St. John's University Athletics
Wednesday, January 31
Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)
7 p.m.
St. John's University
vs
Xavier
St. John’s to Battle Xavier at Carnesecca Arena on Wednesday Night
1/30/2024 5:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Red Storm hold a 7-3 record in BIG EAST play headed into midweek tilt
QUEENS, N.Y.– The St. John's women's basketball team will welcome Xavier for a midweek BIG EAST battle on Wednesday night.
The matchup from Queens is set to be streamed on the BIG EAST Digital Network with Drew Casey and Kim Adams on the call from Carnesecca Arena.
The Red Storm are coming off a whirlwind last week after playing three games in seven days, posting a 2-1 record, including two on the road. The Johnnies played back-to-back overtime contests away from home, including the program's first-ever double-overtime win against DePaul on Thursday, 83-77. St. John's joins Duquesne as the only known teams to play in consecutive overtime contests in NCAA Division I so far this season.
In its last outing on Sunday, the Red Storm utilized a 25-point third quarter and fended off a late-run to edge Georgetown, 57-56, at home. St. John's tallied 18 points off of 16 Hoyas' turnovers to earn another tight win.
Unique Drake added a team-high 18 points in the win over Georgetown following up well on her 36-point performance at DePaul, which marked the highest point total by a St. John's player since Tawana Jackson in 1995.
Drake earned Metropolitan Basketball Writers' Association Player of the Week and was tabbed to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll this week, after averaging 20.7 points per game last week. On the year, the Columbia, S.C., native is averaging 18.5 points per game, which currently ranks third in the BIG EAST and 44th nationally.
Ber'Nyah Mayo finished in double-figures for the sixth-straight game against Georgetown tallying 11 points. The UMass transfer leads the team averaging 3.6 assists per game and ranks third on the squad, logging 10.3 points per game.
Jillian Archer continues to control the interior for the Johnnies this season. The 6-foot-2 forward has scored in double-digits in her last four outings and is adding 10.9 points per contest. The graduate student leads the team averaging 7.1 boards and 1.7 blocks per game. Over her last eight games, she has tallied 2.6 blocks per game and ranks fourth in the league in that category. Over the course of her career, the Santa Monica, Cali., native has pulled down 734 boards and is 16 shy of the 750 mark.
St. John's will look to stay hot at home, where it is 8-2 on the year. In games at Carnesecca Arena, the Johnnies have won six-straight and 22 of their last 25 contests, dating back to the 2021-22 season. In its eight games in Queens, St. John's has held a scoring margin of plus-11.8 and boast a plus-4.3 turnover margin. Archer is shooting 60.7 percent from the field and Drake is shooting 50.9 percent from beyond-the-arc in games at Carnesecca.
The Red Storm will face the Musketeers for the second time this month after collecting a 60-42 win at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati on Jan. 9. St. John's recorded a season-high 21 assists on 22 made field goals and held Xavier to the lowest point total by a BIG EAST opponent since Feb. 13, 2021.
St. John's leads the all-time series, 19-2 and carry a 9-0 record at home into Wednesday's game.
The Musketeers arrive in Queens after a pair of contests at home. Xavier is 1-17 on the season and is 0-9 in BIG EAST play. On Saturday, the Musketeers fell by single-digits to Providence, 69-60.
Mackayla Scarlett has recently returned from injury and leads the squad averaging 13.2 points per game. Nila Blackford ranks third in the conference on the glass averaging 8.5 boards per game.
Up next for the Johnnies is a visit to No. 11/10 UConn on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. The Red Storm will meet the Huskies at Gampel Pavilion for just the second time in the last decade and the national telecast will air on CBS Sports Network.
The matchup from Queens is set to be streamed on the BIG EAST Digital Network with Drew Casey and Kim Adams on the call from Carnesecca Arena.
The Red Storm are coming off a whirlwind last week after playing three games in seven days, posting a 2-1 record, including two on the road. The Johnnies played back-to-back overtime contests away from home, including the program's first-ever double-overtime win against DePaul on Thursday, 83-77. St. John's joins Duquesne as the only known teams to play in consecutive overtime contests in NCAA Division I so far this season.
In its last outing on Sunday, the Red Storm utilized a 25-point third quarter and fended off a late-run to edge Georgetown, 57-56, at home. St. John's tallied 18 points off of 16 Hoyas' turnovers to earn another tight win.
Unique Drake added a team-high 18 points in the win over Georgetown following up well on her 36-point performance at DePaul, which marked the highest point total by a St. John's player since Tawana Jackson in 1995.
Drake earned Metropolitan Basketball Writers' Association Player of the Week and was tabbed to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll this week, after averaging 20.7 points per game last week. On the year, the Columbia, S.C., native is averaging 18.5 points per game, which currently ranks third in the BIG EAST and 44th nationally.
Ber'Nyah Mayo finished in double-figures for the sixth-straight game against Georgetown tallying 11 points. The UMass transfer leads the team averaging 3.6 assists per game and ranks third on the squad, logging 10.3 points per game.
Jillian Archer continues to control the interior for the Johnnies this season. The 6-foot-2 forward has scored in double-digits in her last four outings and is adding 10.9 points per contest. The graduate student leads the team averaging 7.1 boards and 1.7 blocks per game. Over her last eight games, she has tallied 2.6 blocks per game and ranks fourth in the league in that category. Over the course of her career, the Santa Monica, Cali., native has pulled down 734 boards and is 16 shy of the 750 mark.
St. John's will look to stay hot at home, where it is 8-2 on the year. In games at Carnesecca Arena, the Johnnies have won six-straight and 22 of their last 25 contests, dating back to the 2021-22 season. In its eight games in Queens, St. John's has held a scoring margin of plus-11.8 and boast a plus-4.3 turnover margin. Archer is shooting 60.7 percent from the field and Drake is shooting 50.9 percent from beyond-the-arc in games at Carnesecca.
The Red Storm will face the Musketeers for the second time this month after collecting a 60-42 win at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati on Jan. 9. St. John's recorded a season-high 21 assists on 22 made field goals and held Xavier to the lowest point total by a BIG EAST opponent since Feb. 13, 2021.
St. John's leads the all-time series, 19-2 and carry a 9-0 record at home into Wednesday's game.
The Musketeers arrive in Queens after a pair of contests at home. Xavier is 1-17 on the season and is 0-9 in BIG EAST play. On Saturday, the Musketeers fell by single-digits to Providence, 69-60.
Mackayla Scarlett has recently returned from injury and leads the squad averaging 13.2 points per game. Nila Blackford ranks third in the conference on the glass averaging 8.5 boards per game.
Up next for the Johnnies is a visit to No. 11/10 UConn on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. The Red Storm will meet the Huskies at Gampel Pavilion for just the second time in the last decade and the national telecast will air on CBS Sports Network.
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