0-0 No. 1 St. John’s 75, No. 4 Villanova 64 West No. 2 Notre Dame 83, East No. 3 St. John’s 63 Creighton...... 0-0 Championship DePaul...... 0-0 No. 1 St. John’s 70, No. 2 Syracuse 69 2003- Madison Square Garden Georgetown...... 1-5 First Round Marquette...... 0-3 1987 - Madison Square Garden East No. 5 St. John’s 83, West No. 4 Notre Dame 80 Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Providence...... 2-4 No. 4 Providence 80, No. 5 St. John’s 51 East No. 1 Boston College 82, East No. 5 St. John’s 75 (OT) Seton Hall...... 2-1 Villanova...... 4-3 1988 - Madison Square Garden 2007- Madison Square Garden Xavier...... 0-0 Quarterfinals First Round 1980 1992 No. 4 Villanova 71, No. 5 St. John’s 68 No. 6 Marquette 76, No. 11 St. John’s 67 David Russell Malik Sealy 1989 - Madison Square Garden 2009- Madison Square Garden 1983 1993 First Round First Round Chris Mullin, Billy Goodwin David Cain No. 9 Boston College 81, No. 8 St. John’s 74 No. 13 St. John’s 64, No. 12 Georgetown 59 Second Round 1985 1999 1990 - Madison Square Garden No. 5 Marquette 74, No. 13 St. John’s 45 Chris Mullin Erick Barkley Quarterfinals No. 5 Villanova 70, No. 4 St. John’s 60 2010- Madison Square Garden 1986 2000 First Round Walter Berry, Mark Jackson Erick Barkley, Lavor Postell 1991 - Madison Square Garden No. 13 St. John’s 73, No. 12 Connecticut 51 Quarterfinals Second Round No. 7 Providence 72, No. 2 St. John’s 64 No. 5 Marquette 57, No. 13 St. John’s 55 ST. JOHN’S BIG EAST ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM MEMBERS 1992 - Madison Square Garden 2011- Madison Square Garden Quarterfinals Second Round DAVE GAVITT TROPHY RECIPIENTS No. 3 St. John’s 64, No. 6 Connecticut 59 (OT) No. 5 St. John’s 65, No. 13 Rutgers 63 (BIG EAST Tournament Most Valuable Player) Semifinals Quarterfinals No. 2 Georgetown 68, No. 3 St. John’s 64 No. 4 Syracuse 79, No. 5 St. John’s 73

1993- Madison Square Garden 2012- Madison Square Garden Quarterfinals First Round No. 2 St. John’s 76, No. 7 Boston College 56 No. 13 Pittsburgh 73, No. 12 St. John’s 59 Semifinals No. 3 Syracuse 84, No. 2 St. John’s 72 2013- Madison Square Garden Second Round 1994- Madison Square Garden No. 7 Villanova 66, No. 10 St. John’s 53 First Round No. 9 St. John’s 80, No. 8 Pittsburgh 72 2014- Madison Square Garden Quarterfinals Quarterfinals 1983 2000 No. 1 Connecticut 97, No. 9 St. John’s 77 No. 4 Providence 79, No. 5 St. John’s 74 Chris Mullin Bootsy Thornton ST. JOHN’S BASKETBALL: AMONG THE ELITE ALL-TIME DIVISION I VICTORIES* No. School First Season Yrs. Won Lost Tied Pct. BY THE 1. Kentucky 1903 111 2,140 672 1 .761 2. Kansas 1899 116 2,126 822 0 .721 NUMBERS 3. North Carolina 1911 104 2,114 755 0 .737 4. Duke 1906 109 2,027 849 0 .705 5. Syracuse 1901 113 1,902 838 0 .694 6. Temple 1895 118 1,823 1,014 0 .643 Years of St. John’s 7 UCLA 1920 95 1,781 788 0 .693 Men’s Basketball 107 (First Season: 1907-08) 8. ST. JOHN’S (N.Y.) 1908 107 1,774 944 0 .653 9. Notre Dame 1898 109 1,763 966 1 .646 10. Indiana 1901 114 1,736 981 0 .639 All-Time Program Wins ALL-TIME DIVISION I WINNING PERCENTAGE* 1,774 8th in NCAA Division I History No. School First Season Yrs. Won Lost Tied Pct. *Entering 2014-15 Season 1. Kentucky 1903 111 2,140 672 1 .761 2. North Carolina 1911 104 2,114 755 0 .737 3. Kansas 1899 116 2,126 822 0 .721 All-Time Program 4. UNLV 1959 56 1,178 479 0 .711 Winning Percentage .653 10th in NCAA Division I History 5. Duke 1906 109 2,027 849 0 .705 *Entering 2014-15 Season 6. Syracuse 1901 113 1,902 838 0 .694 7. UCLA 1920 95 1,781 788 0 .693 8. Louisville 1912 100 1,728 875 0 .664 9. Western Kentucky 1915 95 1,695 856 0 .664 Winning Seasons *86 including vacated seasons (2001-03) 10. ST. JOHN’S (N.Y.) 1908 107 1,774 944 0 .653 84 * All records prior to 2014-15 season

NCAA Tournament Appearances 26 *2002 appearance (27th) vacated by NCAA

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees Joe Lapchick (1966), Frank McGuire (1976), 6 Al McGuire (1992), Lou Carnesecca (1992), Dick McGuire (1993), Chris Mullin (2010)

58 NBA Draft Picks

BIG EAST Tournament Championships 3 (1983, 1986, 2000)

Postseason NIT Appearances 29 Most in NCAA history *2003 appearance (30th) vacated by NCAA

Postseason NIT Championships 5 (1943, 1944, 1959, 1965, 1989) *2003 victory (6th) vacated by NCAA

50 1,000-Point Scorers MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER PROFILES NO. PLAYER PAGE 0 Jamal Branch 1 1 Phil Greene IV 2 2 Myles Stewart 3 4 Christian Jones 4 5 David Lipscomb 5 10 Felix Balamou 6 11 D’Angelo Harrison 7 12 Chris Obekpa 8 14 Amar Alibegovic 9 15 Sir’Dominic Pointer 10 22 Jay Henderson 11 23 Rysheed Jordan 12 25 Samuel Harris IV 13 31 Adonis De La Rosa 14 33 Olisa Nwachie 15 34 Joey De La Rosa 16 35 Khadim Ndiaye 17 2014-15 Career Highs • Recorded 10 points on a 5-for-11 performance from the field and five rebounds Category No. Opponent (Date) against Georgetown (Feb. 28). Points 22 vs. Robert Morris (3/18/14) • Finished with 17 points off the bench after shooting 7-of-12 from the field and FG 9 at DePaul (1/19/13) 3-of-4 from downtown in 28 minutes against Creighton (Jan. 28). • Posted a career-high seven rebounds while adding five points and four assists in 32 FGA 14 2x, last vs. Robert Morris (3/18/14) minutes of play against Seton Hall (Dec. 28). 3FG 4 vs. Robert Morris (3/18/14) • Shot 5-of-9 for 11 points, four steals and three assists in 37 minutes of action 3FGA 7 vs. Robert Morris (3/18/14) against Long Beach State (Dec. 22). FTM 5 vs. DePaul (1/30/13) • Earned seven assists and two rebounds without a turnover against Fordham (Dec. 14). FTA 7 vs. DePaul (1/30/13) • Recorded 12 points with six assists on a 5-for-6 performance from the field in his Rebounds 7 at Seton Hall (12/31/14) first start of the 2014-15 season against Niagara (Dec. 2). Assists 8 2x, last at Butler (1/25/14) • Posted 11 points off the bench on a 3-for-6 performance from the field and a 5-of-6 Blocks 1 4x, last vs. Creighton (2/9/14) performance from the free throw line against NJIT (Nov. 14). Steals 6 vs. DePaul (1/30/13) 2013-14 Minutes 38 at DePaul (1/19/13) • Recorded his first-career 20-point game after shooting 8-for-14 from the field and a career-best 4-for-7 from downtown for 22 points against Robert Morris (March 18). Miscellaneous Statistics • Finished 3-for-7 from the field and a perfect 3-for-3 from the line for nine points Category 14-15 Career and two assists against Providence in the BIG EAST Tournament (March 13). Double-Figure Scoring 6 13 • Picked up seven points on a 2-for-4 performance with two rebounds and a in Last: 10 vs. Georgetown (2/28/15) 20-plus points - 1 10 minutes against No. 12/12 Creighton (Feb. 10). Last: 22 vs. Robert Morris (3/18/14) • Tied a career-best eight assists along with a 2-for-4 performance from the field for 10-plus rebounds - - four points and five rebounds against Butler (Jan. 25). Last: - • Finished a perfect 3-for-3 from the field for seven points, four assists and a pair of Double-Doubles - - rebounds in 16 minutes against Georgia Tech (Nov. 30). Last: -

2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-0 24 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 5-6 .833 0-3 3 4 3 1 0 1 11 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-0 22 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-3 4 4 6 1 0 0 2 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-0 25 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1-2 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 N26 MINNESOTA 1-0 12 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-3 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA 1-0 21 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 D2 NIAGARA 1-1 30 5-6 .833 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-3 3 2 6 4 0 1 12 D6 at Syracuse 1-1 15 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1-1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-1 28 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 D14 FORDHAM 1-1 25 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1-1 2 2 7 0 0 0 2 D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-1 19 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-1 37 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 1-1 2 1 3 2 0 4 11 D28 vs. Tulane 1-1 27 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 3 2 2 1 0 1 5 D31 at Seton Hall 1-1 32 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000 2-5 7 2 4 0 0 0 5 J3 BUTLER 1-1 34 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0-2 2 2 2 3 0 1 4 J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-1 35 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 1-3 4 4 3 1 0 3 9 J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul 1-0 16 1-4 .250 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-3 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 J21 MARQUETTE 1-0 13 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0-2 2 0 4 0 0 1 2 J25 No. 5/6 DUKE 1-0 11 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 J28 at Creighton 1-0 28 7-12 .583 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1-3 4 5 4 1 0 1 17 J31 PROVIDENCE 1-1 16 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-0 19 1-4 .250 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 F7 CREIGHTON 1-0 14 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 F11 DePAUL 1-0 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 F14 at Xavier 1-0 18 5-7 .714 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 1 2 0 0 1 11 F17 at Georgetown 1-0 21 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 0-2 2 1 5 2 0 0 4 F21 SETON HALL 1-0 16 3-6 .500 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 7 F23 XAVIER 1-0 16 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 F28 GEORGETOWN 1-1 28 5-11 .455 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-3 5 1 0 1 0 0 10 M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova DNP ------Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2012-13 17-13 395-23.2 41-110 .373 3-17 .176 19-31 .613 9-31 40-2.4 30-2 46 32 1 19 104-6.1 2013-14 31-7 449-14.5 50-107 .467 6-18 .333 35-46 .761 7-34 41-1.3 42-0 53 37 5 21 141-4.5 2014-15 28-12 610-21.8 53-112 .473 9-27 .333 17-23 .739 15-54 69-2.5 45-1 69 26 0 18 132-4.7 Totals 76-32 1454-19.1 144-329 .438 18-62 .290 71-100 .710 31-119 150-2.0 117-3 168 95 6 58 377-5.0 2014-15 Career Highs • Posted 16 points on a 5-for-10 performance from the field, hitting all four free throw Category No. Opponent (Date) attempts while adding a pair of rebounds against Providence (March 7). Points 26 vs. Georgetown (2/28/15) • Picked up 11 points after shooting 3-for-7 from downtown while matching a career- high with eight rebounds against Marquette (March 4). FG 10 vs. Baylor (11/18/12) • Had a career-high 26 points on a 9-for-15 performance from the field after shooting FGA 21 vs. Baylor (11/18/12) 6-of-7 from downtown with seven rebounds against Georgetown (Feb. 28). 3FG 6 vs. Georgetown (2/28/15) • Recorded 20 points on a 7-for-13 performance from the field, including 4-of-8 from 3FGA 9 vs. Gonzaga (11/28/14) downtown against Seton Hall (Feb. 21). FTM 6 4x, last at DePaul (1/18/15) • Posted 18 points on a 6-for-14 performance from the field that included 4-of-8 from FTA 7 vs. Franklin Pierce (11/17/14) downtown against Georgetown (Feb. 17). Rebounds 8 2x, last at Marquette (3/4/15) • Finished with 18 points, five rebounds and four assists after a 7-for-12 performance Assists 8 vs. West Virginia (1/25/12) from the field against DePaul (Feb. 11). Blocks 1 9x, last vs. FDU (12/10/14) • Shot 6-for-10 from the field for 13 points, two rebounds, three assists and a Steals 4 vs. Long Beach State (12/22/14) against Creighton (Feb. 7). Minutes 43 vs. DePaul (1/30/13) • Picked up 13 points after shooting 6-of-12 from the field with two rebounds against then-No. 5/6 Duke (Jan. 25). • Reached 1,000 points with a career-high five 3-pointers on his way to a 20-point per- Miscellaneous Statistics formance against Providence (Jan. 14). Category 14-15 Career • Recorded 14 points and three rebounds on a 6-for-14 performance from the field Double-Figure Scoring 22 60 that included a 2-of-7 mark from downtown (Jan. 6). Last: 16 at Villanova (3/7/15) • Picked up 14 points on a 6-for-10 performance from the field against Butler (Jan. 3). 20-plus points 4 9 • Shot 7-of-18 including 2-for-8 from downtown for 16 points and a career-high four Last: 26 vs. Georgetown (2/28/15) steals against Long Beach State (Dec. 22). 10-plus rebounds - - • Recorded 18 points after shooting 4-for-8 from downtown and 6-of-16 from the field Last: - against Syracuse (Dec. 6). Double-Doubles - - • Posted 18 points on a 6-for-11 performance from the field and a career-best 6-for-7 Last: - from the line against Franklin Pierce (Nov. 17) 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-1 25 2-9 .222 0-4 .000 2-2 1.000 0-3 3 2 0 1 0 0 6 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-1 36 6-11 .545 0-1 .000 6-7 .857 0-1 1 2 2 2 0 2 18 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-1 27 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-4 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 N26 MINNESOTA 1-1 34 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0-5 5 2 0 2 0 0 9 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA 1-1 31 8-16 .500 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 1-3 4 2 1 1 0 1 20 D2 NIAGARA 1-1 24 3-8 .375 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1-4 5 0 0 1 0 0 7 D6 at Syracuse 1-1 32 6-16 .375 4-8 .500 2-2 1.000 0-2 2 3 2 0 0 2 18 D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-1 36 7-15 .467 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-3 3 0 4 2 1 2 16 D14 FORDHAM 1-1 32 3-12 .250 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-1 35 1-9 .111 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 1-3 4 1 2 0 0 0 5 D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-1 37 7-18 .389 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 0-2 2 0 2 1 0 4 16 D28 vs. Tulane 1-1 28 3-8 .375 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-2 2 0 3 1 0 1 8 D31 at Seton Hall 1-1 34 6-16 .375 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 1 15 J3 BUTLER 1-1 37 6-10 .600 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 14 J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-1 37 6-14 .429 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 0-3 3 1 2 3 0 1 14 J14 at Providence 1-1 38 7-13 .538 5-8 .625 1-2 .500 1-3 4 1 2 0 0 1 20 J18 at DePaul 1-1 43 5-13 .385 1-4 .250 6-6 1.000 1-4 5 0 1 3 0 3 17 J21 MARQUETTE 1-1 35 5-11 .455 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-2 2 1 1 2 0 2 11 J25 No. 5/6 DUKE 1-1 36 6-12 .500 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 J28 at Creighton 1-1 38 4-10 .400 2-3 .667 0-2 .000 1-5 6 1 5 1 0 0 10 J31 PROVIDENCE 1-1 37 6-13 .462 1-4 .250 3-4 .750 0-5 5 1 3 0 0 2 16 F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-1 34 2-6 .333 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-3 4 2 0 1 0 0 6 F7 CREIGHTON 1-1 37 6-10 .600 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 2 0 3 0 0 1 13 F11 DePAUL 1-1 38 7-12 .583 1-2 .500 3-4 .750 3-2 5 0 4 1 0 1 18 F14 at Xavier 1-1 39 6-14 .429 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 15 F17 at Georgetown 1-1 31 6-14 .429 4-8 .500 2-3 .667 0-2 2 1 1 1 0 0 18 F21 SETON HALL 1-1 36 7-13 .538 4-8 .500 2-3 .667 0-1 1 0 4 2 0 1 20 F23 XAVIER 1-1 36 2-8 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 F28 GEORGETOWN 1-1 40 9-15 .600 6-7 .857 2-4 .500 1-6 7 1 2 1 0 1 26 M4 at Marquette 1-1 40 4-13 .308 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 2-6 8 0 2 2 0 0 11 M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-1 31 5-10 .500 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000 1-1 2 0 1 1 0 0 16 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2011-12 32-28 1006-31.4 98-276 .355 20-77 .260 26-36 .722 26-58 84-2.6 63-0 95 57 5 40 242-7.6 2012-13 33-32 1088-33.0 139-374 .372 25-110 .227 30-42 .714 21-67 88-2.7 38-0 85 43 2 21 333-10.1 2013-14 32-28 797-24.9 90-226 .398 30-75 .400 28-43 .651 16-65 81-2.5 40-0 49 18 3 22 238-7.4 2014-15 31-31 1074-34.6 157-365 .430 60-150 .400 38-52 .731 16-84 100-3.2 28-0 51 35 1 29 412-13.3 Totals 128-119 3965-31.0 484-1241 .390 135-412 .328 122-173 .705 79-274 353-2.8 169-0 280 153 11 112 1225-9.6 2014-15: Career Highs • Picked up five points and a steal on a perfect 2-for-2 from the field that included a 3 Category No. Opponent (Date) against then-No. 8/8 Villanova (Jan. 6). Points 9 vs. Niagara (12/2/14) FG 3 vs. Niagara (12/2/14) • Had a career-night with nine points on a 3-for-6 performance from downtown as FGA 7 vs. Niagara (12/2/14) well as three blocks and an assist with his first career start against Niagara (Dec. 2). 3FG 3 vs. Niagara (12/2/14) • Hit hist first-career 3-pointer while picking up a pair of rebounds against then-No. 3FGA 6 vs. Niagara (12/2/14) FTM - - 10/8 Gonzaga (Nov. 28). FTA - - • Scored first-career points with a 3-pointer against LIU Brooklyn in the NIT Season Tip- Rebounds 2 2x, last vs. Fordham (12/14/14) Off on Nov. 19. Assists 1 vs. Niagara (12/2/14) Blocks 3 vs. Niagara (12/2/14) Steals 1 2x, last vs. Villanova (1/6/15) On Stewart: Minutes 19 vs. Niagara (12/2/14) • A two-time All-Western League selection at Westchester • Earned first team All-Western League honors as a senior after squad went 30-7 with Miscellaneous Statistics Category 14-15 Career a 12-0 conference mark Double-Figure Scoring - - • Served as team captain as a senior Last: - 20-plus points - - • Scored 10 points in title game to help Comets win 2012-13 Los Angeles City Section Last: - championship 10-plus rebounds - - Last: - • Garnered second team All-Western League honors as a junior after squad finished Double-Doubles - - 29-7 with a 12-0 conference record Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-0 11 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-0 6 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA 1-0 13 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-1 2 1-0 0 0 0 0 3 D2 NIAGARA 1-1 19 3-7 .429 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 1 1 3 0 9 D6 at Syracuse 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 D14 FORDHAM 1-0 6 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-0 4 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 D28 vs. Tulane 1-0 7 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-0 5 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F7 CREIGHTON 1-0 2 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier DNP ------F17 at Georgetown 1-0 5 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 F21 SETON HALL DNP ------F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-0 6 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2014-15 19-1 95-5.0 10-33 .303 8-27 .296 0-0 .000 1-7 8-0.4 9-0 1 3 3 2 28-1.5 Totals 19-1 95-5.0 10-33 .303 8-27 .296 0-0 .000 1-7 8-0.4 9-0 1 3 3 2 28-1.5 2014-15 Career Highs • Matched a career-best six rebounds in 17 minutes of action while adding two points Category No. Opponent (Date) against Fordham (Dec. 14). Points 10 vs. Marquette (3/9/13) FG 5 vs. Marquette (3/9/13) FGA 9 vs. Marquette (3/9/13) 2013-14 3FG - - • Sat out a redshirt season. 3FGA 1 vs. Butler (1/3/15) FTM 2 4x, last at Villanova (3/7/15) FTA 4 2x, last vs. Fordham (12/14/14) 2012-13 Rebounds 6 2x, last vs. Fordham (12/14/14) • Started his first game at Saint Joseph’s (March 19) since the game vs. Florida Gulf Assists 3 vs. Detroit (11/13/12) Coast (Nov. 24). Blocks 2 at Saint Joseph’s (3/19/13) Steals 1 5x, last vs. NJIT (11/14/14) • Set career-highs with 10 points, five made field goals and six rebounds in the BIG Minutes 29 vs. Detroit (11/13/12) EAST finale against Marquette on (March 9), as Jones played his most minutes since the game against Murray State (Nov. 16). Miscellaneous Statistics • Saw his first BIG EAST action against No. 20/20 Notre Dame (Jan. 15). Category 14-15 Career • Shot 3-of-4 from the field on his way to six points against Holy Cross (Nov. 21). Double-Figure Scoring - 1 • Poured in eight points and grabbed five points against Charleston (Nov. 15). Last: 10 vs. Marquette (3/9/13) • Recorded eight points, three assists and one rebound in his first-career start against 20-plus points - - Detroit (Nov. 13). Last: - 10-plus rebounds - - Last: - Double-Doubles - - Last: -

