St. John's University Athletics
2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Alexander, Posh
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Posh Alexander
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Guard
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
- High School:
- Our Saviour Lutheran
Bio
2022-23
Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team …. 2022 John R. Wooden Award Watch List for nation’s top player … All-MET Third Team … appeared in 30 contests, making 28 starts … averaged 10.2 points, 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game … Shot 40.0 percent from the floor in 32.8 minutes per contest … in conference play alone, chipped in 10.7 points, 4.1 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game … led all scorers with 14 points to go along with three steals against No. 23/23 Iowa State (Dec. 4) … tallied 13 points, six boards, six assists and a trio of steals against DePaul (Dec. 7) … chipped in 14 points, five boards and a pair of swipes at Providence (Jan. 7) … matched a career-high with six steals to go with nine points against Butler (Jan. 10) … scored 14 points to go with three boards, three assists and a pair of steals at No. 6/7 UConn (Jan. 15) … rattled off a team-best 17 points on a 8-of-11 shooting clip to go with nine boards and six assists across 39 minutes at Butler (Feb. 7) … flirted with a double-double in upset win over No. 20/17 Providence (Feb. 11), posting 10 points and nine assists in 35 minutes of action … logged a season-high 18 points on a 7-for-12 shooting clip with a game-best five assists against No. 18/23 UConn (Feb. 25) … rattled off another 18 on a 6-for-12 mark from the floor with three 3-pointers and three assists against No. 6/6 Marquette (March 4).
2021-22
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention… Second Team All-Met… appeared in 29 games and made 25 starts... led the BIG EAST and ranked 11th nationally in steals per game (2.3)… ranked second in the BIG EAST and 19th nationally with 5.5 assists per contest… poured in 13.8 points per contest, good enough for 11th in the league… finished in double figures 23 times with three 20-point efforts… posted three double-doubles… named to the watch list for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award… recorded 10 or more points in each of his first 14 appearances… scored 18 points and dished out seven assists in the season-opener against Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 9)… registered nine assists against Saint Peter’s (Nov. 13)… scored a then-career-high 23 points on 11-of-16 shooting against Fordham (Dec. 5)… posted an 11-point, 10-rebound double-double in an overtime loss at UConn (Jan. 12)… tallied career-highs of 29 points and 12 assists in a four-point loss to No. 15 Providence at Carnesecca Arena (Feb. 1)… had 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting and 10 assists in a 91-57 win over Butler in Queens (Feb. 18)… logged 17 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in a home win against Xavier (March 2).
2020-21
BIG East Freshman of the Year… BIG EAST Co-Defensive Player of the Year, unanimous BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection…. one of four players in conference history to be named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman, joining a group that features three Naismith Hall of Famers (Allen Iverson, Alonzo Mourning and Patrick Ewing)… one of only three players alongside Iverson and Ewing to win BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year simultaneously... started 24 of his 25 appearances… MBWA All-Met Rookie of the Year... averaged 10.9 points, 4.3 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game… scored in double figures 13 times with a pair of 20-point outings... led the BIG EAST in steals per game, ranked sixth overall and first among freshmen in assists per game… tied for sixth nationally, first among freshmen, in steals per game… four-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Dec. 21, Jan. 25, Feb. 1, Feb. 8)… named to the All-Lapchick Tournament Team after averaging 12 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 3.0 steals during his first two collegiate games… scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half against Boston College (Nov. 30)… tallied 18 points, six assists and three steals in the win at No. 23 UConn (Jan. 18)… logged his first 20-point game against Utah Valley (Jan. 23)… posted a season-high six steals in the win at Marquette (Jan. 31)… had 16 points, six assists and three steals in the win over No. 3 Villanova at Carnesecca Arena (Feb. 3)… poured in a season-high 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting at Providence (Feb. 6)… tallied 15 points, nine assists and eight boards against Xavier (Feb. 16)
Before St. John’s
Starred at Our Saviour Lutheran in the Bronx alongside St. John’s teammate Dylan Addae-Wusu… a four-star recruit and the no. 6 prospect in New York state according to ESPN… an explosive combo guard who dropped a league-record 60 points as a senior on 24-of-40 shooting to go along with eight assists and seven boards in a game against Word of God Academy… led OSL to the Grind Session Championship Game… missed almost all of his junior season with a broken arm… was slotted as high as no. 44 in the 247 national player rankings in 2017 before his injury… played for NY Lightning on the AAU circuit… competed in the 2017 Jordan Brand Classic Global Showcase, where he scored 13 points and dished out six assists.
Personal
Posh Alexander… born in Brooklyn N.Y…. chose St. John’s because Madison Square Garden felt like home… lists his parents as the people he admires most and Michael Jordan as his favorite athlete.
Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team …. 2022 John R. Wooden Award Watch List for nation’s top player … All-MET Third Team … appeared in 30 contests, making 28 starts … averaged 10.2 points, 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game … Shot 40.0 percent from the floor in 32.8 minutes per contest … in conference play alone, chipped in 10.7 points, 4.1 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game … led all scorers with 14 points to go along with three steals against No. 23/23 Iowa State (Dec. 4) … tallied 13 points, six boards, six assists and a trio of steals against DePaul (Dec. 7) … chipped in 14 points, five boards and a pair of swipes at Providence (Jan. 7) … matched a career-high with six steals to go with nine points against Butler (Jan. 10) … scored 14 points to go with three boards, three assists and a pair of steals at No. 6/7 UConn (Jan. 15) … rattled off a team-best 17 points on a 8-of-11 shooting clip to go with nine boards and six assists across 39 minutes at Butler (Feb. 7) … flirted with a double-double in upset win over No. 20/17 Providence (Feb. 11), posting 10 points and nine assists in 35 minutes of action … logged a season-high 18 points on a 7-for-12 shooting clip with a game-best five assists against No. 18/23 UConn (Feb. 25) … rattled off another 18 on a 6-for-12 mark from the floor with three 3-pointers and three assists against No. 6/6 Marquette (March 4).
2021-22
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention… Second Team All-Met… appeared in 29 games and made 25 starts... led the BIG EAST and ranked 11th nationally in steals per game (2.3)… ranked second in the BIG EAST and 19th nationally with 5.5 assists per contest… poured in 13.8 points per contest, good enough for 11th in the league… finished in double figures 23 times with three 20-point efforts… posted three double-doubles… named to the watch list for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award… recorded 10 or more points in each of his first 14 appearances… scored 18 points and dished out seven assists in the season-opener against Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 9)… registered nine assists against Saint Peter’s (Nov. 13)… scored a then-career-high 23 points on 11-of-16 shooting against Fordham (Dec. 5)… posted an 11-point, 10-rebound double-double in an overtime loss at UConn (Jan. 12)… tallied career-highs of 29 points and 12 assists in a four-point loss to No. 15 Providence at Carnesecca Arena (Feb. 1)… had 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting and 10 assists in a 91-57 win over Butler in Queens (Feb. 18)… logged 17 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in a home win against Xavier (March 2).
2020-21
BIG East Freshman of the Year… BIG EAST Co-Defensive Player of the Year, unanimous BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection…. one of four players in conference history to be named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman, joining a group that features three Naismith Hall of Famers (Allen Iverson, Alonzo Mourning and Patrick Ewing)… one of only three players alongside Iverson and Ewing to win BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year simultaneously... started 24 of his 25 appearances… MBWA All-Met Rookie of the Year... averaged 10.9 points, 4.3 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game… scored in double figures 13 times with a pair of 20-point outings... led the BIG EAST in steals per game, ranked sixth overall and first among freshmen in assists per game… tied for sixth nationally, first among freshmen, in steals per game… four-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Dec. 21, Jan. 25, Feb. 1, Feb. 8)… named to the All-Lapchick Tournament Team after averaging 12 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 3.0 steals during his first two collegiate games… scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half against Boston College (Nov. 30)… tallied 18 points, six assists and three steals in the win at No. 23 UConn (Jan. 18)… logged his first 20-point game against Utah Valley (Jan. 23)… posted a season-high six steals in the win at Marquette (Jan. 31)… had 16 points, six assists and three steals in the win over No. 3 Villanova at Carnesecca Arena (Feb. 3)… poured in a season-high 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting at Providence (Feb. 6)… tallied 15 points, nine assists and eight boards against Xavier (Feb. 16)
Before St. John’s
Starred at Our Saviour Lutheran in the Bronx alongside St. John’s teammate Dylan Addae-Wusu… a four-star recruit and the no. 6 prospect in New York state according to ESPN… an explosive combo guard who dropped a league-record 60 points as a senior on 24-of-40 shooting to go along with eight assists and seven boards in a game against Word of God Academy… led OSL to the Grind Session Championship Game… missed almost all of his junior season with a broken arm… was slotted as high as no. 44 in the 247 national player rankings in 2017 before his injury… played for NY Lightning on the AAU circuit… competed in the 2017 Jordan Brand Classic Global Showcase, where he scored 13 points and dished out six assists.
Personal
Posh Alexander… born in Brooklyn N.Y…. chose St. John’s because Madison Square Garden felt like home… lists his parents as the people he admires most and Michael Jordan as his favorite athlete.