St. John's University Athletics
Wright And McLean Earn BIG EAST Postseason Honors
3/2/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
- BIG EAST Tournament Championship Central
- St. John's Vs. Louisville, Saturday at noon
- Monique McLean: Bring It On
Senior Kia Wright and sophomore Monique McLean were honored Friday night at the 2007 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Banquet as they were named to the all-conference teams. Wright received second team honors, while McLean earned a place on the honorable mention squad.
Wright, a consensus preseason All-BIG EAST selection and All-America candidate, leads the BIG EAST and Red Storm in assists, averaging 5.7 per game, and is second on the squad in points per game (14.3). The veteran guard has posted double-digit points in 15 games this season and has had four 20-point games. Wright scored her 1,000th career point on Jan. 21 vs. Connecticut and now has 1,172 for her career. Currently in 10th place on St. John's all-time scoring chart, she needs 19 points to surpass Kerry Karst's (1979-82) total of 1,190 and move into ninth place.
McLean leads St. John's in scoring, averaging 16.2 points per game and has notched four double-doubles and four 20+ point efforts in 22 starts. She is second on the squad in assists and steals per game with 3.2 and 1.9 respectively, and is team's leader in free throw average (.828). McLean has posted double-digits in 23 of 24 games and is on a 17-game double-figure scoring streak, which is tied for tops in the BIG EAST.
The 12th-seeded St. John???s University women???s basketball team will face No. 5 seed Louisville Saturday at noon in the first round of the 2007 BIG EAST Tournament, being played at the Hartford Civic Center. The Red Storm earned its fourth-straight berth to the conference championship and is looking for its second-straight quarterfinal appearance. The game is part of the BIG EAST Regional Television Package, and will air on SportsNet New York (SNY) in the New York area with Brooke Weisbrod and John Rooke calling the action. In addition, the BIG EAST will provide a variety of coverage on www.bigeast.org, including streaming broadcasts of each first round game.
