St. John's University Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
St. John's Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament Round 2 postgame Press Conference 3.22.26
Sunday, March 22
St. John's Men's Basketball Pregame Press Conference NCAA Round 2 3.21
Saturday, March 21
St. John's Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament Round 1 Postgame Press Conference
Friday, March 20
St. John's Men's basketball NCAA First Round Pregame Press Conference 3.19.26
Thursday, March 19
Jersey Number 17
Ruben Prey
- Height:
- 6-11
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Forward
- Hometown:
- Lisbon, Portugal
- High School:
- Joventut Badalona
2025-26
Made 34 appearances and one start heading into the NCAA Tournament… Leads team in 3-point percentage (52.6%) through March 18…. Added six points in a season-high 19 minutes in BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinal win over Providence (March 12)… Chipped in eight points at Seton Hall (March 6)… Logged 10 points and season-high five boards against Villanova (Feb. 28)… Went career-best 6-for-6 from the charity stripe against Seton Hall (Jan. 20)… Added 10 points on 4-for-5 (80.0%) shooting and cashed in on both 3-point attempts at Butler (Jan. 6)… Dished out career-high three assists vs. Kentucky (Dec. 20)… Recorded nine points on 4-of-4 shooting vs. DePaul (Dec. 16)… Scored a career-high 14 points and swiped a personal best three steals against Bucknell (Nov. 20)… Made lone start of the season against William & Mary (Nov. 15)… Sunk two 3-pointers against Alabama at Madison Square Garden (Nov. 8)
Updated as of March 18
2024-25
Appeared in 33 games, making one start for the Red Storm… logged 1.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.5 in 7.7 minutes of action per game… added four points and four boards in NCAA Tournament Second Round vs, Arkansas (March 22)… chipped in six points in the Johnnies’ first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years over Omaha (March 20)… added four points and a season-high eight rebounds at DePaul (Feb. 19)… dished out season-high three assists at Georgetown (Jan. 28)… pulled down season-best six rebounds in overtime win over Xavier (Jan. 22)… recorded five blocks against Seton Hall becoming the first St. John’s freshman to record five swats in a single-game since Kassoum Yakwe in 2016 (Jan. 18)… chipped in five points and three rebounds against Quinnipiac (Nov. 9)… scored season-high six points in collegiate debut against Fordham (Nov. 4)
Before College:
Made 18 appearances at the junior international level, including an eye-opening slate playing for his home country at the U20 FIBA European Championships in Podgorica, Montenegro in 2022 ... ranked seventh among all scorers in the international competition as a 17-year-old, averaging 16.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per contest in seven appearances for Team Portugal ... registered a pair of 20-point performances, including 24 points in a 90-86 win over Israel on July 17, followed by 23-point effort a week later against Czech Republic ... dominated in the U18 European Championships B Division with 19.1 points (4th) on 53.8 percent shooting from the floor while pulling down a tournament-best 14.0 rebounds per game ... added 5.0 offensive boards per game in his seven outings en route to a top-10 finish for Portugal ... put forth the best performance of his career against Estonia with a 28-point, 24-rebound outing on July 28, 2023 ... played 76 total games in Spain with three teams – FIATC Mutua Joventut U18, CB Prat and Joventut Badalona – over the four seasons ... With Mutua, helped the club to a perfect 4-0 record en route to the 2022-23 Patras Tournament Championship after posting 14.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game ... named Tournament MVP after pacing the team in rebounds in three of four contests while managing a 19-point and 15-board showing in the title game against Espoirs Asvel ... made starts in 13 of 16 appearances for CB Prat, averaging 11.8 points and hitting 56.7 percent of his shots across 24.5 minutes of work while pulling down 7.1 rebounds and posted over one block per game.
Personal:
Ruben Prey ... son of Catrin Prey and David Pinto ... has three siblings, Rafael, Joana and Leandro... chose St. John’s because it is the best program ... avid fan of Cristiano Ronaldo ... loves going to class, with sports psychology as his current favorite … one lesson from his mom is to believe in yourself and never stop dreaming … pursuing a degree in business.
Made 34 appearances and one start heading into the NCAA Tournament… Leads team in 3-point percentage (52.6%) through March 18…. Added six points in a season-high 19 minutes in BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinal win over Providence (March 12)… Chipped in eight points at Seton Hall (March 6)… Logged 10 points and season-high five boards against Villanova (Feb. 28)… Went career-best 6-for-6 from the charity stripe against Seton Hall (Jan. 20)… Added 10 points on 4-for-5 (80.0%) shooting and cashed in on both 3-point attempts at Butler (Jan. 6)… Dished out career-high three assists vs. Kentucky (Dec. 20)… Recorded nine points on 4-of-4 shooting vs. DePaul (Dec. 16)… Scored a career-high 14 points and swiped a personal best three steals against Bucknell (Nov. 20)… Made lone start of the season against William & Mary (Nov. 15)… Sunk two 3-pointers against Alabama at Madison Square Garden (Nov. 8)
Updated as of March 18
2024-25
Appeared in 33 games, making one start for the Red Storm… logged 1.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.5 in 7.7 minutes of action per game… added four points and four boards in NCAA Tournament Second Round vs, Arkansas (March 22)… chipped in six points in the Johnnies’ first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years over Omaha (March 20)… added four points and a season-high eight rebounds at DePaul (Feb. 19)… dished out season-high three assists at Georgetown (Jan. 28)… pulled down season-best six rebounds in overtime win over Xavier (Jan. 22)… recorded five blocks against Seton Hall becoming the first St. John’s freshman to record five swats in a single-game since Kassoum Yakwe in 2016 (Jan. 18)… chipped in five points and three rebounds against Quinnipiac (Nov. 9)… scored season-high six points in collegiate debut against Fordham (Nov. 4)
Before College:
Made 18 appearances at the junior international level, including an eye-opening slate playing for his home country at the U20 FIBA European Championships in Podgorica, Montenegro in 2022 ... ranked seventh among all scorers in the international competition as a 17-year-old, averaging 16.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per contest in seven appearances for Team Portugal ... registered a pair of 20-point performances, including 24 points in a 90-86 win over Israel on July 17, followed by 23-point effort a week later against Czech Republic ... dominated in the U18 European Championships B Division with 19.1 points (4th) on 53.8 percent shooting from the floor while pulling down a tournament-best 14.0 rebounds per game ... added 5.0 offensive boards per game in his seven outings en route to a top-10 finish for Portugal ... put forth the best performance of his career against Estonia with a 28-point, 24-rebound outing on July 28, 2023 ... played 76 total games in Spain with three teams – FIATC Mutua Joventut U18, CB Prat and Joventut Badalona – over the four seasons ... With Mutua, helped the club to a perfect 4-0 record en route to the 2022-23 Patras Tournament Championship after posting 14.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game ... named Tournament MVP after pacing the team in rebounds in three of four contests while managing a 19-point and 15-board showing in the title game against Espoirs Asvel ... made starts in 13 of 16 appearances for CB Prat, averaging 11.8 points and hitting 56.7 percent of his shots across 24.5 minutes of work while pulling down 7.1 rebounds and posted over one block per game.
Personal:
Ruben Prey ... son of Catrin Prey and David Pinto ... has three siblings, Rafael, Joana and Leandro... chose St. John’s because it is the best program ... avid fan of Cristiano Ronaldo ... loves going to class, with sports psychology as his current favorite … one lesson from his mom is to believe in yourself and never stop dreaming … pursuing a degree in business.