National Basketball Association
St. John's 90, Fordham 62
When: 6:30 PM ET, Thursday, December 8, 2016
Where: Carnesecca Arena, Queens, New York
Officials:
# Ed Corbett, # Brian Dorsey, # Mike Eades
Attendance:
4474
By The Sports Xchange
Shamorie Ponds set a season-high with 26 points and St. John's blew past New York City rival Fordham, 90-62, Thursday night at Carnesecca Arena.
Ponds, a freshman guard, scored 25 points in his last outing but outdid himself again against the Rams. Ponds hit 7-of-11 3-pointers and almost had a triple-double with nine assists and seven rebounds.
Ponds is now averaging 17.3 points on the season, and his nine assists were also the high mark of his 10-game St. John's career.
Led by Ponds, the Red Storm (5-5) dominated even while missing leading scorer Marcus LoVett for the second consecutive game. LoVett, a freshman guard averaging 18.8 points, is dealing with an ankle injury.
St. John's shot 58.2 percent from the floor, hit 15 of 31 3-point attempts and turned what was a close game late in the first half into a blowout early in the second. Federico Mussini had 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and his three-point play at the end of the first half gave St. John's a nine-point halftime lead.
The victory was the third in a row for the Red Storm, who closed out November with five straight losses. During the three-game winning streak, St. John's is shooting 41-for-78 (52.6 percent) from beyond the 3-point arc.
Meanwhile, it was the fourth loss in a row for Fordham (5-5). Junior forward Christian Sengfelder led the Rams with 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting and junior guard Will Tavares chipped in 14 points. The Rams shot only 35.7 percent from the field and were outrebounded by St. John's, 41-21.
Top Game Performances
| Fordham |
|
St. John's |
|
Christian Sengfelder 20 |
Scoring |
Shamorie Ponds 26 |
|
Joseph Chartouny 6 |
Assists |
Shamorie Ponds 9 |
|
Joseph Chartouny 7 |
Rebounds |
Amar Alibegovic 8 |
|
Will Tavares 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Bashir Ahmed 2 |
|
JaVontae Hawkins 2 |
Steals |
Shamorie Ponds 4 |
|
Christian Sengfelder 1 |
Blocks |
Tariq Owens 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Fordham
|
62 |
35.7 |
10-26 |
12-15 |
11 |
19 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
| St. John's
|
90 |
58.2 |
15-31 |
11-14 |
24 |
37 |
10 |
7 |
16 |
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