St. John’s Falls to Seton Hall in OT
Derrell Bouknight, Sports Editor
February 24, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports
A packed crowd at Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon watched Shamorie Ponds glide through the lane with 50 seconds to go. As the sophomore guard from Brooklyn took his two step gather, the home bench rose as he did. A lefty layup from Ponds over Seton Hall Ismael Sanogo tied the game at 68....
St. John’s Cruises to Sixth Straight Home Win
Nick Bello, Assistant Photo Editor
February 17, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
The 90’s were back in Carnesecca Arena and so was the St. John’s women’s basketball team Friday night. The Red Storm cruised to victory over Seton Hall (15-11, 7-8 Big East) to put them at 9-7 in Big East Conference play with the season coming to a close. The Red Storm got out to an eight p...
Women’s Basketball Splits Weekend Matches
Nithaelle Drouillard, Staff Writer
February 14, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
The St. John’s women’s basketball team headed into the weekend hoping to sweep Villanova and Georgetown in their final match-ups of the season, the Wildcats coming first on Friday morning. The Red Storm entered the game with a 14-11 record, having already defeated Villanova 70-64 a month ago at...
Lacrosse Looks to Rebound From Tough 2017
Sean Okula, Staff Writer
February 14, 2018
Pick your metaphor of choice. A clean slate; a blank page; an empty canvas; they all lead back to one blissful concept: a new season. And yet, the doubters rage on against Coach Jason Miller and the men’s lacrosse team. Six wins since 2014, just one last season and Miller’s fellow Big East c...
Storm Watch: St. John’s has Turned its Season Around
Derrell Bouknight, Sports Editor
February 14, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Home Scroll, Men's Basketball, Sports
Chris Mullin has reiterated the same thing time and time again, never losing sight, or hope, of a win. Even when his team started Big East play winless in 11 games after a 10-2 start, the third-year head coach refused to lose faith and always believed there was a light at the end of the tunnel. ...
Men’s Basketball Stays Hot with Two Big East Wins
Brendan Myers, Assistant Sports Editor
February 14, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports
Head Coach Chris Mullin kept stressing to his team during their 11-game losing streak that all they needed was one game to go their way. That one game happened to be a win over then-No. 4 Duke, and the Red Storm kept rolling this past week, taking down top ranked Villanova on the road, 79-75, and th...
The Doubleheader: Spring Sports are Right Around the Corner
Derrell Bouknight, Sports Editor
February 8, 2018
Filed under Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Sports, Tennis, Track & Field, Women's Tennis
When the bitterness of winter finally leaves the and the crisp spring air makes its way into the March sky, many things around campus will be different than they are now. The Big East basketball tournaments will come and go, and winter sports will make room for their spring counterparts. The baseb...
Men’s Tennis Remains Hopeful Despite Tough Start
John Cavanagh, Staff Writer
February 8, 2018
Filed under Men's Tennis, Sports
The St. John’s Red Storm tennis team came into this season with a new coach and new hope. Head Coach Craig Schwartz was hired by the University in December of last year after being an assistant coach for the Appalachian State men’s and women’s programs. While there, the teams earned numerous...
Right on “Q”: Hoppie Making a Big Impact as a Freshman
Brendan Myers, Assistant Sports Editor
February 8, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
With just under a minute left in the third quarter ofw St. John’s Friday night clash against Butler, the Red Storm scored a basket to make it 59-27 in their favor. Four players trotted back to go play defense on the other end of the floor. Qadashah Hoppie stays down the court, and gives Butler’s...
Weekend Sweep for St. John’s Women’s Basketball
Nick Bello, Assistant Photo Editor
February 8, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
Coming into this weekend, the St. John’s women’s basketball team rode a three-game losing streak. The skid, which featured road losses to Seton Hall, Creighton and Providence, was broken with two resounding wins against Butler and Xavier this weekend. The Red Storm started their weekend series wi...
St. John’s Upsets No. 4 Duke at the Garden, Snaps Losing Streak
Derrell Bouknight, Sports Editor
February 3, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports
Back in August, Shamorie Ponds sent out a tweet-or maybe a business memo-regarding the third day in February. He talked about the first of a 2018/2019 home-and-home matchup against Duke, which was confirmed during the offseason. He gave the location, Madison Square Garden. The time was noon, his team...
The World was Much Different When St. John’s and Duke First Played
Nick Bello, Assistant Photo Editor
February 2, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports
On Feb. 4, 1938 at Madison Square Garden, St.John’s and Duke squared off for the first time. The Johnnies, or whatever their nickname was back then, defeated Duke 44-28. That was 79 years and 364 days prior to their meeting on Saturday. The world was a lot different back then. World War 2 hadn’t st...
