2005-06 MEN S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS GENERAL Location... Queens, N.Y. 11439 Founded... 1807 Enrollment... 19,600 Nickname... Red Storm Colors... Red and White Arena (Capacity)... Madison Square Garden (19,786)... Carnesecca Arena (6,008) Affiliation... NCAA Division I Conference... BIG EAST President... Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M. Athletic Director...Chris Monasch (St. John s 81) Athletic Department Phone... 718-990-6217 Press Row Phone... MSG - 212-465-6536... CA - 718-990-5713 HISTORY First Year of Basketball... 1907-08 Overall All-Time Record...1,677-802 (.676) NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last... 27/2002 NCAA Final Fours... 2 (1952, 1985) NCAA Final Eights... 6 (1951, 1952, 1979, 1985, 1991, 1999) NCAA Sweet Sixteens... 9 (1951, 1952, 1967, 1969,... 1979, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1999) Postseason NIT Appearances/Last... 27/2003 Postseason NIT Championships... 6 (1943, 1844,...1959,1965, 1989, 2003) BIG EAST Championships... 8 (Tournament -1982, 1986, 2000; Regular Season - 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992) BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach... Norm Roberts (Queens College 87) Overall NCAA Division I Record (Years)... 9-18 (1) Record at St. John s s (Years) ears)... 9-18 (1) Assistant Coach... Glenn Braica (Queens College 88) Assistant Coach... Jose Martin (Monmouth 93) Assistant Coach... Fred Quartlebaum (Fordham 89) Dir./Ops /Ops.... Chris Casey (Western Conn. State 86) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Director of Athletic Communications/Men s Basketball Contact... Mark Fratto (SUNY Geneseo 99) Media Relations Phone... 718-990-1520 Media Relations Fax... 718-969-8648 Fratto s s Office fice Phone... 718-990-6897 Fratto s s E-mail... frattom@stjohns.edu Fratto s s Mobile Phone... 917-698-0865 Athletics Website... www.redstormsports.com TEAM INFORMATION 5 Overall Record... 9-18 BIG EAST Record/Finish... 3-13, 11th Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 11/3 Starters Returning/Lost... 5/0 Newcomers... 4 RETURNING PLAYERS #3 Daryll Hill Jr., G 6-0, 165 lbs. Queens, N.Y. 5 Stats: 27 GP/26 GS, 20.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.5 apg 5 Honors: Third Team All-BIG EAST #34 Lamont Hamilton Jr., F 6-10, 242 lbs. Brooklyn, N.Y. 5 Stats: 27 GP/27 GS, 13.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.6 bpg #4 Eugene Lawrence So., G 6-1, 210 lbs. Brooklyn, N.Y. 5 Stats: 27 GP/20 GS, 7.3 ppg, 3.9 apg #24 Dexter Gray So., F 6-7, 215 lbs. Mount Vernon, N.Y. -05 Stats: 27 GP/26 GS, 6.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg #23 Ryan Williams Sr., F 6-5, 222 lbs. Queens, N.Y. -05 Stats: 27 GP/3 GS, 5.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg #11 Cedric Jackson So., G 6-2, 198 lbs. Columbus, N.J. -05 Stats: 27 GP/25 GP, 4.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg #15 Phil Missere Gr., F 6-9, 206 lbs. Cornwall, N.Y. 5 Stats: 26 GP, 2.