St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Faces Chaminade Wednesday In Maui Invitational
11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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LAHAINA, HAWAII. - St. John's completes its first-ever appearance in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on Wednesday as the Red Storm meets tournament-host Chaminade at 2:30 p.m. eastern at Lahaina Civic Center.
The national telecast will air on ESPNU featuring an announcing team of Jon Sciambi and Bill Walton. The broadcast is also available through the Watch ESPN app. St. John's IMG Radio broadcast with play-by-play announcer John Minko can be heard on 970 AM (WNYM) or through the TuneIn app.
St. John's (3-2) suffered a hard-fought 83-73 setback against No. 13/14 Indiana on Tuesday at the 32nd annual tournament. Freshman guard Federico Mussini (Reggio Emilia, Italy) continued to perform at a high level leading the Red Storm in scoring for the fifth-straight game with 17 points to go with four steals. Graduate student Ron Mvouika (Paris, France) matched Mussini with 17 points, shooting 4-of-8 from the field, 2-of-3 from distance and 7-of-8 at the free-throw line.
The Red Storm rallied almost all the way back from a 17-point first half deficit against its second nationally-ranked opponent in the past two days. After missing its first seven 3-point field goal attempts, St. John's sank 7-of-11 the rest of the way and made it a four-point game with 16:05 left in regulation. The Red Storm was in striking distance down six with less than two minutes to play after a pair of free-throws from Yankuba Sima (Girona, Spain), but Indiana guard James Blackmon's 3-pointer on the ensuing possession put the game out of reach.
Chaminade is coming off a 93-73 setback against UNLV. The Silverswords led 37-33 at halftime before the Runnin' Rebels scored 60 points in the second half to earn a 20-point victory. Chaminade guard Rohndell Goodwin scored a team-high 18 points on 8-for-16 shooting. Goodwin leads the squad with a 16.5 scoring average this season.
St. John's meets Chaminade for the first time in program history. Located in Honolulu, Chaminade is an NCAA Division II program that competes in the Pacific West Conference.