2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-0 11 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-0 11 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-4 4 2 0 1 1 0 8 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N26 MINNESOTA 1-0 9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA 1-0 8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D2 NIAGARA 1-0 3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D14 FORDHAM 1-0 17 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 2-4 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-0 1 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 D28 vs. Tulane 1-0 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER 1-0 9 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-0 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul DNP ------J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton DNP ------J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-0 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 F7 CREIGHTON 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier DNP ------F17 at Georgetown 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F21 SETON HALL 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-0 15 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1-1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2012-13 24-7 225-9.4 28-62 .452 0-0 .000 5-14 .357 6-23 29-1.2 22-0 8 11 6 4 61-2.5 2013-14 DNP ------2014-15 18-0 113-6.3 10-17 .588 0-1 .000 4-6 .667 7-16 23-1.3 11-0 0 4 1 1 24-1.3 Totals 42-7 338-8.0 38-79 .481 0-1 .000 9-20 .450 13-39 52-1.2 33-0 8 15 7 5 85-2.0 2014-15: Career Highs • Picked up a career-high two rebounds in six minutes of action against then-No. 4 Category No. Opponent (Date) Villanova (March 7). Points - - FG - - FGA 2 vs. Villanova (3/13/13) 2012-13: 3FG - - • Played a career-high 15 minutes in the final game of the season at Virginia (March 24). 3FGA 1 3x, last at Virginia (3/24/13) FTM - - • Earned first-career start at Saint Joseph’s (March 19) and recorded his first-career assist. FTA - - • Grabbed his first-career rebound at San Francisco (Dec. 4). Rebounds 2 at Villanova (3/7/15) • Logged his first minutes against South Carolina (Nov. 29). Assists 1 3x, last vs. Creighton (2/7/15) Blocks - - Steals - - On Lipscomb: Minutes 15 at Virginia (3/24/13) • Noted by coaches for outstanding work ethic during practice and for having the high basketball I.Q. typical of a coach’s son. Miscellaneous Statistics • Lettered for two seasons at Wheeler averaging 8.6 points per game and 5.1 assists as Category 14-15 Career team captain in his senior season. Double-Figure Scoring - - • Coached by his father, Doug Lipscomb. Last: - 20-plus points - - Last: - 10-plus rebounds - - Last: - Double-Doubles - - Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N19 LIU BROOKLYN DNP ------N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA DNP ------D2 NIAGARA DNP ------D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D14 FORDHAM 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 D19 SAINT MARY’S DNP ------D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D28 vs. Tulane 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul DNP ------J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton DNP ------J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler DNP ------F7 CREIGHTON 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier DNP ------F17 at Georgetown 1-0 1 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F21 SETON HALL 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-0 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2012-13 6-1 29-4.8 0-5 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 3-0.5 5-0 1 1 0 0 0-0.0 2013-14 DNP ------2014-15 11-0 13-1.2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-3 3-0.3 1-0 2 1 0 0 0-0.0 Totals 16-1 36-2.3 0-6 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 1-3 4-0.3 6-0 3 2 0 0 0-0.0 2014-15: Career Highs • Picked up five points and four rebounds in 23 minutes after making his first start of Category No. Opponent (Date) the season against Creighton (Feb. 7). Points 8 3x, last at San Francisco (12/4/12) • Went 3-for-3 from the field for six points, a rebound and a steal in 17 minutes FG 4 2x, last at San Francisco (12/4/12) against then-No. 22/22 Butler (Feb. 3). FGA 10 vs. Creighton (2/7/15) • Shot 2-for-3 from the field for four points, two rebounds and a steal in 12 minutes 3FG - - of action against Tulane (Dec. 28). 3FGA 1 2x, last at Notre Dame (3/5/13) • Matched a career-high four rebounds while adding a steal in nine minutes of action FTM 3 vs. NJIT (12/1/12) against Fordham (Dec. 14). FTA 4 vs. NJIT (12/1/12) 2013-14: Rebounds 4 3x, last vs. Creighton (2/7/15) • Started in first game of the season and shot 2-for-2 from the line for two points Assists 3 vs. South Carolina (11/29/12) and a rebound in 10 minutes against Youngstown St. (Dec. 21). Blocks 3 2x, last vs. S. Carolina (11/29/12) Steals 2 vs. South Carolina (11/29/12) 2012-13: Minutes 23 2x, last vs. Creighton (2/7/15) • Played a career-high 22 minutes for BIG EAST play and scored four points at Providence (March 2). • Matched a season-high with eight points at San Francisco (Dec. 4). Miscellaneous Statistics • Logged a career-high 23 minutes against South Carolina (Nov. 23) scoring eight Category 14-15 Career points, dishing out three assists and blocking three shots. Double-Figure Scoring - - • Battled injuries throughout his first-start as a member of the Red Storm but still Last: - managed to score a career-high eight points on 4-of-5 shooting against Florida Gulf 20-plus points - - Coast (Nov. 24). Last: - • Sparked the Red Storm with his hustle against Holy Cross (Nov. 21) as he tallied four 10-plus rebounds - - offensive rebounds and three blocks. Last: - • Scored six straight points in the first half on 2-of-2 from the field and 2-of-2 from Double-Doubles - - the line against Murray State (Nov. 16). Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-0 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-0 9 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0-1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 N26 MINNESOTA 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA DNP ------D2 NIAGARA 1-0 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-0 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 D14 FORDHAM 1-0 9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3-1 4 1 0 2 0 1 1 D19 SAINT MARY’S DNP ------D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-0 9 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 D28 vs. Tulane 1-0 12 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 D31 at Seton Hall 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA DNP ------J14 at Providence 1-0 7 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 J18 at DePaul 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-0 17 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 F7 CREIGHTON 1-1 23 2-10 .200 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1-3 4 4 1 1 0 1 5 F11 DePAUL 1-1 33 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 1-2 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 F14 at Xavier 1-1 10 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 F17 at Georgetown 1-0 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 F21 SETON HALL 1-0 5 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN 1-0 13 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-0 16 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-0 2 1 1 3 0 0 4 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2012-13 28-5 256-9.1 24-59 .407 0-2 .000 8-9 .889 12-17 29-1.0 34-0 12 7 11 5 56-2.0 2013-14 4-2 35-8.8 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2-1 3-0.8 2-0 2 1 0 1 4-1.0 2014-15 21-3 202-9.6 11-36 .306 0-0 .000 7-11 .636 14-15 29-1.4 28-0 4 14 1 6 29-1.4 Totals 53-10 493-9.3 36-102 .353 0-2 .000 17-22 .773 28-33 61-1.2 64-0 18 22 12 12 89-1.7 2014-15 Career Highs • Finished the second half shooting 5-for-7, including a perfect 4-for-4 from down- Category No. Opponent (Date) town, to pick up 21 points against Marquette (March 4). Points 36 at Villanova (1/2/13) • Posted second-consecutive double-double with 33 points and 10 rebounds on a FG 11 at Villanova (1/2/13) 10-of-14 performance from the field (6-of-8 from downtown) against DePaul (Feb. 11). FGA 21 2x, last at Villanova (1/2/13) • Picked up a double-double with a 21-point, 10 rebound and six assist performance 3FG 7 at DePaul (2/1/12) against Creighton (Feb. 7). 3FGA 12 2x, last at Villanova (1/2/13) • Reached the 2,000-point mark in his career with a 10-point performance against FTM 13 vs. Villanova (1/11/14) then-No. 22/22 Butler (Feb. 3). FTA 16 vs. Franklin Pierce (11/17/14) • Recorded 25 points on an 8-of-15 performance from the field with four rebounds, Rebounds 17 vs. Franklin Pierce (11/17/14) two assists and a steal against then-No. 8/8 Villanova (Jan. 6). Assists 7 vs. Providence (12/27/11) • Played all 40 minutes before fouling out in the final seconds, shooting 10-of-21 Blocks 3 vs. Notre Dame (1/15/13) from the field and 9-of-11 from the line for 31 points against Butler (Jan. 3). Steals 6 vs. Minnesota (11/26/14) • Picked up 25 points on a 9-for-17 performance from the field before fouling out Minutes 48 at Marquette (3/8/14) against Seton Hall (Dec. 28). • Bounced back from a nine-point game with 21 points on a 7-for-13 performance Miscellaneous Statistics from the field against Tulane (Dec. 28). Category 14-15 Career • Recorded 22 points on an 8-for-12 performance from the field and his third-consec- Double-Figure Scoring 28 106 utive perfect performance from the line against Fordham (Dec. 14). Last: 15 at Villanova (3/7/15) • Posted 26 points on an 8-of-14 performance from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 20-plus points 14 53 from the line with six rebounds and three assists against FDU (Dec. 10). Last: 21 at Marquette (3/4/15) • Finished with 24 points after a 6-for-12 performance from the field while shooting 10-plus rebounds 4 7 4-of-6 from downtown and 8-of-8 from the line against Syracuse (Dec. 6). Last: 10 vs. DePaul (2/11/15) • Recorded 31 points and a career-best 17 rebounds for his fourth-career double-dou- Double-Doubles 3 6 ble against Franklin Pierce (Nov. 17) while making his 200th career 3-pointer. Last: 33 pts., 10 rebs. vs. DePaul (2/11/15) 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-1 20 3-8 .375 1-3 .333 3-5 .600 2-5 7 5 4 0 0 0 10 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-1 38 7-13 .538 5-8 .625 12-16 .750 6-11 17 3 2 2 1 0 31 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-1 37 5-14 .357 1-6 .167 3-3 1.000 2-5 7 4 2 2 0 0 14 N26 MINNESOTA 1-1 40 5-17 .294 2-6 .333 7-9 .778 3-6 9 4 2 1 1 6 19 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA 1-1 38 4-16 .250 2-9 .222 5-6 .833 2-3 5 4 1 3 0 0 15 D2 NIAGARA 1-1 32 6-13 .462 1-5 .200 3-4 .750 0-9 9 3 1 1 0 0 16 D6 at Syracuse 1-1 38 6-12 .500 4-6 .667 8-8 1.000 0-3 3 2 1 1 0 2 24 D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-1 36 8-14 .571 2-7 .286 8-8 1.000 1-5 6 2 3 1 2 1 26 D14 FORDHAM 1-1 35 8-12 .667 2-5 .400 4-4 1.000 0-2 2 1 1 0 1 1 22 D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-1 37 7-16 .438 2-5 .400 5-8 .625 0-1 1 3 1 3 0 3 21 D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-1 32 3-8 .375 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 2-8 10 2 1 1 0 0 9 D28 vs. Tulane 1-1 27 7-13 .538 1-4 .250 6-6 1.000 0-2 2 3 3 0 0 1 21 D31 at Seton Hall 1-1 38 9-17 .529 2-8 .250 5-7 .714 1-3 4 5 1 1 0 1 25 J3 BUTLER 1-1 40 10-21 .476 2-5 .400 9-11 .818 1-4 5 5 2 1 1 3 31 J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-1 38 8-15 .533 2-3 .667 7-8 .875 1-3 4 3 2 0 0 1 25 J14 at Providence 1-1 39 7-14 .500 4-6 .667 2-3 .667 0-4 4 3 4 3 0 1 20 J18 at DePaul 1-1 44 2-10 .200 0-3 .000 7-9 .778 0-5 5 5 1 2 1 2 11 J21 MARQUETTE 1-1 35 3-18 .167 3-11 .273 2-2 1.000 1-2 3 2 1 2 2 2 11 J25 No. 5/6 DUKE 1-1 35 5-14 .357 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 2-2 4 5 2 2 0 1 12 J28 at Creighton 1-1 40 4-15 .267 4-9 .444 6-7 .857 0-6 6 3 1 1 0 1 18 J31 PROVIDENCE 1-1 35 5-12 .417 2-6 .333 3-7 .429 3-0 3 2 0 3 0 1 15 F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-1 28 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 6-8 .750 1-3 4 5 1 3 0 0 10 F7 CREIGHTON 1-1 35 5-8 .625 2-4 .500 9-9 1.000 2-8 10 3 6 0 0 0 21 F11 DePAUL 1-1 40 10-14 .714 6-8 .750 7-7 1.000 0-10 10 4 1 3 1 1 33 F14 at Xavier 1-1 37 5-12 .417 1-4 .250 7-9 .778 0-5 5 2 3 2 1 1 18 F17 at Georgetown 1-1 29 0-9 .000 0-5 .000 5-6 .833 0-4 4 3 3 1 0 0 5 F21 SETON HALL 1-1 31 4-9 .444 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 0-6 6 4 3 3 0 1 12 F23 XAVIER 1-1 31 7-14 .500 3-5 .600 3-4 .750 0-1 1 4 1 3 0 1 20 F28 GEORGETOWN 1-1 20 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 1-2 3 4 3 1 2 0 1 M4 at Marquette 1-1 40 7-16 .438 4-8 .500 3-4 .750 2-4 6 2 3 3 1 2 21 M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-1 34 6-14 .429 1-5 .200 2-3 .667 0-4 4 5 1 1 0 1 15 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2011-12 32-29 1130-35.3 158-421 .375 76-207 .367 152-189 .804 41-83 124-3.9 94-2 66 69 8 52 544-17.0 2012-13 27-25 945-35.0 155-393 .394 58-184 .315 113-147 .769 29-87 116-4.3 71-2 61 59 8 37 481-17.8 2013-14 33-33 1086-32.9 169-443 .381 64-173 .370 174-202 .861 29-132 161-4.9 83-2 62 48 16 32 576-17.5 2014-15 31-31 1079-34.8 168-398 .422 64-170 .376 152-189 .804 33-136 169-5.5 105-7 61 50 14 34 552-17.8 Totals 123-118 4240-34.5 650-1655 .393 262-734 .357 591-727 .813 132-438 570-4.6 353-13 250 226 46 155 2153-17.5 2014-15 Career Highs • Set a career high with five steals after posting four points, six rebounds and four Category No. Opponent (Date) points against Xavier (Feb. 23). Points 16 vs. Long Beach State (12/22/14) • Posted his sixth 10+ rebound performance of the season with 10 rebounds, eight FG 7 vs. Long Beach State (12/22/14) points, six blocks and a steal against Providence (Jan. 31). • Pulled down 10 boards along with six points, five blocks, an assist and a pair of steals FGA 9 2x, last vs. NJIT (11/14/14) against Marquette (Jan. 21). 3FG - - • Recorded a career-best 16 points on a 7-of-8 performance while adding eight 3FGA 1 vs. Marquette (1/25/15) rebounds and six blocks against Long Beach State (Dec. 22). FTM 6 vs. Minnesota (11/26/14) • Picked up the second double-double of his career with a 10-point, 12-rebound per- FTA 11 vs. Minnesota (11/26/14) formance and six blocks against Fairleigh Dickinson (Dec. 10). Rebounds 16 vs. Syracuse (12/6/14) • Finished with a career-best 16 rebounds while adding five points and four blocks Assists 5 vs. St. Francis (12/15/12) against Syracuse (Dec. 6). Blocks 11 vs. Fordham (12/8/12) • Recorded 10 points and nine rebounds on a career-best six free throws made and 11 Steals 5 vs. Xavier (2/23/15) free throw attempts against Minnesota (Nov. 26). Minutes 39 vs. Syracuse (12/6/14) • Picked up 10 rebounds and eight blocks against LIU Brooklyn (Nov. 19). • Posted his first-career double-double with a 13-point, 13-rebound performance in 35 Miscellaneous Statistics minutes against NJIT (Nov. 14) Category 14-15 Career 2013-14 Double-Figure Scoring 5 9 • Matched a career-best 11 points on a 5-of-7 performance from the field while adding Last: 11 vs. Butler (1/3/15) six rebounds against then-No. 12/12 Creighton (Feb. 9). • Shot 5-of-8 from the field for 10 points, five rebounds and three blocks against 20-plus points - - Providence (Feb. 4). Last: - • Picked up seven points, seven rebounds and seven blocks on a 3-of-3 performance 10-plus rebounds 6 13 from the field against Marquette (Feb. 1). Last: 10 vs. Providence (1/31/15) • Named to Barclays Center Classic All-Tournament Team after 13 blocks, 18 rebounds, Double-Doubles 2 2 nine points and three assists against Penn St. (Nov. 29) and GA Tech (Nov. 30). Last: 10 pts., 12 rebs. vs. FDU (12/10/14) 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-1 35 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 3-10 13 3 0 2 4 0 13 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-1 22 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 3-5 8 4 1 2 2 1 8 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-1 34 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 3-7 10 2 0 0 8 0 5 N26 MINNESOTA 1-1 34 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 6-11 .545 4-5 9 4 0 5 3 2 10 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA 1-1 22 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2-2 4 5 0 1 3 2 1 D2 NIAGARA 1-1 26 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 1-6 7 4 1 2 3 1 5 D6 at Syracuse 1-1 39 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 6-10 16 2 1 0 4 0 5 D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-1 37 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 3-9 12 2 1 1 6 1 10 D14 FORDHAM 1-1 16 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-1 3 3 0 0 0 1 6 D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-1 25 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3-4 7 5 0 0 2 0 8 D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-1 37 7-8 .875 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 2-6 8 2 0 1 6 2 16 D28 vs. Tulane 1-1 22 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-7 8 2 0 0 4 0 2 D31 at Seton Hall 1-1 33 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 4-1 5 4 0 3 5 0 7 J3 BUTLER 1-1 35 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4-3 7 4 0 0 5 0 11 J6 No. 8/8 VLLANOVA 1-1 25 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-3 5 4 0 0 3 1 8 J14 at Providence 1-1 23 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-3 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 J18 at DePaul 1-1 35 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 1-2 3 4 0 2 2 3 7 J21 MARQUETTE 1-1 31 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 6-4 10 4 1 2 5 2 6 J25 No. 5/6 DUKE 1-1 36 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 2-6 .333 2-6 8 5 3 0 0 3 4 J28 at Creighton 1-1 33 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3-5 8 3 2 3 2 0 7 J31 PROVIDENCE 1-1 35 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3-7 10 2 0 1 6 1 8 F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-1 9 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1-1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 F7 CREIGHTON 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier 1-0 22 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1-4 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 F17 at Georgetown 1-0 13 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 3 0 1 2 0 4 F21 SETON HALL 1-0 27 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 3-6 9 1 1 3 3 0 6 F23 XAVIER 1-0 33 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0-6 6 4 1 2 4 5 4 F28 GEORGETOWN 1-0 19 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 2-2 4 5 1 1 3 2 5 M4 at Marquette 1-1 32 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2-3 5 4 1 0 4 1 2 M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova DNP ------Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2012-13 33-11 857-26.0 55-122 .451 0-0 .000 18-46 .391 76-128 204-6.2 86-3 36 44 133 31 128-3.9 2013-14 32-17 642-20.1 54-96 .563 0-0 .000 15-37 .405 58-96 154-4.8 76-4 26 34 94 14 123-3.8 2014-15 29-23 790-27.2 64-138 .464 0-1 .000 42-81 .519 70-130 200-6.9 92-6 16 34 93 30 170-5.9 Totals 94-51 2289-24.4 173-356 .486 0-1 .000 75-164 .457 204-354 558-5.9 254-13 78 112 320 75 421-4.5 2014-15 Career Highs • Played a career-high 18 minutes, shooting 2-for-5 for five points and a rebound Category No. Opponent (Date) against Georgetown (Feb. 17). Points 7 vs. Creighton (2/7/15) • Picked up seven points on a 3-for-4 performance against Creighton (Feb. 7). FG 3 vs. Creighton (2/7/15) • Recorded five points with three rebounds and a steal on a 2-of-3 performance from FGA 5 2x, last at Georgetown (2/17/15) the field against Creighton (Jan. 28). 3FG 1 5x, last at Georgetown (2/17/15) • Pulled down a career-high five rebounds against DePaul (Jan. 18). 3FGA 3 2x, last at Georgetown (2/17/15) • Posted four points on a 2-for-2 performance with two rebounds, a block and a steal FTM 1 vs. Long Beach State (12/22/14) in 14 minutes against Providence (Jan. 14). FTA 2 3x, last at Georgetown (2/17/15) • Picked up three points and two rebounds in six minutes of action against Tulane at Rebounds 5 2x, last at Xavier (2/14/15) The Barclays Center (Dec. 28). Assists 1 3x, last at Xavier (2/14/15) • Earned his first career rebound against Fordham (Dec. 14). Blocks 1 3x, last at Villanova (3/7/15) Steals 2 at Xavier (2/14/15) • Posted his first career points with a 3-pointer and a block against Niagara (Dec. 2). Minutes 18 at Georgetown (2/17/15) On Alibegovic: • Ranked as the No. 41 prospect of his age in Europe Miscellaneous Statistics • Named to the preliminary 23-man roster for the Bosnia and Herzegovina Senior Category 14-15 Career National Team in advance of the EuroBasket 2015 Second Qualifying Round Double-Figure Scoring - - • Helped Bosnia and Herzegovina post a perfect 8-0 mark to win the 2014 U20 Last: - European Championship Division B 20-plus points - - • Recorded three double-figure games and averaged 5.1 points on 54.8 percent shoot- Last: - ing to go with 2.8 rebounds for U20 squad 10-plus rebounds - - • Also played in Italy for Stella Azzurra junior squad Last: - • Son of Teo Alibegovic, who joined Gary Payton in guiding Oregon State to consecu- Double-Doubles - - tive NCAA Tournament appearances in 1988-89 and 1989-90. Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-0 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE DNP ------N19 LIU BROOKLYN DNP ------N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA DNP ------D2 NIAGARA 1-0 4 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 D6 at Syracuse 1-0 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON DNP ------D14 FORDHAM 1-0 5 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 D19 SAINT MARY’S DNP ------D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 D28 vs. Tulane 1-0 6 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J14 at Providence 1-0 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 3 1 0 1 0 4 J18 at DePaul 1-0 16 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-3 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 J21 MARQUETTE 1-0 8 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-3 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 J25 No. 5/6 DUKE 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J28 at Creighton 1-0 17 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 0-2 .000 2-1 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 J31 PROVIDENCE 1-0 9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-0 8 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 F7 CREIGHTON 1-0 15 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-0 1 3 0 1 0 0 7 F11 DePAUL 1-0 10 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 3-1 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 F14 at Xavier 1-0 13 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-4 5 3 1 0 0 2 2 F17 at Georgetown 1-0 18 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 F21 SETON HALL 1-1 9 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 F23 XAVIER 1-1 6 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette 1-0 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-0 15 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2014-15 22-2 192-8.7 14-39 .359 5-22 .227 1-7 .143 12-23 35-1.6 40-0 3 9 3 4 34-1.5 Totals 22-2 192-8.7 14-39 .359 5-22 .227 1-7 .143 12-23 35-1.6 40-0 3 9 3 4 34-1.5 2014-15 Career Highs • Matched a career-high in both points (24) and minutes (40) after shooting 8-for-13 Category No. Opponent (Date) from the field with seven rebounds against Georgetown (Feb. 28). Points 24 3x, last vs. Georgetown (2/28/15) • Earned his 1,000th-career point in a 19-point (8-for-15) performance while adding six FG 9 3x, last at Xavier (2/14/15) blocks, four steals and nine rebounds against Xavier (Feb. 23). FGA 17 vs. Duke (1/25/15) • Recorded 22 points and 10 rebounds on an 8-for-12 performance from the field 3FG 3 at Saint Joseph’s (3/19/13) against Seton Hall (Feb. 21). 3FGA 4 at Notre Dame (3/5/13) • Picked up 16 points on a 6-for-14 performance from the field while adding eight FTM 12 at Providence (1/14/15) rebounds and a block against Georgetown (Feb. 17). • Matched a career-high 24 points after shooting 9-for-10 from the field and 6-for-6 FTA 14 at Providence (1/14/15) from the line against Xavier (Feb. 14). Rebounds 13 at Marquette (3/4/15) • Posted a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds on a 7-for-12 performance Assists 11 vs. Fordham (12/7/13) from the field against DePaul (Feb. 11). Blocks 8 vs. Creighton (2/7/15) • Shot 7-of-15 from the field for 19 points, six rebounds, two blocks and a steal against Steals 7 vs. Tulane (12/28/14) then-No. 22/22 Butler (Feb. 3). Minutes 40 6x, last at Marquette (3/4/15) • Finished with the third 20+ point of his career after scoring 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists while shooting 6-for-10 from the field against Providence (Jan. 31). Miscellaneous Statistics • Earned his ninth career double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds while adding Category 14-15 Career four assists, three steals and three blocks against then-No. 5/6 Duke (Jan. 25). Double-Figure Scoring 21 46 • Matched a career high with 12 rebounds and six blocks on his way to his eighth Last: 10 at Marquette (3/4/15) career double-double against Marquette (Jan. 21). 20-plus points 6 6 • Recorded a career night with 24 points on a 9-of-13 performance from the field while Last: 24 vs. Georgetown (2/28/15) also earning a career-best seven steals against Tulane (Dec. 28). 10-plus rebounds 9 14 • Posted his second double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds while Last: 13 at Marquette (3/4/15) adding five assists against Saint Mary’s (Dec. 19). Double-Doubles 8 13 • Opened the season by recording a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds Last: 10 pts., 13 rebs. at Marquette (3/4/15) against NJIT (Nov. 14). 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-1 36 3-8 .375 0-2 .000 7-8 .875 1-9 10 2 1 0 0 2 13 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-1 31 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3-2 5 4 2 1 0 3 8 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-1 36 8-10 .800 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2-6 8 2 2 2 6 2 18 N26 MINNESOTA 1-1 32 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 3-8 11 3 3 2 1 5 8 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA 1-1 29 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 4-5 9 5 5 0 0 4 9 D2 NIAGARA 1-0 30 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-9 9 1 4 1 3 1 8 D6 at Syracuse 1-1 36 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 2-6 8 3 5 4 3 2 9 D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-1 23 6-6 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-6 6 5 2 3 2 1 12 D14 FORDHAM 1-1 23 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 0-3 3 3 0 1 0 1 7 D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-1 39 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 1-10 11 2 5 2 2 1 11 D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-1 39 4-13 .308 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 1-6 7 1 7 2 3 2 11 D28 vs. Tulane 1-1 34 9-13 .692 0-1 .000 6-7 .857 0-4 4 1 4 3 2 7 24 D31 at Seton Hall 1-1 34 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4-3 7 5 1 1 1 0 4 J3 BUTLER 1-1 40 4-13 .308 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 0-8 8 2 4 0 3 3 9 J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-1 23 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 0-2 2 5 1 1 4 0 9 J14 at Providence 1-1 37 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 12-14 .857 0-8 8 4 3 3 1 2 18 J18 at DePaul 1-1 29 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1-0 1 5 2 2 1 0 10 J21 MARQUETTE 1-1 39 7-13 .538 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 5-7 12 4 6 2 6 2 15 J25 No. 5/6 DUKE 1-1 40 9-17 .529 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000 3-7 10 2 4 2 3 3 21 J28 at Creighton 1-1 37 5-16 .313 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 3-7 10 4 6 1 3 3 13 J31 PROVIDENCE 1-1 35 6-10 .600 1-1 1.000 7-8 .875 2-5 7 4 5 5 1 1 20 F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-1 35 7-15 .467 0-2 .000 5-6 .833 4-2 6 4 0 0 2 1 19 F7 CREIGHTON 1-1 34 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-5 7 4 1 3 8 0 10 F11 DePAUL 1-1 39 7-12 .583 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3-8 11 1 1 2 5 1 15 F14 at Xavier 1-1 40 9-10 .900 0-0 .000 6-6 1.000 2-3 5 2 1 3 2 4 24 F17 at Georgetown 1-1 37 6-14 .429 0-0 .000 4-5 .8000 5-3 8 3 0 4 1 0 16 F21 SETON HALL 1-1 35 8-12 .667 1-2 .500 5-7 .714 2-8 10 3 3 1 3 2 22 F23 XAVIER 1-1 40 8-15 .533 0-1 .000 3-7 .429 3-6 9 2 3 3 6 4 19 F28 GEORGETOWN 1-1 40 8-13 .615 0-0 .000 8-13 .615 1-6 7 0 2 1 2 1 24 M4 at Marquette 1-1 40 5-16 .313 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4-9 13 2 7 5 2 3 10 M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-1 28 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1-3 4 2 5 0 1 0 8 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2011-12 32-25 959-30.0 84-208 .404 7-37 .189 36-65 .554 41-107 148-4.6 102-5 49 55 29 51 211-6.6 2012-13 32-20 860-26.9 80-157 .510 9-27 .333 52-79 .658 38-138 176-5.5 95-7 91 57 29 46 221-6.9 2013-14 33-1 698-21.2 67-153 .438 3-20 .150 57-78 .731 18-86 104-3.2 71-4 61 40 35 40 194-5.9 2014-15 31-30 1070-34.5 164-312 .526 2-22 .091 94-130 .723 62-174 236-7.6 90-5 95 60 77 61 424-13.7 Totals 128-76 3587-28.0 395-830 .476 21-106 .198 239-352 .679 159-505 664-5.2 358-21 296 212 170 198 1050-8.2 On Henderson: Career Highs • Reached the 1,000-point plateau at Lake Highland Prep Category No. Opponent (Date) • Helped Highlanders win back-to-back FHSAA Class 4A State Championships as junior Points - - FG - - and senior FGA - - • Scored 15 points in 2013-14 title game to help squad repeat as state champions 3FG - - • A two-time State All-Tournament Team selection 3FGA - - FTM - - • Earned third team All-Orange County and fourth team All-Central Florida honors as FTA - - a junior Rebounds - - Assists - - Blocks - - Steals - - Minutes - - Miscellaneous Statistics Category 14-15 Career Double-Figure Scoring - - Last: - 20-plus points - - Last: - 10-plus rebounds - - Last: - Double-Doubles - - Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT DNP ------N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE DNP ------N19 LIU BROOKLYN DNP ------N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA DNP ------D2 NIAGARA DNP ------D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON DNP ------D14 FORDHAM DNP ------D19 SAINT MARY’S DNP ------D22 LONG BEACH STATE DNP ------D28 vs. Tulane DNP ------D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA DNP ------J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul DNP ------J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton DNP ------J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler DNP ------F7 CREIGHTON DNP ------F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier DNP ------F17 at Georgetown DNP ------F21 SETON HALL DNP ------F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova DNP ------Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2014-15 ------Totals ------2014-15: Career Highs • Picked up 21 points after shooting 8-for-17 from the field with a career-high eight Category No. Opponent (Date) assists against then-No.4 Villanova (March 7). Points 25 vs. Creighton (2/7/15) • Recorded 23 points on a 6-for-11 performance from the field, including 5-for-9 from FG 9 2x, last vs. Creighton (2/7/15) downtown, against Marquette (March 4). • Posted 18 points, six rebounds and six assists on a 6-for-15 performance from the field FGA 21 at Butler (2/3/15) against Seton Hall (Feb. 21). 3FG 6 vs. Creighton (2/7/15) • Had a career-night with a 25-point performance, shooting 9-of-12 from the field and 3FGA 9 at Marquette (3/4/15) 6-of-8 from downtown, against Creighton (2/7/15) FTM 10 vs. DePaul (2/11/15) • Picked up 17 points on a career-high 21 shot attempts while adding four rebounds and FTA 14 2x, last vs. DePaul (2/11/15) four assists against then-No. 22/22 Butler (Feb. 3). Rebounds 8 vs. Franklin Pierce (11/17/14) • Set a career high with two blocks while adding four rebounds and four assists to a Assists 8 at Villanova (3/7/15) 14-point performance against Providence (Jan. 31). Blocks 2 vs. Providence (1/31/15) • Shot 6-of-14 from the field for 18 points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and a Steals 5 at Marquette (3/8/14) block against then-No. 5/6 Duke (Jan. 25). Minutes 43 at Marquette (3/8/14) • Posted 17 points on a 6-of-11 performance from the field against Providence (Jan. 14). • Matched a career-high 24 points after shooting 9-for-12 from the field and 3-of-5 from downtown against Fordham (Dec. 14). Miscellaneous Statistics • Recorded 18 points and seven rebounds while adding a career-best 14 free throw Category 14-15 Career attempts against Minnesota (Nov. 26). Double-Figure Scoring 22 36 • Picked up 15 points in 24 minutes on a 6-for-9 performance from the field against LIU Last: 21 at Villanova (3/7/15) Brooklyn in the NIT Season Tip-Off (Nov. 19). 20-plus points 4 6 • Finished with 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists against Franklin Pierce (Nov. 17). Last: 21 at Villanova (3/7/15) 10-plus rebounds - - 2013-14: Last: - • Posted 20 points on a 6-for-12 performance from the field and 7-for-10 from the Double-Doubles - - line in a career-best 43 minutes against Marquette (March 8). Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT 1-1 27 6-13 .462 1-3 .333 5-8 .625 1-3 4 2 5 1 0 1 18 N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-1 38 7-15 .467 1-3 .333 4-7 .571 5-3 8 3 6 4 0 1 19 N19 LIU BROOKLYN 1-1 24 6-9 .667 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0-4 4 3 2 2 0 2 15 N26 MINNESOTA 1-1 36 5-14 .357 0-4 .000 8-14 .571 4-3 7 1 3 6 1 3 18 N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA 1-1 38 6-16 .375 1-4 .250 5-9 .556 3-0 3 5 1 9 0 4 18 D2 NIAGARA 1-0 26 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 5-7 .714 0-2 2 3 4 2 1 2 8 D6 at Syracuse 1-0 33 4-11 .364 1-2 .500 2-4 .500 3-3 6 3 2 4 0 1 11 D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-0 24 3-8 .375 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 1-1 2 2 5 2 0 1 8 D14 FORDHAM 1-0 29 9-12 .750 3-5 .600 3-3 1.000 0-3 3 3 2 2 0 4 24 D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-0 28 2-11 .182 1-5 .200 1-4 .250 2-0 2 4 1 3 0 1 6 D22 LONG BEACH STATE DNP ------D28 vs. Tulane 1-0 22 5-11 .455 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-2 2 4 3 3 1 2 12 D31 at Seton Hall 1-0 23 4-10 .400 0-2 .000 3-6 .500 2-2 4 4 1 2 0 3 11 J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-0 26 0-6 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0-1 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 J14 at Providence 1-1 36 6-11 .545 1-2 .500 4-6 .667 2-1 3 3 2 3 0 1 17 J18 at DePaul 1-1 39 5-11 .455 0-2 .000 7-9 .778 0-2 2 3 4 4 0 4 17 J21 MARQUETTE 1-1 38 5-11 .455 2-4 .500 3-3 1.000 1-3 4 1 3 3 0 2 15 J25 No. 5/6 DUKE 1-1 38 6-14 .429 2-4 .500 4-5 .800 2-2 4 4 3 4 1 2 18 J28 at Creighton 1-1 7 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 J31 PROVIDENCE 1-0 32 5-6 .833 1-1 1.000 3-4 .750 2-2 4 2 4 1 2 1 14 F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-1 38 6-21 .286 1-7 .143 4-7 .571 1-3 4 1 4 3 1 0 17 F7 CREIGHTON 1-1 36 9-12 .750 6-8 .750 1-2 .500 0-6 6 2 4 3 0 1 25 F11 DePAUL 1-1 32 2-9 .222 1-3 .333 10-14 .714 2-5 7 4 4 3 1 3 15 F14 at Xavier 1-1 20 3-8 .375 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-1 1 3 2 3 0 2 8 F17 at Georgetown 1-1 26 1-6 .167 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-2 2 3 2 5 0 0 3 F21 SETON HALL 1-1 37 6-15 .400 2-6 .333 4-4 1.000 1-5 6 2 6 1 0 1 18 F23 XAVIER 1-1 38 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 0-3 .000 0-5 5 3 6 0 0 2 10 F28 GEORGETOWN 1-1 39 3-9 .333 2-6 .333 7-8 .875 1-3 4 2 3 2 0 3 15 M4 at Marquette 1-1 40 6-11 .545 5-9 .556 6-9 .667 1-2 3 2 2 3 0 2 23 M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-1 33 8-17 .471 3-8 .375 2-2 1.000 0-3 3 2 8 4 0 0 21 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2013-14 29-22 761-26.2 100-240 .417 17-61 .279 63-95 .663 31-60 91-3.1 86-2 88 65 1 36 280-9.7 2014-15 29-20 903-31.1 136-313 .435 41-111 .369 97-147 .660 34-73 107-3.7 76-1 93 86 9 50 410-14.1 Totals 58-42 1664-28.7 236-553 .427 58-172 .337 160-242 .661 65-133 198-3.4 162-3 181 151 10 86 690-11.9 On Harris IV: Career Highs • Four-year letterwinner at Tampa Catholic High School Category No. Opponent (Date) • Two-time captain Points - - • Earned honorable mention All-Hillsborough County accolades as a senior FG - - • Scored 14 points in title game to help squad win City of Tampa Championship as a FGA - - 3FG - - senior 3FGA - - • Two-year letterwinner on the Tampa Catholic H.S. track team FTM - - FTA - - Rebounds - - Assists - - Blocks - - Steals - - Minutes - - Miscellaneous Statistics Category 14-15 Career Double-Figure Scoring - - Last: - 20-plus points - - Last: - 10-plus rebounds - - Last: - Double-Doubles - - Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT DNP ------N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE DNP ------N19 LIU BROOKLYN DNP ------N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA DNP ------D2 NIAGARA DNP ------D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON DNP ------D14 FORDHAM DNP ------D19 SAINT MARY’S DNP ------D22 LONG BEACH STATE DNP ------D28 vs. Tulane DNP ------D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA DNP ------J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul DNP ------J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton DNP ------J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler DNP ------F7 CREIGHTON DNP ------F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier DNP ------F17 at Georgetown DNP ------F21 SETON HALL DNP ------F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova DNP ------Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2014-15 ------Totals ------On De La Rosa: Career Highs • Ranked by ESPN as a three-star recruit and the 14th-best high school senior in New Category No. Opponent (Date) York Points - - • Named the 2013-14 New York Daily News Queens Player of the Year FG - - • Also earned the 2013-14 first team All-City and first team All-Queens honors from FGA - - 3FG - - the Daily News 3FGA - - • Selected to both city and state All-Tournament teams as a senior FTM - - • A McDonald’s All-American Games nominee and a Jordan Brand Classic participant FTA - - as a senior Rebounds - - • Helped guide Christ The King to back-to-back and state Federation championships Assists - - Blocks - - as a junior and a senior Steals - - • A Daily News first team All-Queens selection as a junior Minutes - - Miscellaneous Statistics Category 14-15 Career Double-Figure Scoring - - Last: - 20-plus points - - Last: - 10-plus rebounds - - Last: - Double-Doubles - - Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT DNP ------N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE DNP ------N19 LIU BROOKLYN DNP ------N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA DNP ------D2 NIAGARA DNP ------D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON DNP ------D14 FORDHAM DNP ------D19 SAINT MARY’S DNP ------D22 LONG BEACH STATE DNP ------D28 vs. Tulane DNP ------D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA DNP ------J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul DNP ------J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton DNP ------J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler DNP ------F7 CREIGHTON DNP ------F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier DNP ------F17 at Georgetown DNP ------F21 SETON HALL DNP ------F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova DNP ------Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2014-15 ------Totals ------On Nwachie: Career Highs • Four-year letterwinner at Fairfax High School where he served as team captain dur- Category No. Opponent (Date) ing his junior and senior seasons Points - - • Named a first team All-Western League selection after leading his squad to a 22-11 FG - - record as a senior FGA - - 3FG - - • Earned second team All-Western League accolades as a junior 3FGA - - FTM - - FTA - - Rebounds - - Assists - - Blocks - - Steals - - Minutes - - Miscellaneous Statistics Category 14-15 Career Double-Figure Scoring - - Last: - 20-plus points - - Last: - 10-plus rebounds - - Last: - Double-Doubles - - Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT DNP ------N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE DNP ------N19 LIU BROOKLYN DNP ------N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA DNP ------D2 NIAGARA DNP ------D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON DNP ------D14 FORDHAM DNP ------D19 SAINT MARY’S DNP ------D22 LONG BEACH STATE DNP ------D28 vs. Tulane DNP ------D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA DNP ------J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul DNP ------J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton DNP ------J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler DNP ------F7 CREIGHTON DNP ------F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier DNP ------F17 at Georgetown DNP ------F21 SETON HALL DNP ------F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova DNP ------Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2014-15 ------Totals ------2014-15: Career Highs • Made his first start of the season against Georgetown (Feb. 17), posting up two Category No. Opponent (Date) points and two rebounds in nine minutes of play. Points 3 vs. Tulane (12/28/14) FG 1 3x, last at Georgetown (2/17/15) • Picked up three points, four rebounds and a steal in six minutes of action against FGA 2 3x, last at Georgetown (2/17/15) Tulane (Dec. 28). 3FG - - • Recorded two blocks and a rebound in 12 minutes in his collegiate debut against 3FGA - - FTM 1 vs. Tulane (12/28/14) Saint Mary’s (Dec. 19). FTA 4 vs. Tulane (12/28/14) • Had to sit out the the first nine games due to NCAA transfer regulations. Rebounds 4 vs. Tulane (12/28/14) Assists - - Blocks 2 vs. Saint Mary’s (12/19/14) On De La Rosa: Steals 1 vs. Tulane (12/28/14) • Appeared in 37 games, including 11 starts, in three seasons at FIU where he aver- Minutes 12 vs. Saint Mary’s (12/19/14) aged 1.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in 7.2 minutes of action • Helped guide Montverde Academy to a 22-4 record and a No. 35 national ranking as Miscellaneous Statistics Category 14-15 Career a senior Double-Figure Scoring - - • Rated by ESPN as the No. 42 center in the country as a senior Last: - • Began high school career at St. Raymond’s 20-plus points - - Last: - 10-plus rebounds - - Last: - Double-Doubles - - Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT DNP ------N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE DNP ------N19 LIU BROOKLYN DNP ------N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No. 10/8 GONZAGA DNP ------D2 NIAGARA DNP ------D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON DNP ------D14 FORDHAM DNP ------D19 SAINT MARY’S 1-0 12 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 D22 LONG BEACH STATE 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 D28 vs. Tulane 1-0 6 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 2-2 4 2 0 2 0 1 3 D31 at Seton Hall 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 J3 BUTLER 1-0 5 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J14 at Providence 1-0 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 J18 at DePaul DNP ------J21 MARQUETTE 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J25 No. 5/6 DUKE 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 J28 at Creighton DNP ------J31 PROVIDENCE 1-0 1 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 F3 at No. 22/22 Butler 1-0 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 F7 CREIGHTON 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .00 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 F17 at Georgetown 1-1 9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 F21 SETON HALL 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN DNP ------M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-1 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2014-15 16-2 71-4.4 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 1-7 .143 4-9 13-0.8 19-0 0 3 2 1 7-0.4 Totals 16-2 71-4.4 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 1-7 .143 4-9 13-0.8 19-0 0 3 2 1 7-0.4 2013-14: Career Highs • Finished 1-of-1 from the field for first two career points in seven minutes in first Category No. Opponent (Date) collegiate start against Georgetown (Jan. 4). Points 2 vs. Georgetown (1/4/14) • Recorded one offensive rebound in his first minutes of the 2013-14 season against FG 1 vs. Georgetown (1/4/14) Fordham (Dec. 7). FGA 1 3x, last at Villanova (3/7/15) On Ndiaye: 3FG - - • Served as a member of the St. John’s practice squad in 2011-12 before walking on 3FGA - - for the 2012-13 season. FTM - - • Played in 27 contests and started 18 for the NCAA Division II Chestnut Hill College FTA - - Griffins of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC). Rebounds 1 3x, last vs. Fordham (12/7/13) • Averaged 21.1 minutes per game as a freshman in 2010-11 where he contributed Assists - - 8.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per outing. 62 of his 132 total rebounds were on the Blocks - - offensive end of the floor. Steals - - Minutes 7 2x, last at Villanova (3/7/15) • Fired at a 51.6 percent clip from the field and led the Griffins in scoring four times and was the top rebounder on five occasions. • Posted nine games of double-digit scoring, four contests of double-figure rebound- Miscellaneous Statistics ing and three double-doubles. Category 14-15 Career • A two-time CACC Rookie of the Week, sharing the honor on January 18 and win- Double-Figure Scoring - - ning it outright on March 7. Last: - • Netted 23 points on March 4 vs. Bloomfield in the CACC semifinals game to go 20-plus points - - along with seven rebounds to earn the Rookie honor. Last: - • Recorded his first double-double with 18 points and 10 caroms vs. Cheyney (Dec. 4). 10-plus rebounds - - • Posted back-to-back double-doubles with 14 points and 10 boards vs. Bloomfield Last: - (Jan. 8) and 17 points with 11 rebounds at University of the Sciences (Jan. 11). Double-Doubles - - • Led his high school, Christ the King, to the 2010 New York State Title. Last: - 2014-15 Game-By-Game Statistics Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts N14 NJIT DNP ------N17 FRANKLIN PIERCE 1-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N19 LIU BROOKLYN DNP ------N26 MINNESOTA DNP ------N28 No.10/8 GONZAGA 1-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D2 NIAGARA DNP ------D6 at Syracuse DNP ------D10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 D14 FORDHAM 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D19 SAINT MARY’S DNP ------D22 LONG BEACH STATE DNP ------D28 vs. Tulane 1-0 0+ 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D31 at Seton Hall DNP ------J3 BUTLER DNP ------J6 No. 8/8 VILLANOVA DNP ------J14 at Providence DNP ------J18 at DePaul DNP ------J21 MARQUETTE DNP ------J25 No. 5/6 DUKE DNP ------J28 at Creighton DNP ------J31 PROVIDENCE DNP ------F3 at No. 22/22 Butler DNP ------F7 CREIGHTON 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F11 DePAUL DNP ------F14 at Xavier DNP ------F17 at Georgetown 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F21 SETON HALL 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F23 XAVIER DNP ------F28 GEORGETOWN 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M4 at Marquette DNP ------M7 at No. 4/4 Villanova 1-0 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Statistics Year G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-O Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg 2012-13 6-0 8-1.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2-0.3 1-0 0 1 0 0 0-0.0 2013-14 6-1 15-2.5 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1-0.2 1-0 0 0 0 0 2-0.4 2014-15 10-0 13-1.3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0 Totals 22-1 36-1.6 1-5 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-1 3-0.1 3-0 0 1 0 0 2-0.1 Overall: 21-110 • BIG EAST: 10-88 • Home: 16-44 • Away: 4-66 • Neutral: 1-00

DATE TIME OPPONENT RANK W/L SCORE ATTEND HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS HIGH ASSISTS Nov. 14 7 p.m. NJIT - / - W 77-58 4,703 Jordan (18) Obekpa (13) Jordan (5) Nov. 17 7:30 p.m. FRANKLIN PIERCE - / - W 94-81 3,553 Harrison (31) Harrison (17) Branch (6) Jordan (6) Nov. 19 7:30 p.m. LIU BROOKLYN - / - W 66-53 3,733 Pointer (18) Obekpa (10) Harrison (2) Jordan (2) Pointer (2) Nov. 26 7 p.m. MINNESOTA RV / RV W 70-61 5,128 Harrison (19) Pointer (11) Jordan (3) Pointer (3) Nov. 28 7 p.m. GONZAGA 10 / 8 L 66-73 5,548 Greene IV (20) Pointer (9) Pointer (5) Dec. 2 7 p.m. NIAGARA - / - W 70-57 4,475 Harrison (16) Harrison (9) Branch (6) Pointer (9) Dec. 6 5:15 p.m. at Syracuse RV / RV W 69-57 24,884 Harrison (24) Obekpa (16) Pointer (5) Dec. 10 8 p.m. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON - / - W 74-52 4,528 Harrison (26) Obekpa (12) Jordan (5) Dec. 14 2 p.m. FORDHAM - / - W 74-53 8,074 Jordan (24) Jones (6) Branch (7) Dec. 19 7 p.m. SAINT MARY’S - / RV W 53-47 4,645 Harrison (21) Pointer (11) Pointer (5) Dec. 22 7:30 p.m. LONG BEACH STATE - / - W 66-49 5,014 Greene IV (16) Harrison (10) Pointer (7) Obekpa (16) Dec. 28 Noon vs. Tulane - / - W 82-57 6,032 Pointer (24) Obekpa (8) Pointer (4) Dec. 31 Noon • at Seton Hall - / RV L 67-78 9,183 Harrison (25) Branch (7) Branch (4) Pointer (7) Jan. 3 4 p.m. • BUTLER - / - L 69-73 5,602 Harrison (31) Pointer (8) Pointer (4) Jan. 6 9 p.m. • VILLANOVA 8 / 8 L 72-90 8,565 Harrison (25) Obekpa (5) Branch (3) Jan. 14 7 p.m. • at Providence RV / RV W 83-70 8,176 Greene IV (20) Pointer (8) Harrison (4) Harrison (20) Jan. 18 2:30 p.m. • at DePaul - / - L 67-71 (OT) 6,243 Greene IV (17) Alibegovic (5) Jordan (4) Jordan (17) Greene IV (5) Harrison (5) Jan. 21 7 p.m. • MARQUETTE - / - W 60-57 7,532 Jordan (15) Pointer (12) Pointer (6) Pointer (15) Jan. 25 2 p.m. DUKE 5 / 6 L 68-77 19,812 Pointer (21) Pointer (10) Pointer (4) Jan. 28 9 p.m. • at Creighton - / - L 74-77 16,544 Harrison (18) Pointer (10) Pointer (6) Jan. 31 Noon • PROVIDENCE RV / RV W 75-66 8,973 Pointer (20) Obekpa (10) Pointer (5) Feb. 3 7 p.m. • at Butler 22 / 22 L 62-85 7,132 Pointer (19) Pointer (6) Jordan (4) Feb. 7 Noon • CREIGHTON - / - W 84-66 10,759 Jordan (25) Harrison (10) Harrison (6) Feb. 11 9 p.m. • DE PAUL - / - W 86-78 5,040 Harrison (33) Pointer (11) Greene (4) Jordan (4) Feb. 14 12:30 p.m. • at Xavier RV / - W 78-70 10,250 Pointer (24) Alibegovic (5) Harrison (3) Harrison (5) Obekpa (5) Pointer (5) Feb. 17 7 p.m. • at Georgetown RV / RV L 57-79 8,685 Greene IV (18) Pointer (8) Branch (5) Feb. 21 Noon • SETON HALL - / - W 85-72 5,602 Pointer (22) Pointer (10) Jordan (6) Feb. 23 8 p.m. • XAVIER - / - W 58-57 6,634 Harrison (20) Pointer (9) Jordan (6) Feb. 28 Noon • GEORGETOWN RV / RV W 81-70 13,615 Greene IV (26) Greene IV (7) Harrison (3) Pointer (7) Jordan (3) March 4 9 p.m. • at Marquette - / - W 67-51 14,201 Jordan (23) Pointer (13) Pointer (7) March 7 2 p.m. • at Villanova 4 / 4 L 68-105 19,161 Jordan (21) Harrison (4) Jordan (8) Pointer (4) 2014-115 Overall Statistics (21-110, 10-88)

## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 11 HARRISON, D'A. 31 31 1079 34.8 168 398 .422 64 170 .376 152 189 .804 33 136 169 5.5 105 7 61 50 14 34 552 17.8 23 JORDAN, Ry. 29 20 903 31.1 136 313 .435 41 111 .369 97 147 .660 34 73 107 3.7 76 1 93 86 9 50 410 14.1 15 POINTER, Sir'D. 31 30 1070 34.5 164 312 .526 2 22 .091 94 130 .723 62 174 236 7.6 90 5 95 60 77 61 424 13.7 01 GREENE IV, Phil 31 31 1074 34.6 157 365 .430 60 150 .400 38 52 .731 16 84 100 3.2 28 0 51 35 1 29 412 13.3 12 OBEKPA, Chris 29 23 790 27.2 64 138 .464 0 1 .000 42 81 .519 70 130 200 6.9 92 6 16 34 93 30 170 5.9 00 BRANCH, Jamal 28 12 610 21.8 53 112 .473 9 27 .333 17 23 .739 15 54 69 2.5 45 1 69 26 0 18 132 4.7 14 ALIBEGOVIC, A. 22 2 192 8.7 14 39 .359 5 22 .227 1 7 .143 12 23 35 1.6 40 0 3 9 3 4 34 1.5 02 STEWART, Myles 19 1 95 5.0 10 33 .303 8 27 .296 0 0 .000 1 7 8 0.4 9 0 1 3 3 2 28 1.5 10 BALAMOU, Felix 21 3 202 9.6 11 36 .306 0 0 .000 7 11 .636 14 15 29 1.4 28 0 4 14 1 6 29 1.4 04 JONES, Christian 18 0 113 6.3 10 17 .588 0 1 .000 4 6 .667 7 16 23 1.3 11 0 0 4 1 1 24 1.3 34 DE LA ROSA, J. 16 2 71 4.4 3 8 .375 0 0 .000 1 7 .143 4 9 13 0.8 19 0 0 3 2 1 7 0.4 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 10 0 13 1.3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 05 LIPSCOMB, David11 0 13 1.2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 0.3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 TMTEAM...... 48 56 104 3.4 0 4 0 Total...... 31 790 1773 .446 189 531 .356 453 653 .694 316 780 1096 35.4 545 20 395 329 204 236 2222 71.7 Opponents...... 31 743 1833 .405 215 663 .324 389 595 .654 413 791 1204 38.8 581 -4418 408 105 156 2090 67.4

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total St. John's 1087 1129 6 2222 Opponents 963 1117 10 2090

Team Statistics Category Leaders

Team Statistics SJU OPP SCORING AVERAGE G Pts Avg/G HARRISON, D'Angelo 31 552 17.8 SCORING 2222 2090 JORDAN, Rysheed 29 410 14.1 Points per game 71.7 67.4 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 31 424 13.7 Scoring margin +4.3 - GREENE IV, Phil 31 412 13.3

FIELD GOALS-ATT 790-1773 743-1833 FG PERCENTAGE FG ATT Pct Field goal pct .446 .405 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 164 312 .526 3 POINT FG-ATT 189-531 215-663 BRANCH, Jamal 53 112 .473 3-point FG pct .356 .324 OBEKPA, Chris 64 138 .464 JORDAN, Rysheed 136 313 .435 3-pt FG made per game 6.1 6.9 FREE THROWS-ATT 453-653 389-595 3-PPOINT PERCENTAGE 3FG ATT Pct Free throw pct .694 .654 GREENE IV, Phil 60 150 .400 F-Throws made per game 14.6 12.5 HARRISON, D'Angelo 64 170 .376 JORDAN, Rysheed 41 111 .369 REBOUNDS 1096 1204 BRANCH, Jamal 9 27 .333 Rebounds per game 35.4 38.8 Rebounding margin -3.5 - FT PERCENTAGE FT ATT Pct HARRISON, D'Angelo 152 189 .804 ASSISTS 395 418 BRANCH, Jamal 17 23 .739 Assists per game 12.7 13.5 GREENE IV, Phil 38 52 .731 TURNOVERS 329 408 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 94 130 .723

Turnovers per game 10.6 13.2 REBOUND AVERAGE G Reb Avg/G Turnover margin +2.5 - POINTER, Sir'Dominic 31 236 7.6 Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 1.0 OBEKPA, Chris 29 200 6.9 STEALS 236 156 HARRISON, D'Angelo 31 169 5.5 JORDAN, Rysheed 29 107 3.7 Steals per game 7.6 5.0 BLOCKS 204 105 ASSISTS G No. A/G Blocks per game 6.6 3.4 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 31 95 3.1 WINNING STREAK 0 - JORDAN, Rysheed 29 93 3.2 BRANCH, Jamal 28 69 2.5 Home win streak 6 - HARRISON, D'Angelo 31 61 2.0 ATTENDANCE 141535 130491 Home games-Avg/Game 20-7077 10-12446 STEALS G No. S/G POINTER, Sir'Dominic 31 61 2.0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-6032 JORDAN, Rysheed 29 50 1.7 HARRISON, D'Angelo 31 34 1.1

BLOCKED SHOTS G No. Blk/G OBEKPA, Chris 29 93 3.2 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 31 77 2.5 2014-115 BIG EAST Statistics (10-88)

## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 11 HARRISON, D'A. 18 18 634 35.2 94 228 .412 39 100 .390 85 108 .787 13 74 87 4.8 64 5 37 33 9 19 312 17.3 01 GREENE IV, Phil 18 18 661 36.7 99 215 .460 44 96 .458 23 33 .697 13 48 61 3.4 14 0 34 22 0 14 265 14.7 15 POINTER, Sir'D. 18 18 642 35.7 101 200 .505 2 14 .143 61 86 .709 42 93 135 7.5 56 3 51 37 52 27 265 14.7 23 JORDAN, Ry. 17 14 540 31.8 76 176 .432 27 69 .391 56 80 .700 13 47 60 3.5 39 0 56 44 5 26 235 13.8 00 BRANCH, Jamal 15 5 314 20.9 30 67 .448 7 18 .389 7 8 .875 7 29 36 2.4 23 1 35 12 0 8 74 4.9 12 OBEKPA, Chris 16 10 405 25.3 31 63 .492 0 1 .000 15 30 .500 35 52 87 5.4 49 2 9 20 48 17 77 4.8 14 ALIBEGOVIC, A. 15 2 167 11.1 12 33 .364 3 16 .188 0 5 .000 12 20 32 2.1 33 0 2 5 2 4 27 1.8 10 BALAMOU, F. 12 3 137 11.4 8 27 .296 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 8 10 18 1.5 21 0 3 7 1 3 20 1.7 02 STEWART, Myles 8 0 21 2.6 4 11 .364 2 8 .250 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 1.3 04 JONES, Christian 7 0 37 5.3 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 2 4 0.6 5 0 0 2 0 0 4 0.6 34 DE LA ROSA, J. 12 2 47 3.9 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 4 5 0.4 12 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.3 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 5 0 11 2.2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 05 LIPSCOMB, D. 5 0 9 1.8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 TMTEAM...... 34 31 65 3.6 0 3 0 Total...... 18 458 1030 .445 124 323 .384 253 359 .705 180 413 593 32.9 317 11 228 187 117 119 1293 71.8 Opponents...... 18 461 1076 .428 139 397 .350 254 367 .692 253 458 711 39.5 328 -2256 213 64 89 1315 73.1

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total St. John's 639 648 6 1293 Opponents 576 729 10 1315

Team Statistics Category Leaders

Team Statistics SJU OPP SCORING AVERAGE G Pts Avg/G HARRISON, D'Angelo 18 312 17.3 SCORING 1293 1315 GREENE IV, Phil 18 265 14.7 Points per game 71.8 73.1 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 18 265 14.7 Scoring margin -1.2 - JORDAN, Rysheed 17 235 13.8

FIELD GOALS-ATT 458-1030 461-1076 FG PERCENTAGE FG ATT Pct Field goal pct .445 .428 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 101 200 .505 3 POINT FG-ATT 124-323 139-397 OBEKPA, Chris 31 63 .492 3-point FG pct .384 .350 GREENE IV, Phil 99 215 .460 BRANCH, Jamal 30 67 .448 3-pt FG made per game 6.9 7.7 FREE THROWS-ATT 253-359 254-367 3-PPOINT PERCENTAGE 3FG ATT Pct Free throw pct .705 .692 GREENE IV, Phil 44 96 .458 F-Throws made per game 14.1 14.1 JORDAN, Rysheed 27 69 .391 HARRISON, D'Angelo 39 100 .390 REBOUNDS 593 711 BRANCH, Jamal 7 18 .389 Rebounds per game 32.9 39.5 Rebounding margin -6.6 - FT PERCENTAGE FT ATT Pct HARRISON, D'Angelo 85 108 .787 ASSISTS 228 256 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 61 86 .709 Assists per game 12.7 14.2 JORDAN, Rysheed 56 80 .700 TURNOVERS 187 213 GREENE IV, Phil 23 33 .697

Turnovers per game 10.4 11.8 REBOUND AVERAGE G Reb Avg/G Turnover margin +1.4 - POINTER, Sir'Dominic 18 135 7.5 Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 1.2 OBEKPA, Chris 16 87 5.4 STEALS 119 89 HARRISON, D'Angelo 18 87 4.8 JORDAN, Rysheed 17 60 3.5 Steals per game 6.6 4.9 BLOCKS 117 64 ASSISTS G No. A/G Blocks per game 6.5 3.6 JORDAN, Rysheed 17 56 3.3 WINNING STREAK 0 - POINTER, Sir'Dominic 18 51 2.8 BRANCH, Jamal 15 35 2.3 Home win streak 7 - ATTENDANCE 72322 99575 STEALS G No. S/G Home games-Avg/Game 9-8036 9-11064 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 18 27 1.5 JORDAN, Rysheed 17 26 1.5 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0 HARRISON, D'Angelo 18 19 1.1 OBEKPA, Chris 16 17 1.1

BLOCKED SHOTS G No. Blk/G OBEKPA, Chris 16 48 3.0 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 18 52 2.9 Team Game-BBy-GGame Statistics

