St. John's University Athletics
Sunday, January 15
Hartford, Conn. (XL Center)
12 p.m.
St. John's University
at
No. 6/7 Connecticut
St. John’s to Visit No. 6/7 UConn on Sunday
1/13/2023 12:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Red Storm and Huskies square off at noon inside XL Center on FS1
QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's men's basketball team will look to build upon its midweek win against Butler when it heads to Hartford to take on No. 6/7 UConn (15-3, 4-3 BIG EAST) on Sunday inside XL Center. FS1 will carry the national telecast at noon with Dave Sims and Jim Spanarkel on the call.
An audio broadcast of the game on the LEARFIELD Red Storm Sports Network with John Minko and Tarik Turner will also be available on a variety of platforms including the Varsity Network App, TuneIn Radio, RedStormSports.com and the St. John's Red Storm mobile app. St. John's radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 380 and channel 970 on the SiriusXM app.
St. John's (12-6, 2-5 BIG EAST) ended its recent slide with a decisive 77-61 win over the Bulldogs on Tuesday behind Joel Soriano's fifth 20-point performance of the season. The 20-point, 10-rebound effort bumped his NCAA-leading double-double total to 15, the most by a Johnnie in a single season since Zendon Hamilton, the team's coordinator of basketball operations, delivered 16 during the 1995-96 season.
As a team, the Red Storm registered a season-high 16 steals on Tuesday, bumping its season average into the NCAA's top-25 with 9.3 per game. Posh Alexander matched his career-best with six steals, as the junior guard now leads the BIG EAST and ranks 17th in the country with 2.4 steals per game. Alexander also moved into 10th place on the program's career steals list with 172 in three seasons, surpassing Erick Barkley's 166 and chasing Mark Jackson (174) for ninth on the chart.
St. John's enters Sunday's contest with UConn looking for its first road win over a top-10 opponent since knocking off No. 10/9 Marquette, 70-69, in Milwaukee on Feb. 5, 2019. The Red Storm's last win over a team ranked No. 6 or better in the Associated Press Poll was on Feb. 7, 2018 when St. John's downed top-ranked Villanova, 79-75, in Philadelphia.
UConn enters Sunday's matchup having dropped three of its last four games after opening the season with 14-straight wins. The Huskies have won 15-straight home games dating back to last season. UConn is a perfect 10-0 at home this season, including four wins at the XL Center. In their last contest in Hartford on Dec. 28, the Huskies knocked off Villanova, 74-66, behind Jordan Hawkins team-high 22-point effort.
The Huskies are coming off an 82-76 setback at Marquette on Wednesday, despite a 20-point, 10-rebound effort by Donovan Clingan in 21 minutes off the bench. Junior forward Adama Sanogo leads UConn averaging 17.4 points and 6.7 rebounds this season.
After traveling to UConn, the Johnnies will make their 2023 home debut at Madison Square Garden, on Friday, Jan. 20, against Villanova at 7 p.m.
An audio broadcast of the game on the LEARFIELD Red Storm Sports Network with John Minko and Tarik Turner will also be available on a variety of platforms including the Varsity Network App, TuneIn Radio, RedStormSports.com and the St. John's Red Storm mobile app. St. John's radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 380 and channel 970 on the SiriusXM app.
St. John's (12-6, 2-5 BIG EAST) ended its recent slide with a decisive 77-61 win over the Bulldogs on Tuesday behind Joel Soriano's fifth 20-point performance of the season. The 20-point, 10-rebound effort bumped his NCAA-leading double-double total to 15, the most by a Johnnie in a single season since Zendon Hamilton, the team's coordinator of basketball operations, delivered 16 during the 1995-96 season.
As a team, the Red Storm registered a season-high 16 steals on Tuesday, bumping its season average into the NCAA's top-25 with 9.3 per game. Posh Alexander matched his career-best with six steals, as the junior guard now leads the BIG EAST and ranks 17th in the country with 2.4 steals per game. Alexander also moved into 10th place on the program's career steals list with 172 in three seasons, surpassing Erick Barkley's 166 and chasing Mark Jackson (174) for ninth on the chart.
St. John's enters Sunday's contest with UConn looking for its first road win over a top-10 opponent since knocking off No. 10/9 Marquette, 70-69, in Milwaukee on Feb. 5, 2019. The Red Storm's last win over a team ranked No. 6 or better in the Associated Press Poll was on Feb. 7, 2018 when St. John's downed top-ranked Villanova, 79-75, in Philadelphia.
UConn enters Sunday's matchup having dropped three of its last four games after opening the season with 14-straight wins. The Huskies have won 15-straight home games dating back to last season. UConn is a perfect 10-0 at home this season, including four wins at the XL Center. In their last contest in Hartford on Dec. 28, the Huskies knocked off Villanova, 74-66, behind Jordan Hawkins team-high 22-point effort.
The Huskies are coming off an 82-76 setback at Marquette on Wednesday, despite a 20-point, 10-rebound effort by Donovan Clingan in 21 minutes off the bench. Junior forward Adama Sanogo leads UConn averaging 17.4 points and 6.7 rebounds this season.
After traveling to UConn, the Johnnies will make their 2023 home debut at Madison Square Garden, on Friday, Jan. 20, against Villanova at 7 p.m.
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