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St. John’s Leilani Correa Named MBWA Player of the Week

One day after being named the BIG EAST Player of the Week, sophomore guard Leilani Correa tabbed Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association’s Player of the Week on Tuesday. Correa led the Red Storm in a pair of road contests, averaging 32.0 points per game last week. The Manchester, N.J., native kicked off the week with a 29-point performance […]

St. John’s Women’s Basketball Leilani Correa Named BIG EAST Player of the Week

After averaging 32.0 points per game in a 1-1 week for the Red Storm, Leilani Correa has been named the BIG EAST Player of the Week, it was announced today by the league office. Correa, who has earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll four times this season, averaged 32.0 points, 3.0 assists, 2.0 […]

St. John’s Women’s Basketball Meets Georgetown on Wednesday at McDonough Arena

Playing on the road for the third-straight game, the St. John’s Women’s Basketball team travels to our nation’s capital for a Wednesday afternoon matchup with Georgetown. The 67th all-time meeting between the Johnnies (4-9, 1-7 BIG EAST) and Hoyas (1-5, 1-5 BIG EAST) is slated for a 4 p.m. tip on BEDN (FloHoops). St. John’s […]

Champagnie Earns MBWA Met Player of the Week Honors

Less than 24 hours after being named the BIG EAST Player of the Week and helping his team knocked off a ranked UConn squad in Storrs, Julian Champagnie has doubled up on the hardware, taking home Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Met Player of the Week honors. The award took into account games played from Jan. […]

St. John’s Men’s Basketball Heads to No. 25/RV Connecticut for MLK Day Matchup

Following a 1-1 week at home, the St. John’s Men’s Basketball team will hit the road for a Monday afternoon meeting with No. 25/RV Connecticut. Tip-off from Gampel Pavilion is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on FOX and 970 AM WNYM. Brian Custer and Donny Marshall will handle the broadcasting duties on television while John Minko […]

St. John’s Men’s Basketball loses heartbreaker to Marquette, 73-71

Things were red hot in Carnesecca Arena, as two very evenly matched teams in St. John’s and Marquette battled in College Basketball action on Saturday. The Red Storm fell in a heartbreaking loss 73-71. These two teams were so back and forth throughout the game, and it literally came down to the last seconds of […]

Jan. 20th ShoBox debut Career-changing opportunity for Unbeaten super lightweight “Marvelous” Mykquan Williams

Last month, hours after receiving the disappointing news that his first fight in 14 months had been scraped, unbeaten East Hartford (CT) super lightweight prospect “Marvelous” Mykquan Williams (15-0-1, 7 KOs) received word that instead of fighting in relatively obscurity in Cancun, he would be making his ShoBox: The New Generation” debut, January 20th at […]