TEAMS FG-FFGA Pct 3PM-33PA Pct FTM-FFTA Pct O-DD REB PF AST TO BLK STL 1H 2H OT = PTS at St. John’s 24-58 .414 2-16 .125 27-36 .750 7-39 46 23 13 7 4 6 37 40 = 77 NJIT 17-60 .283 7-25 .280 17-24 .708 8-32 40 25 9 13 4 4 19 39 = 58 at St. John’s 31-65 .477 6-13 .462 26-36 .722 20-29 49 22 19 13 4 7 43 51 = 94 Franklin Pierce 27-60 .450 11-26 .423 16-20 .800 7-19 26 23 12 14 5 5 50 31 = 81 at St. John’s 26-54 .481 2-11 .182 12-17 .706 8-31 39 14 7 10 14 6 32 34 = 66 LIU Brooklyn 21-71 .296 6-21 .286 5-9 .556 21-23 44 18 13 10 0 4 26 27 = 53 at St. John’s 23-58 .397 2-13 .154 22-37 .595 18-33 51 17 9 18 6 16 31 39 = 70 Minnesota 23-64 .359 6-19 .316 9-16 .563 13-26 39 24 12 20 7 7 40 21 = 61 at St. John’s 22-60 .367 8-24 .333 14-23 .609 16-20 36 22 10 14 3 11 28 38 = 66 Gonzaga 27-51 .529 4-14 .286 15-25 .600 11-27 38 21 14 17 2 5 33 40 = 73 at St. John’s 26-53 .491 8-20 .400 10-16 .625 4-37 41 19 17 14 11 5 35 35 = 70 Niagara 21-70 .300 8-25 .320 7-11 .636 14-27 41 16 12 11 2 5 24 33 = 57 St. John’s 20-53 .377 9-16 .563 20-25 .800 12-26 38 16 12 10 7 7 32 37 = 69 at Syracuse 22-56 .393 3-22 .136 10-20 .500 15-25 40 17 17 12 6 7 28 29 = 57 at St. John’s 29-51 .569 5-15 .333 11-14 .786 6-29 35 17 15 13 11 6 39 35 = 74 Fairleigh Dickinson19-51 .373 4-14 .286 10-21 .476 7-17 24 18 10 11 0 6 25 27 = 52 at St. John’s 27-56 .482 6-19 .316 14-20 .700 10-22 32 16 10 8 1 10 39 35 = 74 Fordham 19-49 .388 5-22 .227 10-17 .588 11-23 34 21 11 20 4 8 28 25 = 53 at St. John’s 19-53 .358 4-14 .286 11-19 .579 8-21 29 17 11 8 6 7 18 35 = 53 Saint Mary’s 18-51 .353 2-12 .167 9-17 .529 15-32 47 20 15 17 3 4 33 14 = 47 at St. John’s 27-60 .450 3-15 .200 9-16 .563 10-29 39 9 14 7 9 12 24 42 = 66 Long Beach State 20-62 .323 7-22 .318 2-6 .333 15-27 42 17 13 17 4 4 20 29 = 49 St. John’s 31-61 .508 6-17 .353 14-19 .737 8-31 39 16 17 11 7 14 47 35 = 82 vs. Tulane 22-58 .379 6-25 .240 7-15 .467 8-26 34 16 10 17 3 3 22 35 = 57 St. John’s 26-60 .433 5-20 .250 10-16 .625 13-19 32 25 7 8 6 5 35 32 = 67 at Seton Hall 23-50 .460 10-23 .435 22-31 .710 13-24 37 16 18 9 2 5 40 38 = 78 at St. John’s 25-54 .463 4-14 .286 15-19 .789 6-20 26 15 10 7 9 7 30 39 = 69 Butler 26-54 .481 7-12 .583 14-20 .700 10-24 34 16 8 9 4 3 26 47 = 73 at St. John’s 28-58 .483 5-13 .385 11-14 .786 5-16 21 19 8 10 7 8 35 37 = 72 Villanova 34-61 .557 10-23 .435 12-16 .750 14-27 41 16 22 13 3 7 34 56 = 90 St. John’s 27-53 .509 10-17 .588 19-25 .760 6-23 29 20 13 10 2 6 42 41 = 83 at Providence 25-63 .397 6-21 .286 14-25 .560 19-25 44 22 13 10 3 5 30 40 = 70 St. John’s 20-53 .377 2-12 .167 25-32 .781 9-21 30 23 11 13 4 13 29 32 6 = 67 at DePaul 18-51 .353 10-30 .333 25-29 .862 13-30 43 26 9 22 4 6 19 42 10 = 71 at St. John’s 22-60 .367 6-23 .261 10-13 .769 16-23 39 16 16 12 13 11 26 34 = 60 Marquette 19-60 .317 8-26 .308 11-15 .733 20-23 43 13 13 15 3 6 24 33 = 57 at St. John’s 27-61 .443 4-15 .267 10-16 .625 9-20 29 20 13 9 4 10 43 25 = 68 Duke 26-54 .481 7-19 .368 18-27 .667 15-29 44 17 14 16 1 5 39 38 = 77 St. John’s 27-65 .415 10-18 .556 10-17 .588 12-28 40 19 19 8 6 6 27 47 = 74 at Creighton 23-55 .418 13-30 .433 18-21 .857 4-30 34 17 17 10 5 2 37 40 = 77 at St. John’s 27-57 .474 5-13 .385 16-24 .667 12-25 37 11 13 10 9 6 44 31 = 75 Providence 26-63 .413 3-16 .188 11-16 .688 13-21 34 20 8 9 6 4 32 34 = 66 St. John’s 22-59 .373 3-18 .167 15-23 .652 11-17 28 17 5 13 4 3 28 34 = 62 at Butler 31-55 .564 4-11 .364 19-25 .760 9-31 40 19 13 14 1 5 36 49 = 85 at St. John’s 31-55 .564 11-19 .579 11-13 .846 7-26 33 18 18 8 8 3 52 32 = 84 Creighton 25-70 .357 5-22 .227 11-19 .579 24-19 43 17 12 7 0 3 30 36 = 66 at St. John’s 27-52 .519 8-14 .571 24-32 .750 13-30 43 15 10 12 7 6 36 50 = 86 DePaul 28-62 .452 9-25 .360 13-17 .765 8-19 27 25 11 10 2 5 33 45 = 78 St. John’s 29-56 .518 7-20 .350 13-16 .813 6-23 29 18 11 10 6 11 40 38 = 78 at Xavier 27-64 .422 7-22 .318 9-13 .692 15-22 37 18 19 13 3 4 33 37 = 70 St. John’s 19-58 .328 7-22 .318 12-19 .632 12-21 33 23 11 15 3 0 23 34 = 57 at Georgetown 28-58 .483 7-19 .368 16-27 .593 12-31 43 18 15 9 7 7 33 46 = 79 at St. John’s 30-62 .484 11-26 .423 14-19 .737 12-27 39 14 20 11 6 5 41 44 = 85 Seton Hall 28-70 .400 7-24 .292 9-13 .692 17-23 40 19 16 13 2 6 40 32 = 72 at St. John’s 24-55 .436 4-12 .333 6-15 .400 6-21 27 16 14 8 10 13 28 30 = 58 Xavier 19-53 .358 6-13 .462 13-17 .765 16-31 47 14 14 20 1 2 20 37 = 57 at St. John’s 26-57 .456 8-16 .599 21-32 .656 13-26 39 17 11 7 8 7 43 38 = 81 Georgetown 25-66 .379 10-27 .370 10-19 .526 20-26 46 27 14 13 7 3 32 38 = 70 St. John’s 23-59 .390 12-24 .500 9-17 .529 13-29 42 14 15 13 7 8 34 33 = 67 at Marquette 19-55 .345 6-21 .286 7-18 .389 13-28 41 13 12 14 5 8 27 24 = 51 St. John’s 25-57 .439 6-22 .273 12-13 .923 8-18 26 17 16 12 2 1 46 22 = 68 at Villanova 37-66 .561 11-32 .344 20-26 .769 13-24 37 12 22 3 6 8 50 55 = 105 St. John's - TEAM GAME HIGHS St. John's - GAME LOWS POINTS 86 DEPAUL (2/11/15) POINTS 57 at Georgetown (2/17/15) 85 SETON HALL (2/21/15) 58 XAVIER (2/23/15) 84 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 62 at Butler (02/03/15) FIELD GOALS MADE 31 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) FIELD GOALS MADE 19 at Georgetown (2/17/15) 30 SETON HALL (2/21/15) 22 at Butler (02/03/15) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 62 SETON HALL (2/21/15) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 52 DEPAUL (2/11/15) 59 at Marquette (3/4/15) 55 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 59 at Butler (02/03/15) 55 XAVIER (2/23/15) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .564 (31-55)CREIGHTON (02/07/15) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .328 (19-58)at Georgetown (2/17/15) .519 (27-52)DEPAUL (2/11/15) .373 (22-59)at Butler (02/03/15) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 12 at Marquette (3/4/15) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 3 at Butler (02/03/15) 11 SETON HALL (2/21/15) 4 XAVIER (2/23/15) 11 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 12 XAVIER (2/23/15) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 26 SETON HALL (2/21/15) 14 DEPAUL (2/11/15) 24 at Marquette (3/4/15) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .167 (3-18) at Butler (02/03/15) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .579 (11-19)CREIGHTON (02/07/15) .273 (6-22) at Villanova (03/07/15) .571 (8-14) DEPAUL (2/11/15) FREE THROWS MADE 6 XAVIER (2/23/15) FREE THROWS MADE 24 DEPAUL (2/11/15) 9 at Marquette (3/4/15) 21 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 13 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 32 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) 13 at Villanova (03/07/15) 32 DEPAUL (2/11/15) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .400 (6-15) XAVIER (2/23/15) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .923 (12-13)at Villanova (03/07/15) .529 (9-17) at Marquette (3/4/15) .846 (11-13)CREIGHTON (02/07/15) REBOUNDS 26 at Villanova (03/07/15) REBOUNDS 43 DEPAUL (2/11/15) 27 XAVIER (2/23/15) 42 at Marquette (3/4/15) ASSISTS 5 at Butler (02/03/15) ASSISTS 20 SETON HALL (2/21/15) 10 DEPAUL (2/11/15) 18 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) STEALS 0 at Georgetown (2/17/15) STEALS 13 XAVIER (2/23/15) 1 at Villanova (03/07/15) 11 at Xavier (02/14/15) BLOCKED SHOTS 2 at Villanova (03/07/15) BLOCKED SHOTS 10 XAVIER (2/23/15) 3 at Georgetown (2/17/15) 8 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) TURNOVERS 7 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) 8 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 8 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) TURNOVERS 15 at Georgetown (2/17/15) 8 XAVIER (2/23/15) 13 at Marquette (3/4/15) FOULS 14 SETON HALL (2/21/15) 13 at Butler (02/03/15) 14 at Marquette (3/4/15) FOULS 23 at Georgetown (2/17/15) 18 at Xavier (02/14/15) Opponent - GAME LOWS 18 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) POINTS 51 at Marquette (3/4/15) 57 XAVIER (2/23/15) Opponent - GAME HIGHS 66 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) POINTS 105 at Villanova (03/07/15) FIELD GOALS MADE 19 XAVIER (2/23/15) 85 at Butler (02/03/15) 19 at Marquette (3/4/15) 79 at Georgetown (2/17/15) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 53 XAVIER (2/23/15) 78 DEPAUL (2/11/15) 55 at Butler (02/03/15) FIELD GOALS MADE 37 at Villanova (03/07/15) 55 at Marquette (3/4/15) 31 at Butler (02/03/15) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .345 (19-55)at Marquette (3/4/15) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 70 SETON HALL (2/21/15) .357 (25-70)CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 70 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 4 at Butler (02/03/15) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .564 (31-55)at Butler (02/03/15) 5 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) .561 (37-66)at Villanova (03/07/15) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 11 at Butler (02/03/15) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 11 at Villanova (03/07/15) 13 XAVIER (2/23/15) 10 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .227 (5-22) CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 32 at Villanova (03/07/15) .286 (6-21) at Marquette (3/4/15) 27 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) FREE THROWS MADE 7 at Marquette (3/4/15) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .462 (6-13) XAVIER (2/23/15) 9 at Xavier (02/14/15) .370 (10-27)GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) 9 SETON HALL (2/21/15) FREE THROWS MADE 20 at Villanova (03/07/15) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 13 at Xavier (02/14/15) 19 at Butler (02/03/15) 13 SETON HALL (2/21/15) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 27 at Georgetown (2/17/15) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .389 (7-18) at Marquette (3/4/15) 26 at Villanova (03/07/15) .526 (10-19)GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .769 (20-26)at Villanova (03/07/15) REBOUNDS 27 DEPAUL (2/11/15) .765 (13-17)XAVIER (2/23/15) 37 at Xavier (02/14/15) .765 (13-17)DEPAUL (2/11/15) 37 at Villanova (03/07/15) REBOUNDS 47 XAVIER (2/23/15) ASSISTS 11 DEPAUL (2/11/15) 46 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) 12 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) ASSISTS 22 at Villanova (03/07/15) 12 at Marquette (3/4/15) 19 at Xavier (02/14/15) STEALS 2 XAVIER (2/23/15) STEALS 8 at Villanova (03/07/15) 3 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 8 at Marquette (3/4/15) 3 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) BLOCKED SHOTS 7 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) BLOCKED SHOTS 0 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) 7 at Georgetown (2/17/15) 1 at Butler (02/03/15) TURNOVERS 20 XAVIER (2/23/15) 1 XAVIER (2/23/15) 14 at Marquette (3/4/15) TURNOVERS 3 at Villanova (03/07/15) 14 at Butler (02/03/15) 7 CREIGHTON (02/07/15) FOULS 27 GEORGETOWN (2/28/15) FOULS 12 at Villanova (03/07/15) 25 DEPAUL (2/11/15) 13 at Marquette (3/4/15) St. John's - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Points 33 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs DePaul (2/11/15) 31 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Butler (1/3/15) 31 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Franklin Pierce (11/17/14) 26 GREENE IV, Phil vs Georgetown (2/28/15) 26 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Fairleigh Dickinson (12/10/14) Field Goals Made 10 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs DePaul (2/11/15) 10 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Butler (1/3/15) Field Goal Att. 21 JORDAN, Rysheed at Butler (02/03/15) 21 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Butler (1/3/15) FG Pct (min 5 made) 1.000 (6-6) POINTER, Sir'Dominic vs Fairleigh Dickinson (12/10/14) .900 (9-10) POINTER, Sir'Dominic at Xavier (02/14/15) 3-Point FG Made 6 GREENE IV, Phil vs Georgetown (2/28/15) 6 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs DePaul (2/11/15) 6 JORDAN, Rysheed vs Creighton (02/07/15) 3-Point FG Att. 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Marquette (1/21/15) 9 JORDAN, Rysheed at Marquette (3/4/15) 9 HARRISON, D'Angelo at Creighton (01/28/15) 9 GREENE IV, Phil vs Gonzaga (11/28/14) 9 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Gonzaga (11/28/14) 3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) .857 (6-7) GREENE IV, Phil vs Georgetown (2/28/15) .750 (6-8) HARRISON, D'Angelo vs DePaul (2/11/15) .750 (6-8) JORDAN, Rysheed vs Creighton (02/07/15) .750 (3-4) BRANCH, Jamal at Creighton (01/28/15) Free Throws Made 12 POINTER, Sir'Dominic at Providence (1/14/15) 12 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Franklin Pierce (11/17/14) Free Throw Att. 16 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Franklin Pierce (11/17/14) 14 JORDAN, Rysheed vs DePaul (2/11/15) 14 POINTER, Sir'Dominic at Providence (1/14/15) 14 JORDAN, Rysheed vs Minnesota (11/26/14) FT Pct (min 5 made) 1.000 (9-9) HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Creighton (02/07/15) 1.000 (8-8) HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Fairleigh Dickinson (12/10/14) 1.000 (8-8) HARRISON, D'Angelo at Syracuse (12/6/14) 1.000 (7-7) HARRISON, D'Angelo vs DePaul (2/11/15) 1.000 (6-6) POINTER, Sir'Dominic at Xavier (02/14/15) 1.000 (6-6) GREENE IV, Phil at DePaul (01/18/15) 1.000 (6-6) HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Tulane (12/28/14) Rebounds 17 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Franklin Pierce (11/17/14) 16 OBEKPA, Chris at Syracuse (12/6/14) Assists 8 JORDAN, Rysheed at Villanova (03/07/15) 7 POINTER, Sir'Dominic at Marquette (3/4/15) 7 POINTER, Sir'Dominic vs Long Beach State (12/22/14) 7 BRANCH, Jamal vs Fordham (12/14/14) Steals 7 POINTER, Sir'Dominic vs Tulane (12/28/14) 6 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Minnesota (11/26/14) Blocked Shots 8 POINTER, Sir'Dominic vs Creighton (02/07/15) 8 OBEKPA, Chris vs LIU Brooklyn (11/19/14) Turnovers 9 JORDAN, Rysheed vs Gonzaga (11/28/14) Fouls 5 HARRISON, D'Angelo at Villanova (03/07/15) 5 OBEKPA, Chris vs Georgetown (2/28/15) 5 HARRISON, D'Angelo at Butler (02/03/15) 5 BRANCH, Jamal at Creighton (01/28/15) 5 OBEKPA, Chris vs Duke (1/25/15) 5 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Duke (1/25/15) 5 HARRISON, D'Angelo at DePaul (01/18/15) 5 POINTER, Sir'Dominic at DePaul (01/18/15) 5 OBEKPA, Chris at Providence (1/14/15) 5 POINTER, Sir'Dominic vs Villanova (1/6/15) 5 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs Butler (1/3/15) 5 POINTER, Sir'Dominic at Seton Hall (12/31/14) 5 HARRISON, D'Angelo at Seton Hall (12/31/14) 5 OBEKPA, Chris vs Saint Mary's (12/19/14) 5 POINTER, Sir'Dominic vs Fairleigh Dickinson (12/10/14) 5 JORDAN, Rysheed vs Gonzaga (11/28/14) 5 POINTER, Sir'Dominic vs Gonzaga (11/28/14) 5 OBEKPA, Chris vs Gonzaga (11/28/14) 5 HARRISON, D'Angelo vs NJIT (11/14/14) Minutes 44 HARRISON, D'Angelo at DePaul (01/18/15) St. John’s Record When: Against Other Conferences: Leading at halftime: 18-4 American Athletic 1-0 Trailing at halftime: 3-6 Atlantic 10 1-0 Tied at the half: 0-0 Atlantic Coast 1-1 BIG EAST 10-8 Shooting better than opponent: 20-1 Big Ten 1-0 Shooting worse than opponent: 1-9 Big West 1-0 Shooting same as opponent: 0-0 Independent 1-0 Shooting 50% or better from the field: 6-0 Metro Atlantic 1-0 Shooting below 50% from the field: 15-10 Northeast 2-0 Opponent shoots 50% or better from the field: 0-4 Northeast-10 1-0 Opponent shoots below 50% from the field: 21-6 Southeastern 0-0 West Coast 1-1 Shooting more free throws than opponent: 15-1 Opponent shoots more free throws: 5-9 Miscellaneous Stats: Shooting as many free throws: 1-0 STJ makes at least 70% of its free throws: 13-3 Double Figure Scoring Games D’Angelo Harrison 28 Outrebounding its opponent: 8-1 Phil Greene IV 22 Outrebounded by its opponent: 12-9 Rysheed Jordan 22 Rebounding is equal: 1-0 Sir’Dominic Pointer 21 Jamal Branch 6 Bench outscores its opponent: 7-0 Chris Obekpa 5 Bench is outscored by opponent: 13-9 Bench scoring is equal: 1-1 30+ Point Games D’Angelo Harrison 3 Committing fewer turnovers than opponent: 14-8 Committing more turnovers than opponent: 5-2 20+ Point Games Committing as many turnovers opponent: 2-0 D’Angelo Harrison 13 Sir’Dominic Pointer 6 3 players in double figures: 6-5 Phil Greene IV 4 4 players in double figures: 11-3 Rysheed Jordan 4 5 players in double figures: 1-0 Double-DDoubles Sir’Dominic Pointer 8 Monday: 3-0 D’Angelo Harrison 3 Tuesday: 1-3 Chris Obekpa 2 Wednesday: 7-2 Thursday 0-0 Friday: 2-1 Games Leading SJU In Scoring Saturday: 6-2 D’Angelo Harrison 13 Sunday: 2-2 Sir’Dominic Pointer 8 Rysheed Jordan 7 Night Games: 14-5 Phil Greene IV 6 Day Games: 7-5 Chris Obekpa 1

Home games: 16-4 Games Leading SJU In Rebounding At Carnesecca Arena: 9-1 Sir’Dominic Pointer 19 At Madison Square Garden: 7-3 Chris Obekpa 8 Away Games: 4-6 D’Angelo Harrison 7 Neutral Games: 1-0 Amar Alibegovic 2 Phil Greene IV 2 Overtime Games: 0-1 Jamal Branch 1 1-5 point games: 2-3 Christian Jones 1 6-10 point games: 5-2 11-20 point games: 11-2 Games Leading SJU In Assists 21-30 point games: 3-2 Sir’Dominic Pointer 13 30 or more: 0-1 Rysheed Jordan 12 Jamal Branch 6 Leads And Deficits D’Angelo Harrison 5 Phil Greene IV 1 Biggest Halftime Lead: 25 (47-22) vs. Tulane (12/28/14) Biggest Halftime Lead Blown: 10 (29-19) at DePaul (1/18/15) Biggest Halftime Deficit: 15 (18-33) vs. Saint Mary’s (12/19/14) Biggest Halftime Deficit Overcome: 15 (18-33) vs. Saint Mary’s (12/19/14) Game #1 Game #2 Nov. 14, 2014 • Carnesecca Arena Nov. 17, 2014 • Carnesecca Arena 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 37 40 77 St. John’s 43 51 94 NJIT 19 39 58 Franklin Pierce 50 31 81

QUEENS, N.Y. - Chris Obekpa and Sir'Dominic Pointer each finished with double- QUEENS, N.Y. - The St. John’s men’s basketball team opened the second half with doubles and five Red Storm players reached double-figures to lead St. John's to a 21-0 run which propelled the Red Storm to a 94-81 victory over Franklin Pierce a season-opening 77-58 victory against NJIT at Carnesecca Arena. Monday at Carnesecca Arena in the NIT Season Tip-Off. D’Angelo Harrison scored 31 points to go with a career-high 17 rebounds leading the Red Storm to its sec- Obekpa scored a career-high 13 points and matched a career-high with 13 ond straight win. rebounds as part of his first-career double-double effort, while Pointer totaled 13 points and 10 rebounds to give St. John's (1-0) two double-doubles in a game for Harrison finished 5-of-8 from long range as part of his second-career 30-point the first time since Dec. 1, 2011 against then-No. 1 Kentucky. game and fourth-career double-double. Rysheed Jordan added 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists, while Phil Greene IV contributed 18 points. Chris Obekpa "Overall I was pleased with our defense, but there are a number of areas that we chipped in with eight points and eight rebounds as St. John’s (2-0) posted a +23 need to improve on," said head coach Steve Lavin. "I wasn't pleased with the end (49-26) margin on the glass to go with a 21-0 advantage in fast break points. of the first half or our end of game execution, but I thought the overall defen- sive effort was solid." Ryen Vilmont made 6-of-10 3-pointers and finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds to pace Franklin Pierce (2-1). The Ravens shot 8-of-14 (57.1 percent) Rysheed Jordan scored a game-high 18 points to go with five assists, Jamal from distance in the opening half before being limited to just 3-of-12 treys (25.0 Branch finished with 11 points and D'Angelo Harrison added 10 points to move percent) in the second stanza. Paul Becklens added 16 points and Donte Gittons into sole possession of ninth place on the all-time St. John's scoring list with 1,611 scored 10 points. points. The Red Storm shot 41.4 percent (24-of-58) from the floor and shot 75.0 percent (27-of-36) from the line, while posting a +6 (46-40) advantage on the Trailing by seven at the break, St. John’s needed just 1:50 to level the score as a glass and committing just seven turnovers. pair of Harrison free throws completed a 7-0 run that tied the game at 50-50 with 18:10 to play. After a Jordan jumper gave St. John’s a 52-50 advantage, its first Damon Lynn scored 15 points to lead NJIT (0-1), which was held to just 18.5 per- lead since the 18:22 mark of the first half, a pair of Harrison 3s helped extend the cent (5-of-27) shooting in the first half on its way to a 28.3 percent (17-of-60) per- run to 21-0 and push the lead to 64-50 at the 13:29 mark. formance for the game. Ky Howard added 11 points and seven rebounds, while Daquan Holiday totaled 10 points for the Highlanders. A free throw with 13:17 to go ended the scoring drought for Franklin Pierce, but the Ravens were further held without a field goal until a Becklens layup made it St. John's led 12-3 at the 14:12 mark as a Jordan dunk forced NJIT to call a 30-sec- 66-54 at the 10:08 mark. The Red Storm eventually opened up its largest lead of ond timeout. The Red Storm was not slowed down, however, and jumped out to the game, a 78-61 margin with 6:55 left in regulation, but an 8-2 spurt by the a 27-8 advantage with 6:00 to play in the first half. The lead eventually ballooned Ravens made it a 10-point ballgame with just 3:13 to play. to 22 points, 43-21, with 17:53 left in regulation and the Highlanders would never get closer than 12 points the rest of the way. Vilmont sank three quick 3s in the opening minutes as Franklin Pierce jumped out to an early 11-4 lead. The Ravens would lead by as many as 10, 25-15, at the 10:20 mark in the first half before a Harrison trey and a Greene 3-point play helped key a 13-5 run to cut the Red Storm deficit to just two, 30-28. Two more 3s from Vilmont, however, helped push the lead back to eight and the Ravens took a 50- 43 lead into halftime.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics NJIT vs St. John's Franklin Pierce vs St. John's 11/14/14 7:00 PM at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena) 11/17/14 7:30 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)

Franklin Pierce 81 • 2-1 NJIT 58 • 0-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 32 Ryen Vilmont f 10-16 6-10 3-4 3 7 10 3 29 132038 02 f Tim Coleman 3-41-12-20554 9011022 35 Mike McDevitt c 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 10 Daquan Holiday f 2-6 0-0 6-8 2 3 5 2 10 0 1 1 0 20 03 Donte Gittens g 4-12 0-0 2-4 134010223136 05 Damon Lynn g 3-163-106-9202115240333 04 Tyler Iacuone g 2-9 1-8 2-2 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 0 30 11 Winfield Willis g 3-9 2-7 0-0 1 2 3 4 8 1 2 0 0 25 05 Paul Becklens g 4-61-17-8011216540229 24 Emmanuel Tselentakis g 0-50-20-00440 0000018 02 Jaleel Bell 1-5 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 15 00 Ky Howard 4-8 1-2 2-2 1 6 7 4 11 1 2 0 0 21 10 Asante Sandiford 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 04 Montana Mayfield 2-3 0-1 0-1 0331 4431022 11 Lolami Lola-Charles 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 22 Odera Nweke 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 11 12 Dustin Cole 0-2 0-1 0-0 0002 01100 9 23 Osa Izevbuwa 0-00-00-00000 00000 1 15 Jacob Jacquo 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 5 25 Rob Ukawuba 0-7 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 18 23 Taji Owens 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 33 Vlad Shustov 0-1 0-0 0-0 0113 00000 9 24 Aboubacar Casse 3-3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 8 Team 2 2 4 50 Jordan Lackey 2-4 1-2 2-2 1234 7020110 Totals 17-60 7-25 17-24 8 32 40 25 58 9 13 4 4 200 Team 0 3 3 Totals 27-60 11-26 16-20 7 19 26 23 81 12 14 5 5 200 FG % 1st Half: 5-27 18.5% 2nd half: 12-33 36.4% Game: 17-60 28.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd half: 4-15 26.7% Game: 7-25 28.0% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 18-33 54.5% 2nd half: 9-27 33.3% Game: 27-60 45.0% Deadball Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 11-13 84.6% Game: 17-24 70.8% 3 3FG % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd half: 3-12 25.0% Game: 11-26 42.3% FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd half: 10-13 76.9% Game: 16-20 80.0% 1

St. John's 77 • 1-0 St. John's 94 • 2-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 5-90-03-531013313024035 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 2-70-04-63584 8122122 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 3-8 0-2 7-8 1 9 10 2 13 1 0 0 2 36 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 4-10 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 4 8 2 1 0 3 31 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 2-90-42-20332 6010025 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-11 0-1 6-7 011218220236 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 3-8 1-3 3-5 2 5 7 5 10 4 0 0 0 20 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 7-13 5-8 12-16 6 11 17 3 31 2 2 1 0 38 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 6-131-35-8134218510127 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 7-15 1-3 4-7 538319640138 00 BRANCH, Jamal 3-6 0-1 5-6 0 3 3 4 11 3 1 0 1 24 00 BRANCH, Jamal 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 4 2 6 1 0 0 22 02 STEWART, Myles 0-3 0-3 0-0 0001 0000111 02 STEWART, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 04 JONES, Christian 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 11 04 JONES, Christian 4-6 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 2 8 0 1 1 0 11 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-0 0-0 0-0 0002 00200 4 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ Team 0 4 4 Team 2 0 2 Totals 24-58 2-16 27-36 7 39 46 23 77 13 7 4 6 200 Totals 31-65 6-13 26-36 20 29 49 22 94 19 13 4 7 200 FG % 1st Half: 15-34 44.1% 2nd half: 16-31 51.6% Game: 31-65 47.7% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd half: 12-27 44.4% Game: 24-58 41.4% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 6-13 46.2% Rebounds Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 0-8 0.0% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 2-16 12.5% FT % 1st Half: 10-13 76.9% 2nd half: 16-23 69.6% Game: 26-36 72.2% 5 FT % 1st Half: 13-16 81.3% 2nd half: 14-20 70.0% Game: 27-36 75.0% 4 Officials: Jim Burr, Jeff Clark, Nathan Farrell Officials: Ed Corbett, Clarence Armstrong, Nathan Farrell Technical fouls: Franklin Pierce-None. St. John's-None. Technical fouls: NJIT-None. St. John's-None. Attendance: 3553 Attendance: 4703 NIT Season Tip-Off Game

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast NJIT 19 39 58 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Franklin Pierce 50 31 81 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench NJIT 18 7 6 5 16 FPUM 26 11 10 0 19 St. John's 37 40 77 SJU 38 5 9 10 17 St. John's 43 51 94 SJU4417212110

Last FG - NJIT 2nd-00:30, SJU 2nd-02:39. Score tied - 0 times. Last FG - FPUM 2nd-00:44, SJU 2nd-00:59. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - NJIT by 1 1st-16:16, SJU by 22 2nd-17:53. Lead changed - 2 times. Largest lead - FPUM by 10 1st-10:20, SJU by 17 2nd-06:55. Lead changed - 3 times. NJIT led for 00:11. SJU led for 39:03. Game was tied for 00:46. FPUM led for 21:34. SJU led for 17:57. Game was tied for 00:29. Game #3 Game #4 Nov. 19, 2014 • Carnesecca Arena Nov. 26, 2014 • Madison Square Garden 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 32 34 66 St. John’s 31 39 70 LIU Brooklyn 26 27 53 Minnesota 40 21 61

QUEENS, N.Y. - Sir’Dominic Pointer scored a career-high 18 points as St. John’s NEW YORK - St. John’s went on a 21-6 game-closing run that lifted the Red Storm defeated LIU Brooklyn, 66-53, thanks to a stifling defensive effort that totaled 14 to a 70-61 victory over Minnesota in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals Wednesday blocks and held the Blackbirds to just 29.6 percent (21-of-71) shooting. at Madison Square Garden. The Red Storm advances to the championship game of the 30-year old tournament for the first time since 1989, only the second title Pointer finished 8-of-10 from the floor, grabbed eight rebounds and swatted a appearance in program history. career-high six shots. Chris Obekpa contributed five points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks helping St. John’s open the season 3-0 for the second time in the last D’Angelo Harrison scored a game-high 19 points, including 13 in the second half, four years. Rysheed Jordan added 15 points and D’Angelo Harrison chipped in and pulled down nine boards to lead St. John’s (4-0). Rysheed Jordan added 18 with 14 points and seven boards as the Red Storm shot a season-high 48.1 per- points and seven boards and Chris Obekpa contributed 10 points and nine cent. boards. Sir’Dominic Pointer scored eight points and added 11 rebounds helping the Red Storm own a 51-39 advantage on the glass. Landon Atterberry had 12 points and 11 rebounds for LIU Brooklyn (0-1). Gerrell Martin went 4-of-8 from downtown as part of a 14-point performance and Nura The Red Storm overcame a 33.3 percent (12-of-36) performance from the floor in Zanna added 10 points as three Blackbirds finished in double-figures. the first half by shooting 11-of-22 (50.0) in the second stanza. St. John’s also turned 20 Minnesota turnovers into 24 points and converted 19 second chance After a Martin 3-pointer gave LIU Brooklyn a one-point lead at the 18:03 mark of points. the second half, Pointer answered with one of his six highlight reel dunks to give the Red Storm a lead it would not relinquish. Nate Mason finished with 15 points off the bench to pace Minnesota (3-2), while Carlos Morris totaled 11 points, and Joey King added eight points and nine St. John’s began to pull away as a Harrison layup-and-one pushed the lead to boards. The Golden Gophers were held to just 25.0 percent (8-of-32) shooting in seven, but a Trevin Woods trey and a Zanna layup cut the Red Storm lead to just the second half. three, 46-43, at the 10:32 mark. St. John’s faced a nine-point deficit at the break and still trailed by seven, 49-42, Another Pointer slam then started a 14-7 run that was capped by a pair of Jordan at the 13:43 mark of the second half. A Pointer put back slam on a missed free free throws and gave the Red Storm its first double-digit advantage of the game, throw with 13:30 left then capped a five point spurt and cut the deficit to two, 60-50, with just 2:39 on the clock. 49-47. After Minnesota answered, Pointer intercepted an outlet pass inside the arc and went in for another slam that kept it a two-point deficit at 51-49. The Red Storm shot 48.1 percent (13-of-27) in the opening 20 minutes for its best shooting first half of the season and carried a six point lead into the locker room. Minnesota pushed its lead back to six, however, and held a 55-49 advantage at Pointer had 10 of his points at the break and did not miss a shot, going 4-for-4 the 11:15 mark. The Red Storm closed to within one on two occasions before from the field and 2-for-2 at the free throw line. pulling even at 59-59 on a Jordan free throw with just 3:47 remaining in regula- tion.

Harrison then scored six-straight points to give St. John’s the lead for good. After making a pair of free throws, Harrison drained a 3-pointer from the corner and was fouled. The senior converted the four-point play and gave the Red Storm a 65-59 advantage with just 2:22 on the clock.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics LIU Brooklyn vs St. John's St. John's vs Minnesota 11/19/14 7:30 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena) 11/26/14 7 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

LIU Brooklyn 53 • 0-1 St. John's 70 • 4-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 01 ATTERBERRY, Landon f 5-170-12-47411312110125 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo f 5-17 2-6 7-9 369419211640 15 ZANNA, Nura f 5-12 0-0 0-1 2 4 6 2 10 0 2 0 0 28 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 4-6 0-1 0-1 3 8 11 3 8 3 2 1 5 32 04 MARTIN, Gerrell g 5-164-80-0336114010129 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 2-70-06-11459410053234 10 FRIDRIKSSON, Elvar g 2-7 1-5 1-2 0 2 2 1 6 5 1 0 0 29 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 4-9 0-1 1-2 0 5 5 2 9 0 2 0 0 34 24 HERMANNSSON, Martin g 1-60-22-20224 4540132 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 5-14 0-4 8-14 437118361336 00 WOODS, Trevin 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 11 00 BRANCH, Jamal 2-3 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 2 4 1 1 0 0 12 03 FLEMING, Iverson 1-30-10-01013 2000019 04 JONES, Christian 1-2 0-0 0-0 0111 20100 9 11 HERNANDEZ, Joel 1-6 0-2 0-0 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 17 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 HOOD, Jamil 0-1 0-0 0-0 0332 0000010 Team 3 1 4 Team 6 2 8 Totals 23-58 2-13 22-37 18 33 51 17 70 9 18 6 16 200 Totals 21-71 6-21 5-9 21 23 44 18 53 13 10 0 4 200 FG % 1st Half: 12-36 33.3% 2nd half: 11-22 50.0% Game: 23-58 39.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 0-9 0.0% 2nd half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 2-13 15.4% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 10-33 30.3% 2nd half: 11-38 28.9% Game: 21-71 29.6% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd half: 15-28 53.6% Game: 22-37 59.5% 6 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 6-21 28.6% Rebounds 2 FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 5-9 55.6% Minnesota 61 • 3-2 St. John's 66 • 3-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 11 MORRIS, CARLOS f 5-13 1-2 0-2 033311330129 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 1-70-03-537102 5008034 24 KING, JOEY f 3-12 2-7 0-0 2 7 9 4 8 2 2 2 0 34 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 8-10 0-0 2-2 2 6 8 2 18 2 2 6 2 36 15 WALKER, MAURICE c 3-90-00-01562 6021124 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 2-70-20-00440 4120127 01 HOLLINS, ANDRE g 3-12 1-6 2-2 2 2 4 3 9 3 7 0 0 33 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 5-14 1-6 3-3 2 5 7 4 14 2 2 0 0 37 04 MATHIEU, DEANDRE g 2-40-01-21234 5220223 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 6-90-13-4044315220224 02 MASON, NATE 4-7 2-2 5-5 1 3 4 3 15 2 1 0 2 26 00 BRANCH, Jamal 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 25 13 MARTIN, JOSH 0-1 0-0 0-0 0000 00120 3 02 STEWART, Myles 1-2 1-2 0-0 0001 30000 6 23 BUGGS, CHARLES 1-4 0-2 1-3 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 12 04 JONES, Christian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 55 ELIASON, ELLIOTT 2-2 0-0 0-2 2464 4022016 10 BALAMOU, Felix 1-3 0-0 0-1 0110 20201 9 Team 3 0 3 Team 0 2 2 Totals 23-64 6-19 9-16 13 26 39 24 61 12 20 7 7 200 Totals 26-54 2-11 12-17 8 31 39 14 66 7 10 14 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 15-32 46.9% 2nd half: 8-32 25.0% Game: 23-64 35.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 0-8 0.0% Game: 6-19 31.6% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd half: 13-27 48.1% Game: 26-54 48.1% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 9-16 56.3% 2 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 2-11 18.2% Rebounds 2 FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0% 2nd half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 12-17 70.6% Officials: Doug Shows, John Gaffney, Lamar Simpson Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Minnesota-ELIASON, ELLIOTT. Officials: Ed Corbett, Gary Prager, Anthony Franklin Attendance: 5128 Technical fouls: LIU Brooklyn-None. St. John's-None. NIT Semifinal Game 1 Attendance: 3733 NIT Season Tip-Off Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast St. John's 31 39 70 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast SJU342419126 LIU Brooklyn 26 27 53 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Minnesota 40 21 61 MINN 22 10 6 4 22 LIU 24 7 10 9 7 St. John's 32 34 66 SJU 34 8 7 12 10 Last FG - SJU 2nd-02:22, MINN 2nd-01:13. Score tied - 6 times. Largest lead - SJU by 9 2nd-00:25, MINN by 10 1st-02:27. Lead changed - 5 times. Last FG - LIU 2nd-02:06, SJU 2nd-00:34. Score tied - 4 times. SJU led for 09:19. MINN led for 26:51. Game was tied for 03:44. Largest lead - LIU by 5 1st-11:47, SJU by 13 2nd-00:34. Lead changed - 6 times. LIU led for 08:06. SJU led for 29:59. Game was tied for 01:55. Game #5 Game #6 Nov. 28, 2014 • Carnesecca Arena Dec. 2, 2014 • Carnesecca Arena 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 28 38 66 St. John’s 35 35 70 No. 10/8 Gonzaga 33 40 73 Niagara 24 33 57

NEW YORK - St. John’s held No. 10/8 Gonzaga 20 points below its season average QUEENS, N.Y. - Nine different St. John’s players made their way into the scoring and trailed by just three with one minute left in regulation, but the Bulldogs column as the Red Storm led wire-to-wire and notched a 70-57 victory against managed to escape with a 73-66 victory in the NIT Season Tip-Off Championship Niagara at Carnesecca Arena on Tuesday. Boosted by an overall 11-block effort, Friday at Madison Square Garden. the defense held the Purple Eagles to just 30.0 percent (21-of-70) shooting from the floor. Phil Greene IV matched a career-high with four 3-pointers and scored a game- high 20 points in St. John’s first setback of the season. Rysheed Jordan added 19 D’Angelo Harrison finished with 16 points and nine boards, while Jamal Branch points and D’Angelo Harrison finished with 15 points and six rebounds. added a season-high 12 points and matched a season-high with six assists to lead Sir’Dominic Pointer contributed nine points and nine rebounds as the Red Storm St. John’s (5-1). Sir’Dominic Pointer had eight points and nine rebounds, and finished -2 (36-38) on the glass, despite being outmatched by a Gonzaga front- Myles Stewart made three 3-pointers as part of a career-high nine-point effort. line that featured three players 6-foot-10 and taller. The Red Storm shot a season-best 49.1 percent (26-of-53) from the floor and Domantas Sabonis had 14 points and nine rebounds to lead five double-figure added a 40.0 percent effort (8-of-20) from long range, while finishing even (41- scorers for Gonzaga (6-0), which entered the game averaging 93.4 points per 41) with the Purple Eagles on the glass. Stewart and Chris Obekpa (five points, game this season. Gary Bell Jr. added 13 points and Byron Wesley chipped in with seven rebounds) each had three blocks in the contest. 12. The Bulldogs shot 52.9 percent (27-of-51) from the floor. Emile Blackman scored a game-high 21 points to pace Niagara (1-4), while After St. John’s cut its halftime deficit to three points with 15:55 to play, Gonzaga Ramone Snowden posted a double-double with 13 points and 12 boards. The went on an 11-0 run to open up a 14-point advantage, 51-37, at the 12:02 mark. Purple Eagles shot 53.8 percent (7-of-13) from long range in the second half, but Gonzaga led by as many as 15 before the Red Storm made its comeback bid. were held to just 32.0 percent (8-of-25) from distance for the game.

Harrison drained a 3-pointer and Pointer turned a steal into a fastbreak layup as After shooting 1-of-12 from distance in the first half, Niagara made its first two part of St. John’s 7-0 run that made it an eight-point game, 56-48, with 7:37 treys in the second stanza to cut the deficit to five, 37-32. Two more Purple Eagle remaining. Gonzaga maintained a seven point lead with just 2:03 to go before 3s sparked an 8-2 rally to cut St. John’s advantage to 46-45 at the 11:44 mark. Greene IV delivered a pair of 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to get the Red Storm within 69-66 with one minute to play. St. John’s answered with Pointer’s fastbreak layup to give the Red Storm a 55-50 edge with 8:25 remaining and the defense clamped down allowing only two Down three, the Red Storm made back-to-back defensive stops down the stretch, field goals the rest of the way. Pointer tacked on a pair of fastbreak slam dunks but came up empty on the ensuing offensive possessions. A turnover followed by to power a 10-0 run that spanned more than five minutes as the Red Storm’s lead an offensive foul allowed Gonzaga to seal the game at the free-throw line. ballooned to 65-50.

St. John’s led early after a Greene 3-pointer at the 16:44 mark in the first half St. John’s used six 3-pointers in the first half to take control of the game early, gave the Red Storm a three point cushion. Gonzaga regained the lead, but a including a pair from Stewart. With the contest tied at four, Stewart sank a pair Jordan 3-pointer tied the game at 17-17 before a trey from Myles Stewart put the of 3s and Branch added a triple of his own as the Red Storm went on a 13-3 run Red Storm up 20-19 with 7:20 to play. The Bulldogs, however, went on an 8-0 run to open a double-digit advantage. to grab a 27-20 lead and took a five-point advantage into halftime.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics St. John's vs Gonzaga Niagara vs St. John's 11/28/14 7pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 12/2/14 7:00 p.m. at Queens, N.Y.

