St. John’s Red Storm
Big East (21-10, 11-7)
Big Wins: 12/7 at South Florida (55-52), 1/2 Seton Hall (59-50), 1/11 at Creighton (61-38)
Bad Losses: 12/21 Indiana State (67-73), 1/9 Butler (50-55), 3/1 at Xavier (61-74)
Coach: Joe Tartamella
Probable Starters:
Aaliyah Lewis, Sophomore, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 4.3 apg
Aliyyah Handford, Junior, Guard, 19.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.3 spg
Danaejah Grant, Junior, Guard, 16.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.3 apg
Jade Walker, Sophomore, Forward, 8.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg
Amber Thompson, Senior, Forward, 6.9 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 2.2 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Kyra Dunn, Senior, Forward, 1.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Tonoia Wade, Freshman, Forward, 1.3 ppg
Crystal Simmons, Freshman, Guard, 1.2 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 63.2 (201st in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 57.9 (48, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.2 (52, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.0 (98, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 1.9 (342, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 27.2 (303, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 61.2 (330, 10)
Rebound Margin: 4.9 (50, 1)
Assists Per Game: 12.1 (228, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.1 (51, 5)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014 NCAA First Round win over USC
2014 NCAA Second Round loss to Tennessee
2013 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Dayton
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
2006 NCAA Round of 64 win over California
2006 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Maryland
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Creighton
2012 NCAA Round of 32 win over Oklahoma
2012 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Duke
*all team stats through 3/5
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