National Basketball Association
St. John's 77, Fordham 55
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 16, 2023
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials:
# Michael Palau, # Evon Burroughs, # Brian O'Connell
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Joel Soriano collected 20 points and 10 rebounds against his former school as St. John's never trailed and pulled away for a 77-55 victory over Fordham on Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Against the school he played 44 games for, Soriano shot 9-for-15 and notched his fifth 20-point game this season. The center also finished with his sixth double-double and 32nd since the start of last season. He added three blocks.
Soriano's performance helped St. John's (7-3) win for the fifth time in six games and bounce back from allowing Boston College to shoot 56 percent in Sunday's 86-80 loss.
Chris Ledlum added 11 points and was the only other double-figure scorer for the Red Storm, who shot 43.5 percent and survived missing 12 of 18 3-point tries and eight free throws.
Josh Rivera scored 15 points but shot 3-of-13 as the Rams (5-6) shot a ghastly 25.4 percent and missed 16 of 18 3-point attempts. Abdou Tsimbila added 12 as Fordham lost for the third time in four games and was held under 60 points for the second time.
Fordham's other three starters -- Japhet Medor, Kyle Rose and Antrell Charlton -- combined for 15 points on 2-for-21 from the field.
The Red Storm scored the first eight points and took an 18-8 lead on Nahiem Alleyne's jumper with 11:58 remaining. Nearly five minutes later, Alleyne hit a layup for a 30-12 lead, but Fordham was within 39-28 by halftime after outscoring St. John's 16-9.
Fordham sliced the deficit to 41-33 on Rose's jumper 63 seconds into the second half but St. John's opened a 53-35 lead on a putback by Sean Conway five minutes later.
The Rams trailed 53-41 on Tsimbila's hook shot with 9:45 to go but Soriano scored eight points in the Red Storm's 16-5 spurt that pushed the margin to 69-46 with 4:41 left to essentially finish it off.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Fordham |
|
St. John's |
|
Joshua Rivera 15 |
Scoring |
Joel Soriano 20 |
|
Japhet Medor 4 |
Assists |
Daniss Jenkins 8 |
|
Kyle Rose 7 |
Rebounds |
Joel Soriano 10 |
|
Joshua Rivera 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Chris Ledlum 5 |
|
Kyle Rose 3 |
Steals |
Sean Conway 2 |
|
Abdou Tsimbila 2 |
Blocks |
Joel Soriano 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Fordham
|
55 |
25.4 |
2-18 |
23-26 |
8 |
37 |
5 |
5 |
21 |
| St. John's
|
77 |
43.5 |
6-18 |
11-19 |
20 |
39 |
7 |
9 |
14 |
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