St. John's 66 • 4-1 Niagara 57 • 1-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 3-60-03-64595 9500429 04 Harris, Rayvon f 1-40-12-23470 4330029 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 5 1 0 1 3 2 22 11 Snowden, Ramone f 4-11 2-3 3-7 3 9 12 2 13 3 1 1 2 31 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 8-164-90-0134220110131 02 Blackman, Emile g 9-21 2-7 1-1 134221000037 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 4-16 2-9 5-6 2 3 5 4 15 1 3 0 0 38 10 Myers, Wesley g 2-6 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 22 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 6-161-45-9303518190438 12 Davis, Karonn g 2-10 1-5 1-1 0334 6511235 00 BRANCH, Jamal 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 05 Dickson, DayJar 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 02 STEWART, Myles 1-2 1-2 0-0 1121 3000013 13 Scott, Matt 0-5 0-2 0-0 1341 0020118 04 JONES, Christian 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 Suber, James 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 15 Richardson, Julian 0-2 0-2 0-0 0221 00100 5 Team 2 2 4 21 Skou Hansen, Anders 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 22-60 8-24 14-23 16 20 36 22 66 10 14 3 11 200 22 Reid, Dominique 3-10 1-1 0-0 2354 7010016 Team 4 0 4 FG % 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd half: 12-31 38.7% Game: 22-60 36.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd half: 4-12 33.3% Game: 8-24 33.3% Rebounds Totals 21-70 8-25 7-11 14 27 41 16 57 12 11 2 5 200 FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd half: 10-18 55.6% Game: 14-23 60.9% 4 FG % 1st Half: 9-35 25.7% 2nd half: 12-35 34.3% Game: 21-70 30.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-12 8.3% 2nd half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 8-25 32.0% Rebounds Gonzaga 73 • 6-0 FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 7-11 63.6% 2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min St. John's 70 • 5-1 24 KARNOWSKI, PRZEMEK f 5-80-00-2257410030127 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 33 WILTJER, KYLE f 3-9 0-2 2-5 1 4 5 2 8 0 2 0 1 20 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 PANGOS, KEVIN g 3-81-54-4314111930240 02 STEWART, Myles f 3-73-60-00112 9113019 05 BELL JR., GARY g 4-7 2-4 3-5 1 6 7 4 13 1 2 0 0 33 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 2-5 0-0 1-3 1 6 7 4 5 1 2 3 1 26 22 WESLEY, BYRON g 4-90-04-6044212130131 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 5-61-21-2033212640130 00 MELSON, SILAS 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 11 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 3-8 1-3 0-0 1 4 5 0 7 0 1 0 0 24 02 NUNEZ, ANGEL 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00100 3 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 6-13 1-5 3-4 099316110032 03 DRANGINIS, KYLE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 9 04 JONES, Christian 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 11 SABONIS, DOMANTAS 6-6 0-0 2-3 459314220026 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 00100 6 Team 0 1 1 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 4 Totals 27-51 4-14 15-25 11 27 38 21 73 14 17 2 5 200 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic 4-8 0-0 0-0 0991 8413130 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 1-3 1-2 5-7 0 2 2 3 8 4 2 1 2 26 FG % 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd half: 13-23 56.5% Game: 27-51 52.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 4-14 28.6% Rebounds Team 1 2 3 FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd half: 11-20 55.0% Game: 15-25 60.0% 3 Totals 26-53 8-20 10-16 4 37 41 19 70 17 14 11 5 200

Officials: Pat Driscoll, Mike Stephens, Paul Szelc FG % 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd half: 13-22 59.1% Game: 26-53 49.1% Deadball Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Gonzaga-KARNOWSKI, PRZEMEK. 3FG % 1st Half: 6-15 40.0% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 8-20 40.0% Rebounds 2 Attendance: 5548 FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 10-16 62.5% 2014 NIT Season Tip-off Championship Game 2014 NIT Season Tip-Off All Tournament Team: , Officials: Pat Driscoll, John Gaffney, Nathan Farrell Domantas Sabonis (Gonzaga), Rysheed Jordan, D'Angelo Harrison (St.John's) Technical fouls: Niagara-None. St. John's-None. Most Outstanding Player-Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga) Attendance: 4475

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Niagara 24 33 57 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench St. John's 28 38 66 NIA1815164 7 SJU2215593 St. John's 35 35 70 Gonzaga 33 40 73 GON 36 19 11 2 19 SJU 24 14 2 18 21

Last FG - SJU 2nd-01:00, GON 2nd-01:16. Score tied - 4 times. Last FG - NIA 2nd-00:03, SJU 2nd-04:49. Score tied - 2 times. Largest lead - SJU by 3 1st-16:44, GON by 15 2nd-10:27. Lead changed - 6 times. Largest lead - NIA None, SJU by 17 2nd-00:57. Lead changed - 0 times. SJU led for 03:06. GON led for 34:01. Game was tied for 02:52. NIA led for 00:00. SJU led for 38:55. Game was tied for 00:56. Game # 7 Game #8 Dec. 6, 2014 • Carrier Dome Dec. 10, 2014 • Carnesecca Arena 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 32 37 69 No. 24 St. John’s 39 35 74 Syracuse 28 29 57 Fairleigh Dickinson 25 27 52

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The St. John’s men’s basketball team rallied for a 69-57 victory QUEENS, N.Y. - D’Angelo Harrison scored a game-high 26 points and Chris over Syracuse on Saturday before 24,884 fans at the Carrier Dome, the largest Obekpa added a 10-point, 12-rebound double-double as No. 24/RV St. John’s crowd for a college basketball game this season. Phil Greene IV scored 11 straight earned a 74-52 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson Wednesday at Carnesecca Arena. points to power a 17-2 run over the final 4:06 sending St. John’s (6-1) to its first The Red Storm had four players score double-figures, including a 16-point effort win at Syracuse in more than 15 years. The victory also snapped the Orange’s 55- from Phil Greene IV and 12 more coming from Sir’Dominic Pointer. game non-conference home win streak, which was the second-longest active streak in the nation. Harrison shot 8-of-14 from the floor and made 8-of-8 free throws, while moving into sole possession of seventh place on the St. John’s all-time scoring chart with D’Angelo Harrison scored a game-high 24 points, shooting 4-for-8 from down- 1,756 points. Pointer shot 6-for-6 from the field and Greene picked up where he town and a perfect 8-for-8 at the free-throw line. Harrison’s 3-pointer at 12:42 in left off on Saturday at Syracuse scoring 12 of his 16 points in the first half to lift the second half elevated the senior to eighth place on St. John’s career scoring St. John’s (7-1) to its fifth-straight win in Queens this season. chart with 1,730 career points, surpassing Glen Williams (1973-77, 1,727 points). St. John’s shot a season-high 56.9 percent (29-of-51) from the floor and posted a The Red Storm buried 5-of-6 (83.3 percent) 3-pointers in the second half and fin- +11 (35-24) edge on the glass. The Red Storm also added 11 blocks, including six ished a season best 56.3 percent (9-of-16) from downtown in the contest. swats from Obekpa. Harrison’s fourth triple gave the Johnnies a 50-42 cushion, but Syracuse answered with a 13-5 spurt to set the stage for the thrilling finish. Mustafaa Jones scored a team-high 18 points to lead Fairleigh Dickinson (3-5), capped the run with a free-throw that put the Orange up 55-52 at 5:34. while Xavier Harris contributed 13 points and eight boards. The Knights shot just 37.3 percent (19-of-51) from the floor and made just 4-of-14 (28.6 percent) 3- Greene responded with back-to-back trifectas to shift the lead back to St. John’s pointers. for good. On the ensuing possession he made a clutch steal, swiping the ball from Michael Gbinije, and went in for the layup at 2:05 to put the Red Storm up Fairleigh Dickinson opened the second half with four-straight points, but 60-55. Greene delivered his fourth trey of the contest with 58 seconds remaining. Harrison followed with a jumper and a fastbreak layup before an Obekpa layup St. John’s shot 20-for-25 (80.0 percent) from the line, and hit all six attempts in quickly pushed the Red Storm lead to 45-30 with 16:46 left in regulation. the final 43 seconds en route to its fifth double-digit victory of the year. After Pointer turned a missed FDU 3-pointer into a fastbreak slam, the senior Chris Obekpa grabbed nine of his career-high 16 rebounds in the opening stan- gave St. John’s a 17-point lead, 51-34, with another dunk on an assist from za. Obepka blocked a game-high four shots, while pulling down 10 of his Rysheed Jordan (eight points, five assists). rebounds on the defensive glass in 39 minutes of work. Rysheed Jordan scored nine of his 11 points in the first half and added six rebounds in the contest. The Knights then cut the deficit to 11 with 3-pointers on consecutive possessions . and trailed just 55-45 with 7:47 to play. St. John’s, however, took back control as Greene finished with 18 points, two assists, two steals and did not commit a Harrison made four-straight free throws and Obekpa added a tip-in to cap a six- turnover in 32 minutes. Sir’Dominic Pointer had another solid all-around per- point spurt and make it a 61-45 ballgame. A Harrison 3-pointer at the 3:00 mark formance posting nine points, eight rebounds, five assists, three blocks, two pushed the lead to 21, 68-47, and a Greene jumper gave the Red Storm its largest steals and sinking 5-of-6 free-throws. lead of the game, 74-51.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics St. John's vs Syracuse Fairleigh Dickinson vs St. John's 12/6/14 5:15 p.m. at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. 12/10/14 8:00 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)

St. John's 69 • (6-1) Fairleigh Dickinson 52 • 3-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 1-60-03-46101625104039 20 HARRIS, Xavier f 6-120-01-4448513120133 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 2-5 0-0 5-6 2 6 8 3 9 5 4 3 2 36 35 STOKES, Darius f 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 15 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 1-30-00-11121 2110015 03 MacDONALD, Matt g 1-41-32-21561 5110032 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-16 4-8 2-2 0 2 2 3 18 2 0 0 2 32 22 ANDERSON, Darian g 1-7 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 30 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 6-124-68-8033224110238 24 JONES, Mustafaa g 7-122-52-2022018430337 02 STEWART, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 02 NIX, Malachi 1-1 1-1 0-2 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 11 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 00000 4 05 POTTS Jr, Earl 0-4 0-1 2-2 0111 2000112 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 4-11 1-2 2-4 3 3 6 3 11 2 4 0 1 33 13 KINGSLEY, Scott 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Team 0 1 1 15 TOWNES, Marques 1-5 0-1 2-6 0442 4110021 Totals 20-53 9-16 20-25 12 26 38 16 69 12 10 7 7 200 21 MANN, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 SCHROBACK, Mike 1-1 0-0 0-1 0000 20000 2 FG % 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd half: 9-24 37.5% Game: 20-53 37.7% Deadball Team 2 0 2 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 9-16 56.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd half: 14-18 77.8% Game: 20-25 80.0% 1 Totals 19-51 4-14 10-21 7 17 24 18 52 10 11 0 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd half: 9-26 34.6% Game: 19-51 37.3% Deadball Syracuse 57 • (5-3) 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 4-14 28.6% Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 10-21 47.6% 7 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min St. John's 74 • 7-1 00 Michael Gbinije f 6-101-30-2055513530137 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 05 Chris McCullough f 5-12 0-0 3-10 1 7 8 3 13 1 4 3 3 40 25 Rakeem Christmas c 5-8 0-0 5-6 6 9 15 2 15 3 2 3 1 40 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 10 Trevor Cooney g 1-6 0-4 0-0 2 2 4 3 2 3 0 0 2 40- 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 6-60-00-0066512232123 14 Kaleb Joseph g 1-51-50-02242 3220019 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 4-6 0-0 2-4 3 9 12 2 10 1 1 6 1 37 02 B.J. Johnson 2-6 0-3 2-2 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 1-20-00-00112 2020028 04 Ron Patterson 2-9 1-7 0-0 0002 5310017 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 7-15 2-4 0-0 0 3 3 0 16 4 2 1 2 36 Team 3 0 3 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 8-142-78-8156226312136 Totals 22-56 3-22 10-20 15 25 40 17 57 17 12 6 7 200 02 STEWART, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 04 JONES, Christian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 2 FG % 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 2nd half: 11-26 42.3% Game: 22-56 39.3% Deadball 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3FG % 1st Half: 1-13 7.7% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 3-22 13.6% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 10-20 50.0% 3 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-0 0-0 0-0 1123 00200 9 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 3-8 1-4 1-2 1 1 2 2 8 5 2 0 1 24 Officials: Karl Hess, Mike Stephens, Jeff Anderson 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 00000 1 Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Syracuse-None. Team 0 2 2 Attendance: 24884 Totals 29-51 5-15 11-14 6 29 35 17 74 15 13 11 6 200 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Deadball Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench FG % 1st Half: 16-27 59.3% 2nd half: 13-24 54.2% Game: 29-51 56.9% St. John's 32 37 69 Rebounds SJU 12 9 8 13 11 3FG % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 5-15 33.3% 2 Syracuse 28 29 57 SU 32 8 13 4 11 FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd half: 8-8 100.0% Game: 11-14 78.6%

Last FG - SJU 2nd-00:58, SU 2nd-01:30. Score tied - 3 times. Officials: Wally Rutecki, Gary Prager, Matt Potter Largest lead - SJU by 12 2nd-00:04, SU by 5 1st-13:02. Lead changed - 6 times. Technical fouls: Fairleigh Dickinson-HARRIS, Xavier. St. John's-POINTER, SJU led for 21:11. SU led for 15:20. Game was tied for 03:29. Sir'Dominic. Attendance: 4528

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Fairleigh Dickinson 25 27 52 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench FDU 18 10 8 2 12 St. John's 39 35 74 SJU 28 16 10 9 8

Last FG - FDU 2nd-02:33, SJU 2nd-00:52. Score tied - 2 times. Largest lead - FDU None, SJU by 23 2nd-00:52. Lead changed - 0 times. FDU led for 00:00. SJU led for 37:57. Game was tied for 02:03. Game #9 Game #10 Dec. 14, 2014 • Madison Square Garden Dec. 19, 2014 • Carnesecca Arena 1 2 Total 1 2 Total No. 24 St. John’s 39 35 74 No. 20/23 St. John’s 18 35 53 Fordham 28 25 53 Saint Mary’s 33 14 47

NEW YORK - Rysheed Jordan matched a career-best with a game-high 24 points QUEENS, N.Y. - D’Angelo Harrison scored a team-high 21 points and Sir’Dominic and D’Angelo Harrison added 22 as No. 24/RV St. John’s cruised to a 74-53 victo- Pointer registered an 11-point, 11-rebound double-double as No. 20/23 St. John’s ry against Fordham at the MSG Holiday Festival. The Red Storm extended its win overcame a 15-point halftime deficit and won its fifth-straight game with a 53- streak to four games as it ran away with its seventh double-digit triumph of the 47 triumph against Saint Mary’s in front of 4,645 fans at Carnesecca Arena. season. Harrison reached the 20-point mark for the fourth-straight game to lead St. Jordan finished 9-of-12 from the floor, matched a career-high with three 3-point- John’s (9-1), which has won 9-of-10 games to open the season for the first time ers and added a team-high four steals to lead St. John’s (8-1) to its second-largest since 2009-10. Pointer scored all 11 of his points in the second half and the Red margin of victory this season (21). Harrison shot 8-of-12 and moved into sole pos- Storm shot 46.4 percent (13-of-28) after the break to help fuel the comeback. session of sixth place on St. John’s career scoring list with 1,778 points. Chris Obekpa contributed eight points, seven rebounds and two blocks, while Jamal Branch dished out a season-high seven assists without a turnover as St. Joey De La Rosa added two blocks and one rebound in his Red Storm debut. John’s committed only 10 in the entire contest. The Red Storm’s defense convert- ed 20 Ram miscues into 28 points. The lone player to reach double-figures for Saint Mary’s (6-3), Brad Waldow scored a game-high 26 points and added 11 rebounds. Dane Pineau added six Eric Paschall led three Rams in double-figures scoring 14 points. Chris Sengfelder points and 11 boards as the Gaels posted a +18 margin (47-29) on the glass. Saint and Mandell Thomas added 11 points each as Fordham (3-5) had its two game Mary’s had 15 assists on 19 made field goals, but also committed 17 turnovers in win streak snapped. The Rams shot 38.8 percent (27-of-56) from the floor and the game. made just 5-of-22 (22.7 percent) attempts from long range. St. John’s trailed by 15 points at halftime, but opened the second half on a 27-8 The Red Storm opened the second half on a 20-5 run to take control of the game. run and led 45-41 with just 7:38 remaining in regulation. The defense sparked A Jordan 3-pointer followed by a pair of highlight reel dunks, including a Branch- the second half comeback as Waldow was limited to just seven points after the to-Pointer alley-oop and a Pointer two-handed slam from the baseline gave the break and the Gaels were held to just 26.1 percent shooting (6-of-23) in the sec- Red Storm a 46-33 lead. ond half.

With St. John’s utilizing the full court press, Jordan made a steal and went in for St. Mary’s opened up its halftime lead by holding the Red Storm to just 6-for-25 a fastbreak slam and Harrison added a 3-pointer to help key the second half run. shooting (24.0 percent) in the first half of action. The spurt gave St. John’s its largest lead of the game, a 59-33 advantage at the 11:28 mark.

St. John’s led by at least 21 points the rest of the way. After the Rams cut its deficit to 60-39, Jordan gave the Red Storm a larger cushion turning another steal into a fastbreak slam followed by an acrobatic layup on the ensuing posses- sion to push the advantage back to 25 points with just 7:17 to go.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Fordham vs St. John's Saint Mary's vs St. John's 12/14/14 2pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 12/19/14 7:00 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)

Fordham 53 • 3-5 Saint Mary's 47 • 6-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 30 RHOOMES, RYAN f 0-20-00-02354 00000 22 00 Waldow,Brad f 12-24 0-0 2-3 5 6 11 1 26 070036 43 SENGFELDER, CHRIS f 4-9 2-7 1-1 2 1 3 2 11 0 1 1 0 36 11 Pineau,Dane f 2-5 0-1 2-3 3 8 11 3 6 3 1 1 0 32 04 PASCHALL, ERIC c 6-12 2-6 0-0 1 7 8 1 14 0 4 0 0 32 03 Carter,Kerry g 1-61-31-21342 4400237 00 ANDERSON, ANTWOINE g 3-5 1-2 2-2 0 3 3 5 9 4 7 0 0 26 25 Duffy,Treaven g 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 10 01 THOMAS, MANDELL g 4-11 0-3 3-9 3 0 3 3 11 5 2 0 7 37 41 Naar,Emmett g 0-40-20-00333 0540125 03 ZARKOVIC, NEMANJA 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 20 Bright,Aaron 1-7 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 2 5 1 2 0 1 26 05 THOMPSON, ZAIRE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1001 1 22 13 MASSIMINO, MATT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Jackson,Garrett 0-0 0-0 0-2 0111 00000 7 15 MUSOVIC, NIHAD 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 2 30 Simmons,Desmond 1-3 0-2 2-3 2 7 9 4 4 2 1 2 0 27 24 SMITH, BRYAN 2-5 0-2 4-4 0 1 1 0 8 1 1 0 0 20 Team 3 2 5 2 33 HALILAJ, ERANDO 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 Totals 18-51 2-12 9-17 15 32 47 20 47 15 17 3 4 200 44 SUAREZ, MANNY 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 10 FG % 1st Half: 12-28 42.9% 2nd half: 6-23 26.1% Game: 18-51 35.3% Deadball 55 BATTEE-ASTON, DEKEBA 0-1 0-0 0-1 0002 00110 8 3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd half: 0-6 0.0% Game: 2-12 16.7% Rebounds Team 3 4 7 FT % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 9-17 52.9% 5 Totals 19-49 5-22 10-17 11 23 34 21 53 11 20 4 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd half: 9-24 37.5% Game: 19-49 38.8% Deadball St. John's 53 • 9-1 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 2-14 14.3% Game: 5-22 22.7% Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd half: 5-9 55.6% Game: 10-17 58.8% 4 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min St. John's 74 • 8-1 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 4-50-03-411011211522139 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 4-7 0-0 0-1 3 4 7 5 8 0 0 2 0 25 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 1-40-00-00110 2200219 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 1-9 1-4 2-2 1 3 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 35 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 3-50-11-30333 70101 23 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 7-162-55-8011321130337 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 6 0 0 0 1 16 02 STEWART, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 0-20-12-21122 27000 25 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 3-12 0-3 1-2 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 32 04 JONES, Christian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 3 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 8-12 2-5 4-4 0 2 2 1 22 1 0 1 1 35 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 2-11 1-5 1-4 2 0 2 4 6 1 3 0 1 28 02 STEWART, Myles 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0112 0002012 04 JONES, Christian 0-1 0-0 2-4 2461 20000 17 Team 1 1 2 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Totals 19-53 4-14 11-19 8 21 29 17 53 11 8 6 7 200 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-2 0-0 1-2 3141 10201 9 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 FG % 1st Half: 6-25 24.0% 2nd half: 13-28 46.4% Game: 19-53 35.8% Deadball Rebounds 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 9-12 3-5 3-3 0333 242204 29 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 4-14 28.6% FT % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 11-19 57.9% 2 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 2 2 4 Officials: Gary Prager, Clarence Armstrong, Brent Hampton Totals 27-56 6-19 14-20 10 22 32 16 74 10 8 1 10 200 Technical fouls: Saint Mary's-None. St. John's-None. Attendance: 4645 FG % 1st Half: 13-28 46.4% 2nd half: 14-28 50.0% Game: 27-56 48.2% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 6-19 31.6% Rebounds Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast FT % 1st Half: 10-11 90.9% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 14-20 70.0% 2 Saint Mary's 33 14 47 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SMC 32 7 8 4 9 Officials: Pat Driscoll, Brian O'Connell, Tony Chiazza St. John's 18 35 53 SJU 16 17 9 7 6 Technical fouls: Fordham-ANDERSON, ANTWOINE. St. John's-OBEKPA, Chris 2. Attendance: 8074 Last FG - SMC 2nd-02:42, SJU 2nd-02:30. Score tied - 1 time. 2014 Holiday Festival Largest lead - SMC by 16 1st-01:36, SJU by 6 2nd-00:03. Lead changed - 2 times. SMC led for 26:53. SJU led for 11:15. Game was tied for 01:23. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Fordham 28 25 53 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench FOR244768 St. John's 39 35 74 SJU 26 28 7 10 30

Last FG - FOR 2nd-01:05, SJU 2nd-02:28. Score tied - 4 times. Largest lead - FOR by 6 1st-11:21, SJU by 26 2nd-11:28. Lead changed - 3 times. FOR led for 06:49. SJU led for 29:39. Game was tied for 03:11. Game #11 Game #12 Dec. 22, 2014 • Carnesecca Arena Dec. 28, 2014 • Barclays Center 1 2 Total 1 2 Total No. 17/19 St. John’s 24 42 66 No. 17/19 St. John’s 47 35 82 Long Beach State 20 29 49 Tulane 22 35 57

QUEENS, N.Y. - Chris Obekpa scored a career-high 16 points to lead four players BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Sir’Dominic Pointer registered his first-career 20-point game in double-figures as No. 17/19 St. John’s recorded its sixth-straight win with a 66- and finished with a career-high 24 points as No. 17/19 St. John’s won its seventh- 49 victory against Long Beach State in front of 5,014 fans at Carnesecca Arena on straight game with an 82-57 victory against Tulane as part of the BROOKLYN Monday night. HOOPS Winter Festival at Barclays Center.

Obekpa made 7-of-8 shots from the floor, while adding eight rebounds and six Pointer shot 9-of-13 from the floor and added a career-high seven steals to go blocks to lead St. John’s (10-1), while Phil Greene IV also scored 16 points. Jamal with four rebounds, four assists and two blocks for St. John’s (11-1), which is off Branch added 11 points and Sir’Dominic Pointer contributed 11 points, seven to an 11-1 start for the first time since 1985-86. D’Angelo Harrison added 21 rebounds, seven assists, three blocks and two steals. points to move into fourth on the St. John’s all-time scoring list with 1,829 points. Rysheed Jordan chipped in with 12 points to give the Red Storm three players in The Red Storm shot 45.0 percent (27-of-60) from the floor and committed just double-figures. seven turnovers. Defensively, St. John’s blocked nine shots and finished with 12 steals. St. John’s shot 50.8 percent (31-of-61) from the floor, its second game this season shooting better than 50.0 percent, and added a 73.7 percent (14-of-19) effort at Mike Caffey scored 13 points to lead Long Beach State (5-8) and Tyler Lamb the charity stripe. added 10 points. Long Beach State posted a +3 margin (42-39) on the glass, but shot just 32.3 percent (20-of-62) from the floor and 31.8 percent (7-of-22) from Jonathan Stark scored a team-high 15 points to lead Tulane (9-3), while Louis long range. Dabney added 12. The Green Wave shot just 37.9 percent (22-of-58) from the floor, including a 24.0 percent (6-of-25) performance from long range. Long Beach State trailed for much of the first half, but took a 28-27 lead on a Tyler Lamb 3-pointer with 16:33 to go in regulation. St. John's, however, St. John's led by as much as 27 points late in the second half before a Keith answered with a 9-0 run to take a 36-28 lead. Pickney layup with two seconds left provided the final margin.

The 49ers later cut the St. John's lead to seven, 44-37, on an Eric McKnight slam St. John's used a 39-13 run spanning the final 15:34 of the first half to take a 47- with 7:28 left, but the Red Storm closed the game on a 22-11 run. 22 advantage into the break. The key to the offensive run was St. John's transi- tion game as the Red Storm turned 11 first half turnovers into 14 points. For the St. John’s used a 9-0 run early in the first half to take an 11-4 advantage at the game, St. John's converted 17 turnovers into 20 points. 16:14 mark.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Long Beach State vs St. John's Tulane vs St. John's 12/22/14 7:30 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena) 12/28/14 12:00 p.m. at Brooklyn, N.Y. (Barclays Center)

Long Beach State 49 • 5-8 Tulane 57 • 9-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 Yussuf, Temidayo f 0-70-00-02350 0021019 00 DABNEY, Louis * 5-112-70-0213212120028 35 Williams, Jack f 1-8 1-2 1-2 0 5 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 19 02 STARK, Jonathan * 6-15 1-6 2-2 0 1 1 1 15 3 4 0 0 33 01 Lamb, Tyler g 4-102-70-0156410220125 15 SMITH, Ryan * 1-20-00-01233 2020014 05 Caffey, Mike g 6-11 1-3 0-1 1 0 1 0 13 3 2 1 2 36 24 HOOK, Jay * 3-10 2-7 0-3 1 4 5 3 8 1 1 0 1 30 14 Jones, Branford g 2-71-30-02463 5240028 34 DRYE, Tre * 0-00-01-20441 1010119 01 PINCKNEY, Keith 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 0 10 03 Moye, Anson 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 03 MACK, Kajon 1-4 0-2 0-0 0442 2011020 11 Samuels, David 1-5 0-0 1-1 3254 3120119 11 HEARLIHY, Josh 1-2 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 11 12 McKnight, Eric 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 6 0 0 2 0 14 21 OSETKOWSKI, Dylan 2-7 1-1 3-6 3473 8020123 13 North, Deontae 0-3 0-2 0-0 0110 0110010 23 LIBERMAN, Aaron 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 21 Bibbins, Justin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 25 HENSON, Payton 1-3 0-1 0-0 1230 21110 9 24 Hammonds, Travis 1-2 0-0 0-2 1121 21200 7 Team 0 3 3 31 LaSalle, McKay 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 12 Totals 22-58 6-25 7-15 8 26 34 16 57 10 17 3 3 200 34 Lockett, Charles 0-00-00-00000 00000 1 Team 4 2 6 FG % 1st Half: 9-25 36.0% 2nd half: 13-33 39.4% Game: 22-58 37.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd half: 4-14 28.6% Game: 6-25 24.0% Rebounds Totals 20-62 7-22 2-6 15 27 42 17 49 13 17 4 4 200 FT % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 7-15 46.7% 5

FG % 1st Half: 9-37 24.3% 2nd half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 20-62 32.3% Deadball St. John's 82 • 11-1 3FG % 1st Half: 1-13 7.7% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 7-22 31.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 2-6 33.3% 2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min St. John's 66 • 10-1 00 BRANCH, Jamal * 2-31-10-01232 5210127 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 01 GREENE IV, Phil * 3-8 1-2 1-2 0 2 2 0 8 3 1 0 1 28 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo * 7-131-46-6022321300127 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 4-130-13-4167111723239 12 OBEKPA, Chris * 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 7 8 2 2 0 0 4 0 22 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 7-8 0-0 2-4 2 6 8 2 16 0 1 6 2 37 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic * 9-130-16-7044124432734 02 STEWART, Myles 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 5-90-11-2112111320437 04 JONES, Christian 0-0 0-0 0-0 2240 00000 9 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 7-18 2-8 0-0 0 2 2 0 16 2 1 0 4 37 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0+ 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 3-81-32-228102 9110032 10 BALAMOU, Felix 2-3 0-0 0-0 1121 4100112 02 STEWART, Myles 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 04 JONES, Christian 1-1 0-0 0-0 0000 20000 1 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 5-11 2-5 0-0 022412331222 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 1-2 0-0 1-4 2 2 4 2 3 0 2 0 1 6 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-1 0-0 0-0 1010 00000 9 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Team 1 3 4 1 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-2 1121 00000 3 Totals 31-61 6-17 14-19 8 31 39 16 82 17 11 7 14 200 Team 2 5 7 FG % 1st Half: 18-32 56.3% 2nd half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 31-61 50.8% Deadball Totals 27-60 3-15 9-16 10 29 39 9 66 14 7 9 12 200 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 6-17 35.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 14-19 73.7% 1 FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd half: 16-33 48.5% Game: 27-60 45.0% Deadball Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 3-15 20.0% Officials: Ed Corbett, Clarence Armstrong, Matt Potter 3 FT % 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 9-16 56.3% Technical fouls: Tulane-None. St. John's-HARRISON, D'Angelo. Attendance: 6032 Officials: Jim Burr, Earl Walton, Ray Natili Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival Presented by Honda Technical fouls: Long Beach State-None. St. John's-None. Attendance: 5014 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Tulane 22 35 57 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast TLN2447519 St. John's 47 35 82 Long Beach State 20 29 49 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SJU 46 20 7 22 22 LBSU 18 6 17 7 17 St. John's 24 42 66 SJU 30 23 15 10 3 Last FG - TLN 2nd-00:01, SJU 2nd-00:05. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - TLN by 3 1st-16:13, SJU by 27 2nd-02:41. Lead changed - 6 times. Last FG - LBSU 2nd-00:39, SJU 2nd-00:29. Score tied - 2 times. TLN led for 02:23. SJU led for 37:13. Game was tied for 00:24. Largest lead - LBSU by 2 1st-19:27, SJU by 19 2nd-01:28. Lead changed - 5 times. LBSU led for 02:43. SJU led for 35:38. Game was tied for 01:39. Game #13 Game #14 Dec. 31, 2014 • Prudential Center Jan. 3, 2015 • Carnesecca Arena 1 2 Total 1 2 Total No. 15/17 St. John’s 35 32 67 No. 15/17 St. John’s 30 39 69 Seton Hall 40 38 78 Butler 26 47 73

NEWARK, N.J. - No. 15/17 St. John’s led by as many as six in the first half and QUEENS, N.Y. - D’Angelo Harrison matched a season-high with 31 points, but No. trailed by just two with less than six minutes to play in the game, but local rival 15/17 St. John’s came up short in a 73-69 setback against Butler before a sellout Seton Hall took advantage of 31 trips to the free throw line to defeat the Red crowd of 5,602 at Carnesecca Arena. The Bulldogs shot 61.5 percent (16-of-26) in Storm, 78-67, in the BIG EAST opener. The setback ends the Red Storm’s seven the second half to snap the Red Storm’s seven-game win streak in Queens. game win streak and marks the nationally-ranked team’s first loss since being edged by then-No. 10/8 Gonzaga in the NIT Season Tip Off Championship Game. Harrison finished 10-of-21 from the floor and made 9-of-11 free throws en route to his third-career 30-point game for St. John’s (11-3, 0-2). Phil Greene IV added D’Angelo Harrison reached the 20-point mark for the sixth time in the past seven 14 points and Chris Obekpa totaled 11 points, seven rebounds and five blocks. games with a 25-point effort to lead St. John’s (11-2, 0-1) and match Sterling Sir’Dominic Pointer contributed nine points, eight rebounds, four assists, three Gibbs as the game’s high scorer. Phil Greene IV added 15 points, while Rysheed blocks and three steals as part of an all-around effort. Jordan contributed 11 points. The Red Storm shot 43.3 percent (26-of-60) from the floor, but went 10-of-16 (62.5 percent) from the charity stripe. The Red Storm shot 46.3 percent (25-of-54) from the floor, made 15-of-19 free throws (78.9 percent) and committed just seven turnovers, but finished -8 on the Gibbs made 5-of-7 3-pointers, while also adding eight assists to lift Seton Hall to glass and received zero bench points. 11-2 and 1-0 in conference action. The Pirates had two players finish with dou- ble-doubles as Angel Delgado contributed 13 points and 12 boards, and Brandon Kellen Dunham made 6-of-7 3-pointers and scored a season-high 28 points, Mobley added 13 points and 10 rebounds. Jaren Sina also converted 4-of-8 3- including a 3-pointer with just more than 2 minutes left to lead Butler (11-4, 1- pointers as the Pirates shot 43.5 percent (10-of-23) from long range. 1). Alex Barlow added 15 points and Roosevelt Jones had 14 to help the Bulldogs.

Seton Hall used a 13-3 run to open it’s a largest lead of the game, a 58-44 mar- St. John’s led by four at the break, but Butler opened the second half on a 12-5 gin at the 10:14 mark. run and quickly led 38-35 with 16:22 left in regulation. After a Dunham 3-point- er gave the Bulldogs a 53-46 advantage, the Red Storm used an Obekpa slam, a The Red Storm regained momentum scoring six straight points with a Chris Jamal Branch steal and coast-to-coast layup, and a Harrison 3-pointer to close to Obekpa tip-in and a pair of free-throws from Harrison followed by his steal off within 57-55 with just 4:43 to go. the fullcourt press setting up his two-handed dunk. The Pirates promptly pushed the lead back to 11 points as Sina answered with a 3-pointer at the other end. The Bulldogs were still clinging to a two-point lead when Dunham got free near the top of the key and drained a 3-pointer that made it 64-59 with 2:05 remain- St. John’s clawed back again trimming the deficit to only two with 5:21 remain- ing. Butler then made 9-of-10 free throws down the stretch to close out the win. ing. A pair of 3-pointers from Greene followed by a Jamal Branch fastbreak layup-and-one shifted momentum back to the Red Storm. On the ensuing pos- The Red Storm made five of its first eight shots and jumped out to an early 11-4 session, Harrison knocked down two free throws getting St. John’s within 65-63. lead at the 15:58 mark of the first half. Butler answered as Dunham drained a pair of 3s to key an 8-0 run that gave the Bulldogs a 12-11 advantage with 13:37 The Hall responded with the next five points as a Delgado layup and a Gibbs to go. triple sparked a 13-4 game-ending run. St. John’s could not find a shooting rhythm missing nine consecutive field goal attempts during the stretch. Butler went up by as many as five in the first half, but the Red Storm closed on an 11-2 run and took a 30-26 advantage into halftime.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics St. John's vs Seton Hall Butler vs St. John's 12/31/14 12:00 PM at Newark, N.J. (Prudential Center) 1/3/15 4 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)

St. John's 67 • 11-2, 0-1 Butler 73 • 11-4, 1-1 BE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 3-50-01-24154 7035033 21 JONES, Roosevelt f 7-120-00-2044314332039 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 2-6 0-1 0-0 4 3 7 5 4 1 1 1 0 34 31 WOODS, Kameron f 2-6 0-0 4-4 2 8 10 3 8 0 0 1 0 32 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 2-60-21-12572 5400032 45 CHRABASCZ, Andrew f 3-80-22-41234 8231132 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-16 3-7 0-0 0 1 1 1 15 0 1 0 1 34 03 BARLOW, Alex g 6-9 1-2 2-2 2 4 6 1 15 2 1 0 2 38 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 9-172-85-7134525110138 24 DUNHAM, Kellen g 8-166-76-8134128020035 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 00 ETHERINGTON, Austin 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 4-10 0-2 3-6 224411120323 04 WIDEMAN, Tyler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0220 00000 4 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 ALDRIDGE, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 0 3 3 30 MARTIN, Kelan 0-2 0-1 0-0 0001 00000 7 Totals 26-605-2010-1613193225677865200 Team 3 1 4 FG % 1st Half: 14-27 51.9% 2nd half: 12-33 36.4% Game: 26-60 43.3% Deadball Totals 26-54 7-12 14-20 10 24 34 16 73 8 9 4 3 200 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd half: 2-11 18.2% Game: 5-20 25.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 10-16 62.5% 3,1 FG % 1st Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd half: 16-26 61.5% Game: 26-54 48.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 7-12 58.3% Rebounds Seton Hall 78 • 11-2, 1-0 FT % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd half: 12-14 85.7% Game: 14-20 70.0% 4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds St. John's 69 • 11-3, 0-2 BE ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 02 MOBLEY, Brandon f 4-9 1-4 4-4 3 7 10 1 13 2 1 0 0 31 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 31 DELGADO, Angel f 5-8 0-0 3-9 3 9 12 3 13 2 0 1 0 31 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 4-130-31-20882 9403340 45 MANGA, Stephane f 0-20-10-00112 0000015 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 4-6 0-0 3-4 4 3 7 4 11 0 0 5 0 35 04 GIBBS, Sterling g 7-13 5-7 6-8 0 2 2 2 25 8 0 0 0 38 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 1-20-02-20222 4230134 30 SINA, Jaren g 5-94-80-0314214320037 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-10 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 2 14 2 3 0 0 37 00 CARRINGTON, Khadeen 2-7 0-3 7-8 0 2 2 3 11 3 3 0 2 29 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 10-212-59-11145531211340- 13 KARLIS, Haralds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 02 STEWART, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 14 SANOGO, Ismael 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 04 JONES, Christian 0-1 0-1 0-0 0110 00000 9 20 RODRIGUEZ, Desi 0-2 0-0 2-2 0221 2010211 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 ANTHONY, Rashed 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 Team 1 2 3 Team 4 0 4 2 Totals 25-54 4-14 15-19 6 20 26 15 69 10 7 9 7 200 Totals 23-50 10-23 22-31 13 24 37 16 78 18 9 2 5 200 FG % 1st Half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd half: 13-27 48.1% Game: 25-54 46.3% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd half: 10-24 41.7% Game: 23-50 46.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 4-14 28.6% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 10-23 43.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 15-19 78.9% 3 FT % 1st Half: 10-15 66.7% 2nd half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 22-31 71.0% 3 Officials: John Gaffney, Joe Lindsay, Earl Walton Officials: Michael Stephens, James Breeding and Jim Burr Technical fouls: Butler-None. St. John's-None. Technical fouls: St. John's-JORDAN, Rysheed. Seton Hall-CARRINGTON, Khadeen. Attendance: 5602 Attendance: 9183 Technical foul SJU #23-10:50 2nd Half - Unsportsmanlike conduct. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Technical foul SHU #0-5:36 2nd Half - Contact technical. Butler 26 47 73 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench BU 30 15 8 4 0 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast St. John's 30 39 69 SJU 34 13 5 12 0 St. John's 35 32 67 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SJU3214111411 Last FG - BU 2nd-02:05, SJU 2nd-00:01. Score tied - 4 times. Seton Hall 40 38 78 SHU 22 10 14 17 13 Largest lead - BU by 7 2nd-11:23, SJU by 7 1st-15:58. Lead changed - 5 times. BU led for 25:42. SJU led for 12:25. Game was tied for 01:53. Last FG - SJU 2nd-00:15, SHU 2nd-02:09. Score tied - 6 times. Largest lead - SJU by 6 1st-15:40, SHU by 14 2nd-10:14. Lead changed - 1 time. SJU led for 15:21. SHU led for 20:56. Game was tied for 03:43. Game #15 Game #16 Jan. 6, 2015 • Madison Square Garden Jan. 14, 2015 • Dunkin’ Donuts Center 1 2 Total 1 2 Total No. 24/24 St. John’s 35 37 72 St. John’s 42 41 83 No. 8/8 Villanova 34 56 90 Providence 30 40 70

NEW YORK - No. 24/24 St. John’s led by two with 11:52 left in regulation, but No. PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Phil Greene IV and D’Angelo Harrison each reached career 8/8 Villanova closed the game on a 38-18 run and defeated the Red Storm, 90-72, milestones on a night that the St. John’s men’s basketball team rallied to a hard in front of 8,565 fans at Madison Square Garden. fought 83-70 road victory over Providence (13-5, 1-3) on Wednesday. The Red Storm shot 50.9 (27-of-53) from the field and a season-best 58.8 (10-of-17) from D’Angelo Harrison scored a game-high 25 points, reaching the 20-point plateau downtown en route to a double-digit victory at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. for the eighth time in the past nine games to pace St. John’s (11-4, 0-3). Phil Greene IV added 14 points, climbing to 990 for his career, while Jamal Branch Greene matched Harrison with a team-high 20 points and became the 49th play- contributed nine points, four boards, three assists and three steals. The Red er in program history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. Harrison’s 20 points sent Storm shot 48.3 percent (28-of-58) from the floor, including a 53.6 percent effort the four-year senior into third place on St. John’s career scoring list (1,930) sur- (15-of-28) in the first half. passing Felipe Lopez (1994-98, 1,927).

Darrun Hilliard scored a team-high 21 points to lead four players in double-fig- The first 14 minutes of the contest featured seven ties and two lead changes ures for Villanova (14-1, 2-1). had a 13-point, 13-rebound double- before St. John’s (12-4, 1-3) unleashed a 16-1 run to open a 15-point lead. With double to help the Wildcats post a +20 margin (41-21) on the glass. Dylan Ennis the score locked at 24, Rysheed Jordan sparked the offense with a 3-pointer as added 15 points and chipped in with 10. Villanova shot 55.7 percent the Red Storm scored the next 11 points. Greene followed with two of his four (34-of-61) from the floor and had 22 assists. first half 3-pointers, which were sandwiched around Amar Alibegovic’s two handed slam on the fast break to put St. John’s up 35-24. Leading by one at the half, St. John’s quickly opened up a four-point lead, 38-34, at the 19:19 mark. The Wildcats answered, however, and went up 42-38 after St. John’s led by as many as 17 points in the second half. Jordan hit five of his first Hilliard drained a 3-pointer to cap an 8-0 run. seven field goal attempts in his first start since Nov. 28. The sophomore guard drained a mid-range jumper for his fifth bucket of the game at 17:19 to give the After Sir’Dominic Pointer (nine points, four blocks) put the Red Storm back up by Red Storm a 49-32 advantage. one with an emphatic slam on an alley-oop from Greene, Harrison made it a two- point advantage, 54-52, with a jumper with 11:52 to go. The Wildcats responded The Friars answered with a 16-2 run, trimming their deficit to three points at as Hilliard drained a 3 and made a pair of free throws to cap a 9-0 run and put 10:13. Tyler Harris scored seven straight points to get Providence within 51-48 Villanova up by seven. before St. John’s countered with a 12-3 run.

A Branch layup-and-one cut the deficit to four with 8:19 to go, but a Hilliard trey Greene got the spurt started draining his career-high fifth 3-pointer in front of capped a 14-4 spurt and gave the Wildcats a 14-point advantage, 77-63. the St. John’s bench. Harrison scored seven of St. John’s next nine points to give the Red Storm a 65-53 lead with five minutes to play. His layup through traffic at Greene opened the game’s scoring with a 3-pointer as St. John’s jumped out to 5:37 gave him sole possession of third place on the scoring chart. an early 10-4 lead. Villanova answered with a pair of 3s and took a 14-10 advan- tage after scoring 10-straight points. The Wildcats led by six with 8:13 remaining, Sir’Dominic Pointer hit 9-of-10 free-throws in the final three minutes and fin- but St. John’s closed the half on a 14-7 run and took a 35-34 advantage into the ished 12-of-14 at the charity stripe. Pointer finished with 18 points to go with locker room. eight rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Villanova vs St. John's St. John's vs Providence 1/6/15 9pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 1/14/15 7:01 p.m. at Providence, R.I. - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Villanova 90 • 14-1, 2-1 St. John's 83 • 12-4, 1-3 BE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 22 PINKSTON, JayVaughn f 3-60-01-11564 7112020 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 1-30-00-02355 2110023 23 OCHEFU, Daniel f 6-7 0-0 1-2 7 6 13 2 13 4 2 1 0 22 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 3-8 0-1 12-14 0 8 8 4 18 3 3 1 2 37 04 HILLIARD, Darrun g 7-143-74-4213121110129 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 7-13 5-8 1-2 134120200138 15 ARCIDIACONO, Ryan g 1-3 1-2 6-7 0 0 0 1 9 10 0 0 2 34 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 7-14 4-6 2-3 0 4 4 3 20 4 3 0 1 39 31 ENNIS, Dylan g 7-131-40-0279115420331 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 6-11 1-2 4-6 213317230136 02 JENKINS, Kris 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 9 10 BALAMOU, Felix 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 03 HART, Josh 4-9 2-5 0-2 022110040129 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 2-2 0-0 0-0 0223 4101014 05 BOOTH, Phil 4-7 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 2 9 2 3 0 0 24 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 REYNOLDS, Darryl 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 2 Team 1 1 2 Team 2 3 5 Totals 27-53 10-17 19-25 6 23 29 20 83 13 10 2 6 200 Totals 34-61 10-23 12-16 14 27 41 16 90 22 13 3 7 200 FG % 1st Half: 16-29 55.2% 2nd half: 11-24 45.8% Game: 27-53 50.9% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 14-32 43.8% 2nd half: 20-29 69.0% Game: 34-61 55.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 10-17 58.8% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 10-23 43.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0% 2nd half: 17-23 73.9% Game: 19-25 76.0% 1,1 FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 12-16 75.0% 1 Providence 70 • 13-5, 3-2 BE St. John's 72 • 11-4, 0-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 BENTIL, Ben f 3-90-22-546104 8001128 00 BRANCH, Jamal f 4-90-11-11344 9310335 23 HENTON, LaDontae f 9-17 3-7 1-5 3 1 4 3 22 2 3 0 2 39 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 4-5 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 4 8 0 0 3 1 25 33 DESROSIERS, Carson c 2-70-02-24154 6012016 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 4-60-01-30225 9114023 03 DUNN, Kris g 6-13 0-3 5-7 0 7 7 3 17 10 5 0 2 38 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-14 2-7 0-0 0 3 3 1 14 2 3 0 1 37 21 LINDSEY, Jalen g 1-51-40-01453 3010022 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 8-152-37-8134325200138 13 CHUKWU, Paschal 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 02 STEWART, Myles 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 5 22 BANCROFT, Ted 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 00000 2 04 JONES, Christian 0-1 0-0 0-0 0001 00100 6 24 CARTWRIGHT, Kyron 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 HARRIS, Tyler 4-8 2-4 2-2 325212000023 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 32 LOMOMBA, Junior 0-3 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 0-6 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 26 Team 3 1 4 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 3 Totals 25-63 6-21 14-25 19 25 44 22 70 13 10 3 5 200 Team 1 1 2 1 Totals 28-58 5-13 11-14 5 16 21 19 72 8 10 7 8 200 FG % 1st Half: 11-33 33.3% 2nd half: 14-30 46.7% Game: 25-63 39.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 2-11 18.2% Game: 6-21 28.6% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 15-28 53.6% 2nd half: 13-30 43.3% Game: 28-58 48.3% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 10-17 58.8% Game: 14-25 56.0% 6 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 5-13 38.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd half: 9-11 81.8% Game: 11-14 78.6% 1 Officials: Pat Driscoll, Gary Prager, Jeff Clark Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Providence-None. Officials: Ed Corbett, Roger Ayers, Tony Chiazza Attendance: 8176 Technical fouls: Villanova-None. St. John's-None. Attendance: 8565 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast 2015 Big East Conference Game St. John's 42 41 83 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SJU 27 11 6 9 6 Providence 30 40 70 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast PC 29 16 20 13 14 Villanova 34 56 90 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench VU14215204 25 Last FG - SJU 2nd-03:32, PC 2nd-00:20. Score tied - 7 times. St. John's 35 37 72 SJU 30 11 6 11 7 Largest lead - SJU by 17 2nd-17:19, PC by 1 1st-18:13. Lead changed - 2 times. SJU led for 34:11. PC led for 00:10. Game was tied for 05:39. Last FG - VU1 2nd-01:01, SJU 2nd-00:16. Score tied - 6 times. Largest lead - VU1 by 21 2nd-00:46, SJU by 6 1st-17:25. Lead changed - 9 times. VU1 led for 26:21. SJU led for 10:03. Game was tied for 03:32. Game #17 Game #18 Jan. 18, 2015 • Allstate Arena Jan. 21, 2015 • Madison Square Garden 1 2 OT Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 29 32 6 67 St. John’s 26 34 60 DePaul 19 42 10 71 Marquette 24 33 57

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The St. John’s men’s basketball team came up short in overtime NEW YORK - St. John’s erased an eight-point deficit using a 9-0 run midway against DePaul falling 71-67 at Allstate Arena on Sunday. Phil Greene IV and through the second half and hung on to defeat Marquette, 60-57, in front of Rysheed Jordan went for 17 points each to lead four Red Storm players who 7,532 fans at Madison Square Garden. scored in double-figures. Billy Garrett, Jr. anchored DePaul’s 86.2 percent (25-of- 29) free-throw shooting performance hitting all 13 attempts at the line and fin- Sir’Dominic Pointer had 15 points and matched a career-high with 12 rebounds ished with a game-high 20 points. for his third double-double of the season to lead St. John’s (13-5, 2-4). Pointer also added six assists and matched a career-high with six blocks. Rysheed Jordan After holding DePaul (10-9, 4-2) to a 3-of-17 (17.6 percent) mark from downtown contributed 15 points, while Phil Greene IV and D’Angelo Harrison had 11 apiece. in the opening stanza, St. John’s (12-5, 1-4) led by as many as 11 points early in The Red Storm was held to 36.7 percent shooting (22-of-60), but had 13 blocks. the second half. The Blue Demons, however, shot 6-of-10 from distance in the second half to erase the double-digit deficit Matt Carlino made 5-of-11 3s and finished with a game-high 21 points to pace Marquette (10-8, 2-4). The Golden Eagles shot 31.7 percent (19-of-60) from the Jordan sent the game to overtime after locking the score at 61-61 on a pair of floor and committed 15 turnovers, but did post a +4 margin (43-39) on the glass. clutch free-throws with 8.0 seconds to play in regulation. He finished 7-of-9 at the charity stripe and added a game-high four assists to go with four steals. Harrison gave St. John’s a 29-24 lead on a 3 with 18:24 to go, but Marquette responded with a 7-0 run and the Golden Eagles led by two. St. John’s leveled the In overtime, Garrett banked in the first bucket of the session, but Greene score, but two more Carlino 3s, a Steve Taylor Jr. slam-and-one and another answered for the Red Storm with a layup through traffic at 2:29 to tie the con- Carlino trifecta at 12:56 made it a 43-35 game in favor of the Golden Eagles. test at 63. Forrest Robinson drained a 3-pointer for DePaul 23 seconds later, but Jordan stepped up scoring St. John’s next four points to tie the game for the 15th Jordan answered for the Red Storm draining a pair of 3-pointers as part of a 9-0 time at 67-67 with 42.2 seconds remaining. run that gave the St. John’s a 44-43 advantage with 9:04 remaining.

