No. 13/13 St. John’s Plays Host to William & Mary on Saturday in Queens

Saturday, November 15

Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)

6 p.m.

St. John's University

William & Mary

Tickets

Bryce Hopkins scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half of the Red Storm's loss to Alabama at Madison Square Garden.

No. 13/13 St. John’s Plays Host to William & Mary on Saturday in Queens

11/13/2025 2:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Johnnies will look to remain undefeated at Carnesecca Arena under Rick Pitino

QUEENS, N.Y. – The No. 13/13 St. John's men's basketball team will return to the friendly confines of Carnesecca Arena on Saturday night when it plays host to William & Mary.

Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. on truTV. Brian Anderson, Grant Hill and Andy Katz will be on the call for the Red Storm's first regular season game on truTV, the BIG EAST's newest network partner. John Minko and Vin Parise will narrate the action on 1050 AM ESPN New York. That audio broadcast can also be found on the ESPN New York app, the Varsity Network app, TuneIn, the SiriusXM app, and the St. John's Red Storm app.

Tickets for the game are sold out to the general public. A limited number of student tickets are still available and can be claimed by clicking here.

The Johnnies will look to remain undefeated on campus under Hall of Fame Head Coach Rick Pitino. Since taking over the reins of the Red Storm prior to the 2023-24 seasons, Pitino is 15-0 at Carnesecca Arena and boasts a 23.1-point average margin of victory. Against non-conference foes, that average margin of victory increases to 25.5 points per game.

St. John's returns to Queens following a 103-96 loss at the hands of then-No. 15/16 Alabama this past Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Trailing by as many as 11 early in the second half, the Johnnies raced back to take a two-point lead, 84-82, with just over seven minutes remaining. Ahead by one, 87-86, one minute later, St. John's saw Alabama uncork a 14-1 run over the next five minutes to snap the Red Storm's 12-game winning streak at "The Mecca."

Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year Zuby Ejiofor led the way for St. John's against the Crimson Tide, finishing with 27 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. He scored 21 of his 27 points in the first half, a new personal best for a single stanza, and grabbed five of his boards off the offensive glass. Last season, Ejiofor led the BIG EAST in double-doubles (10) and topped the nation in offensive rebounds per game (4.4).

Coupled with his 17-point, six-rebound outing against Quinnipiac, the 6-foot-9 senior was named the season's first BIG EAST Player of the Week on Monday. He averaged 22.0 points and 8.0 rebounds while 72.7% shooting from the floor, including a 66.7% effort from beyond the arc. Last season, the First Team All-BIG EAST selection was named to the league's weekly honor roll five times.

Three other Johnnies finished in double figures against the Crimson Tide. Bryce Hopkins logged his best game as a member of the Red Storm, scoring 15 of his 19 points in the opening half. Oziyah Sellers and Ian Jackson tallied 14 points and three assists apiece. Sellers added seven rebounds in a game-high 34 minutes of action.

Dillon Mitchell finished with seven points, four rebounds and four assists against Alabama. The senior went 2-for-2 from the floor, bumping his season-long field goal percentage to 81.8% (9-for-11).

William & Mary heads to Queens with a record of 2-1 following its first loss of the season at Richmond, 90-86, on Tuesday night.

Three members of the Tribe are averaging double figures, led by senior guard Kyle Pulliam at 13.7 points per outing.

Last year, the program's first under the direction of Head Coach Brian Earl, William & Mary finished fourth in the CAA after posting an 11-7 record in league play, a seven-win improvement from the previous season. The Tribe was picked to finish fourth again in a preseason poll of the league's coaches. Senior guard Chase Lowe was tabbed to the Preseason All-CAA Second Team while Pulliam earned an honorable mention nod. Lowe is averaging 6.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and a 4.7 assists per game this season.

St. John's and William & Mary will meet for the fourth time in the history of the two programs. The Red Storm has won all three meetings, the last of which was a 74-59 victory on Nov. 7, 2011. Moe Harkless and God'sgift Achiuwa scored 17 points apiece to lead the Johnnies in that win.

After hosting the Tribe, the Red Storm will welcome Bucknell for a 7 p.m. tip-off on Thursday, Nov. 20. That game will air on TNT and 1050 AM ESPN New York.