St. John’s Red Storm
Big East (22-10, 13-5)
Big Wins: 12/22 vs Texas A&M (72-70), 1/11 at DePaul (96-86), 2/15 Villanova (69-56)
Bad Losses: 12/14 Drexel (55-62), 1/04 at Xavier (65-70), 2/18 at Georgetown (57-60)
Coach: Joe Tartamella (2 seasons at St. John’s)
Probable Starters:
Aliyyah Handford, Sophomore, Guard, 16.2 ppg, 1.8 apg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 spg
Briana Brown, Senior, Guard, 9.6 ppg, 1.5 apg, 5.0 rpg
Danaejah Grant, Sophomore, Guard, 11.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Eugeneia McPherson, Senior, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 3.1 apg
Amber Thompson, Junior, Forward, 7.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 1.4 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Keylantra Langley, Senior, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 1.3 apg
Aaliyah Lewis, Freshman, Guard, 3.0 ppg, 2.2 apg
Jade Walker, Freshman, Guard/Forward, 4.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.9 (189th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.7 (54, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.3 (54, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.3 (121, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.7 (299, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 63.9 (301, 10)
Rebound Margin: 2.7 (108, 4)
Assists Per Game: 12.1 (252, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (125, 6)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Dayton
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Creighton
2012 NCAA Round of 32 win over Oklahoma
2012 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Duke
2011 NCAA Round of 64 win over Texas Tech
2011 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Stanford
2010 NCAA Round of 64 win over Princeton
2010 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Florida State
2009 NIT First Round win over Harvard
2009 NIT Second Round win over Hartford
2009 NIT Third Round loss to Boston College
2008 NIT Second Round win over Iona
2008 NIT Third Round win over Boston College
2008 NIT Fourth Round loss to North Carolina State
2006 NCAA Round of 64 win over California
2006 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Maryland
*all team stats through 3/6
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