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg #21 Jermaine Maybank R-Jr., G 6-4, 171 lbs. Bronx, N.Y. 5: Medical redshirt season #5 Devin Mayo Jr., F 6-0, 156 lbs. Upper Marlboro, Md. 5: Walk-on, 6 GP #00 Nygel Roach Sr., G 6-3, 189 lbs. North Bergen, N.J. 5: Walk-on, 3 GP #33 Otoja Abit So., F 6-6, 175 lbs. Woodside, N.Y. 5: Walk-on, 6 GP #45 Adam Laitsas So., G 6-3, 196 lbs. Westchester, Calif. 5: Walk-on NEWCOMERS #10 Tomas Jasiulionis Fr., C 6-11, 233 lbs. Richmond, Va. 5 Stats at Trinity Episcopal: 20.0 ppg, 14.0 rpg, 4.0 bpg #20 Anthony Mason, Jr. Fr., F 6-7, 203 lbs. Memphis, Tenn. 5 Stats at Fairley H.S.: 20.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 4.0 apg #22 Ricky Torres orres Fr., G 6-5, 218 lbs. Bronx, N.Y. 5 Stats at St. Raymond s: 20.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.5 apg #40 Aaron Spears Jr., F 6-10, 260 lbs. Chicago, Ill. 5 Stats at Highland C.C. (Ill.): 10.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg #30 Liam Biesty So., G 6-0, 197 lbs. Brooklyn, N.Y. Walk-on, Poly Prep High School
2005-06 MEN S BASKETBALL ROSTERS ALPHABETICAL (TENTATIVE) NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL.-EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 33 Otoja Abit F 6-6 175 So.-1V Woodside, N.Y. (Archbishop Molloy) 30 Liam Biesty G 6-0 197 So.-HS Brooklyn, N.Y. (Poly Prep) 24 Dexter Gray F 6-7 215 So.-1V Mount Vernon, N.Y. (Mount Vernon) 34 Lamont Hamilton F 6-10 242 Jr.-2V Brooklyn, N.Y. (North Bridgton Academy (Maine) 3 Daryll Hill G 6-0 165 Jr.-2V Queens, N.Y. (Cardozo) 11 Cedric Jackson G 6-2 198 So.-1V Columbus, N.J. (Northern Burlington) 10 Tomas Jasiulionis C 6-11 233 Fr.-HS Richmond, Va. (Trinity Episcopal) 45 Adam Laitsas G 6-3 196 So.-HS Westchester, Calif. (Westchester) 4 Eugene Lawrence G 6-1 210 So.-1V Brooklyn, N.Y. (Lincoln) 20 Anthony Mason, Jr. F 6-7 203 Fr.-HS Memphis, Tenn. (Fairley) 21 Jermaine Maybank G 6-4 171 R-Jr.-TR Bronx, N.Y. (Independence C.C.) 5 Devin Mayo G 6-0 156 Jr.-2V Upper Marlboro, Md. (Upper Marlboro) 15 Phil Missere F 6-9 206 Gr.-2V Cornwall, N.Y. (Cornwall Central) 0 Nygel Roach G 6-3 189 Sr.-2V North Bergen, N.J. (Xavier) 40 Aaron Spears F 6-10 260 Jr.-TR Chicago, Ill. (Highland C.C.) 22 Ricky Torres G 6-5 218 Fr.-HS Bronx, N.Y. (St. Raymond s) 23 Ryan Williams F 6-5 222 Sr.-1V Queens, N.Y. (Monroe C.C./Cardozo) NUMERICAL (TENTATIVE) NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL.-EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 0 Nygel Roach G 6-3 189 Sr.-2V North Bergen, N.J. (Xavier) 3 Daryll Hill G 6-0 165 Jr.-2V Queens, N.Y. (Cardozo) 4 Eugene Lawrence G 6-1 210 So.-1V Brooklyn, N.Y. (Lincoln) 5 Devin Mayo G 6-0 156 Jr.-2V Upper Marlboro, Md. (Upper Marlboro) 10 Tomas Jasiulionis C 6-11 233 Fr.-HS Richmond, Va. (Trinity Episcopal) 11 Cedric Jackson G 6-2 198 So.-1V Columbus, N.J. (Northern Burlington) 15 Phil Missere F 6-9 206 Gr.-2V Cornwall, N.Y. (Cornwall Central) 20 Anthony Mason, Jr. F 6-7 203 Fr.-HS Memphis, Tenn. (Fairley) 21 Jermaine Maybank G 6-4 171 R-Jr.-TR Bronx, N.Y. (Independence C.C.) 22 Ricky Torres G 6-5 218 Fr.-HS Bronx, N.Y. (St. Raymond s) 23 Ryan Williams F 6-5 222 Sr.-1V Queens, N.Y. (Monroe C.C./Cardozo) 24 Dexter Gray F 6-7 215 So.-1V Mount Vernon, N.Y. (Mount Vernon) 30 Liam Biesty G 6-0 197 So.