St. John’s to Host Seton Hall at UBS Arena on Sunday
Red Storm and Pirates scheduled to tip-off at 5 p.m. with the national telecast airing on FS1
Red Storm and Pirates scheduled to tip-off at 5 p.m. with the national telecast airing on FS1
QUEENS, N.Y. (Feb. 16, 2024) – St. John’s will play its third and final contest at UBS Arena this season when it hosts Seton Hall on Sunday at 5 p.m.
FS1 will carry the national telecast for the matchup between the Red Storm (14-11, 6-8) and Pirates (16-9, 9-5) in Elmont, N.Y. FOX Sports announcers Lisa Byington and Sarah Kustok are on the call for the 112th meeting in series history. An audio broadcast of the game on the LEARFIELD Red Storm Sports Network with John Minko and Brandon Tierney will also be available on a variety of platforms including the Varsity Network App, TuneIn Radio, RedStormSports.com and the St. John's Red Storm mobile app. The radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 382 and the SiriusXM App.
The Johnnies will host the “BIG EAST Road Trip” on Sunday at UBS Arena. The conference’s 13-stop mobile tour began on Jan. 10 and will visit each member school to help expand the gameday celebrations for their respective fanbases. The interactive pop-up will include pregame entertainment and activities located just inside the main entrance at UBS Arena. The BIG EAST championship trophy will also be on display.
St. John’s has won its previous two contests in Elmont, N.Y., defeating Hofstra (Dec. 30) and DePaul (Feb. 6). The Red Storm has averaged 84.5 points and has shot 42.6 percent from the field in its two wins at UBS Arena this season. Daniss Jenkins (17.5 ppg) and Jordan Dingle (14.5 ppg) have also been the team’s top scorers in those contests.
In their last contest at UBS Arena, the Johnnies set a program record for most threes against a BIG EAST opponent by hitting 15 in a 28-point win over DePaul on Feb. 6. Jenkins and Dingle each hit four 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 14 points apiece.
In a series that began in 1909, St. John’s and Seton Hall have played every season since the 1963-64 campaign. The Red Storm has dropped the last three games versus the Pirates and look for its first win since Jan. 24, 2022, when St. John’s downed Seton Hall, 84-63, inside Walsh Gymnasium.
On Sunday, the Red Storm will also look to split the regular season series with Seton Hall after dropping its matchup on Jan. 16 in Newark. St. John’s was without Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino and Dingle, who both missed the contest due to illness.
Seton Hall has won three of its last four games and is coming off an 88-70 victory over Xavier on Wednesday at Prudential Center. Senior guard Kadary Richmond led the Pirates with 20 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds in the win over the Musketeers.
The Pirates enter Sunday’s contest with a 4-4 record in road games this season. Richmond has averaged a team-best 15.6 points, 4.6 assists and 2.1 steals on the road. As a team, Seton Hall has registered 63.8 points per game while shooting 30.6 percent (44-144 3FG) from distance in away contests.
After hosting Seton Hall on Sunday, St. John’s will travel to Washington, D.C. for a matchup Georgetown on Wednesday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. with the live broadcast airing on FS1.
