NEW YORK – Less than week after defeating the St. John’s Red Storm by 20 points in Pittsburgh, the Panthers did it again; knocking off the No.12 seeded Johnnies at Madison Square Garden in the second game of the 2012 Big East Tournament, 73-59. Pittsburgh, who came into the first-round game as the No.13 seed, placed their trust in the ... Read More »
Category Archives: College Hoops
St. John's Wins Battle of Coasts
NEW YORK – In only the tenth overall meeting between the two storied programs, the St. John’s Red Storm avenged last season’s loss to the UCLA Bruins in a 66-63 win in front of national TV audience from Madison Square Garden Saturday. The Red Storm’s D’Angelo Harrison had a game-high 22 points and eight rebounds as one of four Johnnies’ ... Read More »
Kilpatrick’s Homecoming, A Success For Cincy
NEW YORK – Sophomore guard Sean Kilpatrick is no stranger to the bright lights of New York. A standout star for White Plains High School in Westchester, Kilpatrick made his return home count by notching 14 points and eight rebounds, including three 3-pointers in a 76-54 win for the Cincinnati Bearcats over the St. John’s Red Storm. A slow first ... Read More »
Johnnies Overwhelm West Virginia
NEW YORK – The Mountaineers of West Virginia rode into Madison Square Garden on a three-game win streak Wednesday night, but a total team effort culminated in the form of four Johnnies scoring in double-digits, putting to rest any notion for a fourth straight win in a 78-62 loss to St. John’s. Freshman forward Moe Harkless topped the Red Storm ... Read More »
Hoyas Halt Red Storm
NEW YORK – The longest running series in Georgetown men’s basketball continued Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, where the No.11 Hoyas ended a two-game skid with a 69-49 win over the St. John’s Red Storm. Freshman forward Moe Harkless of St. John’s led all scorers with 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the field in the 96th all-time meeting ... Read More »
St. John’s Men/Women Lose in Big East Doubleheader at MSG
NEW YORK – The Big East competition in both the men’s and women’s divisions are at a very high level. Six of the 16 teams in each are ranked in the Top 25 nationally. Only two women’s teams and three men’s have won/lost marks below .500. On Sunday afternoon, the men’s and women’s teams of St. John’s lost both games ... Read More »
Fordham Stuns Ranked Harvard
Bronx, NY – Tuesday night was the second consecutive memorable evening for the Fordham University (7-6) men’s basketball program. The Rams ended 2011 with an exciting victory over Georgia Tech in the sold-out Rose Hill Gym on Fordham’s Bronx campus on Dec. 30. Fordham’s first game of 2012 was against the Harvard Crimson (12-2) and more magic was in store ... Read More »
Johnnies Go Cold in Loss to Cards
NEW YORK – Going for their first win against a ranked opponent this season, the St. John’s Red Storm found themselves unable to connect with the basket in a 73-58 home loss to No.10 Louisville Tuesday night. St. John’s took to an early 8-3 lead, but quickly thereafter got mired in a 1 of 27 icy stretch from the field, ... Read More »
Holiday Surprise: Fordham Edges ACC's Georgia Tech
Bronx, NY – In a game reminiscent of Fordham’s 84-81 victory over St. John’s on Dec. 11, 2010 before the fans in a sold-out Rose Hill Gym, the Rams topped the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech (7-6), 72-66, on Thursday night. The win brought forth the emotions of the Fordham rooters in a packed gymnasium. The size of the crowd ... Read More »
MSG's Holiday Festival Belongs to SJU, Rutgers
Red Storm a Winner in Battle of Boroughs NEW YORK – Two of New York City’s prestigious Catholic school’s went at it on the hardwood of Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon, and it was the St. John’s Red Storm who cemented Queens’s status as the best of the five boroughs in their 56-50 win over Fordham in the 2011 Holiday ... Read More »
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