-HS Brooklyn, N.Y. (Poly Prep) 33 Otoja Abit F 6-6 175 So.-1V Woodside, N.Y. (Archbishop Molloy) 34 Lamont Hamilton F 6-10 242 Jr.-2V Brooklyn, N.Y. (North Bridgton Academy (Maine) 40 Aaron Spears F 6-10 260 Jr.-TR Chicago, Ill. (Highland C.C.) 45 Adam Laitsas G 6-3 196 So.-HS Westchester, Calif. (Westchester) HEAD COACH Norm Roberts, 2nd Year at St. John s (Queens College 87) ASSISTANT COACHES Glenn Braica, 2nd Year at St. John s (Queens College 88) Jose Martin, 2nd Year at St. John s (Monmouth 93) Fred Quartlebaum, 2nd Year at St. John s (Fordham 89) DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Chris Casey, 2nd Year at St. John s (W. Connecticut State 86) GRADUATE ASSISTANT Will Lanier, 2nd Year at St. John s (Georgia Tech 04) STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH Jeff Smith, 2nd Year at St. John s (Springfield 00) ATHLETIC TRAINER Ron Linfonte, A.T.C., 25th Year at St. John s (Seton Hall 78) RED STORM BY CLASS Grad Students (1): Missere Seniors (2): Roach, Williams Juniors (5): Hamilton, Hill, Maybank, Mayo, Spears Sophomores (6): Biesty, Abit, Gray, Jackson, Laitsas, Lawrence Freshmen (3): Jasiulionis, Mason, Torres RED STORM BY STATE California (1): Laitsas Illinois (1): Spears Maryland (1): Mayo New Jersey (2): Jackson, Roach New York (10): Abit, Biesty, Gray, Hamilton, Hill, Lawrence, Maybank, Missere, Torres, Williams Tennessee (1): Mason Virginia (1): Jasiulionis
2005-06 MEN S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME TV Mon. Nov.. 14 QUEENS COLL. (exh) Sat. Nov.. 19 MD.-EASTERN SHORE Nov.. 22 ST.. FRANCIS (N.Y.).) Sat. Nov.. 26 NIAGARA Nov.. 29 HOFSTRA Sat. Dec. 3 CH. SOUTHERN Wed. Dec. 7 STONY BROOK Sat. Dec. 10 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. (Cassell Coliseum) TBA FSN Sat. Dec. 17 MARIST Wed. Dec. 21 at Duke Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium) TBA ESPN2 Panasonic Holiday Festival Dec. 27 COLUMBIA Wed. Dec. 28 UMASS/ST.. PETER S Wed. Jan. 4 at Seton Hall East Rutherford, N.J. (Continental Airlines Arena) TBA Sun. Jan. 8 GEORGETOWN Sat. Jan. 14 at South Florida Tampa, Fla. (Sun Dome) TBA Jan. 17 LOUISVILLE ESPN2 Sat. Jan. 21 PITTSBURGH Wed. Jan. 25 at Connecticut Storrs, Conn. (Gampel Pavilion) TBA Sun. Jan. 29 WEST VIRGINIA Wed. Feb. 1 at Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. (Bradley Center) TBA Sat. Feb. 4 at Providence Providence, R.I. (Dunkin Donuts Center) TBA Thu. Feb. 9 at Georgetown Washington, D.C. (MCI Center) TBA ESPN2 Sun. Feb. 12 SYRACUSE Wed. Feb. 15 at Rutgers New Brunswick, N.J. (Louis Brown Athletic Center) TBA Sat. Feb. 18 D e PAUL Feb. 21 SETON HALL Wed. March 1 at Villanova Villanova, Pa. (The Pavilion) TBA Sun. March 5 RUTGERS Wed.-Sat. March 8-11 at BIG EAST Tournament TBA (New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) Thurs.-Sun. March 16-19 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA CBS (Sites Greensboro; Jacksonville; Salt Lake City; San Diego; Dayton; Philadelphia; Dallas; Auburn Hills) Thurs.-Sun. March 23-26 NCAA Regionals TBA CBS (Sites Atlanta; Oakland; Washington; Minneapolis) Sat.-Mon. April 1-3 NCAA Final Four TBA CBS (Site Indianapolis, Ind., RCA Dome) - denotes BIG EAST contests All times and dates subject to change All times Eastern Radio TBA TV ESPN2, CBS, Fox Sports Net (FSN) national TBA local and regional BIG EAST markets
