St. John’s GAME No. 7 St. John’s (20-11) vs. No. 10 DePaul (15-14) (20-11, 8-10 BIG EAST) Wednesday, March 13, 2019 • 9:30 p.m. • Madison Square Garden (19,812) • New York, N.Y. TV: FS1 (Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery, Lisa Byington) N6 LOYOLA MARYLAND (CA) * W, 76-55 32 ST. JOHN’S IMG RADIO NETWORK: 570 AM WMCA (John Minko, Brandon Tierney) N9 BOWLING GREEN (CA) * W, 84-80 N16 at Rutgers # W, 84-65 News & Notes N19 vs. California (BC) * W, 82-79 2018-19 4 The Red Storm will make its BIG EAST Tournament debut for the 36th time N20 vs. VCU (BC) * W, 87-86 (OT) in program history on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. against DePaul. St. John’s Stats N27 UMES (CA) W, 85-64 has won three BIG EAST Tournament titles with the last coming in 2000. D1 vs. Georgia Tech % W, 76-73 The Red Storm has not advanced past the quarterfinals since taking home 20-11 Overall 15-14 the crown in 2000. D5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S (CA) W, 85-71 4 The Johnnies enter the postseason as the no. 7 seed in the conference 8-10 BIG EAST 7-11 D9 PRINCETON (MSG) ^ W, 89-74 tournament after finishing league play with an 8-10 record. The eight 78.1 PPG 77.0 D16 WAGNER (CA) W, 73-58 conference wins marked the Red Storm’s best BIG EAST showing in Chris Mullin’s tenure as head coach. 74.5 Opp PPG 74.9 D19 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN (CA) W, 86-52 4 Sitting at 8-7 in league play after a win over Seton Hall at Madison Square .458 FG% .468 D22 SACRED HEART (CA) W, 104-82 Garden on Feb. 23, St. John’s closed the regular season with three-straight .432 OPP FG% .446 losses. One of those losses came with Mustapha Heron (15.0 ppg) sidelined D29 • at RV/RV Seton Hall L, 76-74 due to injury. It marked the Red Storm’s only three-game losing streak of .368 3FG% .350 J1 • No. 16/18 MARQUETTE W, 89-69 the regular season. St. John’s was the only team in the league to finish with .340 OPP 3FG% .367 J5 • at Georgetown W, 97-94 (OT) a winning record against Villanova and Marquette (3-1). 4 Shamorie Ponds was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team for the second- .724 FT% .719 J8 • at RV/RV Villanova L, 76-71 consecutive year on Friday, making him just the fifth player in program 32.7 Rebounds 37.4 J12 • DEPAUL (CA) L, 79-71 history to earn a spot on the conference’s top team more than once. The 14.2 Assists 14.6 J16 • CREIGHTON (CA) W, 81-66 Brooklyn native joined an esteemed fraternity with that accomplishment, putting his name alongside the likes of Chris Mullin (1983-85), Mark 10.5 Turnovers 13.8 J19 • at Butler L, 80-71 Jackson (1986-87), Malik Sealy (1991-92) and Marcus Hatten (2002-03). 3.2 Blocks 3.0 J27 • GEORGETOWN (MSG) L, 89-78 4 Justin Simon earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year honors on Monday morning, becoming just the third player in program history to garner the 8.8 Steals 6.4 J30 • at Creighton W, 83-67 accolade. Mark Jackson won the award in 1987, as did Sir’Dominic Pointer F2 at No. 2/2 Duke L, 91-61 in 2015. F5 • at No. 10/9 Marquette W, 70-69 About the Series with DePaul F9 • PROVIDENCE (MSG) L, 70-56 Last Five Meetings vs. DePaul F12 • BUTLER (CA) W, 77-73 (OT) Record 3/9/19........................................ DePaul, 92-83 F17 • No. 13/13 VILLANOVA (MSG) W, 71-65 St. John’s leads 23-20, 15-9 in BIG EAST 1/12/19...................................... DePaul, 79-71 F20 • at Providence L, 78-59 (12-4 home, 7-10 away, 4-6 neutral) 2/14/18...................................St. John’s, 77-76 F23 • SETON HALL (MSG) W, 78-70 Overview 1/6/18........................................ DePaul, 91-74 St. John’s and DePaul will meet for the 44th time in series history. 