Queens, NY – The St John’s Crimson Storm (10-4) got here out on prime Tuesday evening in a Massive East convention match-up in opposition to the Butler Bulldogs (10-4) 86-70.
The Crimson Storm had a balanced offensive assault that noticed six gamers attain double figures on the evening. Main that assault was senior guard Daniss Jenkins who completed with a workforce excessive 17 factors (6-12 FG), 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Jenkins continues to showcase his skill to successfully run the offense as he’s carried out all season. He has a superb sense as to when to reset damaged performs within the half courtroom units and get the ball transferring to the correct areas on the courtroom. He’s additionally nice at caring for the basketball and minimizing his and the workforce’s turnovers when he’s within the sport. His tempo with the basketball and his courtroom imaginative and prescient results in his excessive help and low turnover numbers.
One other huge contributor to the Crimson Storm’s victory was RJ Luis Jr., a sophomore guard. Taking a workforce excessive 15 discipline objective makes an attempt, Luis Jr. continuously discovered himself weaving into the lane and to the rim for robust finishes. He successfully used his energy to maintain defenders on his again on his decide & roll drives. From there he both may use that energy and ball dealing with to get to the rim for a layup or a foul or cease on the dime for a pull up mid-range shot. Freshman ahead Brady Dunlap got here off the bench for St John’s and offered immediate offense. Ending with 13 factors (5-7 FG, 3-5 3PT) Dunlap had his greatest scoring sport of the season, taking season highs in discipline objective makes an attempt and makes and three pointers made. His function on this offense can nonetheless develop if he constantly takes and makes these outdoors pictures.
Rounding out the scoring for the Crimson Storm was senior Joel Soriano with 14 factors, adopted by fellow seniors Chris Ledlum (13 factors) and Nahiem Alleyne with 10. The Bulldogs offense couldn’t preserve a rhythm in opposition to the zone protection of St John’s which led them to shot clock violation turnovers, unhealthy passes or ending possessions taking robust contested pictures. Senior guard DJ Davis was the excessive scorer for Butler ending with a sport excessive 25 factors (10-17 FG). Davis was the one Butler participant who appeared to have the ability to get open seems to be and discover holes within the Crimson Storm zone protection. Each time the Crimson Storm guards would shut out or go over the display screen within the decide and roll, Davis was additionally capable of get good dribble penetration and get good shut pictures to go down whereas transferring downhill. Nevertheless, his effort alone wasn’t sufficient to hold his workforce to the win tonight.
Butler seems to be to rebound from tonight’s loss Friday evening at house in one other Massive East matchup vs No. 4-rated UConn (12-2) whereas St John’s goes on the highway to face Villanova (9-4) on Saturday afternoon as they give the impression of being to increase their win streak.
This text was written by Frank Amankwah, a correspondent and scout for NetScouts Basketball. You possibly can comply with us on Fb, or on twitter.
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