2017-2018 St. John's Red Storm

2017-2018 St. John's Red Storm Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
1 Bashir Ahmed Sr SF 6-7 210 Aug 17, 1993 New York (NY) United States John F. Kennedy High School
10 Amar Alibegovic Sr F 6-9 240 Mar 31, 1995 Rome Bosnia and Herzegovina / Italy Istituto Minerva
4 Jay Camus Jr G 5-10 170 Oct 7, 1997 Middle Village (NY) United States Archbishop Molloy High School
13 Marvin Clark Jr. Jr F 6-7 230 Nov 3, 1994 Kansas City (MO) United States Sunrise Christian Academy
23 Justin Cole So G 6-2 185 - Rockville Centre (NY) United States Archbishop Molloy High School
22 Boubacar Diakite RS-Fr PF 6-7 185 Oct 30, 1998 Centereach (NY) United States Our Savior New American School
24 Brandon Lawrence So SG 6-2 170 - Union City (CA) United States Moreau Catholic High School
20 Marcus LoVett, Jr. So PG 6-0 180 Mar 4, 1996 Chicago (IL) United States Morgan Park High School
11 Tariq Owens Jr PF 6-10 205 Jun 30, 1995 Baltimore (MD) United States St. Vincent Pallotti High School
2 Shamorie Ponds So SG 6-1 180 Jun 29, 1998 Brooklyn (NY) United States Thomas Jefferson High School
5 Justin Simon So PG 6-5 215 May 6, 1996 Temecula (CA) United States Brewster Academy
12 Bryan Trimble, Jr. Fr SG 6-2 203 Jun 26, 1998 Kansas City (KS) United States Sunrise Christian Academy
14 Kassoum Yakwe Jr PF 6-7 210 Oct 9, 1997 Bamako Mali / United States Our Savior New American School

St. John's Transfers Sitting Out 2017-2018

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Mikey Dixon So PG 6-2 165 Nov 7, 1996 Hockessin (DE) United States Quinnipiac
- Sedee Keita So PF 6-9 235 Oct 22, 1996 Philadelphia (PA) United States South Carolina

Recent St. John's Red Storm History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 20-13 (11-9) 5th (Big East) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 18-15 (7-13) 8th (Big East) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 17-15 (8-11) 7th (Big East) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 16-11 (10-9) 4th (Big East) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 17-15 (5-13) 8th (Big East) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 21-13 (8-10) 7th (Big East) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2017-2018 16-17 (4-14) 9th (Big East) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 14-19 (7-11) 8th (Big East) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 8-24 (1-17) 10th (Big East) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 21-12 (10-8) 5th (Big East) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2013-2014 20-13 (10-8) 3rd (Big East) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 17-16 (8-10) 11th (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 13-19 (6-12) 11th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 21-12 (12-6) 3rd (AAC) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 17-16 (6-12) 13th (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2008-2009 16-18 (6-12) 13th (AAC) 2nd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2007-2008 11-19 (5-13) 14th (AAC) N/A N/A
2006-2007 16-15 (7-9) 11th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 12-15 (5-11) 13th (AAC) N/A N/A
2004-2005 9-18 (3-13) 11th (AAC) N/A N/A
2003-2004 6-21 (1-15) 14th (AAC) N/A N/A
2002-2003 21-13 (7-9) 9th (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT Champion

2017-2018 St. John's Red Storm Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Shamorie Ponds NIT/Haggerty Award
Shamorie Ponds NABC All-District (5) Second Team
Shamorie Ponds AP All-American Honorable Mention
Shamorie Ponds USBWA Player of the Week (Feb 11, 2018)
Shamorie Ponds All-Big East First Team
Shamorie Ponds Big East Player of the Week (Feb 5, 2018)
Shamorie Ponds Big East Player of the Week (Feb 12, 2018)
Shamorie Ponds Advocare Invitational Tournament Team

2017-2018 St. John's Red Storm Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Ponds J. Simon B. Ahmed M. Clark Jr. T. Owens
Rotation M. LoVett, Jr. B. Trimble, Jr.   K. Yakwe  
Rotation       A. Alibegovic  
Lim PT J. Cole        
Lim PT J. Camus        

2017-2018 St. John's Red Storm Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Shamorie Ponds 30 37.0 21.6 5.0 4.7 2.3 0.1 2.7
Marcus LoVett, Jr. 7 32.7 14.9 2.1 1.7 2.1 0.0 1.9
Marvin Clark Jr. 33 31.0 12.5 4.7 1.0 1.2 0.2 1.8
Justin Simon 33 36.1 12.2 7.1 5.1 2.5 0.8 2.9
Bashir Ahmed 33 30.2 11.3 4.7 0.9 1.1 0.3 1.5
Tariq Owens 33 30.3 8.4 5.9 0.5 0.6 2.8 1.3
Bryan Trimble, Jr. 32 17.3 3.1 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2
Kassoum Yakwe 24 11.8 2.2 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.9
Amar Alibegovic 27 11.6 1.6 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4
Justin Cole 6 3.7 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
Jay Camus 2 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5

2017-2018 St. John's Red Storm Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Chris Mullin Head Coach 2015-2016 Advisor to the Chairman (Sacramento Kings, 2013 to )
Greg St. Jean Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Player Development Coach (Sacramento Kings, 2014 to 2015)
Matt Abdelmassih Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Iowa State, 2011 to 2015)
Mitch Richmond Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Special Assistant (St. John's, 2015 to 2016)
Anton Goff Athletic Director 2017-2018 Athletic Director (Hartford, 2014 to 2017)
Robert Basile Director of Strength and Conditioning 2001-2002 N/A
Mark Frotto Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Dan Matic Director of Basketball Operations 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (South Alabama, 2013 to 2015)
Steve Dombroski Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2014-2015 Assistant Director of Communications (Manhattan, 2012 to 2015)