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This Day In SJU History 1-5-09 PDF Print E-mail
Written by espken   
Monday, 05 January 2009 10:47
January 5, 1980

Men's Basketball

St. John's - 83 Connecticut - 73

 

Twenty-nine years ago today, #17 St. John's beat Connecticut 83-73 at Alumni Hall in the first ever Big East conference game for both schools. Senior Bernard Rencher led five Redmen players in double figures with 17 points. The point guard out of Mater Christi High also set a school record with 8 steals.

Coach Lou Carnesecca, celebrating his birthday, watched St. John's (9-1) jump out to a 25-15 lead. However UConn would close out the half on a 19-8 run and suddenly the Redmen were down one at the break.

"This was my 55th birthday," said Carnesecca. "and if we had blown the game, I would have forgotten it in a hurry. We didn't get it together in the first half at all. When our defense began to function better in the second half, we came around."

Come around they did, as the Redmen opened the half on an 8-0 run. Baskets by Reggie Carter, Rencher, Ron Plair, and Wayne McKoy put St. John's up for good at 41-34. The lead would grow to 69-52 as St. John's maintained its lead from the free throw line. During one 5 minute stretch, the Redmen scored 14 of their twenty points from the charity stripe. Dom Perno's Huskies (6-5) would not recover.

Carter and McKoy added 16 points each, Plair and junior Curtis Redding had 14 and 11 respectively. Connecticut was led by sophomores Mike McKay (21) and Corny Thompson (16).

SJU-Connecticut Boxscore

 

 

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 January 2009 00:43
 
This Day In SJU History 1-4-09 PDF Print E-mail
Written by espken   
Sunday, 04 January 2009 10:03
January 4, 1969

Men's Basketball

St. John's - 75 Davidson - 74 (OT)

 

Forty years ago today, Billy Paultz drilled a 18 foot jump shot with 2 seconds left in overtime to give #17 St. John's the upset over #2 Davidson 75-74 at the Charlotte Coliseum.

It was the second time in 8 days the Redmen had beaten a No.2 ranked team in the nation. " I never expected this would happen to us this season," coach Lou Carnesecca said. "Getting to play #1 ranked UCLA and #2 ranked North Carolina and Davidson all in one week. I don't care who the coach is, he's got to be proud of his kids when they beat two teams of that caliber." Sandwiched around the victories was a loss to John Wooden's top ranked Bruins.

The Redmen (9-2) scattered a 13 point lead in regulation, as Davidson's Jerry Kroll scored to tie the game at 65. In the extra period, Lefty Driesell's Wildcats (8-1) were up 74-69 with 49 seconds left, before St. John's mounted an improbable comeback. The Redmen cut the deficit to three with 20 seconds. St. John's got the ball back and junior Joe DePre hit a jump shot with 7 seconds left to make it 74-73. The Redmen defense forced Davdison's Dave Moser's into a violation as they could not get the ball inbounds, setting up "The Whopper's" heroics.

"They shot 61.7% of their shots. It's got to be their best shooting effort of the season," Driesell said. "But as important as their shooting was, they have to be the quickest team we've played this season and they know how to play defense."

For St. John's, senior John Warren led the way with 25 points. DePre and Paultz added 24 and 13 respectively. Mike Maloy, out of Bryant High School in Queens, led Davidson with a game high 31 points.

SJU-Davidson Boxscore 

 

Last Updated on Monday, 05 January 2009 11:19
 
This Day In SJU History 1-3-09 PDF Print E-mail
Written by espken   
Saturday, 03 January 2009 08:10
January 3, 2000

Men's Basketball

St. John's - 82 Pittsburgh - 58

 

Nine years ago today, St. John's pounded Pittsburgh 82-58 in its Big East opener in front of a sold out crowd at Alumni Hall. Sophomore point guard Erick Barkley led five Red Storm players in double figures with 25 points on 11-16 shooting.

St. John's (9-2) raced out to a 18-4 lead against Ben Howland's Panthers and never looked back. Pittsburgh (8-4) was very sloppy, in a ten possession stretch they turned it over 9 times. St. John's led 45-14 at intermission. The 31 point margin was St. John's largest ever halftime lead in Big East Conference play.

It was a rough first half for Pittsburgh's Brandin Knight. On offense the freshman guard turned it over five times. On defense he had to try to contain one of the league's best. Barkley, the Christ the King product, outscored the Panthers 16-14 in the first half. St. John's called off the dogs in the second half and cruised to victory.

"It was a good way to start the league," coach Mike Jarvis said. "It was really good because we put ourselves in a position to use out big asset, which is our quick hands."

For St. John's, seniors Lavor Postell (14), Bootsy Thornton (12), and Chudney Gray (13) all scored in double figures. Junior Reggie Jessie added 10. Junior swingman Ricardo Greer led Pittburgh with 20 points.

