Tag Archive | 2014-15 St. John’s Women’s Basketball Season

Aliyyah Handford Earns MBWA Player of the Week Honors

One day after her performances against Villanova and Georgetown earned her a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the ninth time this season, junior guard Aliyyah Handford has been named the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week, it was announced this morning. This is the second time this season that […]

Handford Named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the Ninth Time

Coming off a pair of stellar performances this weekend at home against Villanova and Georgetown, junior guard Aliyyah Handford has been named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, it was announced this morning by the league office. This is the ninth time this season that Handford has been bestowed with the weekly honor.  She […]

Defense is the Key for the St John’s WBB team in victory over Villanova

It was just what the St. John’s Women’s Basketball team (18-8, 9-6 BIG EAST) needed a great defensive effort against a very good shooting team in Villanova (16-11, 10-5 BIG EAST). That combined with a fire and passion helped the Red Storm earn a 56-51 victory over their BIG EAST rivals at Carnesecca Arena. Six steals […]

Red Storm WBB Readies for Critical Road Match Against DePaul

After a strong second half propelled the Red Storm to a win over Marquette on Friday night in Milwaukee, St. John’s will get right back to work when it takes on DePaul at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon in Chicago.  The game will be nationally televised on FOX Sports 1 with Tiffany Greene and […]

Red Storm WBB Kicks Off Crucial Road Swing at Georgetown

One game out of first place in a wide-open BIG EAST, the St. John’s Red Storm will kick off a critical three-game road swing this weekend, beginning with a Friday evening showdown against Georgetown in our nation’s capital at 6 p.m.   RED STORM QUICK HITS A BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection for the […]

Aliyyah Handford Named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll

For the third-straight week and the sixth time overall this season, Aliyyah Handford has been named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, it was announced by the league office on Monday. The junior guard from Newark, N.J., had another spectacular week for the Red Storm, putting up back-to-back 25 point efforts against DePaul and […]

Red Storm WBB to Host Marquette on Sunday

Following a tough overtime loss to the defending conference champions on Friday afternoon, the St. John’s Red Storm will look to get back to its winning ways when it hosts Marquette on Sunday afternoon in Carnesecca Arena.  Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. on ESPN3 with Ralph Bednarczyk and D.J. Sixsmith on the call.   […]