St. John's at DePaul Blue Demons game thread: Phil Greene's homecoming
by picodulce on Feb 1, 2012 7:15 PM EST
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PrintSt. John's Red Storm at DePaul Blue Demons, Feb 1, 2012 8:30 PM EST
| St. John's Red Storm (9-12, 3-6 Big East) | DePaul Blue Demons (11-9, 2-6 Big East) | |
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| Likely Starters | ||
| Phil Greene | G | Brandon Young |
| D`Angelo Harrison | G | Jeremiah Kelly |
| Amir Garrett | F/G | Charles McKinney |
| Sir`Dominic Pointer | F | Cleveland Melvin |
| Maurice Harkless | F/C | Krys Faber |
| Wednesday, 8:30 PM (Eastern), Rosemont, IL | ||
| ESPN3 Link | ||
| Allstate Arena | ||
| Vegas Spread: -2.5 DePaul | ||
St. John's tries to build momentum against the DePaul Blue Demons. By scoring/ efficiency margins, the Blue Demons are the worst team in the league, but do have wins over Rutgers and Pittsburgh. This isn't like the DePaul teams that had one win in two seasons of Big East play; this team could take out the Johnnies.
Vegas thinks they will. It's up to St. John's to prove the oddsmakers wrong.
The crowd will be raucous. Here's what the crowd looked like during the 2010 triple-overtime game: 
Yeah, that's a huge crowd (sarcasm). But we hope to see a whole lot of Phil Greene's peoples; he had some folks at Marquette, as well.
In case you're wondering where Rosemont is, it's right by O'Hare Airport, on the edge of the city, and 16 miles from DePaul's campus... without a reliable public transportation option.
Catch up with our game previews:
Phil Greene set to show off new-look style in Chicago homecoming
5 questions on DePaul with Under the El and Blue Demons Nation | (the Rumble's Answers)
Storm Warnings: St. John's: St. John's midterm report: team + player reviews and statistics
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Courtside...
not a huge crowd. The DePaul folks are especially friendly. The crowd, per usual, is pretty sparse. It’s 16-17 miles from campus.
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Per WeAreDePaul
Starters: McKinney, Melvin, Young, Faber, Clahar #dpubb
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on pg Worrel Clahar
Brooklyn’s Worrel Clahar is Malik Boothe-sized. He’s also hit 10/20 from outside the arc (50%) #stjbb
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St. John's starters as listed above.
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WOW This is wild.
The refs are really letting them play. 12-10 St. John’s.
The Johnnies are playing a bit recklessly… and Harkless isn’t in rhythm yet.
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Harrison has 8 of the team's points...
Garrett hit a midrange jumper, and Phil Greene hit the other shot.
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Since the last media timeout
DePaul has gone 5/7. St. John’s, 1/7. DePaul had assists on 4 of those baskets.
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21-15 DePaul
The pressure is extending.
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This extended pressure is interesting.
Seems like a good idea because the guards seem a bit suffocated so far.
I think it touched the rim
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Greene is struggling with the constant pressure.
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We're to the point where they're forcing up bad shots
just to avoid having to deal with the pressure once the offense sets.
Do they look as horrible on TV
As they do courtside? Discombobulated.
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Yep.
And, as usual, they’ve spent the last few minutes talking about God’sGift’s name.
I saw that.
On D’Angelo? Undercut him. Should be a foul, but Jim Burr has a deal at one of the downtown bars.
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DePaul hasn't won a conference game by double digits since March 3, 2007
I know it has no relevance to this game, and we have a long way to go in this one, but I got curious and looked it up. That’s quite the streak (and I hope it doesn’t end tonight).
good stat
I hope I won’t have to refer to it.
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And Harkless is visibly hobbling back on defense
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but...
The fact he was laying back had him in position for the steal, so that’s a positive.
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I'm waiting for them to show you on TV
with your face buried in your phone.
I'm under the current DePaul basket
And near the St. John’s bench.
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That's likely Phil's fam you're seeing.
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so is that.
Fouling too much… can’t rebound either end.
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Never heard it before.
I can tell you what God’sGift’s great aunt’s name is though.
So as the Texan here, is anybody going to join me
at SMU and Houston in the future? Just me? Well then.
