St. John’s Red Storm
Big East (18-12, 11-5)
Big Wins: 2/12 at South Florida (65-59), 2/27 at Villanova (52-49), 3/4 DePaul (67-54)
Bad Losses: 11/9 vs Texas (60-70), 12/1 at Boston U (49-66), 3/2 at Seton Hall (51-60)
Coach: Joe Tartamella
Probable Starters:
Nadirah McKenith, Senior, Guard, 12.9 ppg, 5.3 apg, 5.0 rpg
Shenneika Smith, Senior, Guard, 16.7 ppg, 2.4 apg, 6.8 rpg, 2.2 bpg
Aliyyah Handford, Freshman, Guard, 9.2 ppg, 1.5 apg, 4.4 rpg
Briana Brown, Junior, Guard, 8.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Mary Nwachukwu, Junior, Forward, 2.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Keylantra Langley, Junior, Guard, 3.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg
Amber Thompson, Sophomore, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 61.3 (188th in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 55.8 (55, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 39.9 (121, 8)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.8 (72, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.0 (321, 13)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.6 (180, 9)
Rebound Margin: 1.4 (134, 9)
Assists Per Game: 12.2 (210, 12)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.5 (19, 2)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Creighton
2012 NCAA Round of 32 win over Oklahoma
2012 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Duke
2011 NCAA Round of 64 win over Texas Tech
2011 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Stanford
2010 NCAA Round of 64 win over Princeton
2010 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Florida State
2009 NIT First Round win over Harvard
2009 NIT Second Round win over Hartford
2009 NIT Third Round loss to Boston College
2008 NIT Second Round win over Iona
2008 NIT Third Round win over Boston College
2008 NIT Fourth Round loss to North Carolina State
*all team stats through 3/7
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