NEW YORK (AP) – Willie Shaw redeemed himself with his shooting.
Sharif Fordham impressed everyone with his rebounding.
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WOLFINGER SUSPENDED
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Jack Wolfinger, a St. John's redshirt freshman, was suspended for Wednesday's game, according to a report in the New York Times . Wolfinger did not attend the game at Madison Square Garden, and his status with the team remains unclear.
St. John's Coach Mike Jarvis said he would make an announcement on Wolfinger on Thursday. Jarvis elected not to play Wolfinger in Sunday's game against Duke because of what the coach called "conduct that was detrimental to St. John's," the report said.
Jarvis runs his team on a merit system with players earning playing time, and has not said what Wolfinger did to elicit the benching.
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Shaw, the freshman guard who went scoreless against Duke three
days earlier, bounced back with 16 points Wednesday night and St.
John's beat Georgetown (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 21 AP) 73-70.
Fordham, a junior college transfer, had career highs of 15
points and 16 rebounds for the Red Storm, who snapped a two-game
losing streak and had lost four of five and five of seven.
Shaw missed all eight of his shots, including five 3-pointers,
in the 91-59 loss to Duke, the Red Storm's worst defeat at
Madison Square Garden in 41 years. But against the Hoyas, he hit
his first three 3-point attempts and the last of his four 3s came
with 1:32 to play and gave the Red Storm (14-11, 8-5 Big East) a
71-65 lead.
"We got some pretty good bounces and a lot of big-time rebounds
from (Fordham) and a big, big 3-point shot at the end of the game
from Willie," St. John's coach Mike Jarvis said. "I was telling
them that there are not many people that can be knocked out one day
– and I mean knocked out – and get up off the canvas and come back
a few days later in the same arena and just gut it out."
Anthony Perry hit a 3-pointer 13 seconds after Shaw's 3 for
Georgetown (20-6, 7-6). Kevin Braswell's steal and layup with 1:07
left brought the Hoyas within 71-70, but Omar Cook got the lead
back to three with two free throws with 24 seconds left.
Georgetown's final chance at a tie was a 3-point attempt by
Braswell with 5 seconds left, but it bounced off the rim and
Fordham, appropriately enough, grabbed the rebound.
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"The big guys helped me out with the rebounds by boxing out and
I just cleared the boards for them," said Fordham, who had his
first career double-double in the loss to Duke with 12 points and
10 rebounds.
Shaw's late 3-pointer was one of just two field goals during the
final nine minutes for the Red Storm.
"The first shot got my confidence up," Shaw said. "I shot 100
jumpers every day this week, so that really helped. I had to go
back to the hard work that made me a good 3-point shooter."
Georgetown, which trailed by 11 early in the second half and was
down 65-58 with 9:18 to play, couldn't sustain any offense
throughout the game and could only slowly chip away at the lead.
"I knew they would bounce back," Georgetown coach Craig
Esherick said. "I knew this game was not going to be easy, playing
them on their home floor. I thought St. John's played well and I
thought we played well although I am upset we had that many
turnovers (21), there were some things we did well that we haven't
done in a while, particularly Ruben. I thought Ruben played
great."
Braswell had 19 points for the Hoyas, who have lost three of
four, while Ruben Boumtje Boumtje had 14 points and 12 rebounds.
"With eight seconds left, we were just trying to get a shot
off," Braswell said of the final chance at a tie. "Today just
wasn't my day. We made some turnovers down the stretch, and that
determined the game."
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Omar Cook with the blistering no-look pass to Anthony Glover for the basket.
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Willie Shaw makes a nice wrap-around pass to Kyle Cuffe for the layup.
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Demetrius Hunter and Kevin Braswell work the two-on-one break to perfection.
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