Down by one at the half
with Harrison and Harkless a combined 3-20. Law of averages says they come alive and we blow them out of the building in the second half!
Harkless IS hobbling...
And Harrison looks overaggressive.
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Harrison doesn't seem to "come alive" much during games.
But he’s due to hit a few more and Harkless is definitely due to get the mid-range game going.
Haha, I was going to say "I told you so"
but I was joking with that comment… the law of averages tends not to manifest itself this directly in such a small sample size… but I’ll take it!
What a flurry...
St. John’s forced 7 turnovers between the U4 timeout and the half. Went to the line 8 times as well. Scored 11 points to pull within 1.
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Stats
2p% 55.6% 28.0%
3p% 18.2% 28.6%
oreb 11.1% 25.0%
poss 38.85 37.7
to% 23.5% 15.7%
efg% 44.8% 31.3%
ftr 20.7% 37.5%
score 31 30
ppp 0.81 0.78
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whoops
First is DePaul, second “column” in St. John’s.
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Nice to actually be bounding well tonight
Of course, the missed shots are creating plenty of offensive rebound opportunities
By the way...I was at the Texas/Texas A&M game a couple weeks ago...
and guess who I heard screaming in a quiet arena of 16,700 during the second half!!! I went on a yelling tirade in the middle of the Texas student section.
ANNA CATE
She’s a demon.
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My friend, who doesn't follow St. John's much at all, knew about that situation
the second he heard it, he just looked at me and started laughing hysterically.
I think a grown up version of Anna Cate is behind me on press row.
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Johnnies shot 9/32, DePaul shot 12/29St. John's gone to the FT line 12 times, made ten. DePaul has gone 6, made 5
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Greene isn't having an awful game
but just completely wreckless at times. Although you can say that about most of the team.
Sir'Dom... we need to talk
About that dribble. It’s sloppy.
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Achiuwa only played 8 minutes in the first half...
He’s really fallen out of favor?
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2 Harrison threes in a row… 3 threes in a row…
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4/5 in the half from outside!
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swishing and dishing!
(without the dishing)
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LOL
Harrison got tired, asked for a minute out, per Rubin’s Twitter.
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God's gift has butterfingers...
He should do the commercials
UConn is really trying hard for a spot in the Big 10
judging by their recent scoring efforts.
St. John's...
I think they’ve already surpassed the average # of possessions in UConn’s recent games
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Man, Stith is really our last reminder of what type of talent
this program used to land. I hate to insult the guy, but he’s clearly the least-talented (scholarship) player on the team.
Come on, Gift!
You’re one-on-one in the post! Go at him!
No kidding.
This is one of his best stretches of the year.
That was rufff.
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God'sgift with the style points!
The REVERSE dunk in transition!
Oh, btw, D’Angelo Harrison has 7 threes. The school record, per St. John’s, is 8 by Avery Patterson.
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Greene is putting on a show for the hometown.
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This is straight up streetball
I’m fine with it when we’re winning.
Random timeout thought
Is the Pac 12 playing basketball this year?
no one wants to admit they're part of the NCAAs
Maybe we can loan them to the NAIA.
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Phil is feeling it.
Called for the screen, used it to drive, and missed the shot, but Achiuwa puts it back.
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Achiuwa just saved a terrible possession.
Harrison had an open shot but… he’s got to burn more time. He has to.
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I'm in the camp that likes taking the open shot.
Especially since DePaul has knocked down some threes in this game.
Yeah, I'm actually OK with it
He was trying to dribble back out, but they were basically inviting him to take a 6 footer
Glad Harrison avoided the prevent offense
That loses games for teams more than anything. If you have an open layup, take it.
probably!
How many has he scored?
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13 I think?
But really been a physical presence on both ends of the court during the second half.
I got you.
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Any road win is a good one with a bunch this young
Glad they pulled it off.
Also
I can’t believe they scored 87 after that first half.
Sorry for not threading tonight. Was at a restaurant for the game.
But, what a win. Johnnies clearly the better team. Tough to win any conference road games – no matter who the opponent is. Once again, Harrison shows that he’s capable of carrying an offense. Tonight was about Harrison’s hot shooting, Greene’s big homecoming, and Gift’s reemergence. Who’s pumped for Saturday?
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