Myke Henry put DePaul back up two at the free-throw line with 13 seconds on After the eighth tie of the game at 48-48, a Harrison fastbreak 3-pointer gave the the clock before Chris Obekpa (seven points, three boards, two blocks) missed a Red Storm a two-point lead. Sandy Cohen III converted a layup that tied the jumper on a broken down play at the other end. game and a Taylor free throw put Marquette up by one with 3:13 on the clock.

St. John’s went on a 15-3 run to close the first half and carried a 29-19 lead into Pointer put St. John’s up for good with a layup before adding a baseline slam the locker room. Obekpa got the offensive flurry going with a two handed jam. dunk on a feed from Jordan. Marquette closed to within one and committed Greene powered the surge with nine-straight points all within a 2:16 span. The four-straight fouls to send Harrison to the line, where he made two clutch shots. Chicago native found his scoring touch with a pair of free-throws at 4:31 and turned up the tempo after his defensive rebound led to a fastbreak jumper. St. John’s lead was cut to 58-57 after Carlino knocked down a pair of free-throws. The Red Storm then broke the press and Greene shut the door with a slam dunk. Sir’Dominic Pointer was the fourth Red Storm player to post double-digits with 10 point on 4-of-5 shooting. Henry had a double-double for the Blue Demons The contest was tied at 22-22 before Greene drained a 3-pointer and the Red with 19 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Storm took a 26-24 lead into the break.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics St. John's vs DePaul Marquette vs St. John's 01/18/15 1:31 p.m. at Allstate Arena - Rosemont, Ill. 1/21/15 7 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

St. John's 67 • 12-5, 1-4 Marquette 57 • 10-8, 2-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 2-50-03-41234 7022335 10 ANDERSON, JUAN f 0-60-20-02242 0210121 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 4-5 0-0 2-4 1 0 1 5 10 2 2 1 0 29 40 FISCHER, LUKE c 2-9 0-0 4-5 3 1 4 1 8 0 1 0 0 29 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 5-131-46-6145017130343 01 WILSON, DUANE g 3-91-30-00112 7212022 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 2-10 0-3 7-9 0 5 5 5 11 1 2 1 2 44 12 WILSON, DERRICK g 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 6 7 4 0 6 3 0 1 31 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 5-110-27-9022317440439 13 CARLINO, MATT g 6-14 5-11 4-4 112021240433 00 BRANCH, Jamal 1-4 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 16 05 COHEN III, SANDY 2-7 1-5 1-2 0 3 3 1 6 0 1 1 0 27 02 STEWART, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 23 JOHNSON, JAJUAN 1-5 0-1 0-0 2351 2120012 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 25 TAYLOR JR., STEVE 5-9 1-3 2-4 4 5 9 2 13 0 0 0 0 25 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 1-5 0-2 0-0 2353 2000116 Team 7 1 8 2 Team 4 2 6 Totals 19-60 8-26 11-15 20 23 43 13 57 13 15 3 6 200 Totals 20-53 2-12 25-32 9 21 30 23 67 11 13 4 13 225 FG % 1st Half: 8-26 30.8% 2nd half: 11-34 32.4% Game: 19-60 31.7% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd half: 7-17 41.2% OT: 2-7 28.6% Game: 20-53 37.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd half: 5-17 29.4% Game: 8-26 30.8% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 0-4 0.0% OT: 0-1 0.0% Game: 2-12 16.7% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 11-15 73.3% 2 FT % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd half: 18-22 81.8% OT: 2-3 66.7% Game: 25-32 78.1% 1 St. John's 60 • 13-5, 2-4 DePaul 71 • 10-9, 4-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 2-60-12-464104 6125231 04 HENRY, Myke f 7-123-52-221012419230032 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 7-13 0-1 1-2 5 7 12 4 15 6 2 6 2 39 11 ROBINSON, Forrest f 1-8 1-7 4-4 3 3 6 5 7 2 2 0 1 31 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 5-11 1-5 0-0 022111120235 21 CROCKETT, Jamee f 0-50-42-23582 2111037 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 3-18 3-11 2-2 1 2 3 2 11 1 2 2 2 35 05 GARRETT, Billy g 3-9 1-2 13-13 1 1 2 4 20 2 5 1 2 35 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 5-11 2-4 3-3 134115330238 25 McDONALD, Durrell g 1-41-42-20222 5210116 00 BRANCH, Jamal 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 13 00 CURINGTON, R.J. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-1 0-1 0-0 0334 00100 8 01 WOOD, Darrick 1-2 1-2 0-0 1231 3040012 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 HAMILTON, Tommy 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 13 Team 3 0 3 03 STIMAGE, Rashaun 1-1 0-0 0-0 0335 2002114 Totals 22-60 6-23 10-13 16 23 39 16 60 16 12 13 11 200 15 SIMPSON, Aaron 4-8 3-6 2-4 1 0 1 2 13 0 2 0 0 31 Team 0 2 2 1 FG % 1st Half: 9-32 28.1% 2nd half: 13-28 46.4% Game: 22-60 36.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-15 13.3% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 6-23 26.1% Rebounds Totals 18-51 10-30 25-29 13 30 43 26 71 9 22 4 6 225 FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 4-5 80.0% Game: 10-13 76.9% 2

FG % 1st Half: 6-27 22.2% 2nd half: 10-20 50.0% OT: 2-4 50.0% Game: 18-51 35.3% Deadball Officials: Gary Prager, James Breeding, Wally Rutecki Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 3-17 17.6% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0% OT: 1-3 33.3% Game: 10-30 33.3% Technical fouls: Marquette-None. St. John's-None. 3 FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0% 2nd half: 16-19 84.2% OT: 5-6 83.3% Game: 25-29 86.2% Attendance: 7532 Officials: Roger Ayers, Bryan Kersey, Terry Oglesby Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Technical fouls: St. John's-None. DePaul-None. Marquette 24 33 57 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Attendance: 6243 MU 20 8 8 5 21 St. John's 26 34 60 SJU281415112 Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total In Off 2nd Fast St. John's 29 32 6 67 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Last FG - MU 2nd-00:57, SJU 2nd-00:05. Score tied - 9 times. SJU3026625 Largest lead - MU by 8 2nd-12:56, SJU by 8 1st-09:40. Lead changed - 9 times. DePaul 19 42 10 71 DPU 12 5 14 0 18 MU led for 10:54. SJU led for 23:03. Game was tied for 05:23.

Last FG - SJU OT-01:20, DPU OT-02:06. Score tied - 15 times. Largest lead - SJU by 11 2nd-19:18, DPU by 4 OT-01:34. Lead changed - 9 times. SJU led for 24:45. DPU led for 09:04. Game was tied for 10:06. Game #19 Game #20 Jan. 25, 2015 • Madison Square Garden Jan. 28, 2015 • CenturyLink Center Omaha 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 43 25 68 St. John’s 27 47 74 No. 5/6 Duke 39 38 77 Creighton 37 40 77

NEW YORK - St. John’s led No. 5 Duke by 10 points with 8:35 to play, but could OMAHA, Neb. - D’Angelo Harrison back rimmed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as St. not hold on falling 77-68 to the Blue Devils on Sunday at Madison Square John’s came up on the short end of a 77-74 decision against Creighton (10-12, 1- Garden. It was the 1,000th career win for Mike Krzyzewski, making him the first 8) on Wednesday at CenturyLink Center Omaha. Harrison finished with a team- NCAA Division I men's coach to reach the milestone. high 18 points and Jamal Branch had a season-best 17 points for the Red Storm.

Sir'Dominic Pointer had 21 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, three steals and St. John’s (13-7, 2-5) trailed by as many as 11 points late in the first half and faced three blocks for the Red Storm (13-6), which was looking for a huge win to put a 10-point halftime deficit before opening the second half on a 15-2 run. Branch on their NCAA Tournament resume down the road. scored seven-straight points, and back-to-back buckets by Sir’Dominic Pointer sent the Red Storm on top by one. Phil Greene IV capped the offensive flurry with Rysheed Jordan scored 18 points, and Phil Greene IV added 13. Leading scorer a jumper to give St. John’s a 42-39 advantage with 15:44 left in regulation. D'Angelo Harrison was held to 12 points on 5-of-14 shooting. Pointer finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds to record his third-straight dou- scored 22 points and the Blue Devils (17-2) went on an 18-2 run down ble-double and fifth of the season. He added game-highs with six assists, three the stretch to put Krzyzewski in four figures on his first try. blocks and three steals. Rysheed Jordan had four points and played seven min- utes in the first half before leaving with an injury. had 17 points and 10 rebounds, combining with Jones and Quinn Cook (17 points) to fuel the decisive spurt after Duke trailed by 10 with 8 1/2 min- The lead changed 10 times in the second half as neither team led by more than utes remaining. four in the final 18 minutes of action. The Red Storm took a four-point lead at 9:22 when Branch connected on his second 3-pointer of the game. No. 1,000 came about 500 miles from the cramped and cozy confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium, but Coach K was hardly on unfamiliar soil. The Red Storm had a two-point lead with 4:21 to go after Harrison buried one of his four 3-pointers. James Milliken answered with Creighton’s next nine points to After all, Madison Square Garden was where he notched win No. 903 against recapture a lead that the Bluejays would not relinquish. Michigan State in November 2011, breaking the Division I record previously held by his college coach and mentor, Bob Knight. Creighton made 9-of-18 3-pointers in the first half. The Bluejays sank seven- straight 3s after Greene’s triple gave St. John’s its first lead of the contest, 15-12, By midway through an entertaining first half, the 67-year-old Krzyzewski was on with nine minutes to go. his feet in front of the Duke bench as St. John's erased an 11-point deficit. Toby Hegner drained three 3s in a row and Milliken added a 3-pointer with 40 Wearing a blue suit and white sneakers to support Coaches vs. Cancer, seconds left in the half to give Creighton its largest lead of the game. Chris Krzyzewski stalked after the officials at the end of the first half to argue that Obekpa (seven points, eight rebounds) made a free-throw with seven seconds to Harrison's buzzer-beating 3-pointer came after the shot clock expired. go to trim the Red Storm's deficit to 10 at the break.

Coach K didn't get the call, and the Red Storm went into the locker room lead- St. John’s matched a season-high with 10 3s and shot 55.6 percent (10-of-18) from ing 43-39. downtown. Greene totaled 10 points to go with six rebounds and five assists.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Duke vs St. John's St. John's vs Creighton 1/25/15 2pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 01/28/15 9:01 pm at Omaha, Neb. (CenturyLink Center Omaha)

Duke 77 • 17-2 St. John's 74 • 13-7, 2-5 BE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 WINSLOW,JUSTISE f 0-10-10-00111 0010010 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 5-16 0-0 3-4 3 7 10 4 13 613337 21 JEFFERSON,AMILE f 5-8 0-0 1-3 2 1 3 3 11 1 0 0 0 21 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 3-5 0-0 1-2 3 5 8 3 7 2 3 2 0 33 15 OKAFOR,JAHLIL c 7-100-03-76410217251037 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 4-10 2-3 0-2 156110510038 02 COOK,QUINN g 5-13 4-8 3-3 1 3 4 2 17 2 3 0 2 38 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 4-15 4-9 6-7 0 6 6 3 18 1 1 0 1 40 05 JONES,TYUS g 5-11 2-5 10-10 044022640139 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 2-40-10-00111 41110 7 03 ALLEN,GRAYSON 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 00 BRANCH, Jamal 7-12 3-4 0-0 1 3 4 5 17 4 1 0 1 28 13 JONES,MATT 2-6 0-2 0-0 2463 4220124 02 STEWART, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 14 SULAIMON,RASHEED 1-3 1-3 1-4 1 3 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 16 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 40 PLUMLEE,MARSHALL 1-1 0-0 0-0 1452 2000012 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 2-3 1-1 0-2 2131 5000117 Team 2 5 7 Team 2 0 2 Totals 26-54 7-19 18-27 15 29 44 17 77 14 16 1 5 200 Totals 27-65 10-18 10-17 12 28 40 19 74 19 8 6 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 16-34 47.1% 2nd half: 10-20 50.0% Game: 26-54 48.1% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd half: 17-36 47.2% Game: 27-65 41.5% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 7-19 36.8% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 10-18 55.6% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd half: 15-21 71.4% Game: 18-27 66.7% 2 FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 10-17 58.8% 3,1

St. John's 68 • 13-6 Creighton 77 • 10-12, 1-8 BE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 9-170-23-33710221423340 15 KREKLOW, Rick f 3-82-72-3044410211031 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 1-3 0-0 2-6 2 6 8 5 4 3 0 0 3 36 31 ARTINO, Will c 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-121-50-0022213000036 01 CHATMAN, Austin g 4-81-34-5033313231031 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 5-14 1-3 1-2 2 2 4 5 12 2 2 0 1 35 05 BROOKS, Devin g 0-6 0-1 2-2 0 5 5 1 2 4 2 0 2 23 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 6-142-44-5224418341238 22 DINGMAN, Avery g 3-92-60-01561 8200025 00 BRANCH, Jamal 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 11 11 CLEMENT, Tyler 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 23 MILLIKEN, James 5-10 3-6 4-5 044317310034 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 32 HEGNER, Toby 6-7 5-6 4-4 1 4 5 2 21 3 1 1 0 27 Team 0 0 0 40 HANSON, Zach 2-4 0-0 2-2 2242 6011011 Totals 27-61 4-15 10-16 9 20 29 20 68 13 9 4 10 200 41 GROSELLE, Geoffrey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Team 0 0 0 FG % 1st Half: 17-31 54.8% 2nd half: 10-30 33.3% Game: 27-61 44.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 0-7 0.0% Game: 4-15 26.7% Rebounds Totals 23-55 13-30 18-21 4 30 34 17 77 17 10 5 2 200 FT % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 10-16 62.5% 2 FG % 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd half: 10-25 40.0% Game: 23-55 41.8% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 9-18 50.0% 2nd half: 4-12 33.3% Game: 13-30 43.3% Rebounds Officials: Michael Stephens, Mike Roberts, Roger Ayers FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd half: 16-18 88.9% Game: 18-21 85.7% 2 Technical fouls: Duke-None. St. John's-None. Attendance: 19812 Officials: Ed Corbett, Tony Chiazza, Don Daily Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Creighton-None. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Attendance: 16544 Duke 39 38 77 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench DU389 121010 Fouled out: Visitor #0 with 2:43 left in 2nd half. St. John's 43 25 68 SJU 34 16 13 6 0 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Last FG - DU 2nd-01:15, SJU 2nd-00:47. Score tied - 5 times. St. John's 27 47 74 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SJU1614176 22 Largest lead - DU by 11 1st-12:26, SJU by 10 2nd-14:05. Lead changed - 4 times. Creighton 37 40 77 DU led for 18:18. SJU led for 18:28. Game was tied for 02:35. CU 14 2 7 0 44

Last FG - SJU 2nd-00:04, CU 2nd-01:11. Score tied - 11 times. Largest lead - SJU by 4 2nd-09:22, CU by 11 1st-00:40. Lead changed - 12 times. SJU led for 06:28. CU led for 24:16. Game was tied for 09:09. Game #21 Game #22 Jan. 31, 2015 • Madison Square Garden Feb. 3, 2015 • Hinkle Fieldhouse 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 44 31 75 St. John’s 28 34 62 Providence 32 34 66 No. 22/22 Butler 36 49 85

NEW YORK - Sir’Dominic Pointer scored a team-high 20 points to lift St. John’s INDIANAPOLIS - St. John’s fell 85-62 to No. 22 Butler on Tuesday at Hinkle (14-7, 3-5) to a 75-66 victory over Providence (16-6, 6-3) on Saturday at Madison Fieldhouse where the Bulldogs improved to 11-1 on the season. Sir’Dominic Square Garden. Phil Greene IV added 16 points and D’Angelo Harrison had 15 Pointer scored in double-figures for the seventh-straight game and led the Red points as the Red Storm completed a regular-season sweep of the Friars. Storm with 19 points to go with six rebounds. Butler (17-6, 7-3) had four players post double-digits, including Kellen Dunham’s game-high 21 points. Rysheed Jordan led the St. John’s bench with 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting, while Chris Obekpa anchored the Red Storm’s rebounding efforts with a game-high 10 D’Angelo Harrison finished with 10 points marking the 99th time in 114 career boards to go with eight points and six blocks. St. John’s won the battle for the appearances that the senior guard delivered a double-digit scoring performance. boards for the second-straight contest outrebounding Providence, 37-34. With a free throw at 3:51 in the first half, Harrison also joined Chris Mullin (2,440 - 1981-85) and Malik Sealy (2,402 - 1988-92) as just the third player in St. John’s Pointer put an exclamation point on a 54.5 percent (18-of-33 FG) Red Storm history to reach the 2,000-point milestone. shooting effort in the first half. He drained his first 3-pointer of the season at the buzzer to send St. John’s into the locker room with a 12-point advantage. The Butler used a 56.4 percent (31-for-55) shooting effort in the wire-to-wire victory Red Storm led the entire second half, and when the Friars pulled within two before 7,132 fans at the historic venue. The Bulldogs scored the first eight points points at the 6:54 mark St. John’s answered with the next 10 points. and jumped out to a 15-6 advantage. Roosevelt Jones hit four of his first five shots, scoring eight points during this stretch to get the Bulldogs out to the early Harrison buried two 3-pointers that were sandwiched around Jordan’s jumper to advantage. Jones finished with 13 points and four assists. reopen a double-digit advantage. Then with 3:56 left in regulation, Pointer drained two free-throws to push the Red Storm out to a 69-57 advantage. St. John’s (14-8, 3-6) could not find a shooting rhythm in the first half and shot 33.3 percent (11-of-33) from the field. Harrison went to the bench early with two Jordan scored nine of his 14 points in the first half and sank his first four field quick fouls and Chris Obekpa’s flagrant-two foul at 8:26 sent the St. John’s big goal attempts. Jordan and Pointer combined to shoot 8-for-10 from the field in man to the locker room for the rest of the contest. Butler led 36-28 at the break. the opening stanza. After being held to four points in the first half, Dunham fueled a 14-2 run in the led Providence with a game-high 23 points hitting 10-of-16 field goal opening 3:32 of the second half. He scored 10 points during the spurt to give attempts, but the Red Storm limited the BIG EAST’s leading scorer LaDontae Butler a 50-30 lead. St. John’s clawed its way back pulling within eight points Henton to a 2-for-14 shooting performance. Henton, who entered the contest three times in the final eight minutes, but could not get any closer. Felix Balamou averaging 21.2 points per game, scored nine of his 13 points at the free-throw gave the Red Storm solid minutes off the bench scoring a season-high six points line. on 3-of-3 shooting.

Coming off three straight double-doubles, Pointer continued his superb all Rysheed Jordan was the third St. John’s player in double-figures, adding 17 around play on Saturday leading the Red Storm in assists for the fourth-straight points to go with a game-high four assists. Butler got 15 points on 5-for-5 shoot- game with five helpers. He also finished with seven rebounds. Harrison scored ing from Alex Barlow and 14 points from Andrew Chrabascz. double-figures for the 10th straight game and 20th time in 21 appearances this year. He came up three points shy of reaching the 2,000-point plateau.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Providence vs St. John's St. John's vs Butler 1/31/15 12pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 02/03/15 7:00 PM at Indianapolis, Ind. (Hinkle Fieldhouse)

Providence 66 • 16-6, 6-3 St. John's 62 • 14-8 (3-6 BE) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 BENTIL, Ben f 2-50-00-01344 4111016 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 0-10-00-21121 00111 9 23 HENTON, LaDontae f 2-14 0-5 9-12 2 4 6 3 13 0 1 0 2 38 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 7-15 0-2 5-6 4 2 6 4 19 0 0 2 1 35 33 DESROSIERS, Carson c 5-90-10-0112010003030 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 2-62-30-01342 6010034 03 DUNN, Kris g 10-16 1-4 2-4 1 3 4 4 23 1 4 0 0 37 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 2-6 0-2 6-8 1 3 4 5 10 1 3 0 0 28 32 LOMOMBA, Junior g 1-21-10-01231 3200113 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 6-21 1-7 4-7 134117431038 13 CHUKWU, Paschal 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 8 00 BRANCH, Jamal 1-4 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 19 21 LINDSEY, Jalen 1-4 1-4 0-0 2022 3000013 02 STEWART, Myles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 3 22 BANCROFT, Ted 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 04 JONES, Christian 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 24 CARTWRIGHT, Kyron 1-4 0-1 0-0 2242 2400022 10 BALAMOU, Felix 3-3 0-0 0-0 0111 6010117 25 HARRIS, Tyler 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 6 0 3 0 0 20 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 Team 2 4 6 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00000 5 Totals 26-633-1611-1613213420668964200 Team 1 1 2 1 FG % 1st Half: 13-32 40.6% 2nd half: 13-31 41.9% Game: 26-63 41.3% Deadball Totals 22-59 3-18 15-23 11 17 28 17 62 5 13 4 3 200 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 3-16 18.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 11-16 68.8% 4 FG % 1st Half: 11-33 33.3% 2nd half: 11-26 42.3% Game: 22-59 37.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 3-18 16.7% Rebounds St. John's 75 • 14-7, 3-5 FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 15-23 65.2% 3,1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Butler 85 • 17-6 (7-3 BE) ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 6-101-17-8257420551135 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 OBEKPA, Chris c 4-9 0-0 0-0 3 7 10 2 8 0 1 6 1 35 31 WOODS, Kameron f 3-50-03-42101249310231 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 0-30-10-00330 0100016 45 CHRABASCZ, Andrew f 5-9 0-1 4-5 3 4 7 4 14 1 2 0 1 30 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-13 1-4 3-4 0 5 5 1 16 3 0 0 2 37 03 BARLOW, Alex g 5-52-23-5055115310235 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 5-122-63-7303215030135 21 JONES, Roosevelt g 6-12 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 2 13 4 6 0 0 36 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 24 DUNHAM, Kellen g 6-12 2-6 7-7 257221010035 23 JORDAN, Rysheed 5-6 1-1 3-4 224214412132 00 ETHERINGTON, Austin 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 13 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 04 WIDEMAN, Tyler 1-1 0-0 0-0 0002 20100 4 Team 2 2 4 11 ALDRIDGE, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 27-57 5-13 16-24 12 25 37 11 75 13 10 9 6 200 13 DAVIS, Jackson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0001 20000 3 FG % 1st Half: 18-33 54.5% 2nd half: 9-24 37.5% Game: 27-57 47.4% Deadball 25 BENNETT, Steven 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 5-13 38.5% Rebounds 30 MARTIN, Kelan 3-5 0-0 1-2 0001 7110011 5 FT % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd half: 11-17 64.7% Game: 16-24 66.7% Team 1 4 5 Officials: John Gaffney, Jim Burr, Clarence Armstrong Totals 31-55 4-11 19-25 9 31 40 19 85 13 14 1 5 200 Technical fouls: Providence-None. St. John's-None. FG % 1st Half: 15-29 51.7% 2nd half: 16-26 61.5% Game: 31-55 56.4% Deadball Attendance: 8973 3FG % 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 4-11 36.4% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 14-19 73.7% Game: 19-25 76.0% 3 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Providence 32 34 66 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench PC 38 10 10 6 13 Officials: Michael Stephens, James Breeding, Paul Szelc St. John's 44 31 75 SJU3078816 Technical fouls: St. John's-POINTER, Sir'Dominic. Butler-ETHERINGTON, Austin. Last FG - PC 2nd-00:15, SJU 2nd-04:42. Score tied - 1 time. Attendance: 7132 Largest lead - PC by 5 1st-16:13, SJU by 12 1st-00:00. Lead changed - 4 times. PC led for 10:22. SJU led for 28:56. Game was tied for 00:37. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast St. John's 28 34 62 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SJU 32 13 6 4 10 Butler 36 49 85 BU 46 22 14 4 13

Last FG - SJU 2nd-05:27, BU 2nd-00:29. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - SJU None, BU by 23 2nd-00:29. Lead changed - 0 times. SJU led for 00:00. BU led for 37:57. Game was tied for 02:03. Game #23 Game #24 Feb. 7, 2015 • Madison Square Garden Feb. 11, 2015 • Carnesecca Arena 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 52 32 84 St. John’s 36 50 86 Creighton 30 36 66 DePaul 33 45 78

NEW YORK - Rysheed Jordan scored a career-high 25 points and D’Angelo QUEENS, N.Y. - D’Angelo Harrison scored a season-high 33 points and grabbed Harrison finished with a 21-point, 10-rebound double-double lifting St. John’s 10 boards to record his second-straight double-double as St. John’s defeated (15-8, 4-6) to an 84-66 victory over Creighton on Saturday. The Red Storm shot DePaul, 86-78, at Carnesecca Arena on Wednesday. Sir’Dominic Pointer added a 66.7 percent (22-of-33) in the first half and led by double-digits for more than 35 15-point, 11-rebound double-double to help lead the Red Storm to its third win minutes en route to its third-straight BIG EAST victory at Madison Square Garden. in the last four games.

Jordan drained a career-high six 3-pointers shooting 6-of-8 from distance, includ- Harrison finished 10-of-14 from the floor, including a 6-of-8 mark from down- ing a 5-of-6 effort in the first half alone. Harrison reached double-figures for the town, en route to his fourth-career 30-point performance. Pointer tacked on five 100th time in his career and had his 50th 20-point game. The senior guard added blocks to his sixth double-double of the season, lifting St. John’s (16-8, 5-6) to its six assists and did not commit a turnover. The Red Storm finished the game with fourth-straight BIG EAST home win. a 56.4 field goal percentage (31-of-55), including a 57.9 percent (11-of-19) effort from 3-point territory. Four St. John’s players combined for 81 of the team’s 86 points. Phil Greene IV contributed 18 points shooting 7-of-12 from the field, while Rysheed Jordan Sir’Dominic Pointer delivered 10 points, seven rebounds and a career-high eight added 15 points and dished out four assists. The Red Storm shot 51.9 percent (27- blocks, while Phil Greene IV added 13 points on a 6-of-10 shooting performance. of-52) from the floor, its fifth game this season shooting at least 50.0 percent, and outrebounded the Blue Demons, 43-27. scored a team-high 13 points to pace Creighton (11-14, 2-10), which shot just 35.7 percent (25-of-70) from the field. Will Artino added 12 Billy Garrett and Tommy Hamilton led DePaul (12-14, 6-7) with 18 points apiece. points, while Rick Kreklow and James Milliken contributed 10 points apiece. Jamee Crockett added three 3s as part of a 17-point performance, while Myke Henry scored 13. DePaul connected on 45.2 percent (28-of-62) of its field goal St. John’s scored the first nine points of the contest and led 15-2 at the 15:00 attempts, including a 36.0 percent (9-of-25) effort from long range. mark after consecutive 3s from Jordan. Back-to-back baskets by Pointer and another Jordan jumper extended the lead to 21-7 with 13:04 remaining and After a Crockett 3 cut the lead to 37-36 with 19:25 to play, a Greene trey and a forced Creighton to use its second timeout of the game. Pointer fastbreak layup quickly pushed the advantage to six, 42-36. DePaul answered with 3s from Crockett and Hamilton and the Red Storm led 44-42 at Amar Alibegovic sparked another spurt draining a fastbreak jumper on his way the 17:10 mark. to a career-high seven-points. Jordan followed with his fourth 3-pointer in as many attempts to push the Red Storm advantage to 32-17 at the 9:01 mark. St. John’s responded, however, as back-to-back Harrison 3-pointers capped a 13- 2 run and gave the Red Storm a 57-44 lead, its largest of the game, at 13:59. The Harrison fueled another seven point surge in 54 seconds with his first of two 3- Blue Demons had a rally of their own and a Garrett jumper with 8:16 to go com- pointers. Jordan followed with a rim-rocking one-handed baseline slam before a pleted an 18-5 spurt that knotted the score at 62-62. Greene jumper made it a 20-point game. Jordan and Alibegovic hit back-to-back 3-pointers, and then a Harrison layup-and-one sent St. John’s into halftime with The Red Storm pulled away at the charity stripe and made 5-of-6 free throws as a 52-30 advantage. part of a 9-0 run that put St. John’s back up by double-digits, 78-67, with 3:35 to play. St. John’s put the exclamation point on the eight-point victory with one minute to play as a Harrison fastbreak slam electrified the crowd of 5,040.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Creighton vs St. John's DePaul vs St. John's 02/07/15 12:00 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 2/11/15 9:00 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)

Creighton 66 • 11-14 (2-10) DePaul 78 • 12-14, 6-7 BE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 KREKLOW, Rick f 4-9 2-6 0-0 6 4 10 3 10 6 1 0 1 32 04 HENRY, Myke f 5-13 1-3 2-2 167513210234 22 DINGMAN, Avery f 0-4 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 ROBINSON, Forrest f 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 40 HANSON, Zach f 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 7 01 CHATMAN, Austin g 1-7 0-4 0-1 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 31 21 CROCKETT, Jamee f 7-13 3-6 0-0 011217211335 05 BROOKS, Devin g 3-12 0-1 3-4 2 2 4 3 9 1 1 0 1 28 05 GARRETT, Billy g 4-9 2-6 8-10 0 0 0 2 18 1 3 0 0 32 02 CONNEALY, Gabriel 0-2 0-1 2-2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 15 SIMPSON, Aaron g 1-51-42-20224 5300019 11 CLEMENT, Tyler 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 01 WOOD, Darrick 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 23 MILLIKEN, James 4-10 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 3 10 3 0 0 0 30 02 HAMILTON, Tommy 8-12 2-2 0-2 459318041028 31 ARTINO, Will 6-6 0-0 0-2 2 3 5 1 12 0 0 0 0 15 03 STIMAGE, Rashaun 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 13 32 HEGNER, Toby 2-6 2-3 1-2 1 1 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 17 25 McDONALD, Durrell 1-4 0-2 1-1 0115 3300022 41 GROSELLE, Geoffrey 5-9 0-0 3-4 3 1 4 0 13 0 1 0 0 15 Team 2 0 2 50 OGINNI, Mogboluwaga 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 28-62 9-25 13-17 8 19 27 25 78 11 10 2 5 200 Team 5 0 5 1 Totals 25-70 5-22 11-19 24 19 43 17 66 12 7 0 3 200 FG % 1st Half: 12-28 42.9% 2nd half: 16-34 47.1% Game: 28-62 45.2% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd half: 6-15 40.0% Game: 9-25 36.0% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 11-37 29.7% 2nd half: 14-33 42.4% Game: 25-70 35.7% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 13-17 76.5% 0 3FG % 1st Half: 4-14 28.6% 2nd half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 5-22 22.7% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd half: 7-14 50.0% Game: 11-19 57.9% 3 St. John's 86 • 16-8, 5-6 BE St. John's 84 • 15-8 (4-6) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 7-12 0-0 1-2 3 8 11 1 15 125139 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 5-90-10-02574 10138034 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 7-12 1-2 3-4 3 2 5 0 18 4 1 0 1 38 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-10 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 13 3 0 0 1 37 10 BALAMOU, Felix g 0-30-03-41233 3010033 10 BALAMOU, Felix g 2-10 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 4 5 1 1 0 1 23 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 10-14 6-8 7-7 0 10 10 4 33 1 3 1 1 40 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 5-8 2-4 9-9 2 8 10 3 21 6 0 0 0 35 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 2-91-310-14257415431332 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 9-12 6-8 1-2 0 6 6 2 25 4 3 0 1 36 00 BRANCH, Jamal 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 00 BRANCH, Jamal 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 1-2 0-1 0-1 3142 2010010 02 STEWART, Myles 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 30000 2 Team 1 2 3 04 JONES, Christian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 27-52 8-14 24-32 13 30 43 15 86 10 12 7 6 200 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 01000 1 12 OBEKPA, Chris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ FG % 1st Half: 14-27 51.9% 2nd half: 13-25 52.0% Game: 27-52 51.9% Deadball 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 3-4 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 3 7 0 1 0 0 15 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 8-14 57.1% Rebounds 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd half: 20-25 80.0% Game: 24-32 75.0% 1 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 00000 1 Team 1 1 2 Officials: James Breeding, Don Daily, Jamie Luckie Totals 31-55 11-19 11-13 7 26 33 18 84 18 8 8 3 200 Technical fouls: DePaul-None. St. John's-HARRISON, D'Angelo; BALAMOU, Felix. Attendance: 5040 FG % 1st Half: 22-33 66.7% 2nd half: 9-22 40.9% Game: 31-55 56.4% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 11-19 57.9% Rebounds Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast FT % 1st Half: 1-1 100.0% 2nd half: 10-12 83.3% Game: 11-13 84.6% 0 DePaul 33 45 78 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench DPU2814124 25 St. John's 36 50 86 Officials: Pat Driscoll, Wally Rutecki, Tim Clougherty SJU221518192 Technical fouls: Creighton-None. St. John's-None. Last FG - DPU 2nd-00:40, SJU 2nd-01:00. Score tied - 4 times. Attendance: 10759 Largest lead - DPU by 4 1st-18:48, SJU by 13 2nd-13:59. Lead changed - 3 times. DPU led for 03:00. SJU led for 35:03. Game was tied for 01:57. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Creighton 30 36 66 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench CU 38 6 21 5 45 St. John's 52 32 84 SJU 16 12 9 8 10

Last FG - CU 2nd-01:32, SJU 2nd-00:27. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - CU None, SJU by 24 1st-00:07. Lead changed - 0 times. CU led for 00:00. SJU led for 39:11. Game was tied for 00:42. Game #25 Game #26 Feb. 14, 2015 • Cintas Center Feb. 17, 2015 • Verizon Center 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 40 38 78 St. John’s 23 34 57 Xavier 33 37 70 Georgetown 33 46 79

CINCINNATI - St. John’s rallied for a 78-70 victory at Xavier on Saturday improv- WASHINGTON - St. John’s had its three-game win streak come to an end on ing to 17-8 overall, its best mark through 25 games since 1999-2000. Sir’Dominic Tuesday falling 79-57 to Georgetown at the Verizon Center. Phil Greene IV had a Pointer matched a career-high with 24 points to help lift the Red Storm to its team-high 18 points. Sir’Dominic Pointer added 16 points to go with eight third-straight win and fourth victory in the last five games. rebounds in the Red Storm’s first loss in two weeks. Georgetown (17-8, 9-5) had six players in double-figures, including a 12-point, 10-rebound effort from St. John’s (17-8, 6-6) shot better than 50.0 percent for the third-straight contest D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera. on Saturday. D’Angelo Harrison finished with 18 points and grabbed five rebounds. Fellow seniors Phil Greene IV (15) and Jamal Branch (11) also con- On the tail end of a two-game road trip, the Red Storm could not keep pace with tributed double-figures in the scoring column. the Hoyas’ hot shooting in the second half. Georgetown buried 68.2 percent (15- of-22) of its field goal attempts and converted 7-of-10 3-pointers in the final 20 The Red Storm led by as many as nine points with 10 minutes to play in regula- minutes. Jabril Trawick scored all 11 of his points in the stanza giving the Hoyas tion, before Xavier’s 12-4 run fueled by 10,250 fans at the Cintas Center made it a boost with three 3-pointers. a one-point game with five minutes on the clock. Jalen Reynolds converted a three-point play to pull the Musketeers within 66-65, but the St. John’s defense St. John’s (17-9, 6-7) entered the contest with the highest scoring average and held Xavier to only two field goals the rest of the way. team shooting percentage in BIG EAST play, but could not find its offensive rhythm. After averaging 82.7 points and shooting a combined 53.4 percent in its Rysheed Jordan came up with a pair of clutch plays down the stretch beginning previous three wins, the Red Storm shot a season-low 32.8 percent. with his steal at midcourt for a layup to put St. John’s up 70-65. Minutes later, Pointer had a spectacular sequence where the 6-foot-6 senior blocked Matt A 12-4 run gave the Red Storm its largest lead, a four-point advantage with 8:45 Stainbrook, collected the rebound and went coast-to-coast for a layup-and-one. to go in the first half, but the team went cold for the rest of the stanza. Greene made his second 3-pointer of the game to tie the contest at 13-13. Amar Then with 1:01 to go and the shot clock winding down, Greene made the extra Alibegovic threw down a two-handed slam in transition beginning a string of pass to Jordan who buried a 3 that put St. John’s up six. three-consecutive Red Storm buckets. Pointer knocked down a jumper and then Joey De La Rosa converted a layup to cap the run as the Red Storm led 19-15. St. John’s carried a seven-point lead into halftime using a 12-2 run to close the stanza. Branch scored all 11 of his points in the first half, including a jumper to Georgetown answered with the next 13 points. A Joshua Smith layup gave the send St. John’s into the locker room with a 40-33 advantage. Hoyas a 33-23 lead at the break. The Hoyas went 0-for-9 from downtown in the first 20 minutes, before finding their 3-point shooting touch in the second half. Xavier opened up a 10-point lead less than four minutes into the contest before the Red Storm answered with a series of runs. Harrison and Branch combined to Trawick drained his first 3-pointer 43 seconds into the second half to open a 36- score nine-straight points to give St. John’s its first lead of the game, 23-21. After 23 advantage for the Hoyas and St. John’s would not get any closer than 13. Stainbrook scored his 10th point of the first half to put Xavier up 31-28 at 5:37, St. John’s reeled off six-straight points to recapture a lead it would not relinquish. Alibegovic led the St. John’s bench with five points, while Jamal Branch dished out a team-high five assists. Mikael Hopkins gave Georgetown 12 points (5-of-5 FG) and eight rebounds in 20 reserve minutes.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics St. John's vs Xavier St. John's vs Georgetown 02/14/15 12:30 PM at Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center) 2/17/15 7:01 p.m. at Verizon Center, WASHINGTON

St. John's 78 • 17-8, 6-6 BE St. John's 57 • 17-9, 6-7 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 9-100-06-6235224132440- 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 6-14 0-0 4-5 5 3 8 3 16 0 4 1 0 37 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-14 3-8 0-0 0 0 0 2 15 1 0 0 0 39 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey c 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 9 10 BALAMOU, Felix g 0-10-00-00002 0010010 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 6-14 4-8 2-3 0 2 2 1 18 1 1 0 0 31 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 5-12 1-4 7-9 0 5 5 2 18 3 2 1 1 37 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 0-9 0-5 5-6 0 4 4 3 5 3 1 0 0 29 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 1-6 1-3 0-1 0 2 2 3 3 2 5 0 0 26 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 3-82-50-00113 8230220 00 BRANCH, Jamal 1-2 1-1 1-2 0 2 2 1 4 5 2 0 0 21 00 BRANCH, Jamal 5-7 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 11 2 0 0 1 18 02 STEWART, Myles 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0000 5 12 OBEKPA, Chris 0-1 0-0 0-1 1451 0103122 04 JONES, Christian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 4 5 3 2 1 0 0 2 13 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0002 00100 1 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 Team 2 4 6 12 OBEKPA, Chris 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 4 0120 13 Totals 29-56 7-20 13-16 6 23 29 18 78 11 10 6 11 200 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 2-5 1-3 0-2 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 18 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG % 1st Half: 15-28 53.6% 2nd half: 14-28 50.0% Game: 29-56 51.8% Deadball Team 4 3 7 1 Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 7-20 35.0% Totals 19-58 7-22 12-19 12 21 33 23 57 11 15 3 0 200 FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 13-16 81.3% 1,1 FG % 1st Half: 8-27 29.6% 2nd half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 19-58 32.8% Deadball Xavier 70 • 16-10, 7-7 BE 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd half: 4-12 33.3% Game: 7-22 31.8% Rebounds 2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 12-19 63.2% ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Georgetown 79 • 17-8, 9-5 05 BLUIETT, Trevon f 5-143-63-3303316210133 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 40 STAINBROOK, Matt c 7-9 0-0 3-3 3 6 9 1 17 4 1 0 0 28 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 10 ABELL, Remy g 2-71-31-20000 6020025 00 PEAK, L.J. f 4-91-33-41232 120102 29 11 DAVIS, Dee g 2-9 1-6 0-1 0 3 3 3 5 9 2 0 0 34 11 COPELAND, Isaac f 4-9 1-2 3-4 4 5 9 1 12 2 0 3 0 33 15 DAVIS, Myles g 3-81-30-02133 7310334 24 SMITH, Joshua c 5-90-02-71232 121111 19 00 AUSTIN JR., Larry 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 04 SMITH-RIVERA, D. g 3-11 1-6 5-6 0 10 10 2 12 6 1 1 0 37 01 REYNOLDS, Jalen 5-9 0-0 2-3 347512022019 55 TRAWICK, Jabril g 4-83-50-00334 112101 31 02 FARR, James 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 01 CAMPBELL, Tre 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 54 O'MARA, Sean 0-1 0-0 0-0 0000 00100 2 03 HOPKINS, Mikael 5-50-02-43584 121213 20 55 MACURA, J.P. 2-5 1-3 0-1 1 3 4 2 5 1 1 0 0 16 05 CAMERON, Reggie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 3 1 4 12 ALLEN, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0000 1 Totals 27-64 7-22 9-13 15 22 37 18 70 19 13 3 4 200 13 WHITE, Paul 2-2 1-1 1-2 2 2 4 3 6 2 1 0 0 15 23 BOWEN, Aaron 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0210 9 FG % 1st Half: 13-32 40.6% 2nd half: 14-32 43.8% Game: 27-64 42.2% Deadball 33 MOURNING, Trey 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3FG % 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 7-22 31.8% Rebounds 42 HAYES, Bradley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 9-13 69.2% 2,1 Team 1 0 1 Totals 28-58 7-19 16-27 12 31 43 18 79 15 9 7 7 200 Officials: Pat Driscoll, Gary Prager and Earl Walton Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Xavier-None. FG % 1st Half: 13-36 36.1% 2nd half: 15-22 68.2% Game: 28-58 48.3% Deadball Attendance: 10250 3FG % 1st Half: 0-9 0.0% 2nd half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 7-19 36.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd half: 9-15 60.0% Game: 16-27 59.3% 8,1 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast St. John's 40 38 78 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Officials: Mike Stephens, Ed Corbett, Tony Chiazza SJU 30 12 7 12 13 Technical fouls: St. John's-JORDAN, Rysheed. Georgetown-None. Xavier 33 37 70 XU 38 11 17 12 19 Attendance: 8685

Last FG - SJU 2nd-00:18, XU 2nd-01:39. Score tied - 2 times. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Largest lead - SJU by 9 2nd-10:00, XU by 10 1st-16:04. Lead changed - 5 times. Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SJU led for 27:00. XU led for 11:31. Game was tied for 01:29. St. John's 23 34 57 SJU2012175 13 Georgetown 33 46 79 GU 36 20 17 8 20

Last FG - SJU 2nd-04:51, GU 2nd-01:47. Score tied - 5 times. Largest lead - SJU by 4 1st-08:45, GU by 22 2nd-01:47. Lead changed - 3 times. SJU led for 03:05. GU led for 32:12. Game was tied for 04:38. Game #27 Game #28 Feb. 21, 2015 • Carnesecca Arena Feb. 23, 2015 • Madison Square Garden 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 41 44 85 St. John’s 28 30 58 Seton Hall 40 32 72 Xavier 20 37 57