5 ST. JOHN S BASKETBALL SEASON RESULTS FINAL RECORD: OVERALL HOME A WAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 9-18 7-7 0-11 2-0 CONFERENCE 3-13 3-5 0-8 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 6-5 4-2 0-3 2-0 OPP DATE TIME OPPONENT RANK SCORE ATT. HIGH POINTS HIGH REBS 11/20/04 2 p.m. WAGNER W, 79-68 3,592 (20) HILL, Daryll (7) EPPERSON, Rodney 11/23/04 7:30 pm ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) L, 52-53 5,149 (13) HAMILTON, Lamont (6) HAMILTON, Lamont 11/27/04 7 p.m. at Niagara L, 81-102 2,400 (21) HILL, Daryll (5) HAMILTON, Lamont (5)HILL, Daryll 11/30/04 7:30 p.m. ST. BONAVENTURE W, 66-57 3,585 (18) EPPERSON, Rodney (12) HAMILTON, Lamont 12/4/04 8:05 p.m. at Illinois State L, 69-77 8,044 (22) HILL, Daryll (9) WILLIAMS, Ryan 12/8/04 7:30 p.m. VIRGINIA TECH W, 75-65 3,419 (24) HAMILTON, Lamont (11) HAMILTON, Lamont 12/11/04 4:07 p.m. at Hofstra L, 68-78 5,124 (20) HAMILTON, Lamont (9) HAMILTON, Lamont 12/19/04 2 p.m. MARIST W, 74-66 3,282 (26) EPPERSON, Rodney (10) HAMILTON, Lamont 12/28/04 8:30 p.m. # vs. Canisius W, 71-51 8,731 (23) HILL, Daryll (8) GRAY, Dexter 12/30/04 8:47 p.m. # vs. NC State #17 W, 63-45 8,962 (19) HILL, Daryll (7) LAWRENCE, Eugene (7) HAMILTON, Lamont (7) JACKSON, Cedric 1/05/05 7:34 p.m. SYRACUSE #6 L, 65-79 9,596 (23) HILL, Daryll (6) GRAY, Dexter 1/08/05 2:00 pm at West Virginia #21 L, 60-64 9,536 (29) HILL, Daryll (6) WILLIAMS, Ryan (6)HAMILTON, Lamont 1/15/05 2:00 p.m. at Notre Dame L, 66-67 11,418 (30) HILL, Daryll (10) WILLIAMS, Ryan 1/18/05 7:30 p.m. PITTSBURGH #21 W, 65-62 5,084 (26) HILL, Daryll (7) HAMILTON, Lamont 1/22/05 7:30 p.m. BOSTON COLLEGE #9 L, 73-79 4,679 (21) HILL, Daryll (13) HAMILTON, Lamont 1/25/05 7:30 p.m. at Georgetown L, 57-66 7,864 (20) HILL, Daryll (9) JACKSON, Cedric 1/29/05 2:04 p.m. SETON HALL L, 55-62 6,665 (14) HAMILTON, Lamont (11) HAMILTON, Lamont 2/02/05 7:04 p.m. RUTGERS W, 53-52 5,775 (16) HAMILTON, Lamont (16) HAMILTON, Lamont 2/5/05 12:00 p.m. at CONNECTICUT #23 L, 46-68 10,167 (22) HILL, Daryll (10) LAWRENCE, Eugene 2/08/05 7:00 PM at Pittsburgh #18 L, 44-55 11,034 (18) HILL, Daryll (7) GRAY, Dexter 2/12/05 7:30 p.m. at Seton Hall L, 55-57 9,293 (19) HILL, Daryll (6) HAMILTON, Lamont 2/16/05 7:30 p.m. WEST VIRGINIA L, 66-67 3,943 (27) HILL, Daryll (6) HAMILTON, Lamont 2/20/05 2:04 p.m. GEORGETOWN W, 76-67 7,464 (20) HILL, Daryll (10) MISSERE, Phil 2/23/05 7:02 p.m. at Syracuse #15 L, 69-83 25,579 (33) HILL, Daryll (8) JACKSON, Cedric 2/26/05 1 p.m. DUKE #7 L, 47-58 16,290 (15) HAMILTON, Lamont (5) HAMILTON, Lamont (5)JACKSON, Cedric (5)HILL, Daryll 3/1/05 7:34 p.m. at Providence L, 75-86 8,792 (26)HILL, Daryll (10) HAMILTON, Lamont 3/05/05 2 p.m. VILLANOVA #22 L, 68-70 8,894 (31)HILL, Daryll (10) WILLIAMS, Ryan - BIG EAST Conference game # - Holiday Festival Game at Madison Square Garden
