Small But Mighty Schedule
Only three games are on the calendar ahead of the weekend but all three are bigtime matchups. Villanova visits Big 5 foe Temple at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday in what is the 46
th meeting between the two. The Wildcats have won the last two meetings with the Owls, including last season’s 76-68 victory at Finneran Pavilion. Also meeting for the 46
th time, No. 16/16 DePaul travels to Notre Dame on Wednesday. The Blue Demons last topped the Fighting Irish Feb. 28, 2011 and eye their first win at UND since Jan. 22, 2008. Tipoff on the ACC Network is at 6:30 p.m. ET. Rivalries wrap up at 7 p.m. on Wednesday as Butler hosts No. 12/15 Indiana. Just 50 miles separate the Bulldogs and Hoosiers, who are meeting for just the eighth time. Butler last beat IU on Dec. 9, 2012.
RPI Reveal
The season’s first NCAA RPI was unveiled on Monday as the BIG EAST saw two teams debut in the top 10 and three in the top 50. DePaul led the way at No. 7, showing a 7-1 record on the year, while 7-2 Creighton broke through at No. 9. Also showing a 7-2 record, Marquette came in at No. 50 to round out the top 50 for BIG EAST teams. Four more teams followed in the top 100 – No. 63 Butler (6-2), No. 66 Providence (7-1), No. 78 Seton Hall (6-4) and No. 86 St. John’s (6-3). In the 2018-19 final RPI, six BIG EAST teams were in the top 100, led by No. 10 Marquette, while the BIG EAST finished as the No. 6 conference for the third time in the last four seasons.
Last Night In #BIGEASTwbb - St. John's 96, Army West Point 60
Behind a career-high 33 point performance from freshman guard Leilani Correa, St. John's registered its highest scoring output in over five years on Monday evening, picking up a convincing 96-60 win over Army at Carnesecca Arena. Her 33-point performance tied a St. John's freshman record set by Kia Wright against Canisius on Nov. 20, 2004. Before Monday night, the last Johnnie to score 33 or more in a single game was Aliyyah Handford on Dec. 6, 2015, when the program's all-time leading scorer dropped 33 on Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse. As a team, the Red Storm shot a season high 58 percent from the floor, with 59 points off the bench. The Johnnies' last 96-point performance came on Jan. 11, 2014, when the Red Storm defeated DePaul, 96-86, at McGrath-Phillips Arena.
Full Recap
Upcoming Schedule
Tuesday
Villanova at Temple, 5 p.m.
Wednesday
16/16 DePaul at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m.
12/15 Indiana at Butler, 7 p.m.
Saturday
Wichita State at -/RV Creighton, 2 p.m.
Cincinnati at Xavier, 2 p.m.
Rider at Georgetown, 2 p.m.
Alabama State at 16/16 DePaul, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday
High Point at Butler, 2 p.m.
St. John’s at 8/8 Florida State, 2 p.m.
All times Eastern