QUEENS, N.Y. - St. John’s surged to its fourth win in the last five games, rallying NEW YORK - St. John’s grinded out its fifth win in six games with a 58-57 victory for an 85-72 victory over Seton Hall (15-12, 5-10) on Saturday in front of a sellout over Xavier on Monday at Madison Square Garden. Sir’Dominic Pointer totaled crowd at Carnesecca Arena. Sir’Dominic Pointer recorded his seventh double- 19 points, nine rebounds, six blocks and four steals to lift the Red Storm. double of the season, posting a game-high 22 points and 10 rebounds to lift St. D’Angelo Harrison posted a game-high 20 points and Rysheed Jordan chipped in John’s (18-9, 7-7) to its fifth-straight BIG EAST home victory. 10 points with six assists as St. John’s (19-9, 8-7) completed the regular-season sweep of Xavier (18-11, 8-8). Phil Greene IV drained four 3-pointers as part of a 20-point effort, while D’Angelo Harrison totaled 12 points and added three 3s as the Red Storm Entering the contest 11 points shy of the 1,000-point plateau, Pointer quickly matched a season-high with 11 3-pointers. reached the career milestone hitting five of his first six shot attempts. His tip-in at the 6:34 mark in the first half was the bucket that engraved his name in the St. John’s dished out a season-high 20 assists on 30 made field goals. Rysheed St. John’s record book as the 50th player to record 1,000 points. Jordan finished with 18 points, six rebounds and six assists with only one turnover in 37 minutes. Chris Obekpa gave the Red Storm a boost off the bench with six St. John’s led by as many as 10 points less than one minute into the second half, points, nine rebounds and matched Pointer with a game-high three blocks. but a 15-0 run by the Musketeers put the Johnnies to the test. The Red Storm’s hard-fought comeback bid featured a 9-2 run capped by Harrison’s third 3-point- St. John’s unleashed a 13-2 run on the Pirates after tied the er of the contest. His trifecta at the 6:32 mark gave St. John’s a 45-43 edge. contest for the 13th time, 59-59, with 9:43 to play. Jamal Branch jumpstarted the spurt scoring five-straight points within a key 1:17 stretch to regain a lead the Less than two minutes later, Phil Greene IV drained his signature 3-pointer from Red Storm would not relinquish. the corner to give St. John’s a lead it would not relinquish. Jordan followed with a jumper, and then his steal set up Pointer for a fastbreak layup to put the Red Branch drained a 3-pointer from the corner to go up 66-59. Pointer followed with Storm ahead 58-53 with 1:45 remaining. a breakaway layup to give St. John’s a seven-point cushion. Coming out of a time- out, Greene drained a clutch 3 from the corner and Pointer’s acrobatic 3-point However, the game came down to the wire after a Jalen Reynolds two-handed play put the Red Storm on top, 72-61, with 5:25 remaining. dunk and a pair of free-throws by Trevon Bluiett got Xavier within one point with 23 seconds remaining. Remy Abell made a key steal for the Musketeers on St. John’s led by as many as 15 points with one minute to play after a pair of free- the ensuing possession forcing St. John’s to win the game with a defensive stop. throws by Jordan who finished 4-for-4 at the line. St. John’s made a furious rally from an initial 11-point deficit using a 15-2 surge The first half featured 11 lead changes with neither team opening more than a to take its first lead of the ballgame, 15-13. The Red Storm’s run ballooned to 22- six-point edge. Jordan led St. John’s with 11 points at the break, including a 4 after Harrison’s 3 gave St. John’s a seven point cushion with 4:33 remaining in jumper with 41 seconds left to send the Red Storm into halftime up 41-40. the half. Back-to-back buckets by Obekpa and Jordan sent the Johnnies into the break with a 28-20 lead. Whitehead scored 11 of his team-high 19 points for The Hall in the second half. Khadeen Carrington added 16 points and fellow Pirate freshman Angel Delgado The Red Storm held Xavier to its lowest scoring performance of the season. The recorded nine points to go with a game-high 13 rebounds. Musketeers entered the contest with a BIG EAST leading 75.7 points per game. The Johnnies had 13 steals and 10 blocks contributing to 20 Xavier turnovers.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Seton Hall vs St. John's Xavier vs St. John's 2/21/15 12:00 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena) 2/23/15 8pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Seton Hall 72 • 15-12, 5-10 BE Xavier 57 • 18-11, 8-8 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 MOBLEY, Brandon f 2-61-22-23144 7310023 40 STAINBROOK, Matt c 1-60-04-537100 6330022 31 DELGADO, Angel f 4-8 0-0 1-2 4 9 13 1 9 0 3 1 0 32 05 BLUIETT, Trevon g 4-11 1-2 8-10 3 4 7 2 17 3 3 0 0 34 45 MANGA, Stephane f 3-51-22-41122 9120120 10 ABELL, Remy g 4-53-30-0167211320227 00 CARRINGTON, Khadeen g 6-13 2-6 2-2 2 4 6 2 16 4 2 0 2 38 11 DAVIS, Dee g 1-6 1-3 0-1 2 1 3 3 3 4 5 0 0 36 15 WHITEHEAD, Isaiah g 8-24 2-12 1-1 202319340136 15 DAVIS, Myles g 2-111-50-00332 5110037 13 KARLIS, Haralds 2-5 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 2 6 4 0 0 1 26 00 AUSTIN JR., Larry 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 20 RODRIGUEZ, Desi 3-9 0-0 0-0 3253 6111117 01 REYNOLDS, Jalen 4-8 0-0 1-1 4374 9031021 25 ANTHONY, Rashed 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 02 FARR, James 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 9 Team 2 5 7 55 MACURA, J.P. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00100 9 Totals 28-70 7-24 9-13 17 23 40 19 72 16 13 2 6 200 Team 2 1 3 FG % 1st Half: 16-36 44.4% 2nd half: 12-34 35.3% Game: 28-70 40.0% Deadball Totals 19-53 6-13 13-17 16 31 47 14 57 14 20 1 2 200 3FG % 1st Half: 4-15 26.7% 2nd half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 7-24 29.2% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 9-13 69.2% 2 FG % 1st Half: 8-24 33.3% 2nd half: 11-29 37.9% Game: 19-53 35.8% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 6-13 46.2% Rebounds St. John's 85 • 18-9, 7-7 BE FT % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd half: 13-17 76.5% Game: 13-17 76.5% 1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds St. John's 58 • 19-9, 8-7 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar f 0-10-10-01011 00000 9 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 8-12 1-2 5-7 2 8 10 3 22 3 1 3 2 35 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar f 0-20-10-00112 00000 6 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 7-134-82-3011020420136 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 8-15 0-1 3-7 3 6 9 2 19 3 3 6 4 40 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 4-9 3-6 1-2 0 6 6 4 12 3 3 0 1 31 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 2-81-40-02240 5000036 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 6-152-64-4156218610137 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 7-14 3-5 3-4 0 1 1 4 20 1 3 0 1 31 00 BRANCH, Jamal 3-6 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 2 7 3 1 0 0 16 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 5-90-10-3055310600238 04 JONES, Christian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ 00 BRANCH, Jamal 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 16 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 12 OBEKPA, Chris 2-6 0-0 0-1 0664 4124533 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-2 0-0 0-0 2020 00000 5 Team 1 0 1 12 OBEKPA, Chris 2-4 0-0 2-3 3 6 9 1 6 1 3 3 0 27 Totals 24-55 4-12 6-15 6 21 27 16 58 14 8 10 13 200 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 00000 3 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG % 1st Half: 13-32 40.6% 2nd half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 24-55 43.6% Deadball Team 2 1 3 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 4-12 33.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 6-15 40.0% 3 Totals 30-62 11-26 14-19 12 27 39 14 85 20 11 6 5 200 Officials: Doug Shows, Roger Ayers, Joe Lindsay FG % 1st Half: 16-33 48.5% 2nd half: 14-29 48.3% Game: 30-62 48.4% Deadball Technical fouls: Xavier-None. St. John's-None. 3FG % 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd half: 7-14 50.0% Game: 11-26 42.3% Rebounds Attendance: 6634 FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 9-13 69.2% Game: 14-19 73.7% 2

Officials: Mike Roberts, Jeffrey Anderson, Paul Szelc Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Technical fouls: Seton Hall-None. St. John's-None. Xavier 20 37 57 XU 20 4 13 0 15 Attendance: 5602 St. John's 28 30 58 SJU 38 20 6 14 4

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Last FG - XU 2nd-01:29, SJU 2nd-01:45. Score tied - 5 times. Seton Hall 40 32 72 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Largest lead - XU by 11 1st-16:36, SJU by 10 2nd-19:02. Lead changed - 7 times. SHU3215134 12 XU led for 18:57. SJU led for 17:53. Game was tied for 03:10. St. John's 41 44 85 SJU 28 15 19 13 13

Last FG - SHU 2nd-01:02, SJU 2nd-01:50. Score tied - 13 times. Largest lead - SHU by 4 2nd-15:39, SJU by 15 2nd-01:09. Lead changed - 13 times. SHU led for 10:14. SJU led for 21:18. Game was tied for 08:28. Game #29 Game #30 Feb. 28, 2015 • Madison Square Garden March 4, 2015 • Bradley Center 1 2 Total 1 2 Total St. John’s 43 38 81 St. John’s 34 33 67 Georgetown 32 38 70 Marquette 27 24 51

NEW YORK - St. John’s rolled to its sixth victory in seven games and reached the MILWAUKEE - St. John’s picked up its seventh win in the last eight games rolling 20-win plateau for the second-straight season with an 81-70 win over past Marquette (11-18, 3-14), 67-51, on Wednesday at the Bradley Center. The Georgetown (18-9, 10-6) at Madison Square Garden. The Red Storm led for near- Red Storm used an 8-for-11 (72.7 pct) 3-point shooting effort in the second half ly 38 minutes in an impressive Senior Day performance that featured career scor- en route to its fourth straight victory and 21st of the season, matching the pro- ing highs from Phil Greene IV (26) and Sir’Dominic Pointer (24). Rysheed Jordan gram’s highest win total in 15 years. added 15 points and Jamal Branch had 10 points as St. John’s (20-9, 9-7) complet- ed the sweep of a three-game homestand. Rysheed Jordan led St. John’s (21-9, 10-8) with 23 points, hitting five 3-pointers. D’Angelo Harrison poured in 16 of his 21 points in the second half. Sir’Dominic The emotional pregame senior ceremony set the tone for a spirited effort in Pointer went for his eighth double-double (10 points, 13 rebounds) and had front of 13,615 fans at “The World’s Most Famous Arena” as the Red Storm blew seven assists. Phil Greene IV was the fourth Johnnie to score double-digits finish- past the Hoyas in the 103rd edition of the old-school BIG EAST rivalry. The ing with 11 points. Johnnies used a 16-3 run to open a double-digit advantage by the 14:37 mark in the first half and never looked back. The Red Storm went six players deep with four starters playing the full 40 min- utes. Chris Obekpa saw 32 minutes of action blocking four shots and grabbing Greene IV drained a career-high six 3-pointers, missing on only one attempt from five rebounds, while Amar Alibegovic gave St. John’s eight minutes off the downtown. He also matched Pointer with a team-high seven rebounds as they bench. each played a full 40 minutes in the home finale. Pointer shot 8-for-15 from the field in his 14th straight double-digit scoring performance. Harrison warmed up quickly in the second half scoring five straight points with- in 23 seconds to help St. John’s open its first double-digit lead (40-30) by the The Red Storm carried a 43-32 advantage into halftime despite D’Angelo 17:38 mark. After the Golden Eagles cut their deficit to six with 12 minutes left Harrison playing just 25 seconds in the opening stanza after two quick fouls. in regulation, Harrison exploded for the next eight points. The senior guard drained a pair of three-pointers sending St. John’s out front 50-36 at 10:08. D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera drained one of his seven 3-pointers with 17:21 to go in regulation to trim the Hoyas’ deficit to nine. St. John’s answered with the next Jordan sank three of his five 3-pointers in the last nine minutes. Greene IV put seven points to re-open a double-digit advantage it would maintain the rest of the Red Storm up 12 with his third triple of the game with 6:08 remaining, and the way. Jordan and Branch converted consecutive layups and then Greene’s sig- then Harrison delivered his fourth trifecta at 2:55 to help seal St. John’s third nature 3-pointer from the corner put St. John’s up 52-36 two minutes later. double-digit BIG EAST victory in the last five games.

Smith-Rivera finished with a game-high 29 points. Mikael Hopkins was the only St. John’s led by seven points at halftime using a 10-3 run in the final three min- other Hoya to score double-figures with 10 points to go with 14 rebounds. utes to break a 24-24 tie. Jordan scored 13 points in the first half.

St. John’s led by as many as 17 points in the second half on a Harrison free-throw at the 7:18 mark. Harrison dished out three assists and grabbed three rebounds, while Jordan had three helpers to go with three steals. Chris Obekpa contributed five points, four rebounds, three blocks and two steals off the bench.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Georgetown vs St. John's St. John's vs Marquette 2/28/15 12pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/4/15 8 p.m. at BMO Harris Bradley Center

Georgetown 70 • 18-9, 10-6 St. John's 67 • 21-9, 10-7 BE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 PEAK, L.J. f 1-90-22-21344 4100030 12 OBEKPA, Chris f 1-30-00-22354 2104132 11 COPELAND, Isaac f 1-5 0-1 2-4 0 8 8 1 4 1 3 2 2 22 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 4-13 3-7 0-1 2 6 8 0 11 2 2 0 0 40 24 SMITH, Joshua c 2-30-01-12135 51100 8 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 7-16 4-8 3-4 246221331240 04 SMITH-RIVERA, D. g 10-21 7-14 2-2 4 3 7 3 29 2 2 0 1 37 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic g 5-16 0-0 0-1 4 9 13 2 10 7 5 2 3 40 55 TRAWICK, Jabril g 2-60-31-20222 5432028 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 6-11 5-9 6-9 123223230240 01 CAMPBELL, Tre 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 6 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 03 HOPKINS, Mikael 4-8 0-0 2-6 12 2 14 5 10 213032 Team 1 4 5 05 CAMERON, Reggie 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 23-59 12-24 9-17 13 29 42 14 67 15 13 7 8 200 13 WHITE, Paul 2-71-30-01344 5000018 23 BOWEN, Aaron 3-5 2-3 0-2 0 1 1 1 8 1 2 0 0 17 FG % 1st Half: 12-34 35.3% 2nd half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 23-59 39.0% Deadball Team 0 2 2 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7% Game: 12-24 50.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 9-17 52.9% 3 Totals 25-66 10-27 10-19 20 26 46 27 70 14 13 7 3 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-30 33.3% 2nd half: 15-36 41.7% Game: 25-66 37.9% Deadball Marquette 51 • 11-18, 3-14 BE 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 6-17 35.3% Game: 10-27 37.0% Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 10-19 52.6% 4 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min St. John's 81 • 20-9, 9-7 40 FISCHER, LUKE c 5-90-03-10325213023028 01 WILSON, DUANE g 3-10 0-6 2-4 0 4 4 1 8 3 2 0 3 29 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 05 COHEN III, SANDY g 0-10-10-00001 0210011 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 WILSON, DERRICK g 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 2 2 6 1 1 1 37 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 8-130-08-13167024212140 13 CARLINO, MATT g 6-15 5-9 0-0 134317130234 00 BRANCH, Jamal g 5-11 0-1 0-0 2 3 5 1 10 0 1 0 0 28 10 ANDERSON, JUAN 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 9-156-72-4167126210140 23 JOHNSON, JAJUAN 3-8 1-3 0-0 1450 7001119 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 0-4 0-2 1-2 1 2 3 4 1 3 1 2 0 20 25 TAYLOR JR., STEVE 1-5 0-1 2-4 6 11 17 3 4 0 4 0 1 31 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 3-92-67-8134215320339 Team 1011 10 BALAMOU, Felix 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 13 Totals 19-55 6-21 7-18 13 28 41 13 51 12 14 5 8 200 12 OBEKPA, Chris 1-2 0-0 3-5 2245 5113219 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG % 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 2nd half: 8-25 32.0% Game: 19-55 34.5% Deadball Team 4 2 6 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 6-21 28.6% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 7-18 38.9% 5 Totals 26-57 8-16 21-32 13 26 39 17 81 11 7 8 7 200 Officials: Ed Corbett, Paul Szelc, Terry Oglesby FG % 1st Half: 16-36 44.4% 2nd half: 10-21 47.6% Game: 26-57 45.6% Deadball Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Marquette-CARLINO, MATT; TEAM. 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 8-16 50.0% Rebounds Attendance: 14201 FT % 1st Half: 7-13 53.8% 2nd half: 14-19 73.7% Game: 21-32 65.6% 3

Officials: James Breeding, Brian O'Connell, Lamar Simpson Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Technical fouls: Georgetown-TRAWICK, Jabril; TEAM. St. John's-OBEKPA, Chris; St. John's 34 33 67 SJU 10 15 14 6 0 TEAM. Marquette 27 24 51 MU 18 5 8 12 11 Attendance: 13615 Last FG - SJU 2nd-02:07, MU 2nd-03:23. Score tied - 7 times. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Largest lead - SJU by 16 2nd-02:07, MU by 4 1st-11:03. Lead changed - 6 times. Georgetown 32 38 70 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SJU led for 27:56. MU led for 07:14. Game was tied for 04:14. GU 28 6 21 0 23 St. John's 43 38 81 SJU 32 14 5 6 5

Last FG - GU 2nd-00:14, SJU 2nd-02:16. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - GU by 3 1st-19:34, SJU by 17 2nd-07:18. Lead changed - 3 times. GU led for 01:53. SJU led for 37:53. Game was tied for 00:10. Game #31 March 8, 2014 • Wells Fargo Center 1 2 Total St. John’s 46 22 68 No. 4/4 Villanova 50 55 105

PHILADELPHIA - St. John’s had its four-game win streak snapped on Saturday as the short-handed Red Storm fell 105-68 to No. 4/4 Villanova (29-2, 16-2) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Rysheed Jordan led St. John’s (21-10, 10-8) in scoring for the second-straight game with 21 points. The Wildcats had five play- ers post double-digits, including 21 from Daniel Ochefu.

Without Chris Obekpa and Jamal Branch who missed Saturday’s contest due injuries, St. John’s hit its first five shots and rushed out to a double-digit lead less than four minutes into the game. Phil Greene IV fueled the Johnnies quick start hitting his first two shots as part of a 14-point first half for the senior guard.

Jordan sank the first of three straight 3-pointers by the Red Storm. D’Angelo Harrison completed a four-point play, and then it was Greene who found the bottom of the net from long range. Sir’Dominic Pointer followed with a putback at 16:05 to send St. John’s up 16-5.

St. John’s maintained a lead for the first 16 minutes as Jordan scored 12 points and handed out five of his eight assists in the opening stanza. The Philadelphia native delivered one of the most electrifying dunks of the college basketball sea- son soaring over Dylan Ennis for a thunderous one-handed slam to put St. John’s up 10 at 7:29.

Greene hit his second 3-pointer of the first half, which gave St. John’s an eight- point advantage, but the Wildcats scored the next 11 points with back-to-back 3s coming from Josh Hart. JayVaughn Pinkston’s basket at 3:50 gave Villanova its first lead of the game and the Wildcats took a 50-46 lead into halftime.

The Wildcats went to work on the interior in the second half with Ochefu scor- ing 13 of his 21 points in the final 20 minutes. After Jordan drained his third 3- pointer to get within four points, Villanova answered with a pair of threes and then nine straight points from Ochefu to go up by double-digits.

Pinkston finished with 18 points and Ennis added 17 to help first-place Villanova win its 12th straight game and improve to 17-0 at home this season. Hart had 13 points and Darrun Hilliard chipped in 14.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics St. John's vs Villanova 03/07/15 2:00 PM at Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)

St. John's 68 • (21-10, 10-8 BE) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 POINTER, Sir'Dominic f 3-70-12-21342 8501028 34 DE LA ROSA, Joey c 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 01 GREENE IV, Phil g 5-102-44-4112016110031 11 HARRISON, D'Angelo g 6-14 1-5 2-3 0 4 4 5 15 1 1 0 1 34 23 JORDAN, Rysheed g 8-173-82-2033221840033 02 STEWART, Myles 1-5 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 04 JONES, Christian 0-0 0-0 2-2 1123 2010015 05 LIPSCOMB, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 BALAMOU, Felix 2-2 0-0 0-0 2021 4130016 14 ALIBEGOVIC, Amar 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 15 35 NDIAYE, Khadim 0-1 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 7 Team 3 2 5 Totals 25-57 6-22 12-13 8 18 26 17 68 16 12 2 1 200

FG % 1st Half: 15-28 53.6% 2nd half: 10-29 34.5% Game: 25-57 43.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-14 35.7% 2nd half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 6-22 27.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 11-11 100.0% 2nd half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 12-13 92.3% 1,1

Villanova 105 • (29-2, 16-2 BE) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 22 PINKSTON, JayVaughn f 7-90-04-5336118000122 23 OCHEFU, Daniel f 8-9 0-0 5-5 6 3 9 0 21 1 1 5 0 23 04 HILLIARD, Darrun g 5-132-72-3066114201227 15 ARCIDIACONO, Ryan g 2-6 1-5 2-2 0 1 1 2 7 4 0 0 2 31 31 ENNIS, Dylan g 5-82-45-6022217600026 00 LOWE, Henry 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 02 JENKINS, Kris 1-4 1-4 0-0 0112 3100011 03 HART, Josh 4-7 3-6 2-2 1 4 5 2 13 0 0 0 0 24 05 BOOTH, Phil 3-6 1-4 0-1 0221 7820120 14 REYNOLDS, Darryl 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 20 FARRELL, Patrick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00001 3 52 RAFFERTY, Kevin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Team 2 0 2 Totals 37-66 11-32 20-26 13 24 37 12 105 22 3 6 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 17-30 56.7% 2nd half: 20-36 55.6% Game: 37-66 56.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-19 31.6% 2nd half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 11-32 34.4% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3% 2nd half: 10-14 71.4% Game: 20-26 76.9% 3

Officials: Pat Driscoll, Mike Roberts, Matt Potter Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Villanova-None. Attendance: 19161

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast St. John's 46 22 68 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SJU 18 4 10 9 8 Villanova 50 55 105 VU 48 11 21 6 28

Last FG - SJU 2nd-00:43, VU 2nd-00:13. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - SJU by 11 1st-16:05, VU by 37 2nd-00:13. Lead changed - 1 time. SJU led for 14:09. VU led for 23:50. Game was tied for 02:01. New York Post St. John’s seniors out to finally fulfill Tournament destiny Howie Kussoy http://nypost.com/2014/10/22/st-johns-seniors-out-to-finally-fulfill-tournament-destiny/

Oct. 22, 2014

The St. John’s seniors shared the same sentiment in various ways — D’Angelo Harrison shook his head in disbelief, Sir’Dominic Pointer took a deep breath, Phil Greene could only smile.

How could their final season be here?

“It feels like we just got here yesterday,” Pointer said.

Yesterday became three years ago.

In his first season, Steve Lavin had led St. John’s to its first NCAA Tournament in nine years, when the trio arrived in Queens in 2011 as part of the coach’s first recruiting class, helping form the No. 3 rated recruiting class in the country and soon the youngest team in the nation.

But the team’s expected return to extended relevance didn’t follow, with players leaving early (Mo Harkless, JaKarr Sampson), players never playing (Norvel Pelle), players transferring (Amir Garrett) and players underachieving, leaving the program with gradual improvement over the past three seasons, but no NCAA Tournament berths since the highly touted class’ arrival.

Now, in their final collegiate season, the seniors don’t see the tournament as a goal as much as a mandate.

“We’ve got to make it happen,” Harrison said at the Big East Media Day on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. “It’s time to go.”

Greene added, “We talk about that this is our last year and we want to go out with a bang. We want to make the tournament and we know we have to.”

The Red Storm were picked to finish third out of 10 teams in the conference’s preseason coaches poll, a spot that if secured would virtually guarantee the program its second NCAA Tournament appearance in the past 15 years.

Lavin said that though the team’s expectations are even higher, he would not concede that a fourth straight bracket-less season would be a failure.

“Our own expectations are greater than the media or where we’re picked in this particular league,” Lavin said. “We want to be special. We want this group to be able to leave a footprint behind that they can be proud of, to have their own legacy, to write their own chapter in this storied program.

“We embrace the expectations and we want to return St. John’s to its rightful place as the crown jewel of college basketball in New York City.”

Just like last season, the talent is there.

The deep backcourt begins with Harrison, a preseason All-Big East First Team selection, who expects five players on the team to be named among the league’s 10 best at season’s end, with the ceiling determined by sophomore Rysheed Jordan, who was selected for the second team.

Though Chris Obekpa is back, the frontcourt is a question mark with newcomers Adonis Delarosa and Keith Thomas. Still, the players believe the team’s increased overall experience is what will make this season stand out.

“The talent was there last year, but the maturity wasn’t there last year,” Pointer said. “Everyone comes in at a different pace. It’s taken us four years to get here. We had a lot to learn. Now, we feel like we’ve been through everything.

“I think this is the best team since I’ve been here. It’s a more balanced team. … Every year there is a different expectation.”

And the expectation this year?

“Win the Big East Tournament, the Big East regular season and contend for a national championship,” Pointer said. “That’s something we can do and I think we can put it together this year. This is our year to be remembered for.

“It’s now or never.”

New York Daily News Chris Obekpa’s development back on track with St. John’s Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/chris-obekpa-development-back-track-st-john-article-1.1995696

Nov. 1, 2014

No one at St. John's is about to start beating his chest about Saturday's 95-83 exhibition game win over Division II Humboldt State at Carnesecca Arena. The Red Storm should not have trailed at halftime or been in a two-possession game in the final minute. But the Johnnies should want to shout from the rooftops about Chris Obekpa.

The 6-9 junior is a vastly improved player. He was always capable of being a force on defense because of his length and shot-blocking ability. But against the Jacks, he showed off how he is becoming a force on offense with aggressive plays, an array of new moves and a jump shot. Obekpa averaged 3.8 points last season and never scored more than 11 in a game. In this exhibition he had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 11 blocked shots.

He was 7-for-10 from the floor but a more impressive 8-for-9 on free throws. Obekpa shot a dismal 41% on free throws last season.

"Now he is more aggressive offensively, more confident, more decisive with his post catches," Storm coach Steve Lavin said. "He's going to draw more fouls and it's vital that he converts from the free throw line. That way we won't have empty possessions."

"It's different from last year," Obekpa said. "I've been working the whole summer on my game and the coach said to stay aggressive. I have to stay more consistent on that side."

D'Angelo Harrison had 28 points and nine rebounds and Rysheed Jordan shook off a dreadful first half and made all of his seven shots in the second half to finish with 19 points. He had four assists, but eight turnovers. Sir'Dominic Pointer had 15 points.

At the end of last season, Obekpa said he wanted to transfer and Lavin made sure he got his release so he could make a move. But before he did, Obekpa said he considered that maybe he wasn't putting in enough. He opted to return and did so with a better attitude.

"We knew his potential was here and his performance was here," Lavin said, moving his level hand from a high position to a low one. "The change was putting in the work and having the appropriate attitude to work . . . To his credit, he is playing at a very high level and really returned to (his) trajectory. . . . Last year he flatlined, maybe even regressed. Now he's back in the right direction in elevating his game."

Earlier this week transfer Keith Thomas, the nation's top junior college rebounder, was ruled ineligible because of issues with his academic transcript from Westchester CC. And rebounding looks like it could be an issue after the smaller Humboldt State crew finished even with the Johnnies at 42 boards apiece. The Jacks also turned 20 offensive rebounds into 28 points.

Lavin said that 7-foot freshman Adonis DeLaRosa is not yet in good enough shape to where he can get in a game (he didn't play Saturday). So Obekpa said "it means I have to step up more. Everybody needs to step up with their rebounding."

Obekpa may be interested in getting a tailor as well. The center pulled the bottoms of his shorts up from the inside because he said that when they get wet with perspiration they feel heavy on his knees. It was effective, though at times he looked like he was wearing a diaper.

"I just like pulling them up there," he said. "It's working."

So apparently is all the effort he applied in the off-season. And for the Johnnies, they'll take form over fashion every time.

New York Daily News The News sits down with St. John's coach Steve Lavin Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/news-sits-st-john-coach-steve-lavin-article-1.2010584

Nov. 13, 2014

With St. John's opening its season Friday night against NJIT at Carnesecca Arena, the Daily News’ Roger Rubin posed a few questions to Steve Lavin this week. The Red Storm’s fifth-year coach spoke about the coming season, St. John’s place in the college basketball world and his vision for himself and the program.

DN: Why do you believe the Red Storm is an NCAA Tournament team this season?

LAVIN: It’s been an arduous yet rewarding climb up the mountain. We knocked on the door the past two years but came up short, and it’s clear this group is maturing. If we stay injury-free and continue to incrementally develop over the course of the season, we believe the next step for our program is a run into the NCAA Tournament.

Our core of upperclassmen has made steady and measurable progress from year to year. Coming into this season, our senior class has 98 games of experience under their belt. It’s a very tight knit and cohesive group both on and off the court.

DN: You haven’t reached the NCAA Tournament with a team of your recruits. Does it feel like you are a coach on the hot seat?

LAVIN: Coaches are extremely competitive by nature and put pressure on themselves to achieve winning results. My personal expectations for excellence on all fronts will exceed external or outside expectations. Keep in mind, I coached basketball at UCLA for 12 years, and that wonderful environment is arguably the greatest pressure cooker in all of sport. I enjoy the pressure as it brings out my best. Working in Pauley Pavilion on a daily basis under those 11 national championship banners was a reminder that anything less than being on top of the college basketball world was considered failure.

St. John’s has given us the support to build a winner, to return our program to its rightful place as a sustainable winner. We knew from the outset it was going to be a difficult task to once again become nationally competitive. We are closer to realizing that goal but we clearly have work to do!

DN: How did D’Angelo Harrison go from being a player worthy of suspension to a centerpiece for the program making a leap?

LAVIN: People forget D’Angelo arrived on campus as a 17-year-old. From the outset he was asked to do heavy lifting because we were the youngest team in school history. I have great admiration for this young man because it’s clear that he has diligently put in the work necessary to change for the better. Dee has matured on all fronts. Specifically he has learned to channel his emotional fire in a more effective manner to better fuel our aims and purposes. After his playing days are over, it wouldn’t surprise me if he became the head coach at St. John’s. In my career Dee has been one of the more rewarding players to watch develop.

DN: How do you explain the seeming quantum leap that Chris Obekpa is making?

LAVIN: The pure and simple answer is Chris Obekpa went to work this offseason. He’s in the best physical condition of his career and has refined his offensive skill set. His approach and attitude have been excellent. Chris anchors our attack at both ends of the court, hence a strong performance from him this season is pivotal.

DN: St. John’s didn’t recruit NBA talent for several years, but now is involved with it regularly. How do you show recruits the program’s value?

LAVIN: Our staff has as strong a track record as any of developing prospects for careers in the NBA. In 10 full seasons as a head coach I’ve been fortunate to send 15 kids on to the NBA. We are the only staff in the country with three former NBA assistant coaches: Rico Hines (Warriors), Gene Keady (Raptors) and Darrick Martin (Timberwolves).

DN: What is St. John’s basketball now and what is your vision for it?

LAVIN: St. John’s is once again an attractive destination for the elite prospects. We are a program on the rise — demonstrated by the steady and measurable progress we have made from year to year.

Our objective is to compete with the upper tier of the Big East. Competing well in Big East play will position us to earn NCAA Tournament berths on a frequent basis. Participating in March Madness on a regular basis increases the probabilities of our team making tourney runs. Success in March is the ultimate objective from a pure basketball perspective. My parents definitely instilled in me a strong sense for the value of an education. As a result, my No. 1 responsibility is to participate in positioning our graduates for sustainable success in life after basketball.

DN: Does Steve Lavin want a long-term future with St. John’s? If so, why?

LAVIN: Yes. St. John’s is a great institution. I am eternally grateful for the support I received during my battle with cancer and the passing of my father. Living in New York City is as good as it gets. We have a great fan base. Coaching in Madison Square Garden is a ‘pinch me to see if I am dreaming’ experience every time we take the court. What’s not to like?

New York Times Expert in X’s and O’s Was Inspired by His Father, a Man of Letters Harvey Araton http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/sports/steve-lavin-and-st-johns-brace-for-new-season-and-high- expectations.html?_r=0

Nov. 14, 2014

At a corner table in a cozy restaurant in the West Village — Steve Lavin’s neighborhood — he had to strain his voice to be heard above the din of the dinner crowd. This didn’t inhibit him. It’s a coach’s way of life.

The Novocain from an afternoon visit to the dentist was just wearing off over a glass of wine. No worries. There have been enough painful times in Lavin’s four years of coaching basketball at St. John’s, when anesthesia wasn’t the most unpleasant medicinal solution.

In his second season trying to revive and nationalize the once-proud program in Jamaica, Queens, he was found to have prostate cancer and underwent treatment. During Lavin’s third season, his father — a 21-year survivor of the same disease who had a severe heart attack during his 40s — died at 82.

Last winter, in the midst of a heartening turnaround from an 0-5 start in the Big East Conference, several players endured family tragedies.

Now a restless fan base is expecting no less than an N.C.A.A. tournament bid in March from a veteran group of early Lavin recruits. But two reserve players were recently declared academically ineligible and are now gone for the season, which began Friday night when St. John’s beat the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 77-58. (One has the right to appeal.) Oh, and as Lavin was digging into his chicken and potatoes, Isaiah Briscoe, a 6-foot-3 point guard from Roselle Catholic High School in New Jersey and one of the country’s top recruits, was less than 24 hours from announcing on ESPN on Thursday night that he had chosen Kentucky and Coach John Calipari over St. John’s and Lavin, a fierce recruiter who had spent two years in full-bore pursuit.

The night before, Lavin was pulsating with positive energy, sounding certain that Briscoe was coming his way. But during the ceremonial donning of a blue Kentucky cap, Briscoe said, “Coach Cal’s got a machine going on.” He mentioned the point guards Calipari had sent to N.B.A. stardom and riches: (who played for Calipari at Memphis), John Wall and Eric Bledsoe.

Kentucky reportedly swooped in late as Briscoe’s star rose. Was Briscoe simply unable to resist college basketball’s most powerful brand? Was Lavin’s optimism more of the wishful thinking, bordering on fervent prayer, that fills the fuel tank of middle-aged men whose vocational fate rests on adolescent whimsy?

On Thursday night, Lavin, 50, said he was unable to comment on a player until that player signed a national letter of intent. But the previous night, he acknowledged that such recruiting setbacks could be as gut-wrenching as any game.

“There is almost an element of detachment that’s important to tap into or channel over the course of a season or tenure at any school,” he said.

It’s called maintaining one’s sanity by rejecting the devastation of, well, rejection. A fine wine also helps to ease the tension of work that Lavin described as “rugged, frantic.” The kind of work that made his father — who played at the University of San Francisco, who loved the possibilities of true collective triumph — once wonder why his son wanted anything to do with the inherent indignities of coaching.

“My dad challenged me on a coaching career,” Lavin said. “He felt it would be limiting, not intellectual the way teaching or writing would be. He worried that I was taking the easy way out, the path of least resistance.”

From his youthful days in San Francisco, Lavin’s father, Albert, answered only to Cappy, and later Cap. He was a point guard who transitioned to controlling classrooms, not offenses, at various academic stations. He wrote books on education. At U.C. Berkeley, he co-founded the Bay Area Writing Project, an organization for teachers of writing that serves educators and students of all grade levels.

At Sir Francis Drake High School in Marin County, he taught English and had Steve, the youngest of his six children, in a class on the works of Graham Greene. He sometimes loaded all six into a Volkswagen Squareback and shepherded them across the bay to a museum or an indie theater to catch a film by Fellini or Truffaut.

Steve Lavin said his father would have driven the test-happy school reformers of the 21st century crazy with his reluctance to give final exams. He befuddled administrators by telling them that one test, with all the requisite anxiety, was no way to accurately measure a student’s semester-long learning. He would rather celebrate the course by showing “Casablanca.”

Lavin said his father never taught by lecturing. He was more comfortable with plain talk, with humor, with parables that helped explain life’s paradoxes.

“He would say, ‘Imagine how dull life would be without them,’ ” said Lavin, who added that he was taught at a young age to impose his own interpretation on ambiguity, especially when it involved his own work.

That was no doubt easier in Cap Lavin’s academia than in the minefield of big-time college sports. Like all college coaches, Lavin has to answer to the ranking university authorities as well as to his own higher calling; he must find a silver lining in every Red Storm.

Last season’s turnaround led to 20 victories but not to the N.C.A.A. tournament, and then Lavin’s team was embarrassed on its home floor by Robert Morris in the National Invitation Tournament.

“To run off 10 of 13 after 0-5 last season was one of the most impressive achievements of any team I’ve coached,” Lavin said. “I get it. My job is to win. We didn’t make the tournament. We got waxed by Robert Morris. But if I don’t have a broader perspective, who will?” By the 2012-13 season, Cap Lavin had long abandoned whatever objections he had to his son’s career choice. He scouted opponents on television, emailing his reports. Two months before his death in February 2013, St. John’s went west to play San Francisco. The players were introduced to the coach’s ailing father. The five core seniors remaining from that team, Lavin said, will have completed their degree requirements by December.

His father — who taught remedial English as well as Advanced Placement courses — would have told him to relish that victory and to deal with the defeats.

Lavin said, “I’m so glad these seniors got to meet him because. ...”

His pursed his lips. His voice choked up.

He checked his watch and said, of the materializing tears for his father, “I held out for how long?”

Lavin and his wife, the actress Mary Ann Jarou, do not have children, one reason they moved to the West Village instead of somewhere in the Queens-Long Island corridor. They are living the recruiting pitch that he would logically make to a player like Briscoe, who is from Newark. Over and over, Lavin asked him to imagine filling Madison Square Garden, helping to restore glory to St. John’s, even if only for a season or two.

Maybe Briscoe — who said he would not sign a letter of intent until spring — will change his mind. Who knows, in this crazy and unseemly game? But the plan in place on Wednesday night was for Briscoe to tell the network audience that he was heading to St. John’s and subsequently attract other top talent. That ended with a blue Kentucky cap.

It had to be devastating for Lavin, the coach. But in such trying moments, he often asks himself, “What would Cap say?”

Somewhere in the boxes of letters and notes from his father he has saved, Lavin knows there is a phrase of wisdom he could apply to the Briscoe decision.

Wait a second. He just thought of one: “The beauty is in the journey, and the bittersweetness that comes with it.” The son of the English teacher had to know on some intellectual level that the Briscoe decision was not Shakespearean tragedy.

With a team to coach, with more recruiting ahead, all he could say Thursday night was, “Batter up

New York Daily News Sir’Dominic Pointer makes difference for St. John’s in 66-53 win over LIU Brooklyn Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/sir-dominic-pointer-pushes-st-john-liu-brooklyn-article- 1.2017031

Nov. 20, 2014

He isn't going to lead St. John’s in points, assists or blocks most nights, but Sir’Dominic Pointer could prove to be the key if the Red Storm is going to make it back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011.

On Wednesday night, Pointer showed how valuable he can be for a second straight game. As was the case in a victory Monday, when he played his best, so did the Johnnies. The 6-6 senior scored a career-high 18 points, had eight rebounds and six blocked shots as St. John’s pulled away late for a 66-53 victory over LIU Brooklyn in a NIT Season Tip-Off contest before 3,733 at Carnesecca Arena. St. John’s (3-0) plays Minnesota in the semifinals on Wednesday at the Garden with No. 13 Gonzaga facing Georgia in the second game.

“Dom’s always been the X-factor on the team,” D’Angelo Harrison said. “When Dom is playing like this, we’re going to be an unbelievable team. . . . This is what Dom’s capable of doing every game so now we’re going to look for him to do that.”

Pointer had 10 points, a block and two steals in an 18-8 first-half run and then four points, an assist and two blocks in the decisive 14-7 run that made it 60-50 with 2:39 to play.

“He’s capable of being a catalyst like no other player on this team,” Storm coach Steve Lavin said. “He strikes like a cobra.”

Rysheed Jordan added 15 points, Harrison had 14 points and Chris Obekpa had 10 rebounds and eight blocked shots despite aggravating a sprained left ankle in the second half. Gerrell Martin scored 14 to lead the Blackbirds (0-1).

Pointer became unreliable last season. His average slipped from 6.9 points to 5.9, his rebounds from 5.5 to 3.2. Lavin said there even was a conversation about red-shirting him this season if his play wasn’t markedly improved. “I put the work in during the summer and it’s showing up,” Pointer said. “It was a lot of losing and not getting our goal of getting to the NCAA Tournament. . . . I was hurting the team by not scoring. You’ve got to check me now.”

Pointer said a breakout game like this had been simmering inside, but his biggest contributions will still be on defense.

“Dom Pointer will be central to what we do... this season,” Lavin said. “For us to have success we need him to be one of the premiere defenders in the Big East and one of the better defenders in the country. We know he’s capable of being that.”

New York Post Why early season NIT tourney is so important to St. John’s Howie Kussoy http://nypost.com/2014/11/25/why-early-season-nit-tourney-is-so-important-to-st-johns/

Nov. 25, 2014

It was summer and D’Angelo Harrison still hadn’t gotten over what happened earlier in the year. The answers to why St. John’s had finished its third straight season without an NCAA Tournament appearance were right in front of him.

So, the soon-to-be senior watched the film of a 20-win season cut short by a 2-9 record against teams that reached the Big Dance, a season that could have included the tournament with one more win, a lifelong goal accomplished if not for nail-biting, casket-sealing, last-minute losses to Syracuse and Villanova and Xavier and Providence and Creighton, repeated multiple times against multiple conference opponents.

“I probably watched film 100 times on each of those games,” Harrison said. “I know what we did wrong as a group and I’m going to make sure it won’t happen again.”

The Red Storm’s résumé-building begins Wednesday night, when St. John’s (3-0) faces Minnesota (3-1) in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden, where the Golden Gophers won the NIT championship in April. No. 10 Gonzaga (4-0) will play Georgia (3-1) in the second game of the doubleheader, with the championship game Friday. Though it is early in the season, the Red Storm’s opportunities for marquee wins are fewer than ever, with the Big East no longer a behemoth filled with ranked teams.

After looking back at last season and seeing far too many times when one win could have changed everything, Harrison now knows what a win on Wednesday might mean months later, with coach Steve Lavin passing along a message more hyperaware than hyperbolic:

“ ‘Wednesday will be one of our biggest games of our career,’ ” Harrison relayed. “We were all like, ‘He’s right.’ Having that in the back of your head and knowing what 2-0 [this week] can do for this program and how people can finally take us seriously would be big for us.”

“We’re a hungry group. ‘The time is now,’ all the sayings that we have, we’re serious when we say those things. We know we have to win now.”

Senior guard Phil Greene added: “We all talked about that in the locker room on how big these next couple games are. We have to approach it as a winner takes all, like a tournament game. … This is our last shot … so we’re basically giving it our all.”

On a conference call Tuesday morning, Minnesota coach Richard Pitino said St. John’s has “one of the best starting fives in the country” and a team whose small lineup and athleticism creates numerous matchup problems to defend. But thus far, it has been a team that has failed to demonstrate that potential in wins over NJIT, LIU Brooklyn and Division II Franklin Pierce, which led St. John’s by seven at halftime. Minnesota also played Franklin Pierce, winning by 52.

Now that the season is really starting, though, Harrison expects St. John’s to start looking like a team that won’t look back with regret.

“We haven’t played how we’re capable of playing in the first three games,” Harrison said. “We know that, but we’ll be ready Wednesday.”

New York Daily News St. John’s off to a 4-0 start with win over Minnesota in NIT Season Tip- Off semifinal Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/st-john-tops-minnesota-70-61-article-1.2025597

Nov. 26, 2014

Maybe this time there is something behind the St. John’s players’ bold words. Maybe this season they will actually reach their potential. Maybe this really will be the season the Red Storm gets back to the NCAA Tournament.

The Johnnies got their first big opportunity to make a statement with an NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal against Minnesota and completely cashed in. St. John’s sense of urgency and purpose was on full display — especially from the seniors — as it played a huge second half to score a 70-61 victory over the Gophers Wednesday night at the Garden.

A year ago, when the Storm missed the NCAA Tournament for a third straight season, they lost resume-building games such as these. Not this time.

“It’s time for us to grow up,” said senior Sir’Dominic Pointer, who stirred the second-half comeback with several freakishly athletic plays. “We’ve been here for four years. I feel we have a good team this year, so it’s time for us to grow up and come together. The first half we played like little kids. . . . In the second half we said ‘it’s time to man up’ and that’s what happened.”

