News tagged with "five-points"

St. Johns Shocks UConn in Big East Opening Round Game

New York – Tonight, Norm Roberts can rest a little easier. As many games as St. Johns has lost under his tutelage against teams the Red Storm never used to lose to, today’s convincing blowout of the University of Connecticut in the opening round of the Big East Championship tournament at Madison Square Garden was [...]

Cornell Upsets St. John’s to Win First Holiday Festival

NEW YORK – It wasn’t supposed to be this way.
If anyone figured to beat St. John’s in the annual Holiday Festival, it figured to be Hofstra, which defeated the Red Storm in the Festival title game in 2006, the fourth consecutive time that St. John’s had lost to its cross-town rival.
But, on Sunday, [...]

Hofstra Wins Another Nail-Biter

HEMPSTEAD, NY – Sophomore forward Greg Washington (Centereach, NY) nailed a clutch jump shot with 30.9 seconds remaining, breaking a 68-68 tie to give the Hofstra Men’s Basketball team a 71-68 victory over Towson in a Colonial Athletic Association matchup Saturday afternoon at the Mack Sports Complex.
With the win, the Pride improves to 15-9 overall [...]

Maynor Leads Second Half Surge as VCU Edges Hofstra, 66-62

HEMPSTEAD, NY – Senior guard Eric Maynor exploded for 21 of his game-high 33 points in the second half, erasing a double-digit Hofstra lead as the Pride dropped a 66-62 decision to CAA-rival Virginia Commonwealth University Saturday afternoon at the Mack Sports Complex.
Sophomore guard Charles Jenkins (Queens, NY) scored a team-high 22 points for the [...]

Pride Wins Fourth Straight

Wilmington, NC – Senior forward Arminas Urbutis (Kaunas, Lithuania) scored a put back at the buzzer after a key steal from junior guard Tony Dennison (Long Island City, NY) to give Hofstra an 80-78 win over UNC Wilmington on Wednesday at Trask Coliseum.
Sophomore guard Charles Jenkins (Queens, NY) had a career-high 33 points and Dennison [...]