St. John's University Athletics
Saturday, February 24
Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)
2 p.m.
St. John's University
vs
Providence
St. John’s to Host Providence for Senior Day on Saturday
2/23/2024 1:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Unique Drake and Jillian Archer will be honored pre-game
QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's women's basketball team will host Providence on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. for Senior Day at Carnesecca Arena.
Unique Drake and Jillian Archer along with four student managers and two graduate assistants will be honored for their contributions to the program in a pre-game ceremony beginning at approximately 1:40 p.m.
Saturday's contest will be streamed on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports with Johnny Gadamowitz and Edona Thaqi on the call from Queens.
With a win on Saturday, the Red Storm will clinch a first round bye in the BIG EAST Tournament and a top-5 finish for the second year in a row and the ninth time in 12 seasons of the Joe Tartamella Era.
The Red Storm fell in its last game on Tuesday in a low-scoring affair at Georgetown, 51-43. Archer recorded her ninth double-double of the year finishing with 10 points and tied a season-high 14 rebounds.
The squad's leading scorer Drake finished with a team-high 14 points marking the 23rd double-figure scoring performance of the season for the redshirt senior. The Columbia, S.C., native went 8-for-8 from the charity stripe at McDonough Arena.
Ber'Nyah Mayo matched her season-high with five steals in the nation's capital on Tuesday. Over the last five games, the senior is averaging 4.7 steals per contest. The point guard needs two more assists and five more points to become the first Johnnie to record at least 300 points, 50 steals and 100 assists in a single-season, since all-time leading scorer Aliyyah Handford during the 2015-16 campaign.
The Johnnies have excelled inside the friendly confines of Carnesecca Arena tallying a 9-2 record and eight of their last nine in the building on the year.
Saturday marks the second meeting between the two conference foes who squared off on Jan. 6 at Alumni Hall. The Red Storm clawed back from an eight-point quarter deficit to take a 55-48 decision on the road. Drake fueled the offensive effort going off for 24 points and the Johnnies logged 12 steals during the win in Providence.
The series has been tightly contested in recent years as each of the last six games have been decided by eight points or fewer, the Red Storm are 5-1 in that stretch. Dating back to 2018, 12 of the last 14 meetings have been decided by single-digits.
Providence will play its second consecutive road game on Saturday after falling at Villanova on Wednesday night, 68-58. The Friars rallied from a 21-point deficit to cut it to single-digits but ultimately dropped the contest at Finneran Pavilion.
On the year, the Friars are 12-16 and hold a 6-9 mark in conference play under first-year Head Coach Erin Batth. Providence defends the perimeter well ranking top in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goal percentage defense holding opponents to just 27.6 percent from long-range.
Olivia Olsen ranks second in the league with 10 double-doubles on the year and leads the Friars in both scoring (14.6 PPG) and rebounding (8.8 RPG). Grace Efosa missed the earlier meeting between the two squads due to injury but ranks second on the team in scoring averaging 12.5 points per game.
Following Saturday's contest, the Red Storm will travel to Milwaukee to face Marquette on Tuesday night in the regular season finale at 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
Unique Drake and Jillian Archer along with four student managers and two graduate assistants will be honored for their contributions to the program in a pre-game ceremony beginning at approximately 1:40 p.m.
Saturday's contest will be streamed on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports with Johnny Gadamowitz and Edona Thaqi on the call from Queens.
With a win on Saturday, the Red Storm will clinch a first round bye in the BIG EAST Tournament and a top-5 finish for the second year in a row and the ninth time in 12 seasons of the Joe Tartamella Era.
The Red Storm fell in its last game on Tuesday in a low-scoring affair at Georgetown, 51-43. Archer recorded her ninth double-double of the year finishing with 10 points and tied a season-high 14 rebounds.
The squad's leading scorer Drake finished with a team-high 14 points marking the 23rd double-figure scoring performance of the season for the redshirt senior. The Columbia, S.C., native went 8-for-8 from the charity stripe at McDonough Arena.
Ber'Nyah Mayo matched her season-high with five steals in the nation's capital on Tuesday. Over the last five games, the senior is averaging 4.7 steals per contest. The point guard needs two more assists and five more points to become the first Johnnie to record at least 300 points, 50 steals and 100 assists in a single-season, since all-time leading scorer Aliyyah Handford during the 2015-16 campaign.
The Johnnies have excelled inside the friendly confines of Carnesecca Arena tallying a 9-2 record and eight of their last nine in the building on the year.
Saturday marks the second meeting between the two conference foes who squared off on Jan. 6 at Alumni Hall. The Red Storm clawed back from an eight-point quarter deficit to take a 55-48 decision on the road. Drake fueled the offensive effort going off for 24 points and the Johnnies logged 12 steals during the win in Providence.
The series has been tightly contested in recent years as each of the last six games have been decided by eight points or fewer, the Red Storm are 5-1 in that stretch. Dating back to 2018, 12 of the last 14 meetings have been decided by single-digits.
Providence will play its second consecutive road game on Saturday after falling at Villanova on Wednesday night, 68-58. The Friars rallied from a 21-point deficit to cut it to single-digits but ultimately dropped the contest at Finneran Pavilion.
On the year, the Friars are 12-16 and hold a 6-9 mark in conference play under first-year Head Coach Erin Batth. Providence defends the perimeter well ranking top in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goal percentage defense holding opponents to just 27.6 percent from long-range.
Olivia Olsen ranks second in the league with 10 double-doubles on the year and leads the Friars in both scoring (14.6 PPG) and rebounding (8.8 RPG). Grace Efosa missed the earlier meeting between the two squads due to injury but ranks second on the team in scoring averaging 12.5 points per game.
Following Saturday's contest, the Red Storm will travel to Milwaukee to face Marquette on Tuesday night in the regular season finale at 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
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