St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Enters Associated Press Top 25 Poll
12/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Complete AP Top 25 Poll
QUEENS, N.Y. - For the first time since the 2013-14 season, the St. John's Red Storm has entered the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, checking in at No. 25 in the latest edition of the rankings released on Monday afternoon.
The Red Storm enters the rankings after a pair of stellar victories this past week, downing Yale by 13 at home before traveling to UCF for a 70-42 drubbing of the Knights in Orlando.
St. John's is now 8-1 on the season, winning eight-straight contests after dropping its season opener on the road at now No. 19 UCLA. In those eight games, the Red Storm is winning by an average of 14.5 points per game and boasts a win over then No. 18/17 South Florida.
The Red Storm boasts the BIG EAST's top two scorers, Danaejah Grant at 20.8 points per game and Aliyyah Handford at 19.2 points per game. Together, the pair forms the nation's third highest-scoring teammate combo.
This is the 37th time in the history of the program that the Red Storm has been ranked in the AP Top 25. The Red Storm was last ranked on Feb. 17, 2014, when the team climbed to No. 22. The week before, the Red Storm broke in at No. 24.
The team's highest-ever ranking came in March of 2012, when the Red Storm checked in at No. 13 on March 5. St. John's would go on to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament that year.
The Red Storm returns to action on Saturday, traveling to Pittsburgh for a 4:30 p.m. matchup with Duquesne.