5 OVERALL SEASON STATS (9-18) /---TOTAL---/ /---3-PTS---/ /----REBOUNDS---/ ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 03 HILL, Daryll 27 26 1025 38.0 201 480.419 51 143.357 107 140.764 20 68 88 3.3 63 1 95 125 10 48 560 20.7 02 EPPERSON, Rod. 7 7 215 30.7 41 84.488 6 25.240 11 13.846 16 16 32 4.6 7 0 6 13 5 5 99 14.1 34 HAMILTON, Lam. 27 27 888 32.9 140 278.504 3 9.333 76 129.589 71 132 203 7.5 93 5 28 70 42 28 359 13.3 04 LAWRENCE, Eug. 27 20 840 31.1 61 186.328 31 110.282 45 66.682 20 81 101 3.7 81 6 105 87 2 46 198 7.3 24 GRAY, Dexter 27 26 738 27.3 68 153.444 0 0.000 27 36.750 57 70 127 4.7 74 1 23 45 21 23 163 6.0 23 WILLIAMS, Ryan 27 3 508 18.8 54 122.443 11 26.423 20 34.588 47 68 115 4.3 39 1 22 27 8 10 139 5.1 11 JACKSON, Cedric 27 25 658 24.4 40 118.339 9 39.231 23 35.657 38 60 98 3.6 80 2 46 35 6 48 112 4.1 15 MISSERE, Phil 26 0 297 11.4 26 47.553 0 0.000 14 21.667 32 33 65 2.5 56 1 4 16 10 7 66 2.5 41 DURAN, Lashard 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 01 JONES, Tyler 19 0 161 8.5 14 29.483 1 4.250 5 11.455 14 15 29 1.5 9 0 3 6 0 5 34 1.8 00 ROACH, Nygel 3 0 4 1.3 1 3.333 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.7 05 MAYO, Devin 6 0 7 1.2 1 3.333 0 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0.7 44 DIAKITE, Moh. 14 1 51 3.6 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 5.000 0 7 7 0.5 14 0 0 4 7 0 0 0.0 33 ABIT, Otoja 6 0 7 1.2 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 2 2 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 51 50 101 3.7 2 12 Total 27 648 1506.430 112 358.313 330 492.671 366 602 968 35.9 520 17 332 442 111 222 1738 64.4 Opponents 27 628 1472.427 164 472.347 384 567.677 341 578 919 34.0 462-360 419 122 246 1804 66.8 5 BIG EAST STATS (3-13) /---TOTAL---/ /---3-PTS---/ /----REBOUNDS---/ ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 03 HILL, Daryll 16 15 626 39.1 137 314.436 40 109.367 51 75.680 14 32 46 2.9 33 0 42 71 6 27 365 22.8 34 HAMILTON, Lam. 16 16 540 33.8 78 172.453 0 3.000 54 91.593 47 73 120 7.5 59 5 19 41 21 15 210 13.1 04 LAWRENCE, Eug. 16 16 559 34.9 41 124.331 21 77.273 34 49.694 15 49 64 4.0 57 5 61 59 2 31 137 8.6 23 WILLIAMS, Ryan 16 2 368 23.0 38 89.427 9 20.450 13 22.591 36 47 83 5.2 23 1 18 20 4 7 98 6.1 24 GRAY, Dexter 16 15 428 26.8 31 79.392 0 0.000 15 19.789 34 39 73 4.6 41 0 14 25 11 15 77 4.8 15 MISSERE, Phil 15 0 194 12.9 20 35.571 0 0.000 12 19.632 25 21 46 3.1 37 1 2 9 6 6 52 3.5 11 JACKSON, Cedric 16 15 384 24.0 16 65.246 5 22.227 6 15.400 27 30 57 3.6 48 2 28 16 3 23 43 2.7 41 DURAN, Lashard 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 01 JONES, Tyler 9 0 71 7.9 3 13.231 0 2.000 3 6.500 4 5 9 1.0 3 0 1 1 0 3 9 1.0 05 MAYO, Devin 2 0 2 1.0 0 2.000 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 44 DIAKITE, Moh. 5 1 24 4.8 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 2.000 0 5 5 1.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 0.0 33 ABIT, Otoja 2 0 2 1.0 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 00 ROACH, Nygel 1 0 1 1.0 0 2.000 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 TEAM 35 22 57 3.6 2 8 Total 16 365 896.407 75 235.319 188 298.631 237 324 561 35.1 309 14 185 252 56 128 993 62.1 Opponents 16 384 859.447 91 258.353 225 330.682 208 351 559 34.9 271-224 244 82 143 1084 67.8