The St. John’s Red Storm welcome the NJIT Highlanders to Carnesecca Arena. Action begins at 12:00 pm ET on Sunday, Dec. 20 and can be seen on FS1.
The Red Storm are hoping to rebound after their 73-51 loss to Incarnate Word on Friday. Durand Johnson was the team’s leading scorer with 15 points. The Highlanders, meanwhile, are feeling some disappointment after their 65-56 loss against Columbia on Saturday. Ky Howard had a game-high 23 points.
Howard and Tim Coleman have upped their production over the last five games for the Highlanders. Howard has averaged 15.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.5 three-pointers during that stretch, while Coleman has put up 17.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.4 steals, 1.0 block, and 1.2 three-pointers.
Notes
With 68.5 possessions and .972 points per possession, the St. John’s Red Storm perform worse on both metrics than the NJIT Highlanders. NJIT averages 70.6 possessions and 1.079 points per possession.
The NJIT Highlanders average an effective field goal percentage of 50.5% this season. The St. John’s Red Storm have a losing record of 1-4 when opponents have an eFG% of 50.5% or greater.
NJIT ranks 70th in assists, recording 15.6 per game. St. John’s performs worse at 223rd with 12.8 assists per game.
St. John’s, the fourth-ranked team in blocked shots, records an average of 6.9 per game. NJIT ranks lower at 233rd with 2.9.
The NJIT Highlanders make an average of 6.7 steals per game. When the St. John’s Red Storm give up 6 or more steals, they are a winning 7-3.
