Breaking Down Tuesday’s Showdown with Marquette
Brendan Myers, Sports Editor
December 31, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
After a heart-breaking, controversial and draining loss to Seton Hall at the buzzer to close out 2018, St. John’s will have a chance to start off 2019 strong when #16 Marquette comes to Carnesecca Arena on Tuesday. While St. John’s can certainly feel jaded by the referees for the way the game...
St. John’s Falls in Dramatic Fashion in Big East Opener
Nick Bello, Social Media Manager
December 30, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
The Prudential Center was rocking Saturday night as the St. John’s Men’s Basketball team took on Seton Hall to open up their Big East schedule. Amidst the hype and the hoopla, both teams didn’t disappoint as fans were on the edge of their seats right down to the final seconds, with the Pirates...
Boubacar Diakite to Transfer from St. John’s
Brendan Myers, Sports Editor
May 18, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
Without ever stepping foot on the court in a live game for the Red Storm, redshirt freshman Boubacar Diakite's St. John's basketball career is over. The 6-foot-8 wing from Mali is transferring from the program, per Zach Braziller of the New York Post. He originally enrolled at St. John’s a year e...
Howie Schwab Brings Red Storm Love to FOX Sports
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
December 7, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Scroll
Howie Schwab’s heart does not pump blood. Instead, the 57-year-old Long Island native has St. John’s athletics coursing through his veins. Schwab, who rose to fame as ESPN’s resident sports information expert for nearly 30 years, graduated from St. John’s in 1982 with a degree in athletic ...
Men’s Soccer: Cooksley Looks to Future
Sean Okula, Staff Writer
December 7, 2017
Filed under Men's Soccer, Sports, Sports Scroll
Losing stings. There’s no sugarcoating it. One can work, grind, thrive, fall, rise again, cry, rejoice, hurt, win. Then it can all come crashing down, in the case of the St. John’s men’s soccer team last month, in just 90 short minutes. For some, the work will continue into the offseason ...
Ahmed Improving in His Senior Season
Brendan Myers, Assistant Sports Editor
December 6, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
It’s all come full circle for Bashir Ahmed. Growing up in the Bronx, he would head downtown Madison Square Garden and watch the Red Storm. Partly because he wanted to watch the game, but also because he wanted his hometown team to recruit him. When it didn’t happen, Ahmed chose to atten...
Bellero Recounts Breakout Junior Season
Zoë Stanley, Staff Writer
December 6, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Scroll, Women's Soccer
When the St. John’s women’s soccer team needed a leader on offense, in stepped Christina Bellero. The junior nearly doubled her scoring productivity from her sophomore campaign, registering a team-high 17 points this fall. A regular guest of the All-Big East Weekly Honor Roll this season,...
Lapchick Statue Finally Earns Spot on Campus
Derrell Bouknight, Co-Sports Editor
December 6, 2017
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
Just as the crowd began to settle into the seats planted between Taffner Fieldhouse and Carnesecca Arena, St. John’s Athletic Director Anton Goff stepped up to the podium. All eyes focused were focused on Goff, who welcomed the crowd and greeted its familiar faces. Jack Kaiser, Lou Carnesecca and Chri...
Women’s Basketball Finishes Bumpy Road Trip
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
December 6, 2017
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll, Women's Basketball
For the St. John’s women’s basketball team, all is well that ends well. The Red Storm wrapped up their lengthy road trip with a 74-64 victory over Florida Sunday night, pushing their record to 3-2 over a ten-day span that snapped their season-opening three-game win streak but ended with a triumph ov...
SJU Alum Charged with Series of Murders in Florida
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
November 29, 2017
Filed under Basketball, Breaking News, Home Scroll, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
Howell "Trai" Donaldson III, a former Red Storm basketball walk-on, was arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with four shootings in the Tampa area.
Red Storm Pick Up Two Wins in Inconsistent Effort at AdvoCare Invitational
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
November 26, 2017
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
The St. John’s men’s basketball team wanted a challenge, and their wishes came true this weekend at the AdvoCare Invitational. After picking up four wins in four tries with relative ease to begin the season, the Red Storm were ready to see how their high-flying philosophy and alpha-male confidence stack...
Men’s Basketball Survives First Test, Runs Over Nebraska 79-56
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
November 16, 2017
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
You could hear the celebration from down the hall. That’s how loud the Red Storm men’s basketball team was after they dismantled Nebraska, 79-56, in front of a rambunctious crowd at Carnesecca Arena on Thursday night. “We knew coming into this game that it was going to be big for us,” Marcus LoVe...