1/16/17...................................St. John’s, 78-68 F28 • XAVIER (CA) L, 84-73 The Red Storm has won 14 of the last 20 meetings with the Blue M3 • at DePaul L, 92-83 Demons dating back to 2009. The Johnnies and Blue Demons will square off for the first time in the BIG EAST Tournament. DePaul M9 • at Xavier L, 81-68 swept the regular-season series and has won three of the last four BIG EAST Tournament (MSG) contests. St. John’s last victory over the Blue Demons in New York City came on Jan. 16, 2017 with the Johnnies earning a 10-point Next Opponent M13 DePaul 9:30 p.m. victory behind a 14-point, six-assist effort from Shamorie Ponds. M14 Marquette 7 p.m. Coaches No. 2 Marquette M15 Semifinal 9 p.m. Chris Mullin is in his fourth year as head coach at St. John’s. He was Fri., March 14 at 7 p.m. M16 Championship 6:30 p.m. named the 20th coach in program history on April 1, 2015. Mullin returned to his alma mater with nearly a decade of NBA front TV: FS1 Radio: 970 AM WNYM/570 AM WMCA *Legends Classic office experience in the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Madison Square Garden (19,812) Kings organizations. Mullin is one of only two current Division I # Gavitt Tipoff Games coaches to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player. Marquette Record: 23-8, 12-6 BIG EAST % Hoophall Miami Invitational at AmericanAirlines Arena Series History: St. John’s trails 14-20 Dave Leitao was named the 14th coach in DePaul history on March Last Meeting: St. John’s 70, Marquette 69 ^ Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival 29, 2015. He returned to DePaul for his second stint after serving as the head coach at Virginia from 2005-2009. Leitao owns a 187- (Feb. 5, 2019) 208 career record, including a 102-113 mark in his seventh season BROADCAST INFORMATION leading DePaul. TV: Live national broadcast on FS1. Gus Johnson 2018-19 St. John’s Red Storm and Bill Raftery are the announcers. Lisa Byington is the sideline reporter. Steve Scheer is Previous Starters (GP-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes the producer. Bryan Lilley is the director. Radio: St. John’s IMG Sports Network on 570 AM F 13 Marvin Clark II (31-30) 6-7 225 R-Sr. 11.2 5.5 Eighth in the BIG EAST averaging 2.3 3-pointers WMCA. John Minko and Brandon Tierney are G/F 30 LJ Figueroa (31-29) 6-6 195 So. 14.6 6.3 Tied for sixth in the BIG EAST with five double-doubles the announcers. Chris Majkowski is the producer/ G 2 Shamorie Ponds (30-30) 6-1 180 Jr. 19.8 5.2* Has scored double-figures in 83 of 93 career appearances engineer. Internet: Full H.D. video broadcast via the FOX G 5 Justin Simon (31-30) 6-5 205 R-Jr. 10.0 3.2* Has shot 55.0 pct (22-40 FG) from the field in the last six games Sports app and FOXSportsGo.com. Audio available G 14 Mustapha Heron (28-27) 6-5 210 Jr. 15.0 4.7 Has recorded double-figures in 82 of 92 career games on TuneIn Radio. Live stats and IMG audio on Off the Bench Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Notes RedStormSports.com. Media stats available at StJohns.StatBroadcast.com. F 0 Sedee Keita (19-3) 6-9 235 R-So. 2.3 1.8 Matched a career-high with four blocks vs. Seton Hall Instagram/Twitter: @StJohnsBBall, #sjubb F 1 Josh Roberts (16-1) 6-9 210 Fr. 1.3 1.8 Scored a career-high eight points (4-4 FG) versus Xavier MEDIA INFORMATION G 4 Greg Williams Jr. (26-1) 6-3 205 Fr. 2.0 0.9 Averaged 4.3 points shooting 50.0 percent (4-8) in his last three games F 10 Marcellus Earlington (13-0) 6-6 220 Fr. 1.9 1.8 Set career-highs with 10 points and five rebounds at Providence Senior Associate Athletics Director G 12 Bryan Trimble Jr. (30-3) 6-3 220 So. 2.5 1.4 Leads non-starters averaging 16.8 minutes per game for External Relations Stephen Dombroski * - indicates assists per game Office Phone 718-990-6897 Mobile Phone 518-928-6103 E-mail [email protected] Last Time Out Inside the Huddle Xavier 81, St. John’s 68 #2 SHAMORIE PONDS • Jr. • G • 6-1 • 180 March 9, 2019 4Two-time First Team All-BIG EAST selection Cincinnati, Ohio - Cintas Center 4BIG EAST leader in steals (2.6), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5) and assists (5.2) and third in scoring (19.8 ppg) Trailing by two with just over six minutes to play, St. John’s went without 4Sixth on the program’s career scoring list (1,814 points); 12 points shy of fifth a field goal for the next 5:07 before falling 81-68 at Cintas Center on Saturday. Shamorie Ponds recorded his fourth career double-double, scoring 19 #5 JUSTIN SIMON • R-Jr. • G • 6-5 • 205 points and dishing out 10 assists. The Brooklyn native, who passed Zendon 4Third St. John’s player to be named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Hamilton for sixth on the program’s all-time scoring list (1,814) in the loss, 4Has led the team in assists 11 times this season, including a season-high nine also grabbed four rebounds and a pair of steals.