SJU-Pittsburgh Boxscore

 

 

    

 

Last Updated on Sunday, 04 January 2009 07:07
 
Inside the Boxscore -- Notre Dame PDF Print E-mail
Written by Della9250   
Saturday, 03 January 2009 18:14

Well all those fearing a record-losing streak will have to start over at zero after St. John's victory against seventh-ranked Notre Dame in front of the largest crowd of the year — 9,807. Plus there was a Tim Higgins sighting!!! Maybe what they saw will inspire others to show up.A couple more victories like this would help in that department also.

The victory snapped SJU's three-game losing streak and Notre Dame's four-game winning streak.The last St. John's victory over a ranked team was last season against....Notre Dame.

The victory gives SJU 10 victories, one behind last year's total, with at least 18 games left on the schedule.

It was arguably Norm Roberts' best victory as St. John's coach. Notre Dame was the highes-ranked team his SJU squads have defeated, two slots better than when the Red Storm beat No. 9 Pitt last season. It was the sixth win over a ranked team in Roberts' five seasons, all coming at Madison Square Garden.

SJU took the lead for good with 11:30 left to play.

Notre Dame made just 4-of-17 three-pointers and Kyle McAlarney was just 1-of-5 — the Irish were averaging nearly 10 threes a game at a 41.8 percent clip.

Luke Hatangody, the reigning Big East Player of the Year, played like it and almost won the game for the Irish, finishing with 28 points and 14 rebounds.

D.J. Kennedy finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds — including four free throws in the final 15 seconds to seal the victory — for his sixth double-double of the season.

Justin Burrell had a season-high 18 points and six rebounds in 30 minutes.

In addition to harassing McAlarney, Paris Horne finished with 18 points — his 12th straight game with double-figures.

Quincy Roberts struggled from the floor for the second straight game — 1-of-7 — and is now 7-for-26 against Big East competition. The one shot he did make, however, came in the final minutes and kept SJU in front.

SJU outrebounded Notre Dame, 41-30, after trailing on the glass at halftime. Outside of Harangody's 14 rebounds, no other Irish player had more than four — compare that to the five Johnnies who had at least five. St. John's is now a perfect 10-0 when outrebounding its opponent.

Dele Coker continues to be a foul machine, notching three of them in seven minutes. By comparison, Horne locked down McAlarney and did not pick up a foul in 38 minutes.

Hot shooting helped SJU pull off the upset — the Red Storm shot 44.6 percent from the floor, 45.5 percent on threes and 76.2 percent from the line. The Irish shot 43.5 percent overall but just 23.5 percent on threes and 58 percent on free throws.

Rob Thomas returned from battling a stomach virus and had 10 points and five rebounds in 18 minutes.

Even though it comes after a victory, this quote caught my eye: "But in this league, we're getting ready to play the number three team and then the number two team, (then the) number 16 team. There are so many good teams in the league. I just want our guys to play hard, stay focused , don't give up, play with pride all the time. And they try. They're young people and when things don't go well, most young people put their head down a little bit. And we have to teach them not to do that, fight through it, fight through adversity."

My question after that answe would have been, then what the hell happened at Providence?

Last Updated on Saturday, 03 January 2009 18:17
 
Inside the Boxscore -- Providence PDF Print E-mail
Written by Della9250   
Wednesday, 31 December 2008 20:06

Both teams are now 9-4 after a New Year's Eve date to open Big East conference action but something tells me Friar fans have a lot more to look forward to in 2009 than Red Storm rooters.

It was th seventh straight win by Priovidence over St. John's in Providence.

SJU scored the first 11 points of the game, meaning they were outscored by 32 points the rest of the way.

The 54 points allowed was a season-best for Providence and it was St. John's lowest output of the year.

Randall Hanke had a season-high 17 points while Sharaud Curry had a season-high 16 points for Providence.

Sean Evans had his third double-double of the season -- 16 points and 10 rebounds. Evans and Paris Horne each had a team-high 16 points.

Horne missed 10 shots, seven were three-pointers.

The Friars forced 13 turnovers, eight being steals, in the first half.

Evans was 7-of-9 from the field, everyone else was 16-of-56.

Quincy Roberts was 6-of-19, including missing all five three-point attempts.

St. John's missed 42 shots and was 2-of-17 on three-pointers (a whopping 11.8 percent) and 6-of-14 on free throws.

St. John's had just six assists on 23 baskets.

Providence shot 60.7 percent (17-of-28) from the field in the second half.

The Friars bench outscored SJU's bench 32-0.

Justin Burrell had three points, getting his only made basket with 8:14 left in the game.

Phil Wait had three rebounds in four minutes.

 
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