St. John’s, 4-0 for the first time in six years, has an even bigger opportunity awaiting on Friday. It will meet 10th- ranked Gonzaga in the 7 p.m. championship game at the Garden. The Zags defeated Georgia, 88-76, in the nightcap Wednesday.

“It was a big win for us, but we’re not done yet,” said senior D’Angelo Harrison, who scored 19 points including six in the 13-0 run that helped the Johnnies take control. “Coach (Steve Lavin) stressed that just now in the locker room.”

Rysheed Jordan had 18 points and Chris Obekpa added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Johnnies. Pointer had eight points, 11 rebounds, five steals and three assists.

St. John’s defense was suspect in the first half and SJU trailed, 40-31, at the break. In the second half the Johnnies were quite a sight, converting 10 turnovers into 13 points and seven offensive rebounds into 12 points.

“They out-rebounded us. They out-hustled us. They out-scrapped us,” Gophers coach Richard Pitino said. “Give them credit: they are a very talented team.”

Nate Mason scored 15 for Minnesota (3-2), which faces Georgia in Friday’s 4:30 p.m. consolation game.

St. John’s trailed, 59-54, before the 13-0 run. Senior Phil Greene got it rolling with a pair of jumpers and, after a Jordan free throw tied the score, Harrison scored six straight, including a four-point play. That was the killer. He tapped a loose ball that was headed out of bounds back to Greene, who got it back to him in the corner for a three- pointer with 2:23 to play. The free throw made it 65-59.

To that point Harrison’s shooting had been off. “It got to the point where it was time to win the game,” Harrison said, “and we did what we had to do to win the game at the end.”

NO. 10 GONZAGA 88, GEORGIA 76 Kentucky transfer Kyle Wiltjer had 32 points and Kevin Pangos added 22 points as the Zags (5-0) led from wire to wire in the late semifinal and earned a Friday date with St. John’s. Charles Mann had 23 points for Georgia (3-2).

ZagsBlog.com BIG EAST Now 39-3 With Wins Over 5 Ranked Teams http://zagsblog.com/articles/big-east-now-39-3-with-wins-over-5-ranked-teams/

Nov. 27, 2014

NEW YORK — The Big East has a lot to be thankful for.

Through Wednesday’s action, the Big East is now 39-3 on the season with wins over five ranked teams: Florida, North Carolina, Michigan, VCU and Oklahoma.

Late Wednesday, Georgetown beat No. 18 Florida, 66-65, to advance to the second round of the Battle 4 Atlantis, where they will face No. 2 Wisconsin on Thanksgiving.

Earlier Wednesday night, St. John’s got past Minnesota, 70-61, to advance to the title game of the NIT Season Tip- Off, where they will meet No. 10 Gonzaga on Friday.

That followed Butler’s stunning upset of No. 5 North Carolina, 74-66, in the Battle 4 Atlantis. Butler meets Oklahoma on Thursday.

And on Tuesday night, No. 12 Villanova took out No. 19 Michigan in the Legends Classic championship game one day after beating No. 14 VCU.

Last week, Creighton beat then-No. 18 Oklahoma.

Seton Hall hasn’t beaten any ranked teams, but on Monday they downed Illinois State to win the Paradise Jam crown behind a monster 40-point night from Sterling Gibbs.

“It doesn’t surprise me what these guys are doing,” Villanova coach said late Tuesday. “I think that this league is going to be much harder than last year. No one’s going to win this league at 16-2 like we did last year. You’ve just got really good programs, really good coaches. I’m really excited for the league. “I never want to be in New York and say that I don’t miss the old Big East because I do, but in the same breath I”m really excited about this new league. It’s just pure basketball, man. Every night you play, every arena, it’s just rockin’, it means the world to everybody there.

“I’m really psyched for this league this year. I think it’s going to be a great league.”

New York Post Forget Kentucky: The Big East is the story of college basketball Zach Braziller http://nypost.com/2014/11/27/forget-kentucky-the-big-east-is-the-story-of-college-basketball/

Nov. 27, 2014

One by one, each Big East coach spoke optimistically of the new league on its media day, championing its depth and quality, its present and future. It came off as coach-speak, overly optimistic hyperbole that was met with quizzical looks and slight smirks.

Those 10 coaches are the ones smiling now, for the time being at least. They knew what everyone else is just finding out: The Big East, with all its question marks and unknown commodities, is better than advertised.

Forget top-ranked Kentucky and its platoon system. The Big East has been the story of the early season, carrying a stunning 41-5 record into Black Friday. The basketball-centric league, with just one preseason nationally ranked team — Villanova — already has defeated five ranked opponents, three more than any other league.

“It doesn’t surprise me what these guys are doing,” Villanova coach Jay Wright told reporters Tuesday night. “I think that this league is going to be much harder than last year.

“I never want to be in New York and say that I don’t miss the old Big East because I do, but in the same breath I’m really excited about this new league.”

Wednesday was a banner day for the conference, arguably the biggest one since the new league was created.

Butler, picked to finish seventh, stunned No. 5 North Carolina in the Battle 4 Atlantis opener, thoroughly outplaying the loaded Tar Heels. Georgetown edged No. 18 Florida on D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera’s clutch jumper with 3.4 seconds remaining, also at the Bahamas tournament, and nearly upset No. 2 Wisconsin on Thursday.

And St. John’s — which the league desperately wants and needs to emerge as a tournament team this season because it’s a major-market team — rode a dominant second half performance to knock off Big Ten foe Minnesota in the NIT Season Tip-Off, earning a major opportunity Friday night against No. 10 Gonzaga at the Garden.

Seton Hall and its heavily hyped freshmen class won the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, and 12th-ranked Villanova knocked off two top-20 teams, No. 14 VCU and No. 19 Michigan, to claim the Legends Classic in Brooklyn this week, which likely pushes the Wildcats into the top 10 when the next AP rankings are released.

Providence has shown it may be top 25-caliber, carrying a 5-0 record and impressive victories over ACC teams Notre Dame and Florida In the Hall-of-Fame Tip-Off into a Sunday showdown at No. 1 Kentucky.

Creighton, expected to take a major step back after losing Doug McDermott and picked ninth in the league, has gotten off to a 5-0 start that includes a win over Oklahoma, ranked 18th at the time, that enabled the Bluejays to break into the AP rankings at No. 23 last week.

This is still a small body of work, a handful of games that doesn’t tell us anything about what will happen next week, next month or next year, but it is significant nevertheless.

This is the time of year when conferences separate from one another, when résumés for March get built.

The selection committee takes notice.

March, of course, is when the league really will be judged. The Big East needs a better showing this year, after receiving just four bids and failing to advance a single team past the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

But this is a start. The new Big East had to begin somewhere.

New York Post Improving St. John’s about to embark on biggest test Howie Kussoy http://nypost.com/2014/11/27/improving-st-johns-about-to-embark-on-biggest-test/

Nov. 27, 2014

It was late, and a non-eventful night in the middle of the week, when Gonzaga arrived in Manhattan for the NIT Season Tip-Off, but longtime Bulldogs coach Mark Few still felt a world away after the cross-country flight.

“There’s such an energy in this city,” Few said after Wednesday’s win over Georgia. “It was like New Year’s Eve on the millennium in Spokane.”

St. John’s will see something equally foreign in the No. 10 Bulldogs on Friday night in the championship game at Madison Square Garden — a well-balanced, offensive juggernaut of unparalleled efficiency, which the Red Storm last faced in their last appearance in the NCAA Tournament, in 2011.

Gonzaga (5-0) features six players averaging 9.6 points or better, ranks second in the nation in points per game (93.4), fifth in field-goal percentage (55.1) and second in assists (21.4), with senior point guard Kevin Pangos registering 29 assists and only one turnover.

In a 70-61 win over Minnesota in the semifinals, the Red Storm (4-0) improved to their best start in six years behind a defense-fueled comeback, in which St. John’s forced 20 turnovers and held the Golden Gophers to 25 percent shooting in the second half.

After St. John’s went 2-9 against tournament teams last season, the team spoke of improved growth and maturity which allowed them to close out the first noteworthy opponent of the season, and the confidence from that win allows coach Steve Lavin to believe that knocking off an even tougher team could come next.

“It’s a group that continues to make progress,” Lavin said. “If you look at their careers, there’s an undeniable steady climb. This is their best start. Each year they’re showing — obviously you want to win the national title every year — but this group has made progress and I think as we go through this season I expect them to continue to improve.”

The Red Storm’s leading scorer, senior D’Angelo Harrison, had been calling the game against Minnesota one of the biggest of his career, a win he felt would force critics to take St. John’s seriously.

After the game, he said, the team wasn’t “done yet,” with Harrison and Sir’Dominic Pointer both saying the team finally “grew up.”

Lavin called the game a “breakthrough,” but also noted how quickly that feeling can evaporate.

“It’s something we can build on, but if we don’t come out and play well on Friday, then we’ll be in here after the game answering questions about the maturity, what happened to growing up,” Lavin said. “We talk in the locker room about not getting too carried away with ourselves. … That’s easier said than done, but that really is the key.”

Wall Street Journal College Basketball’s Best Conference Is…The Big East? Andrew Beaton http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2014/11/28/big-east/

Nov. 28, 2014

There was little hype about the Big East at the start of this college-basketball season. No. 1 Kentucky, with its platoons of McDonald’s MCD -0.03% All-Americans, resides in the Southeastern Conference. The Atlantic Coast Conference, with Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and Louisville, had four teams in the top 10 of the preseason Associated Press poll. Only Villanova, at No. 12, made the preseason AP top 25 from the Big East.

Now, it’s impossible to ignore what the non-football conference is doing: Its 10 teams are a combined 41-5 to start the season, the best in the nation.

And it’s not as if they have been snacking solely on cupcake opponents, either. Villanova beat two ranked foes in VCU and Michigan this week. (See a video of Villanova’s game-winning block below.) Creighton, 5-0 in what was supposed to be a rebuilding season after the departure of national player of the year Doug McDermott, took down a ranked Oklahoma team. Georgetown upset No. 18 Florida. St. John’s beat Big Ten opponent Minnesota. Providence beat two ACC opponents in Notre Dame and Florida State.

Then there is Butler, which handed No. 5 North Carolina its first loss of the season on Wednesday. The Bulldogs, who went on to lose to Oklahoma on Thursday, have mastered the early upset in recent years: Two years ago, they beat No. 9 North Carolina and No. 1 Indiana. Before advancing to the NCAA tournament final in the 2009-10 season, they beat eventual No. 2-seed Ohio State in non-conference action.

The new Big East is in its second season since seven of its members split from the old football/basketball Big East, which became the American Athletic Conference. Its first season didn’t end well: None of its four NCAA tournament teams got past the round of 32. This season, though, looks more promising.

On Friday, the Big East will have a rare pre-conference game between conference opponents, as Butler and Georgetown play in the Battle 4 Atlantis consolation game at 2 p.m. Friday in the Bahamas. Both lost in the semifinals on Thursday after their upsets against ranked opponents (Butler to Oklahoma, Georgetown to No. 2 Wisconsin).

New York Daily News St. John’s star D’Angelo Harrison gets chance to shine on big stage against Gonzaga in NIT Tip-Off final Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/big-stage-awaits-red-storm-harrison-nit-tip-off-final-article- 1.2026318

Nov. 28, 2014

D’Angelo Harrison delivered the dagger on Wednesday night. St. John’s was in the midst of the decisive spurt in its 70-61 NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal win over Minnesota when the Red Storm senior tapped a ball that was headed out of bounds back in. He got the ball back in the corner and drilled a three-pointer, drawing a foul in the process. As a roar rose out of the crowd, Harrison stalked to center court in a full-throated holler.

He made the free throw for a four-point play and a six-point lead with 2:23 left.

Harrison has long been the Johnnies’ go-to scorer, but coach Steve Lavin saw this play — this game — as a breakthrough for his team and its go-to scorer.

St. John’s (4-0) now has a chance Friday night to put itself in college basketball’s consciousness when it faces No. 10 Gonzaga (5-0) in the 7 p.m. championship game. One of the simmering national debates about the Zags this season is whether this is coach Mark Few’s best team.

Harrison ended up with 19 points, but was not having a good offensive game. He was 2-for-10 from the floor in the first half, when the Storm trailed by nine. And with the chance to tie the game at 59 with a single free throw and 4:37 to play, he missed two.

“It’s a good sign that he was able to finish on a high note and carry us to victory. I don’t know if two years ago, that’s as likely to happen,” Lavin said. “I look back at (several games where) once it went south there wasn’t the ability to turn it around for him, individually, and then as a result for us, collectively.

“Now as a group, not only D’Angelo, but the team, was able to take a nine- or 10-point deficit and turn the game around. It’s growth. It’s what we’re working for. It’s progress.”

Harrison is one of four seniors who expected NCAA Tournaments to be a regular thing when they chose St. John’s yet still haven’t reached one. Given their first opportunity to score the kind of win the selection committee considers, they rose to the occasion.

“We grew up,” Harrison said. “We said it all week, this was one of the biggest games of our careers, and we showed it in the second half.”

A win Friday might be one that national poll voters have to consider.

St. John’s did not shoot well — 40% from the floor, 15% on three-pointers and it missed 15 free throws — yet it found a way to win. The Johnnies are a collection of great athletes, and when they are hustling — usually with Sir’Dominic Pointer at the fore — it shows in the effort categories. They made 16 steals, blocked six shots and outrebounded a bigger team, 51-39, with 18 offensive boards.

“They really lost themselves to the game,” Lavin said, “to defense, to the front of the jersey: St. John’s.”

This was Few’s scouting report on the Johnnies: “Crazy talented, really talented. Can really take you, probably at any time. Really athletic. Capable of blocking shots around the rim and explosive in transition. And very quick-handed and opportunistic on the defensive end. Just a good-looking team.”

Harrison said after the win “we’re not done yet.” And Lavin sees reason to think that in the Storm’s locker room, there are the makings of a Friday night upset. “It’s a group that continues to make progress,” he said. “If you look at their careers, there’s undeniable steady climb. This is (the seniors’) best start.”

Newsday St. John’s pulls away in second half in win over Niagara Greg Logan http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/st-johns/st-john-s-pulls-away-in-second-half-in-win-over-niagara- 1.9675186

Dec. 3, 2014

With 11:44 left to play, lowly Niagara cut a St. John's lead that had ranged as high as 13 points to a single point Tuesday night at Carnesecca Arena. That hardly was the sort of result coach Steve Lavin was seeking when he experimented with two starting lineup changes and made liberal use of his bench, trying to find some depth for the future.

As soon as the Red Storm got serious, they put together a 19-5 run that was fueled by the energetic play of Sir'Dominic Pointer, who was benched for the first five minutes because he was late for a meeting. Pointer scored six points and had a block during that surge to send St. John's on its way to a comfortable 70-57 triumph.

"It was a minor team violation, a parking ticket," Lavin said. "Dom was late to a film session."

Lavin inserted freshman walk-on Myles Stewart and got three three-pointers from him plus three blocks in 19 useful minutes that likely will earn him some playing time Saturday at Syracuse, where he will be asked to shoot over the Orange zone. The other lineup change was more interesting. Senior Jamal Branch started at point guard over sophomore Rysheed Jordan, who had nine turnovers in the previous loss to Gonzaga.

"Branch has been playing well, and we're rewarding performance in practice and games," Lavin said. "He has the best assist-to-turnover ratio, and he's shooting over 50 percent. With a player like Rysheed, sometimes, it helps to see the game before jumping into the action."

Branch, who scored 12 points, shot 5-for-6 and had six assists, and Stewart were crucial in building an early 17-7 lead.

In the first half, Lavin gave time to lightly used Christian Jones, Felix Balamou and freshman Amar Alibegovic, seeking a clue as to whether he has anyone capable of contributing minutes when Big East play begins.

But when Karonn Davis hit a three for the Purple Eagles (1-4) to cut St. John's (5-1) lead to 46-45, Niagara coach Chris Casey, who was an assistant at St. John's under Norm Roberts, had a chance for a happy homecoming. But Phil Greene hit a pair of jumpers to restore a cushion, and then Pointer got out in transition for a fast-break layup and two dunks to help push the lead back to 65-50.

"That was St. John's basketball at its best," said leading scorer D'Angelo Harrison, who had 16 points. "We turned up the heat when they cut it to one."

Harrison also tied Pointer for the team high with nine rebounds and was the team's low-post presence. That underlined the fact the Red Storm needs more from 6-10 Chris Obekpa at Syracuse. "I want Chris to be more assertive offensively," Lavin said. "We need him to attack down low. He defends himself when he hesitates."

New York Daily News Rysheed Jordan, Sir’Dominic Pointer don’t start as St. John’s beats Niagara with help from late run Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/jordan-pointer-don-start-st-john-beats-niagara-article-1.2031076

Dec. 3, 2014

Four days after St. John’s nearly stunned Gonzaga at the Garden, it got Tuesday night’s date with rebuilding Niagara. It shouldn’t have been a night for drama, but with the Red Storm that is rarely the case.

It was there at the outset as coach Steve Lavin removed Rysheed Jordan and Sir’Dominic Pointer from the starting lineup. And it returned later when the Johnnies found themselves in a three-point game with 8:30 to play.

But feeling the pressure brought out the best in St. John’s, as usual, and the Storm exploded for 12 unanswered points, broke the game open and then finished out a 70-57 victory at Carnesecca Arena.

St. John’s (5-1) plays at Syracuse on Saturday.

Lavin said Pointer’s removal from the starting lineup was a minor disciplinary action for him coming late to a film session. He denied that Jordan was on the bench for his performance during two NIT Season Tip-Off games last week, in which he combined for 16 turnovers and had an offensive goaltending call take away a basket; rather, the coach said he was rewarding sixth man Jamal Branch and walk-on Myles Stewart with starts for their good play. Branch had four points and three assists in 33 minutes during those two NIT games.

“I was just pleased with his bearing and his temperament and his overall maturity,” Lavin said of Jordan. “Sometimes when you don’t start a player, you’re also seeing how they respond to a situation because that’s telling.”

Pointer scored six of the 12 points in the decisive run by finishing fast breaks as the Johnnies defense got stops that ignited the transition game. A Chris Obekpa steal led to Jordan whipping a pass to Branch under the basket, where Pointer dunked to make it 62-50 with 5:21 to play. Jordan capped the run with a three-pointer on the next St. John’s possession.

“That’s St. John's basketball at its best,” said D’Angelo Harrison, who had 16 points and nine rebounds. “We turned the heat up when we needed to.”

Branch had 12 points and six assists, Stewart scored nine points on a trio of three-pointers and Pointer had eight points, nine rebounds, four assists and three blocks. Jordan added eight points and four assists. Emile Blackman scored 21 points for the Purple Eagles (1-4).

The start may allow Stewart, a legitimate three-point threat, to see what he’s capable of. Lavin wouldn’t commit to a starting lineup against Syracuse but said: “We’re going to need some confident kids on the perimeter, ready to make shots to stretch that zone.”

The Daily Orange St. John’s guard Harrison matures after suspension, leads Red Storm in scoring Kieran Lynch http://www.dailyorange.com/2014/12/st-johns-guard-harrison-matures-after-suspension-leads-red-storm-in- scoring/

Dec. 4, 2014

The suspension was handed down in March 2013 and it shocked many: D’Angelo Harrison, St. John’s leading scorer and de-facto leader would not be allowed to participate with the basketball program for the rest of the season, and would have to earn his way back onto the team during the summer.

And he worked. First with John Lucas at the former-NBA guard’s summer camp where he dealt with anger management and then with his teammates when he returned.

“He grew up a lot,” senior guard Phil Greene said. At first it was tough for him. He was going through what all freshmen go through, but once he went to Lucas he got his head together and he came back a totally different person.

“Focused, locked-in and he became a better leader.”

A little less than two years after committing to stay at the school and earn his spot back, Harrison is playing to help his team reach its first NCAA tournament since 2011. St. John’s (5-1) is going up against Syracuse (5-2) on Saturday in a former Big East matchup in the Carrier Dome.

It’s part of the process that began when Harrison rejoined the team in August 2013. Then-teammate JaKarr Sampson said it was like he was a new person.

“He takes the team out to eat,” said Greene, noting Harrison’s leadership goes beyond the court. “Not too many players or people do that. He looks out. It’s really like a family.”

Harrison was averaging 17.8 points when his sophomore season ended. This year, he’s averaging 17.5, he eclipsed 1,700 points for his career Tuesday against Niagara and is ranked third in total points scored in Division I among active players.

He, along with Greene, Sir’Dominic Pointer and others came into the program in 2011 and had to learn to grow up quickly. There was only one scholarship sophomore on the team after 10 seniors graduated that spring, and SJU started all freshmen.

Three years later, all three remain.

“Dom, Phil, they did a good job of sticking with me as well,” Harrison said. “Don’t forget I came here when I was 17 years old. I’ve had to grow up a lot. Now I’m 21.”

In last week’s NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden, Harrison scored 19 points and had nine rebounds with six steals in a win against Minnesota and then followed it up with 15 points and five rebounds in a loss against then-No. 10 Gonzaga.

The fire that was part of Harrison’s game during his freshman and sophomore years hasn’t gone anywhere in the season- plus since his return.

Against Minnesota on Nov. 26th with the Red Storm up a basket with less than three minutes remaining, he fell into cheerleaders on the baseline while saving a ball from going out of bounds.

He got back up, ran to the corner behind the 3-point line where he was left unmanned, received a pass, fired a shot that went in as he took a hit from Gophers center Elliot Elliason for the foul. He jumped up and shouted to the rafters.

“I couldn’t do it without my teammates,” Harrison said referring to his point-scoring prowess that currently places him at No. 9 in St. John’s history. “Credit them because I can’t score 1,700 points by myself. I might score 10, but not 1,700. They do a good job of finding me.”

New York Daily News St. John’s Red Storm ranked No. 24 in college basketball Top 25 following win over Syracuse; first time nationally ranked in three years Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/st-john-basketball-ranked-no-24-article-1.2037942

Dec. 8, 2014

On the heels of its first win at Syracuse since 1999, the St. John's Red Storm returned to the national rankings on Monday for the first time since 2011, landing at No. 24 in the Associated Press Top 25.

The Johnnies (6-1) have played three major conference opponents thus far and are 2-1 against them with wins against Minnesota in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals and Syracuse at the Carrier Dome. The loss was to then-No. 10 Gonzaga in the NIT title game.

"This group has experienced some big wins over their careers, but this may be the biggest to this point," St. John's coach Steve Lavin said after his Johnnies snapped Syracuse's run of 55 straight non-conference wins in the Carrier Dome. "This is an in-state rivalry against a former Big East member. The locker room had a special feel postgame."

The last time St. John's was nationally ranked was March 14, 2011, the same week they were tabbed as a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. That Storm team had just lost forward D.J. Kennedy to a torn ACL suffered in the Big East Tournament. It lost to Gonzaga in the Round of 64 in Denver three days later.

HARRISON, WHITEHEAD COP BIG EAST HONORS: Storm senior D'Angelo Harrison was named the Big East's Player of the Week. He averaged 20points and six rebounds in a pair of victories. The 6-4 swingman scored 24 points against Syracuse.

Seton Hall freshman Isaiah Whitehead was the Big East's Rookie of the Week. The Brooklyn product out of Lincoln High, averaged 18.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in two victories.

ZagsBlog.com Amid Dismal Winter for Hoops, St. John’s is New York’s Best Story Adam Zagoria http://zagsblog.com/articles/amid-dismal-winter-for-hoops-st-johns-is-new-yorks-best-story/

Dec. 14, 2014

NEW YORK — Amid this dark and dismal winter that the Knicks, Nets, Giants and Jets have given us here in the Big Apple, there is one shining beacon of hope.

The St. John’s Red Storm.

In a year when the Knicks are headed toward the NBA Draft Lottery, the Nets are already offering up their best players for trade and the Jets and Giants became irrelevant by November, the Johnnies are holding out hope of making noise come March.

Keyed by a career-high-tying 24 points from Rysheed Jordan and 22 points from D’Angelo Harrison, the No. 24 Red Storm improved to 8-1 with a 74- 53 blowout of Fordham on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

“I feel like we’re doing a good job of representing New York really well,” St. John’s senior guardJamal Branch said.

New York has always been a pro town, unless a St. John’s or a Syracuse — which bills itself as “New York’s College Team” despite last weekend’s loss to St. John’s — makes a deep run in March.

Johnnies head coach Steve Lavin understands that all too well, but he knows fans at the Garden saw at least one good team from New York on Sunday. And it was a college team.

“I think New York loves basketball, whether it’s professional, college or high school, and New Yorkers have a keen appreciation for good basketball,” Lavin said. “If you hustle, if you’re tied together defensively, they will applaud you. If you move well without the ball, play a cohesive style on offense…they’ll get out of their seats and cheer for you.

“At the same time, if you don’t hustle, you’re not tied together defensively or you don’t share the ball in the proper manner offensively, they’ll boo you. That’s the great thing, you get feedback like a report card because New York fans have had the luxury of seeing really good basketball over the years.”

The Johnnies were part of a triple-header of college and NBA basketball on Sunday.

In the opener, Manhattan, which has designs on making a run in the MAAC, fell to Rutgers, 63-55.

Jaspers coach Steve Masiello promised his team would pull it together by February or March, “or I’ll move to the Bahamas.”

“We’re not a 2-6 team,” he said.

Manhattan may well end up battling Iona once again for the MAAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but for now the Jaspers have work to do.

Fordham, meantime, fell to 3-5 after its loss to the Johnnies and continues to play without sophomore guard Jon Severe, who has taken a leave of absence for personal reasons.

Fellow freshman Eric Paschall looks like a stud in the making and Rams fans can only wonder what if about about a potential Severe/Paschall pairing.

This would be Fordham’s fifth straight losing season under coach Tom Pecora, and it’s reasonable to wonder how long Pecora may last at Rose Hill, a notoriously tough place to win.

The 5-20 Knicks were set to take the court Sunday night against the Atlantic Division-leading .

At this point, the Knicks would be wise to “Lose some more for Okafor” or “Cede the day for Mudiay” as opposed to making a run toward mediocrity.

Speaking of the Knicks, try these stats on for size.

Entering the Toronto game, St. John’s had won more games on the Garden floor since Nov. 20 (2) than the Knicks (1). Same goes for Gonzaga and Texas, which, as you know, don’t play in New York.

As of Sunday afternoon, Villanova, which plays its marquee games in Philadelphia, had won as many games in New York this season as the Knicks (3).

So that leaves the Johnnies as a team worthy of some back-page attention and talk-show chatter.

Even if it might not come until March.

“My seven years at ESPN taught me that other than the rabid fan bases of Lawrence, KS, or West Lafayette, IN, or Creighton or Kentucky, most people are focused on college football, the start of pro basketball, shopping, the holidays, their families and then early January, they really start to turn their attention to college basketball,” Lavin said.

“Like L.A., this is a pro town, one of the entertainment centers of the world, so we understand there’s kind of a gradual build to conference play and then ultimately the postseason when St. John’s fans really start to turn out and support the team.”

In this dismal year, not just St. John’s fans — but all New York fans — may only have the Johnnies to cheer for come March.

New York Post Three things to watch for surging St. John’s Zach Braziller http://nypost.com/2014/12/15/three-things-to-watch-for-surging-st-johns/

Dec. 15, 2014

It’s only nine games, less than a third of the season. There are more than two weeks before Big East conference plays begins.

But, based on what St. John’s has shown so far, winning eight of nine games, this has the potential to be a special season. Like 1998-1999 special. Red Storm fans fondly remember that squad: Ron Artest, Lavor Postell and Co. came within a few points of the Final Four.

No. 20 St. John’s, ranked for the first time in four years, is coming off an impressive 74-53 decimation of local rival Fordham, its fourth straight win. (The Johnnies moved into the USA Today Coaches Poll at No. 23.)

St. John’s has three games remaining before Big East play begins, including tests against quality West Coast foes St. Mary’s — which upset Creighton on Saturday, on the road — and Long Beach State.

Here are a few things to watch:

Jordan holds key to special year: The biggest positive from the win over Fordham was enigmatic sophomore guard Rysheed Jordan playing by far his best game of the season, equaling his career-high with 24 points and adding four steals. Coming off the bench for the fourth straight game, the Philly native was the best player on the floor. He looked like a pro, draining three 3-pointers, getting wherever he wanted on the floor and creating havoc for the Fordham guards.

St. John’s knows what it will get from the rest of its core. D’Angelo Harrison brings consistency (he was named Big East player of the week for the second straight week), Phil Greene IV will make big shots, Jamal Branch creates for his teammates and brings a calming presence, Sir’Dominic Pointer does a little bit of everything and Chris Obekpa is the team’s shot-blocking rock in the paint.

Jordan elevated this team from good to great. He’s a dynamic finisher and potent scorer. St. John’s just needs consistency. Sunday was a start.

Margin for error remains slim: For all the optimism surrounding the program at the moment, St. John’s can’t afford to lose any of its top six players to injury, suspension or otherwise. And Lavin knows it.

After the Fordham victory, he made a point of expressing his disappointment in Obekpa for picking up two technical fouls and getting ejected. Lavin went to all guards, with the 6-foot-6 Pointer playing the role of center, and it worked brilliantly.

But the coach also knows against a better opponent, Obekpa’s lack of discipline may have resulted in defeat. The Red Storm can’t afford to lose him or any of the guards. There just isn’t the depth to make up for their loss.

Size is overrated: Despite its well-documented lack of size, playing one true big man in Obekpa, St. John’s is rebounding quite well. The Johnnies are averaging 40.8 boards per game, tied for 26th in the country. They are smaller, but more experienced, tougher and hungrier than in years past.

Every key player’s rebounding numbers are up, none more so than Obekpa, who is grabbing a team-high 9.1 per game after averaging 4.8 last season.

New York Post Joey De La Rosa’s St. John’s debut brought extra cheer Zach Braziller http://nypost.com/2014/12/22/joey-de-la-rosas-st-johns-debut-brought-extra-cheer/

Dec. 22, 2014

Christmas came early to Queens this year.

Friday night, amid foul trouble and a sloppy start, a 6-foot-11, 250-pounder came off the bench supplying much- needed size and energy to the St. John’s front line in the Johnnies’ come-from-behind 53-47 victory over St. Mary’s.

It was an impressive debut for Florida International transfer Joey De La Rosa, used sparingly in his three years down south.

“It was great. He brought so much energy into the game, from the first half all the way until the end of the game,” St. John’s senior D’Angelo Harrison said. “When he got in, he brought energy, a presence, big body, 7-footer, talking, he just does a little bit of everything, the little stuff that we actually need.

“He helped us big tonight. It might not show up on the stat sheet, but he played well for his first game.”

De La Rosa’s younger brother, Adonis, a freshman out of Queens powerhouse Christ the King, was supposed to be the big body who would provide help off the bench. But the partial qualifier is still awaiting to hear back from the NCAA about his status. He’s only practicing at this point.

Joey, meanwhile, was cleared to play Friday night, and while he didn’t score, missing his only shot in 12 minutes, he showed his value against a quality big man in St. Mary’s Brad Waldow, blocking two shots and adding a rebound.

St. John’s coach Steve Lavin has talked about the potential of both De La Rosas contributing when they gained eligibility, offering a different look to his team. St. John’s has made small-ball work this season, winning nine of its 10 games by getting the most out of 6-foot-6 senior forward Sir’Dominic Pointer at power forward and 6-9 junior Chris Obekpa in the middle.

But size is needed, and Joey De La Rosa showed his potential value Friday night.

It was another résumé-building victory for No. 20 St. John’s, which now has wins over three top-100 foes in St. Mary’s, Minnesota and Syracuse. Monday night presents another challenge, as Long Beach State pays a visit to Carnesecca Arena. The 49ers, coming off a hard-fought 10-point loss Saturday night at No. 9 Texas, already have upset fellow Big East foe Xavier and knocked off Kansas State of the Big 12.

“We have to win these games,” Harrison said Friday night. “We won this one, we flushed this one and the next game is our biggest game. Coach says, ‘this is almost like a NCAA Tournament.’ We have a game today, then two days off, then another quality opponent in Long Beach State on Monday. [Coach Lavin] does a good job in getting us ready.

“We came out slow [Friday night], but we’re going to carry the second-half momentum into the next game.”

St. John’s women’s basketball coach Joe Tartamella has signed a contract extension through the 2019-20 season, sources told The Post. Tartamella has led the 25th-ranked Red Storm to a 10-1 start and has guided them to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first two seasons after taking over for former coach Kim Barnes Arico. A formal announcement is expected Monday.

CBS Sports Q&A: St. John’s Steve Lavin gets Red Storm back in national picture Jon Rothstein http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24923141/qa-st-johns-steve-lavin- gets-red-storm-back-in-national-picture

December 30, 2014

Steve Lavin has returned St. John's to national relevance. The Red Storm (11-1) is No. 10 in the CBSSports.com Top 25 (and one) and opens Big East play Wednesday at Seton Hall. CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com's Jon Rothstein sat down with Lavin in Manhattan to discuss the strong start, Rysheed Jordan and more.

Jon Rothstein, CBSSports.com: Your team has started the season with 11 victories in 12 games. How as a coach do you balance taking pride in that accomplishment while still knowing that your fate will be ultimately be determined by how you perform in the Big East?

Steve Lavin: Stay on task. Keep the team focused on individual and collective improvement. We don't feel that we've played our best basketball yet so the daily challenge is to work toward realizing our full potential. Our mantra is "hammer to rock" -- to focus on improvement in each practice and to prepare for each opponent with purpose. We need to elevate every facet of play. That's the approach that we have to take in order to earn winning results.

CBSSports.com: The same core that's gone 11-1 to start this season was also part of a nucleus that missed out on the field of 68 last March. What's the biggest difference in them as a whole versus a year ago at this time?

Lavin: I believe last year winning 10 out of our final 13 conference games set the table for the strong start to this season. With distance and perspective it's clear this team forged a certain resolve or toughness after the 0-5 start to Big East play last season; they've developed a resilience trait -- a gumption, the ability to pick themselves up and fight back -- this group counter-punches well. In terms of basketball our numbers indicate we are performing more effectively -- we're playing more efficient basketball offensively. We've put together some impressive defensive efforts and we have a group of starters that are playing the best basketball of their careers at the same time. It's carry-over from our strong finish in conference play last season. We were disappointed with our postseason results, and during the off-season this team went to work in an old-fashioned manner. We had a strong Spring and Summer and now we're positioned to have a special season.

CBSSports.com: Did you ever stop and think during the off-season -- whether it was on a walk in Soho or when you were on a beach this summer -- that you really missed out on an opportunity for the St. John's program last year because of the way last season ended?

Lavin: The 0-5 start in Big East play at the end of the day is what cost us an NCAA bid -- in spite of winning 10 out of our final 13 conference games it was the poor start that cost us. We had the second-best record at 7-2 in the Big East play over the second half of conference. When you look at it, we were 10-3 in the non-conference and then after the 0-5 start, we won 10 out of 13 in conference. But the 0-5 start came back to haunt us as we had no margin for error. It came down to a one-game scenario which was the equivalent of a play-in game against Providence in the Big East Tournament. This team has matured and grown up through adversity. We had the unexpected seven deaths of loved ones within a 48-hour period. A number of violent types of deaths. That clearly was the most challenging week of my coaching career in terms of trying to help a group of young people navigate such an emotional minefield. The carnage was real and the grieving was sobering. We experienced something as a team in midseason that no one could have possibly been prepared for. There's no manual on how to deal with seven deaths of loved ones in a 48- hour time span. There wasn't any pep talk or words of any kind that I could share. Instead we just tried as a family to be there for one another during a dark time.

CBSSports.com: This group is dominated by veteran players. How much does this unit remind you of your first season at St. John's (10-11) when you led the program to the NCAA Tournament?

Lavin: There's a number of similarities between my first year at St. John's and this current group of players. A number of those players reach out -- Sean Evans, Paris Horne, D.J. Kennedy, Malik Boothe -- because they feel a connection with this senior class. They work out together during the summer. They keep in touch. Those former players have been good mentors for this current group of players. The versatility, the experience, the hard edge, the resolve of that first group and this group is very similar.

CBSSports.com: There's obvious pressure to take this team back to the NCAA Tournament. How does the pressure of leading the Red Storm as you're about to begin play in the Big East in 2015 compare to the pressures you felt when you were the head coach of UCLA?

Lavin: It's interesting. I don't feel an inordinate degree of pressure to win at St. John's. Naturally, I understand that in this business there's a bottom line and our performance on the court determines whether or not we are perceived as successful. At UCLA it was unique because anything less than a Final Four is considered a disappointment. We've been to two Final Fours at St. John's in our program's history -- one in the 1950s (1952) and one in the mid-1980s (1985). The programs are different. Yet at the same time there's definitely some similarities between St. John's and UCLA -- more than most would realize -- tradition, heritage, entertainment capitals of the world. Rabid fan bases. Top 10 in the history of basketball in nearly every category when it comes to winning percentage, all-time wins, NCAA Tournaments, All-Americans, players who were drafted. The one difference is UCLA has 11 NCAA Championships and we don't have one yet here at St. John's. But that's what we work towards every day -- to position our program to try and make a run to the Final Four as Coach (Lou) Carnesecca did in 1984-85. We've been to three postseasons, had two 20-win seasons, and now we're in position to have another strong year. We've been making steady, measurable progress and now we're in position take the next step to get back to the tournament and be in position to do something special in March. When we arrived here in 2010, we knew that it was going to be a tall task. St. John's had struggled for a decade and obviously there was some inherent challenges as there have been some good coaches that have come through since Coach Carnesecca but none have made it off the island alive. That's just the reality of it. Every coach has been fired since Coach Carnesecca retired. We feel we're making steady progress climbing the mountain and these upperclassmen have positioned us nicely to take the next step. The goal is to play our best basketball in March so we can make some noise and give these seniors the type of finish they deserve.

CBSSports.com: Now when you were at UCLA you coached a slew of great guards, highlighted by Baron Davis, and now you've got another elite playmaker in Rysheed Jordan. What's the biggest thing you need from him moving to forward to ensure that your team is where it needs to be two months from now?

Lavin: Phil Greene, D'Angelo Harrison, Jamal Branch and Dom Pointer set a powerful example for Rysheed Jordan to follow. They're all different players and have unique strengths that they need to continue to develop but the work ethic, the attitude is something that Rysheed will learn from. Unlike these seniors, Rysheed has the advantage to learn from these experienced teammates who take him under their wing and set a good example for him in terms of the workman-like approach necessary for delivering winning results. If Rysheed takes the lead of the upperclassman and learns from this group of seniors, that bodes well for his future. This group of seniors had to do it on their own. Not only were they the youngest team in school history in back-to-back years, they didn't have their head coach who recruited them in Year One because of the cancer. They were baptized in the old Big East, going against Notre Dame, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Louisville -- the school of hard knocks education is another reason why this group is playing at a high level now -- they draw on those experiences from their freshman and sophomore seasons.

CBSSports.com: It's no secret that St. John's has been at its best over the past few years when Dom Pointer has roamed as an undersized power forward. How much has his presence at that position been a major part of this team's 11-1 start?

Lavin: Dom is the catalyst for our team on both ends of the floor. He spearheads our attacking, baseline to baseline style of play. His gifts, talents, and skills are a perfect fit for our system and style of play. When we recruit, we look for a marriage between talent and our particular brand of basketball. Dom personifies that marriage between player and system. Right now, he's been as productive as any player I've coached in my career. Sometimes you have players offensively who are lights out. Sometimes you have defensive players who are firing on all cylinders. But it's rare to have a guy like Dom Pointer, who on both sides of the ball can impact the game in such a dramatic way. And the numbers bear that out.

CBSSports.com: You're in your fifth season at St. John's. What's the biggest thing that you know now that you didn't know when you first got the job here?

Lavin: Patience is a virtue. With the speed of the world, the information age, the 24-hour sports news cycle, the appetite to win, the quick-fix thinking, and everyone wanting it all right now -- I'm naive enough to believe there is still something to be said for the old-school approach -- the "greatest generation" fundamentals of achievement can still work in today's age -- at the end of the day this group of players demonstrate that an old-fashioned approach, 'inch by inch, life's a cinch,' 'hammer to rock,' 'one foot in front of the other.' The results will come. Barring an injury, this is a group that has an opportunity to be special because they've been educated by the school of hard knocks. Sport in its purest form is a metaphor for life. Whether it's the Bible or things that your great grandfather, grandfather or parents taught you -- this team is an example of staying with it -- I think it's why our fans can identify with this group. We all draw inspiration from those who have struggled but because of the right attitude sooner or later the reward comes. As a coach or parent, or teacher you can't help but enjoy the story of this group. We understand that we haven't accomplished anything of significance yet, but we're moving in the right direction in terms of this season and the program's future.

CBSSports.com: Is there anything that you would do differently if you could do things over again?

Lavin: I wouldn't have tried to come back 33 days after having a seven-hour surgery to remove cancer (in 2012). That was a really poor decision on my part because it set me back and consequently it set our program back a year. We're a year behind schedule because of my flawed decision making to return before being fully recovered. If I had waited maybe two full months or even 10 weeks I likely would have been able to come back for the start of Big East play. As the head coach of the program, if you're not at full strength or operating on all cylinders, the organization suffers. I put my long term health in jeopardy and ultimately set our programs rebuilding efforts back a year.

CBSSports.com: The St. John's fan is obviously excited about the present, but is also focused on the future. A lot of people are curious to know what next season will look like for the Red Storm since you have so many upperclassmen on your roster. What needs to be added in recruiting between now and the spring so the program remains on solid footing?

Lavin: We're probably in better position now in terms of recruiting than at any point since we've been here. We are involved with potential prospects internationally, locally in the tri-state area, and coast-to-coast. We never imagined that we would lose Maurice Harkless after his freshman year to the NBA, JaKarr Sampson after his sophomore year to the NBA, and Amir Garrett to professional baseball. Those three would be with this current team. If you add two NBA players and a guy that throws heat in the Cincinnati Reds' farm system, our bench would be deeper and a little more experienced. We're 15th (in the AP Top 25) in the country right now without those three, but they were part of that original recruiting class that was ranked third in the country. We're always going to be in position to sign top prospects. New York City, our track record of sending players to the NBA, the coaching staff that we've assembled, Madison Square Garden, along with our style of play make us an attractive destination for the elite prospects. Recruiting is the least of my concerns because that's an area we've excelled -- we work tirelessly at recruiting.

Associated Press Jordan rejoins St. John’s, available against No. 8 Villanova Mike Fitzpatrick http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/st-johns/jordan-rejoins-st-john-s-available-against-no-8-villanova- 1.9776819

Jan. 5, 2015

NEW YORK - (AP) -- St. John's guard Rysheed Jordan has rejoined the team following his grandmother's death and will be available to play Tuesday night against No. 8 Villanova.

Jordan, the second-leading scorer for the 24th-ranked Red Storm, took an "indefinite" leave of absence last week due to "personal and family matters" at home in Philadelphia. He missed a 73-69 home loss to Butler on Saturday, and St. John's (11-3, 0-2 Big East) dropped nine spots in The Associated Press poll Monday following consecutive defeats.

Red Storm coach Steve Lavin said in a statement that Jordan returned to practice Monday and will be in uniform Tuesday at Madison Square Garden against the Wildcats (13-1, 1-1).

"Rysheed has returned from his home after going through a challenging week," Lavin said.

The 6-foot-4 sophomore, a highly touted recruit, ranks sixth in the Big East in scoring (14 points per game) and fifth in steals (2.1 per game).

Lavin initially said after Saturday's game that Jordan would not play against Villanova.

"He's got a good group of people here that care about him. Sometimes the best remedy for a heavy heart is getting back to doing the thing you love and to be with people that care," Lavin said Monday. "We have a six-man rotation that allowed us to get off to our best start since 1985-86. The positive with Rysheed's return is that we have the pieces back in place that led to our 11-2 start. Naturally, it's tough anytime we don't have our full complement of players."

A preseason All-Big East second team selection, Jordan started the first five games of the season before committing nine turnovers in a loss to then-No. 10 Gonzaga. He has been coming off the bench since, but was averaging 29 minutes per game.

He also missed a Dec. 22 win over Long Beach State with what the school said was the flu.

