St. John's Women's Basketball 2014 NCAA Tournament Capsule

St. John’s Red Storm
Big East (22-10, 13-5)

 

Big Wins: 12/22 vs Texas A&M (72-70), 1/11 at DePaul (96-86), 2/15 Villanova (69-56)
Bad Losses: 12/14 Drexel (55-62), 1/04 at Xavier (65-70), 2/18 at Georgetown (57-60)
Coach: Joe Tartamella (2 seasons at St. John’s)

Probable Starters:
Aliyyah Handford, Sophomore, Guard, 16.2 ppg, 1.8 apg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 spg
Briana Brown, Senior, Guard, 9.6 ppg, 1.5 apg, 5.0 rpg
Danaejah Grant, Sophomore, Guard, 11.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Eugeneia McPherson, Senior, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 3.1 apg
Amber Thompson, Junior, Forward, 7.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 1.4 bpg

Key Roleplayers:
Keylantra Langley, Senior, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 1.3 apg
Aaliyah Lewis, Freshman, Guard, 3.0 ppg, 2.2 apg
Jade Walker, Freshman, Guard/Forward, 4.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.9 (189th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.7 (54, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.3 (54, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.3 (121, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.7 (299, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 63.9 (301, 10)
Rebound Margin: 2.7 (108, 4)
Assists Per Game: 12.1 (252, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (125, 6)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Dayton
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
2006    NCAA    Round of 64 win over California
2006    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to Maryland

*all team stats through 3/6

 

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