St. John's University Athletics
Women's Basketball Opens Up Conference Play At Home
1/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 7, 2008
QUEENS, N.Y. - The St. John's women's basketball team will return to Queens, N.Y. to welcome the University of South Florida to Carnesecca Arena in the Red Storm's BIG EAST home opener. Tip-off is slated for 7:05 p.m.
• The game will feature live stats and will have video and audio streamed on the internet. Fans can go to RedStormSports.com to access both features. Streaming will be subscription-based through "StormTracker All-Access." The cost for the service is either $9.95 per month or $79.95 for the year. Live stats will be free the entire season.
• Both the Red Storm and the Bulls will be seeking their first league wins of the season. St. John's is coming off a close 58-50 loss to then-No. 6 Rutgers, while USF dropped its home conference lidlifter, 79-73, to West Virginia.
• The contest between the St. John's and USF is the third meeting all-time. The teams faced each other for the first time during the 2005-06 season when the BIG EAST expanded to a 16-team conference. St. John's walked away with the 78-71 win at Carnesecca Arena on Feb. 5, 2006. In the next meeting, the Bulls used their home court to pick up the 74-61 win on Feb. 3, 2007.
Double Dips
• Nine Red Storm players have scored in double figures at least once this season. Monique McLean leads all with 12 double-digit scoring contests, while Sky Lindsay and Kia Wright are second and third, respectively, with eight and six. Tiina Sten and Kelly McManmon are tied with four apiece, while Joy McCorvey has posted two double-figure scoring outings. Recee Mitchell, Coco Hart and Kristin Moore have posted double digits in the point's column once this season.
The One-Two Punch
• With Kia Wright out due to injury to start the year, junior Monique McLean stepped up and led the team in scoring. With Wright back in the lineup, the two are the one-two punch for St. John's in scoring. The pair is pacing the way in scoring, with McLean leading with a 14.9 scoring average and Wright is second with 11.3.
• McLean is shooting 40.2 from the field and 37.7 from long distance, while Wright is hitting 38.5 from the field and 38.7 from beyond the arc. Both are also as strong from the charity stripe, as Wright leads the team with a 92.9 free throw percentage and McLean is second with an 81.0 average.
Sky High
• Freshman Sky Lindsay is coming into her own during her rookie campaign. After scoring seven points in her first collegiate game, she put up 10 points in the next two contests and has scored in double-figures in eight games this season. She came up big for the Red Storm in the team's BIG EAST opener against then-No. 6 Rutgers, finishing second with 11 points on 4-for-9 shooting, including a 3-for-6 effort from long distance. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native is the only rookie to get the starting nod in every game this season.
