St. John's University Athletics
Saturday, March 9
New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden)
12 p.m.
St. John's University
vs
Georgetown
St. John’s Hosts Georgetown in Regular Season Finale Saturday at MSG
3/8/2024 5:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Red Storm men’s basketball team carries a four-game win streak into its contest with the Hoyas
QUEENS, N.Y. – Coming off back-to-back 20-plus point victories, the St. John's men's basketball team (18-12, 10-9) will look to extend its winning streak to five on Saturday when it hosts Georgetown (9-21, 2-17) at Madison Square Garden. Tip-off is scheduled for 12 p.m.
Prior to the game, St. John's Head Coach Rick Pitino will introduce the team's six senior managers and six final year players, Nahiem Alleyne, Sean Conway, Jordan Dingle, Daniss Jenkins, Chris Ledlum and Joel Soriano, as part of a "Senior Day" celebration. Fans are encouraged to make it to their seats by 11:40 a.m. for the start of the pregame ceremony.
FOX will carry the national telecast for the 124th all-time meeting between the Red Storm and Hoyas. Tim Brando and LaPhonso Ellis will be on the call from Midtown. An audio broadcast of the game on the LEARFIELD Red Storm Sports Network with John Minko and Brandon Tierney 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. The radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 383 and the SiriusXM App.
St. John's earned its fourth-straight victory on Tuesday with a 104-77 win at DePaul. The team's 104 points matched a program record in BIG EAST play, tying the 104 points scored in a 34-point victory over Providence on Feb. 15, 1999. Ledlum and Dingle led six Johnnies in double figures, each scoring a team-high 19 points while the duo combined to shoot 16-for-21 from the field.
In its last four wins, St. John's is averaging 89.0 points per game and has outscored its opponents by +17.3 points per contest. The Johnnies have also dished out 20.8 assists per game while averaging only 6.8 turnovers. Dingle has helped fuel the Red Storm's offensive explosion during this stretch, as the senior guard has posted a team-high 17.0 points per game and has shot 65.1 percent (28-43 FG) from the field.
The Red Storm returns to Madison Square Garden for the first time since downing then-No. 15 Creighton, 80-66, on Feb. 25. Jenkins led St. John's with 27 points, six assists and committed only one turnover. As a team, St. John's shot 50.0 percent (32-64) inside the 3-point arc and need only two 3-pointers to upend the nationally ranked Bluejays.
St. John's and Georgetown will meet for the second time in just over two weeks. In their first contest on Feb. 21 at Capital One Arena, the Johnnies defeated the Hoyas, 90-85, behind a season-high 22 points from Dingle. The Valley Stream, N.Y., native buried three 3-pointers in the win.
Georgetown enters Saturday's matchup having dropped its last three games, most recently falling to Providence, 71-58, on Tuesday. Jayden Epps led the Hoyas with 16 points and four steals against the Friars. Epps has paced the Hoyas averaging 18.7 points in road games this season.
St. John's will return to Madison Square Garden next week for the 2024 BIG EAST Tournament. With a win over Georgetown on Saturday, St. John's can secure either the No. 5 or No. 6 seed for the conference tournament.
Prior to the game, St. John's Head Coach Rick Pitino will introduce the team's six senior managers and six final year players, Nahiem Alleyne, Sean Conway, Jordan Dingle, Daniss Jenkins, Chris Ledlum and Joel Soriano, as part of a "Senior Day" celebration. Fans are encouraged to make it to their seats by 11:40 a.m. for the start of the pregame ceremony.
FOX will carry the national telecast for the 124th all-time meeting between the Red Storm and Hoyas. Tim Brando and LaPhonso Ellis will be on the call from Midtown. An audio broadcast of the game on the LEARFIELD Red Storm Sports Network with John Minko and Brandon Tierney 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. The radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 383 and the SiriusXM App.
St. John's earned its fourth-straight victory on Tuesday with a 104-77 win at DePaul. The team's 104 points matched a program record in BIG EAST play, tying the 104 points scored in a 34-point victory over Providence on Feb. 15, 1999. Ledlum and Dingle led six Johnnies in double figures, each scoring a team-high 19 points while the duo combined to shoot 16-for-21 from the field.
In its last four wins, St. John's is averaging 89.0 points per game and has outscored its opponents by +17.3 points per contest. The Johnnies have also dished out 20.8 assists per game while averaging only 6.8 turnovers. Dingle has helped fuel the Red Storm's offensive explosion during this stretch, as the senior guard has posted a team-high 17.0 points per game and has shot 65.1 percent (28-43 FG) from the field.
The Red Storm returns to Madison Square Garden for the first time since downing then-No. 15 Creighton, 80-66, on Feb. 25. Jenkins led St. John's with 27 points, six assists and committed only one turnover. As a team, St. John's shot 50.0 percent (32-64) inside the 3-point arc and need only two 3-pointers to upend the nationally ranked Bluejays.
St. John's and Georgetown will meet for the second time in just over two weeks. In their first contest on Feb. 21 at Capital One Arena, the Johnnies defeated the Hoyas, 90-85, behind a season-high 22 points from Dingle. The Valley Stream, N.Y., native buried three 3-pointers in the win.
Georgetown enters Saturday's matchup having dropped its last three games, most recently falling to Providence, 71-58, on Tuesday. Jayden Epps led the Hoyas with 16 points and four steals against the Friars. Epps has paced the Hoyas averaging 18.7 points in road games this season.
St. John's will return to Madison Square Garden next week for the 2024 BIG EAST Tournament. With a win over Georgetown on Saturday, St. John's can secure either the No. 5 or No. 6 seed for the conference tournament.
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