"It's exciting. I'm glad that he is back with us. Villanova is his hometown team, so he's going to be fired up to play them," said senior guard D'Angelo Harrison, the Red Storm's top scorer.

New York Post Red Storm’s Harrison playing with a passion only a senior knows Mike Vaccaro http://nypost.com/2015/01/07/as-career-clock-ticks-st-johns-harrison-is-on-top-of-his-game/

January 7, 2015

He tried, of course. He did everything he could do, attempted some other things he really couldn’t. D’Angelo Harrison is that rare college commodity in 2015: a senior who plays the way we remember seniors playing, with passion, with urgency, with a sneer that speaks of dwindling tomorrows.

Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, he was also the biggest reason St. John’s was able to keep a straight face as it tried coming after Villanova, then staying with the Wildcats. Watching this senior season out of Harrison is to recall, with fondness, what it was like when terrific four-year players were the norm, not the exception.

“We couldn’t stop him in the first half,” Villanova coach Jay Wright marveled. “He was everywhere.”

Still, at the end, as he walked off the court, Harrison stared at the scoreboard — Villanova 90, St. John’s 72, a third straight loss for the Johnnies — and he winced. A senior’s wince. Another day off the calendar. Another day closer to … what?

“We’ll be all right,” he said. “We’re really not that far away.”

These are days when the reflex is almost to apologize for your career when you reach a senior year in a power conference. This is why it is so refreshing when the best player on a good team — and despite their present pickle, the Johnnies still qualify as that — is a four-year player.

There is just a different feel to the way seniors play these games, with a second clock beyond the game clock ticking in their ears. That’s what he keeps bringing. Against the Wildcats he was superb, 25 points on 8-for-14 shooting, excellent defense, one tough shot after another, cajoling his teammates, inspiring them.

At the end of the first half, he refused to cede a layup to Villanova’s , stayed with him end to end, went up wildly and nearly came down horrifically, tweaking his right knee, staying down for a few moments, threatening to take the ambitious portion of the Johnnies’ season with him if he didn’t get up.

He got up. He limped to the locker room at half, then jogged back out with a few minutes to go before the second half began. There is no Willis Reed Tunnel any more at the revamped Garden, so it was through the nameless corridor under a blue Bud Light sign that Harrison arrived on the floor, to warm applause and relief.

The Johnnies are suddenly a team facing a crossroads, 0-3 in the Big East and 11-4 overall, facing eight long days off before taking the floor again in Providence next week. The fragile chemistry that carried them along in November and December is frayed.

“We’ve got to figure out a way,” Harrison said.

The underclassman that was supposed to be the answer to their need for elite young talent and athleticism, Rysheed Jordan, is a mess right now, didn’t score his first point until 5:22 remained in the game and the Johnnies were already done for. Harrison’s fellow senior running mates, Phil Greene IV and Sir’Dominic Pointer, had their moments against the Wildcats, but too few of them, to too little effect.

Though Harrison was playing on courage and grit in the second half, those skills, while admirable, aren’t enough against a team like Villanova, which ripped off 56 points after halftime. A week ago, these were programs that could look eye to eye inside the Top 15; in a few days the Johnnies will drop out and it’s anyone’s guess when they will be back.

So will begin the most important phase of Harrison’s career. Two years ago he was thrown off the team, a migraine headache of a player, unloved in his own locker room and running out of chances. He could have found a safe landing somewhere else; he chose to come back, because he believed there was something better awaiting him on Utopia Parkway.

There still might be. But that clock in his ear is click-click-clicking louder and faster now. Senior year is like that, for everyone, for chem majors and trumpet players, especially for athletes. This is the double-quick portion of the calendar. March will be here before you know it. D’Angelo Harrison won’t let time expire that easily. But there’s officially work to do. And lots of it. ESPN Wooden Top 25 watch list unveiled Myron Medcalf http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12166531/five-freshmen-wooden-award-midseason- top-25

Jan. 14, 2015

The Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list, which was released Wednesday, features a diverse group of elite college basketball players.

The list is headlined by Wisconsin's , Virginia's Justin Anderson, Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein, Duke's Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor and Gonzaga's Kyle Wiltjer.

Louisville's and , along with West Virginia's Juwan Staten and Utah's , are also included.

Arizona's Stanley Johnson is one of five freshmen who cracked the list.

It's also worth noting who failed to earn a spot on the list. No. 1 Kentucky's Cauley-Stein is the only member of John Calipari's program in the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25. Calipari's rotation system provides balanced stats that affect his players' ability to earn individual recognition, although Aaron Harrison, and Karl Anthony- Towns could be candidates by the end of the season.

Virginia's Anthony Gill and Wichita State's Fred VanVleet aren't included on the midseason list either.

Players, however, can still be added to the final list, which will be released March 7.

During the 2012-13 season, former Indiana star Victor Oladipo did not make the midseason list but finished second to Trey Burke in the final Wooden Award vote.

ESPN D’Angelo Harrison passes Felipe Lopez Kieran Darcy http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/colleges/post/_/id/7489/dangelo-harrison-passes-felipe-lopez

Jan. 15, 2015

In case you missed it, D'Angelo Harrison reached a major milestone in St. John's 83-70 win over Providence on Wednesday.

Harrison (1,930 points) passed Felipe Lopez (1,927) to become the third-leading scorer in St. John's history -- rarefied air indeed.

He now trails only NBA Hall of Famer Chris Mullin (2,440) and the late Malik Sealy (2,402), who will probably remain No. 1 and No. 2. Harrison began the season at 1,601 career points, meaning he would have to score 802 points this season to pass Sealy, and 840 to pass Mullin. Harrison's career-high, in terms of points in a single season, is 576, set last year.

Also on Wednesday, Harrison was one of 25 players named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list. The Wooden Award is one of college basketball's player of the year awards. Harrison was the only Big East player on the list.

Fellow senior Phil Greene IV also reached a milestone Wednesday, becoming the 49th player in St. John's history to score 1,000 career points.

Greene now stands at 1,110, which puts him past Justin Burrell (1,006) into 48th place. Next up is Bill Wennington (1,021).

New York Post Why this former St. John’s star is a big fan of D’Angelo Harrison Zach Braziller http://nypost.com/2015/01/17/why-this-former-st-johns-star-is-a-big-fan-of-dangelo-harrison/

Jan. 16, 2015

Felipe Lopez watches D’Angelo Harrison go about his senior year with determination and passion, like every shot could be his last, every game a chance to further enhance his legacy, and can’t help but have flashbacks.

It reminds him of himself, 17 years ago, needing that elusive NCAA Tournament berth to stamp a productive and memorable career, trying to maximize every last second of what he described as the best four years of his life.

“It’s almost rewriting the story,” the 40-year-old Lopez said in a phone interview from Santa Cruz, Calif., where he was helping out with the D-League Showcase as an ambassador for NBA Cares, the league’s charitable arm. “My four years at St. John’s was the same way. We became ranked my senior year. We made the tournament.”

“I went through the same thing. It’s a bittersweet situation.”

Lopez, the former McDonald’s All-American out of Harlem’s Rice High School, had to deal with the hype of being the No. 1 high school player in the country from New York City, featured on the front page of Sports Illustrated and asked to lead New York City’s team back to relevance. His first three years he put up solid numbers, but the Red Storm failed to produce a winning season. His senior year, with the help of a young freshman class led by Ron Artest, he guided the Johnnies back to the NCAA Tournament.

Harrison’s career has been more topsy-turvy — two winning seasons, but no NCAA berths. The dynamic 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Houston was kicked off the team late in his sophomore year by coach Steve Lavin for conduct detrimental to the team, but used the time away as a positive. He has returned better for it, becoming the heart and soul of this St. John’s team desperately trying to get back to the tournament for the first time in five years.

Harrison will lead the Red Storm against DePaul on Sunday afternoon in Rosemont, Ill.

Harrison has enjoyed a remarkable senior season, posting the best numbers of his career — 20.6 points per game, 5.9 rebounds, a 46 shooting percentage — while playing Ironman minutes (35.3 per game), becoming a fan favorite for his relentless hustle and refuse-to-lose attitude.

On Wednesday, he passed Lopez on the school’s all-time scoring list, vaulting into No. 3 with 1,930 points behind Chris Mullin (2,440) and Malik Sealy (2,402), keying a huge road win, St. John’s (12-4, 1-3) first Big East victory of the year after an 0-3 start.

“I told D’Angelo, “Thank you. You just revived my name again,’ ” Lopez said with his trademark cackle. “ ‘For you to pass me, it’s an honor to me.’ Records are meant to be broken. I have watched him for four years. It makes you feel proud.”

Lopez, who still lives in the area, said he follows St. John’s closely. He has spoken to the team on a few occasions and is rooting for them to break though this year, particularly Harrison. He knows what the Texan is going through. “He’s been very consistent, even through the struggles,” Lopez said. “He’s not finished yet. He still has so much more to go. That’s the exciting part.

“The payoff is coming.”

New York Daily News Reserve Amar Alibegovic is Johnnie on the spot for undermanned St. John's Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/reserve-amar-alibegovich-johnnie-spot-article-1.2082599

Jan. 18, 2015

ROSEMONT, Ill. — St. John’s has been undermanned and undersized in almost every game this season. Last week it became a little bit less so, when freshman Amar Alibegovic had his first good game in a Red Storm uniform.

With starting center Chris Obekpa on the bench with early foul trouble on Wednesday at Providence, the 6-9 Bosnian was in the game when the Johnnies took the upper hand in what would become an 83-70 win that snapped a three- game losing streak. St. John’s (12-4, 1-3 Big East) used a 16-1 run late in the first half. Phil Greene had nine of those points and Alibegovic four.

The Storm was getting by with a six-man rotation and all the problems that come with it to that point. Any combination of foul trouble, injury or a single poor performance could put the Johnnies in a fix. Alibegovic looked capable of becoming the seventh man and a much-needed addition on what’s been a very thin front line.

He finished with four points, two rebounds, an assist and a blocked shot in 14 minutes. Among the players who are not in the first six, that’s the longest outing for a St. John’s player in a Big East game this season.

More of the same will be expected Sunday when the Johnnies face DePaul (9-9, 3-2) at AllState Arena.

"That’s the guy I saw in Bosnia. This is the player we signed," St. John’s coach Steve Lavin said after Wednesday’s win. "We felt he could help us with his ball-handling and decision-making on the perimeter and the versatility to play outside and inside. . . . He had a really good week of practice. It doesn’t always mean they’ll have a good game, but there was some indication this might be a breakthrough and that he’s moving in the right direction."

Alibegovic’s points came finishing a fast break with a dunk and on a short jumper in the lane.

"It was very big. He just played free, didn’t think too much and he played great," Greene said. "He came in defended well and had a couple baskets for us."

Alibegovic was a highly-rated European player but, until Wednesday, little of his potential had come through. He’d made two of six three-pointers while appearing in seven games.

"I think it could be as simple as getting more acclimated, across the board: to New York and to his teammates, to the coaching staff and to our system and style of play," Lavin said. "Sometimes you just have to make a shot and have something good happen to you and then there’s momentum in that."

The preference for the Johnnies of course is that Obekpa — who ranks fourth in the nation in blocked shots with 3.6 per game — not get saddled with early fouls. But in the event he does, Alibegovic may prove the one who can fill those shoes.

"Now this was one good game. Now we need more good practices and more good games," Lavin said. "I think this will be a shot in the arm in terms of confidence."

New York Post St. John’s NCAA bid push starts vs. fellow bubble team Xavier Howie Kussoy http://nypost.com/2015/02/14/st-johns-ncaa-bid-push-starts-vs-fellow-bubble-team-xavier/

Feb. 14, 2015

Seven games remain in the regular season and St. John’s is in the only position it ever could ask for — one of total control.

Following a great start to the season and a terrible start to conference play, the Red Storm enter the final month of the season squarely on the bubble of the NCAA Tournament, having won three of their past four games. Still in need of standout wins, St. John’s (16-8, 5-6) will have several opportunities in its most difficult stretch of the season, playing four games on the road and five games against teams in the top-half of the Big East, which includes two games each against Georgetown and Xavier, and a road game at No. 6 Villanova.

Last season, the Red Storm were in a similar situation after an 0-5 start in the Big East, but the team won eight of its final 10 regular season games before falling just short of the tournament.

Once again, the opportunity is there, along with the experience and understanding of what another run will require.

“Momentum is an important thing at this time of the year,” coach Steve Lavin said. “We’re aware that we need to win games and accumulate victories, build our résumé or body of work that ultimately the selection committee will examine. … Naturally, the kids are aware what’s going on with the bubble talk.”

Saturday afternoon’s showdown at Xavier could have more impact than any of the remaining games, with Xavier (16- 9, 7-6) potentially in position to spend Selection Sunday as anxious as St. John’s.

The Musketeers, who won both meetings with the Red Storm last season, feature the league’s highest-scoring and most balanced offense, shooting over 48 percent from the field as a team, while winning 12 of 13 games at the Cintas Center this season.

St. John’s, 1-4 on the road in the Big East this season, could enter another difficult environment without center Chris Obekpa, who has played six seconds in the past two games because of a high ankle sprain. If the fourth-leading shot blocker in the nation is out again, St. John’s finally may feel the impact of his absence, going up against a big frontline, led by, 6-foot-10, 270-pound senior center Matt Stainbrook.

“Stainbrook has always presented challenges for us,” Lavin said. “We’ll have to give him different looks to try and keep him out of rhythm and without Chris that will be challenging because we’re shorthanded and undersized, but I think we can use our speed and try and mix our defense to try and offset the lack of size on the frontline.”

That athletic, undersized lineup which excels in transition and turned almost every rebound into a fastbreak — featuring Sir’Dominic Pointer at center — in Wednesday’s win over DePaul is just as difficult to prepare for, Xavier coach Chris Mack said.

“Not knowing Obekpa’s status, effectively they have a 6-foot-4 athletic swingman playing the five [and] it presents a different challenge,” Mack said. “We have to be prepared for a unique style of play and try and do what we best and get it inside, regardless of who is on the floor for St. John’s.”

New York Daily News Surging St. John’s now holds NCAA Tournament fate in its own hands Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/st-john-holds-late-run-beats-xavier-78-70-article-1.2115475

Feb 14, 2015

St. John’s is on another five-ticket carnival ride of a season and it looks determined not to end up sick to its stomach at the end of this one.

The Red Storm opened the season 11-1, climbed into the Top 25 and looked to be sailing smoothly toward a first NCAA Tournament since 2011 and a final reward for a senior class that’s had nothing but disappointment for the last three years. Then the boat capsized and the Johnnies got sucked under in a run of six losses in eight games.

On Saturday in Cincinnati, St. John’s came back up for air with an impressive and hard-earned 78-70 Big East win over Xavier before 10,250 at Cintas Center.

He’s what it looks like now that the Storm has resurfaced: it is in the top half of the standings, has six conference games left in the regular season and if it wins the three home games – Seton Hall, Georgetown and Xavier – it will be very hard for the selection committee to turn them away as it did a year ago. Win those and one of the road games against Georgetown or Villanova and it’s a lock.

The Storm’s fate is in its own hands.

The Johnnies (17-8, 6-6) have won three straight and four of five. This is not an unfamiliar story for coach Steve Lavin’s teams at St. John’s. In 2010-11, St. John’s went 7-1 in February to soar into the NCAAs. Last year it went 6-2 in February to put itself in a position to make it, but lost a Big East quarterfinal and ended up a No. 1 seed in the NIT.

“I don’t know why, but St. John’s plays best when our backs are against the wall,” Sir’Dominic Pointer said in a telephone interview. “We don’t want it to be that way. We don’t want to have the drama. It’s just up against the wall, you get our best.”

Saturday’s win was an inspiring ensemble effort. Pointer had a career-best 24 points on 9-for-10 shooting. D’Angelo Harrison had 18 points including 13 in a first half that ended with St. John’s up 40-33, but with him hobbled by a calf contusion. Phil Greene had 15 points including 12 in the second half. Jamal Branch scored 11, all in the first half.

Impressive as that is, those are just numbers. It was the way the Johnnies helped each other that inspired.

When Harrison’s injury made him less effective scoring, Greene took it upon himself to pick up the slack. When the Xavier threatened to run away in the first half, Branch came off the bench to steady things and spark a run to the lead. In a game- ending 12-5 run, 6-10 Chris Obekpa’s interior defense helped limit the Musketeers (16-10, 7-7) to 1-for-10 shooting. And with it a one-possession game and about a minute left, Rysheed Jordan stepped up to hit a back-breaking three-pointer. Even freshman Amar Alibegovic tied a team high with five rebounds in his 13 minutes.

“I told them to hold on to the feeling of what a total team effort feels like,” Lavin said. “There were so many contributors. . . . A number of guys gave us a lift when it looked like we might fade into an afternoon sunset.”

Why is it like that? Believe it or not the answer may lie in all the disappointments.

“We learned to take turns because no one does it alone in a game,” Pointer said. “We’ve played a lot together. We can feel when it’s our place to step up and take a turn.” Pointer, Harrison and Greene are what remains of Lavin’s powerhouse first recruiting class after Maurice Harkless and JaKarr Sampson went pro. Branch transferred into the class from Texas A&M not long after they first arrived. And the expectations the group had for themselves was as great as that of Red Storm fans. Yet when they arrived at this season, they still had not played on college basketball’s biggest stage.

“We’re going this year and we’re going to know by December,” Harrison said at media day in October.

It hasn’t gone anywhere near as planned but, as Pointer said “we’re finally in a good place.” That’s because the prize is in sight now. The ensemble just has to keep turning in performances like this one.

Newsday St. John’s runs into another Georgetown roadblock Greg Logan http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/st-johns/st-john-s-runs-into-another-georgetown-roadblock- 1.9949282

Feb. 17, 2015

WASHINGTON - The members of St. John's senior class -- D'Angelo Harrison, Sir'Dominic Pointer, Phil Greene and Jamal Branch -- will remember Verizon Center as their own personal house of horrors and Georgetown as the Big East bully that pushed them around.

Not only did they suffer their fourth straight loss here Tuesday night, but they did it in their customary ignominious fashion. Harrison and Rysheed Jordan, the Red Storm's top two scorers, totaled eight points and shot a combined 1- for-15 from the field as the Hoyas won in a rout, 79-57.

Harrison, who is the third-leading scorer in St. John's history, scored 24 points as a freshman in Washington, but he had two points on 0-for-9 shooting as a sophomore, four on 1-for-12 shooting as a junior and five points -- all foul shots -- on another 0-for-9 night as a senior. Jordan totaled three points on 1-for-6 shooting.

Greene topped the Red Storm (17-9, 6-7 Big East) with 18 points, and Pointer had 16 and eight rebounds. Five Hoyas -- L.J. Peak, Mikael Hopkins, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera (10 rebounds), Isaac Copeland and Josh Smith -- had 12 points and Jabril Trawick added 11. The Hoyas outrebounded St. John's 43-33 and held the Red Storm to 32.8- percent shooting.

The Red Storm arrived in Washington riding a three-game Big East win streak to reach .500 in league play. But visits to Our Nation's Capital have not been kind to St. John's, which also was riding a nine-game road losing streak to the Hoyas, having last won here on Jan. 18, 2003.

When the Red Storm snapped a six-game losing streak to Georgetown on Feb. 16, 2014, at Madison Square Garden, Harrison and Jordan each scored 24 points in the win. It was a different story Tuesday night.

Harrison and Jordan were scoreless in the first half, shot a combined 0-for-8 from the field and Jordan drew a technical foul in the midst of a 16-1 Georgetown run that gave the Hoyas a 31-20 lead. St. John's shot 0-for-8 during that span and committed four of its 12 first-half turnovers. The Red Storm shot 29.6 percent from the field in the half, which ended with Georgetown ahead 33-23.

It got worse for St. John's when the Hoyas scored on their first seven possessions of the second half, including three dunks and three three-pointers in a 16-7 run for a 49-30 lead. Smith, Georgetown's 350-pound center, was unstoppable when he got the ball down low, and Trawick was just as deadly from beyond the arc.

Jordan scored his first points with 14:31 left on a three but missed a foul shot that would have made it a four-point play. Harrison finally scored on two foul shots with 8:00 left to cut the Hoyas' lead to 60-47, but that was as close as the Red Storm got.

BIGEAST.com Harrison Hits 2000-Point Milestone Sean Brennan

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022315aad.html

Feb. 23, 2015

It's been almost three weeks since D'Angelo Harrison etched his name in the St. John's record books when he joined Chris Mullin and the late Malik Sealy to become just the third player in the school's illustrious basketball history to log 2,000 points in a career. It's a grand accomplishment for any player, but particularly impressive for Harrison, who just two seasons ago looked as if his career with the Johnnies was over before it even really got started.

But Harrison's story is about making the most of second chances, like the one the school and head coach Steve Lavin gave him after he was banished from the team near the end of his sophomore season two years ago this month for conduct and behavior issues. But that tumult seems like a lifetime ago now for the St. John's senior who, with his place in Red Storm history now secure, has his sights set on a final prize or two before he heads out the door. Even if he still taking a little time to soak up his latest accomplishment.

"I've tried to stay focused on the task at hand which is winning as many games as I can while I'm here but the 2,000 points it is an unbelievable accomplishment," said Harrison, who leads the Johnnies in scoring at 18.3 points a game. "I still can't believe it."

Yes it's been a long, strange trip for Harrison at St. John's. Aside from the suspension there was a stint at a rehab center in Houston run by former NBA player John Lucas where Harrison received counseling for anger management. There was also the uncertainty of whether or not he would return to St. John's while on top of everything else Harrison also had to deal with the incarceration of his Dre, who is serving time at the Texas State Penitentiary in Lovelady, Texas after he pled guilty in May 2012, at the end of D'Angelo's freshman year, to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Dre Harrison is serving an eight-year stint. Still the brothers talk nearly every day and it was no different the day after Harrison posted his 2,000th point.

"He actually ended up seeing it because ESPN showed some highlights of the game," Harrison said. "He was excited for me but then he was like, `Now go score 3,000.' That's my brother. No pressure."

That Harrison's big moment came away from home in a loss at Butler is the lone regret he has about his shining moment, even though he had to be informed of his achievement after the final horn.

"I didn't realize it until after the game because that game was such an up and down game and I was more concerned with how to get a win on the road," said Harrison, who notched his 2,000th point at Butler with a free throw with 3:51 to play in the first half. "I didn't realize until the game was over that, `Oh yeah, I did get that.' But I think in the game before (vs. Providence at Madison Square Garden) if I had made a few more of my free throws I could have done it at home. (Harrison was three points shy after the Providemce game). It would have been nice to do it at home. Anything for our fans. Our fans are amazing."

But Harrison's transformation hasn't been limited to just the basketball court. The once volatile guard credits his anger management treatment with turning his life around and Harrison has been paying it forward since with work at various charities including the Breast Cancer Awareness Fun Run, Dribble for the Cure to benefit Pediatric Cancer Research and his work with the Second Harvest Food Bank and the Bread and Life Soup Kitchen.

"I usually go to the Bread and Life Soup Kitchen twice a year and I just love going there," said Harrison, who also owns the St. John's freshman scoring record with 544 points, breaking Erick Barkley's old record of 500 set in 1998-99. "I can literally talk to anybody. I could have a full conversation with any stranger. That's just my personality. But the people there just get so excited to see that we're there. It's just an amazing feeling. I never thought I'd be in the situation I'm in right now where people are like, `Oh my God, D'Angelo Harrison is here.' I'm just a regular person. I just want to have a conversation with you that's all.' Then I'm like, `Whoa, really you want to take a picture with me?' Hey man I'm just like you once you get to know me.' That kind of stuff gives me goose bumps."

Harrison has been nominated for the Senior CLASS award for his off-the-court endeavors.

But what would give Harrison more goose bumps, as well as his senior teammates and St. John's fans, would be have some success in the BIG EAST Tournament (the current senior class has yet to win a tournament game) and earn that elusive trip to the NCAA Tournament, something else Harrison and his senior teammates have failed to do.

Two major items Harrison has yet to check off his St. John's "To-Do" list.

"I just want to win as many games as possible and make the NCAA tournament for the first time," Harrison said. "That is the goal this year. We try to say (we're playing for) one-game winning streaks. We don't want to look too far into the future because we know if we can stay on one-game winning streaks we'll be fine. It's either do-or-die for us. It's either NCAA tournament or NIT again. I haven't been to the NCAAs and that's all I want to do and that's what this team is really focused on, making the NCAAs."

The Johnnies (18-8, 7-7 BIG EAST) have four regular-season games remaining, beginning with a date at the Garden with Xavier Monday night, before Harrison partakes in his final BIG EAST tournament. His time at St. John's is growing short and he hopes he can give just a little bit more back to the Red Storm before the final horn sounds on his college career.

"Time is winding down here so I just want to finish off as strong as I can for St. John's," Harrison said. "They have given me everything. They've helped me with school, they've helped me out with my life, they've helped me with my basketball. So anything for them first before I move on."

New York Daily News Veteran St. John’s hoops team could be a real threat in NCAA Tournament Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/rubin-st-john-real-threat-ncaa-tournament-article-1.2133038

Feb. 28, 2015

If you want to see the epitome of a dangerous team, take a look at St. John’s right now.

The Red Storm has come a great way in the past couple months. Early on there was no way it could win without getting a major contribution from leading scorer D’Angelo Harrison. On Saturday the Johnnies overpowered Georgetown in an 81-70 win at the Garden on Saturday and Harrison, just the third 2,000-point scorer in program history, had a career-low one point in a foul-plagued performance.

Where there was once a single lethal weapon, now there are a handful.

Should St. John’s get into the NCAA Tournament two weeks from today — something that’s a near certainty after Saturday — no team will be happy seeing it in the same branch of the bracket.

“St. John’s is a very good team,” Hoyas coach John Thompson III said. “They are a senior-level team that has been in the trenches and is hungry. They can go deep and not just pose a threat for a game or two. They have inside presence. They have perimeter guys, veterans. And they’re well-coached.”

Yes, Harrison is still there and capable of going off for 30 points. But Sir’Dominic Pointer is having the best season of any Storm player. The do-everything power forward is problematic for opponents on both ends of the court: second on the team in scoring, tops in rebounding and equally good at blocking shots and dishing out assists.

Rysheed Jordan has become an efficient scoring point guard and has shown a penchant for making big shots late in the game. Phil Greene is making 40% on three-pointers and stepped up to be the this team’s top scorer on occasions. And 6-10 Chris Obekpa has focused to become one of the best rim defenders in the nation.

“You can’t just stop me. I scored one point and we won by 11,” Harrison said Saturday. “I didn’t really do anything. I had two rebounds and a block, but that’s it. You credit Dom, Phil, Rysheed, (Jamal Branch). We’ve got guys that can play. It’s finally showing. Everybody can see that now.”

And how. St. John’s is the only team in the country with four players — Harrison, Pointer, Jordan and Greene — averaging 13.3 points or more.

“It’s a team that has tremendous balance,” coach Steve Lavin said. “Our upside is the most intriguing part of our team. I don’t think we’ve played our best basketball yet.”

As so often happens, this is a transformation that was accelerated by adversity. In mid-January, Harrison suffered the first of two injured calf muscles. With his production curtailed, everyone else was forced to take his game up a level if the Johnnies were going to reach their goal of making the Tournament for the first time since 2011.

“Guys have even more confidence because of how they’ve played while D’Angelo was struggling and laboring with the injuries,” Lavin said. “Phil and Dom have stepped up and are capable of carrying this team for stretches in a game or for even stretches in a season.”

Indeed Pointer is looking like a first-team all-conference pick. Late in the game the crowd of 13,651 at the Garden showered him with chants of “MVP! MVP!”

If St. John’s has an Achilles heel it will probably be its inexperience. The Johnnies may be a senior-led team, but they don’t have a single game of NCAA Tournament experience among them. Part of what’s helped them excel this season is that there is nothing they have not seen. The Big Dance could be a different story.

In the meantime it should be interesting to see if the Johnnies continue on their improving curve, get even better than they have been in winning six of their last seven. Harrison is getting close to putting the injuries behind him.

Could this team get even more lethal? Stay tuned.

ZagsBlog.com Latest Bracketology: Villanova Now a 1 Seed, St. John’s Up to 8 Adam Zagoria http://zagsblog.com/st-johns/latest-bracketology-villanova-now-a-1-seed-st-johns-up-to-8/

March 2, 2015

The latest bracketology from ESPN’s Joe Lunardi shows good news for the Big East. Villanova (27-2) has replaced Gonzaga as a No. 1 seed, along with Kentucky, Virginia and Duke. The ZAGS were upset on Saturday by BYU.

Paced by projected Big East Player of the Year Darrun Hilliard, the Wildcats are now positioned as the 1 seed in the West where they could face another set of Wildcats, No. 2 Arizona, in the Regional Final at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Six Big East teams are currently safely into the field, per Lunardi, meaning 60 percent of the league would go dancing.

Butler would be a 5 seed, Georgetown and Providence would be 6 seeds and Xavier an 8.

Following back-to-back home wins over Xavier and Georgetown, St. John’s is now up to an 8 seed and would face No. 9 Texas A&M with the winner likely getting No. 1 Duke in Charlotte. Duke beat St. John’s, 77-68, on Jan. 25 at Madison Square Garden.

As I wrote in this column, the Big East may get six teams in, but they need to advance a couple of them to the second week in order to boost the league’s credibility going forward.

Elsewhere locally, Iona would be a 13 seed and St. Francis-Brooklyn a 16 which would get Villanova in Pittsburgh.

ESPN Five high-risk, high reward NCAA hopefuls Jeff Goodman http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/jeff-goodman/post/_/id/4811/five-high-risk-high-reward-ncaa-hopefuls

March 4, 2015

They are the high-risk, high-reward teams. You know the ones. They scare the daylights out of you in the NCAA tournament because you never quite know what to expect. You wouldn’t be shocked if they lose by double digits in their first game of the tourney, and it wouldn’t surprise you if any of them got through the first weekend and earned a trip to the Sweet 16.

Most of those on the list below (not all) have underachieved as it pertains to their overall talent. Most (not all) will sneak into the field, when they should have coasted.

Many will dismiss their staying power, and some will peg them for a deep run, but when evaluating the teams below, do so with caution.

St. John’s Red Storm (20-9, 9-7 Big East)

Current Bracket Standing: No. 9 seed BPI: 43 KenPom: 37

Ask any coach in the Big East, and they will tell you -- without hesitation -- that the Red Storm are the most talented team in the league. Yet coach Steve Lavin’s team is just 9-7 in conference play. There are times when D’Angelo Harrison looks like a first-team All-American, and others when the Red Storm’s leading scorer makes poor decisions and looks like he’s on the playground. This is a team that battled Gonzaga and Duke at Madison Square Garden and went on the road and knocked off Syracuse and Providence. It’s also a group that lost six of eight games at one point, including two to DePaul and Creighton.

St. John’s could wind up playing in the 8-seed vs. 9-seed game, and is exactly the kind of team that no No. 1 seed would want to see on the second game of the first weekend. Not with Harrison, Sir'Dominic Pointer, Rysheed Jordan, Phil Greene IV and shot-blocker Chris Obekpa. Those are five high-level talents, and the Red Storm also have no shortage of experience. But this is also a group that could fail to even reach that second game.

CBS Sports Observations: Rysheed Jordan makes St. John’s a tough tourney team Jon Rothstein http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25095493/observations-rysheed- jordan-makes-st-johns-a-tough-tourney-team

March 4, 2015

1. Rysheed Jordan is living up to the hype

The Prince of North Philadelphia came to St. John's with high expectations and after an up-and-down freshman season, Jordan is starting to play like he's one of the best point guards in the Big East. The 6-foot-4 Jordan is averaging 16.5 points and 4.5 rebounds over his last four games while handing out 17 assists to just six turnovers during that span. Coach Steve Lavin said after Jordan committed to the Red Storm out of high school that he had a chance to be one of the best guards he has ever coached and we're starting to see why he made that proclamation. Armed with great size, a tight handle and an effortless pull up, Jordan's recent rise has coincided with a major turnaround by St. John's (21-9, 10-7) during the second half of conference play. A major reason for the record has been Jordan, who is cut in the same cloth as former Kansas guard Tyshawn Taylor, but is more of a true point guard. If this kid can continue to produce the way he has of late, St. John's could be a nuisance to play in the NCAA Tournament.

ZagsBlog.com Look Out for the Johnnies, Winners of Four Straight and Seven of Eight Adam Zagoria http://zagsblog.com/st-johns/look-out-for-the-johnnies-winners-of-four-straight/

March 5, 2015

Look out for the Johnnies. Steve Lavin’s club has now won four straight and seven of eight after Rysheed Jordan went for 23 points as St. John’s beat Marquette 67-51 on Wednesday in Milwaukee.

The Red Storm are now 21-9, 10-7 in the Big East heading into Saturday’s regular season finale at first-place Villanova.

St. John’s entered the day as a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament and facing No. 8 Dayton, according to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, but they certainly seem to be helping themselves.

Jordan was 6-of-11 from the field including five 3-pointers. D’Angelo Harrison added 21 points, six rebounds and three assists. Phil Greene IV had 11 points and eight rebounds and Sir’Dominic Pointer, the reigning Big East Player of the Week, tallied 10 points and grabbed 13 boards.

Harrison sank three 3-pointers early in the second half and Jordan hit another to extend the Red Storm’s 34-27 halftime advantage to 53-41 with 8:42 to play. Harrison and Jordan teamed up for back-to-back 3s with 2:07 remaining to seal the win.

Matt Carlino led the Golden Eagles (11-18, 3-14) with 17 points.

New York Post St. John’s rips Marquette to further solidify NCAA tourney bid Howie Kussoy http://nypost.com/2015/03/04/st-johns-rips-marquette-to-further-solidify-ncaa-tourney-bid/

March 4, 2015

MILWAUKEE — Not much more than one month ago, St. John’s had dropped inexcusable road games at Creighton and DePaul, resulting in five losses in the first seven Big East games and the belief that the Red Storm would miss the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year.

With a 67-51 win over last-place Marquette at the Bradley Center on Wednesday night, St. John’s took another leap away from a Red Storm team which no longer exists, showing improved focus and maturity while hitting 12-of-24 3- pointers to enter Saturday’s regular season-ending showdown with first-place Villanova on a four-game winning streak.

Winning for the seventh time in the past eight games, St. John’s (21-9, 10-7) matched Steve Lavin’s first-year team (2010-11) for the program’s highest win total in the past 12 years, erasing any lingering doubt and/or fear of being left out on Selection Sunday by clinching a winning record in the Big East.

“Coach [Lavin] called this a trap game,” senior D’Angelo Harrison said. “I know what it’s like to struggle in the Big East. They wanted to win. I saw it in their face. We were just like, ‘Not tonight.’ ”

Lavin concurred, refusing to rely on a thin bench against the Golden Eagles (11-18, 3-14), who have lost 12 of their past 13 games. With Jamal Branch sidelined with a minor groin injury, four starters — Harrison, Rysheed Jordan, Phil Greene and Sir’Dominic Pointer — played 40 minutes, combining for all but two points.

During the Red Storm’s recent surge, Lavin has reiterated that the team still can get better, often citing Jordan’s incredibly high ceiling as a reason why. Continuing one of the best stretches of his career, the sophomore showed his incredible potential, hitting 5-of-9 3-pointers to score a game-high 23 points, and is now nearly shooting 37 percent from the perimeter after hitting under 28 percent as a freshman.

In the past four games, Jordan has averaged 16.5 points, 4.3 assists, 4.5 rebounds, two steals and 1.5 turnovers.

“He’s found his stride again,” Lavin said. “He’s finding that groove, and he’s clearly in rhythm. He’s [making] good judgments, and he’s been very efficient.”

Though St. John’s was never threatened in the second half, led by Harrison, who scored 16 of his 21 points after the break, Marquette kept it close early, using the playbook from its near-upset at the Garden to slow the game to a back- and-forth crawl.

Trading multiple leads, neither team led by more than four through the first 17 minutes, but the Red Storm showed the talent disparity in the final few minutes, taking a 34-27 lead at halftime, as Pointer added another argument to his Big East Player of the Year candidacy, finishing with a typically sensational line of 10 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and two blocks.

On Saturday, St. John’s senior class faces Villanova for perhaps the final time, still searching for its first-ever win against the Wildcats, now believing more than ever that anything is possible.

“It’s hard to beat us when we’re all making shots,” Harrison said. “We become a tough team, a dangerous team.

“We get that one on Saturday, it puts us in a great position with momentum going into the Big East Tournament. And we’re going to try and cut down the nets.”

New York Daily News St. John’s tops Marquette on the road, 67-51, behind Rysheed Jordan’s 23 points Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/st-john-tops-marquette-road-67-51-article-1.2138158

March 5, 2015

St. John's may have punched its Big Dance ticket on Wednesday night.

Rysheed Jordan had one of his best games, scoring 23 points and going 5-for-9 on three-pointers, as the Red Storm bombed Marquette with a dozen threes in a 67-51 Big East trouncing at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. D’Angelo Harrison had 16 of his 21 points in the second half and made four treys.

The Johnnies (21-9, 10-7), who have won seven of their last eight, ensured they will finish over .500 in Big East play and in the top half of the league standings. It’s an impressive turnaround after they lost four of their first five league contests.

The next 10 days may be all about seeding for the Storm, which finishes the regular season on Saturday against No. 4 Villanova at Wells Fargo Center.

St. John’s made eight of 10 three-point attempts in the second half and scored 18 of its last 20 points via the long- distance shot.

Phil Greene had 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and Sir’Dominic Pointer continued to be a stat stuffer with 10 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists. The Johnnies played without Jamal Branch, who was out with a mild groin strain he suffered in Saturday’s win over Georgetown at the Garden. Harrison, Greene, Pointer and Jordan all went the full 40 minutes.

Chris Obekpa played 32 minutes and came out of the game with about two minutes left, limping slightly. He may have tweaked the ankle injury that has bothered him all season.

Matt Carlino had 17 points and Luke Fischer 13 points for the Golden Eagles (11-18, 3-14) as they lost their sixth straight. Marquette was within 34-30 in the first minute of the second half and 42-36 with about 12 minutes to play. But Harrison scored the next eight points, hitting a pair of three-pointers around a jumper.

Jordan was the best player on the floor during the first 20 minutes, scoring 13 points to get the Johnnies into halftime ahead, 34-27.

Greene got off to a slow start, missing his first five shots, but he made a pair of three-pointers down the stretch to the intermission as St. John’s closed the half on a 15-6 run.

Marquette committed seven first-half turnovers and the Storm turned them into 10 points. JaJuan Johnson nailed a three-pointer for a 21-19 Marquette lead with about five minutes left. Greene snapped his shooting drought with a trey to put St. John’s up. Jordan sank a jumper on the next Storm possession and the 15-6 spurt was on.

New York Daily News St. John’s seniors’ goal: Finally beat Villanova Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/st-john-seniors-goal-finally-beat-villanova-article-1.2140630

March 6, 2015

St. John's is rolling, and its core of seniors is looking to check off as many boxes as possible in the final weeks of their careers. The Red Storm has won four straight and seven of eight, and it looks more than promising that these Johnnies will play in their first NCAA Tournament. But maybe along the way, they can cross one more thing off their collective college basketball bucket list.

Maybe they can finally beat Villanova. Since the senior class arrived as freshmen to start to the 2011-12 season, they’re 0-6 against the Wildcats. What might be their last chance comes Saturday in the Big East regular-season finale. No. 4 Villanova (28-2, 15-2) welcomes St. John’s (21-9, 10-7) to Wells Fargo Center at 2 p.m.

“We’ve never beaten them in our four years,” senior Sir’Dominic Pointer said. “This is the one that’s missing. And we’ve been close a lot.”

Three seasons ago it was an overtime loss at the Garden. Two years ago it was an overtime loss in Philadelphia and a defeat in the Big East tournament. Last season the Johnnies lost by 13 on the road and by three at home. Villanova won by 18 in New York in January.

“It can be different this time because we are better and more mature,” Pointer said. “And, hey, we’re on a roll now.”

After its best start in 29 seasons, St. John’s entered conference play and did a nosedive. The Johnnies were 1-4 and 2-6. After SJU’s loss at last-place Creighton, its NCAA Tournament aspirations looked as if they might remain aspirations. But then things started to come around.

Pointer’s play put him in the Big East Player of the Year conversation. D’Angelo Harrison finally returned to form after suffering injuries to both calf muscles. Phil Greene’s shooting got red hot. And, in the last few games, Rysheed Jordan has been showing his transformative talent.

“When we were losing, it hurt,” Pointer said. “Now our self-confidence has shot through the roof. It’s like we can win every game if we don’t beat ourselves.”

Villanova might have something to say about that. The ’Cats have won 11 straight, have clinched the regular season conference title and may have positioned themselves for a coveted No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They, too, are experienced but also much deeper than the short-rotation Johnnies.

St. John’s also might not be at full strength as the other two main members of the rotation have been dealing with issues. Jamal Branch hasn’t played since a mild groin strain last weekend and will be a game-time decision. Chris Obekpa has a left ankle injury but should play. And the Johnnies won’t play this one with an eye toward their next games.

“We will approach this game like every other this season,” coach Steve Lavin said. “A road game at Villanova will present a good test for us heading into the postseason.”

New York Daily News Short-handed St. John’s roughed up by Villanova in second half of 105-68 loss Roger Rubin http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/short-handed-st-john-roughed-villanova-105-68-article-1.2141264

March 7, 2015

PHILADELPHIA — Despite seven wins in eight games, St. John’s was looking at long odds Saturday against No. 4 Villanova at Wells Fargo Center. And those odds got a lot worse when it turned out that center Chris Obekpa and guard Jamal Branch were both too injured to play the road game against the Big East regular-season champ.

Still this is a Red Storm team that’s been beating odds all year. It started 11-1 despite being undermanned and undersized and rebounded from a 1-5 Big East start to enter the coming week’s conference tournament a virtual lock of an NCAA Tournament trip. So maybe it wasn’t that much of a surprise that the Johnnies were all over the ’Cats in the early going and led by 10 with about seven minutes left in halftime.

Right there, the odds caught up and in a big way. Villanova owned the last seven minutes before the break and every bit of the 20 after it. St. John’s ended up getting mauled 105-68 before 19,161.

It was St. John’s biggest margin of defeat since a 42-point loss at Duke on Feb. 24, 2002.

Villanova (29-2, 16-2) rolls into the Big East Tournament on a 12-game winning streak. St. John’s had its win streak halted at four. “We play six, maybe seven guys and without Chris Obekpa and Jamal Branch, the odds are you’re going to have a long day against Villanova,” Storm coach Steve Lavin said. “Maybe you can get away with something with only one of them out, but not with both of them out.”

There was little interior defense without the 6-10 shot-blocking Obekpa and Villanova exploited it. With the Johnnies backing off the perimeter, the Wildcats’ dangerous outside shooters locked in. Villanova’s lead hit 20, 82-62, when Rysheed Jordan’s turnover ended up a Ryan Arcidiacono layup with 9:03 to play and the rout was on.

“They’re playing the best basketball of any team in the country,” Lavin said.

With 6:26 to play and the score 93-66, Lavin emptied the bench. At least when St. John’s (21-10, 10-8) faces Providence on Thursday in a Big East quarterfinal it has a decent chance to be healthy and rested. The Johnnies are the No. 5 seed and the Friars’ the No. 4 for the 2:30 p.m. game. Providence will be looking to avenge a regular season sweep. “It’s up for grabs now — it’s one-game elimination at the Garden,” said Phil Greene, who had 16 points. “We have to be prepared.”

The Storm could get another crack at the ‘Cats in Friday’s semifinals. “I think when Obekpa’s playing, Branch is playing — everybody’s healthy and you run into that team in the Big East Tournament - that’s going to be a tough matchup,” Nova coach Jay Wright said.

Rysheed Jordan continued his run over improved play with 21 points and eight assists and D’angelo Harrison had 15 points for the Johnnies.

St. John’s led by 11 early and was up 35-25 on a highlight-reel righthanded dunk by Rysheed Jordan with 7:29 in the half. Josh Hart made three three-pointers down the stretch to get Villanova to the break with a 50-46 lead.

In the second half Villanova exploited Obekpa’s absence, going for 30 of its 55 points in the paint. Lavin said that as bad as the margin was, he doubts this will affect the Johnnies.

“I don’t think this will have a lot of impact — the blowouts are easy to forget,” Lavin said. “It’s one where someone banks it in at the buzzer that stays with you.”