NASSAU, Bahamas — Freshman guard Jaiden Glover has but to play important minutes, however that might change on Thursday in opposition to No. 13 Baylor.
Unprompted, coach Rick Pitino mentioned the extremely regarded, four-star prospect might have a task within the Twenty second-ranked Johnnies’ opener within the Baha Mar Hoops Championship.
“This is a game of athletes and he’s a very good athlete,” Pitino mentioned. “Guys like Jaiden may have to play in this game because they are such a dynamic offensive basketball team. If the pace is high, we may have to play more people.”
The 6-foot-4 Glover didn’t play in Sunday’s win over New Mexico and logged a mixed quarter-hour within the first three video games.
However Baylor will play 4 guards on the similar time for big stretches, which might create a necessity for Pitino to go deeper into his bench.
Within the win over New Mexico, solely eight Johnnies bought into the sport, and the one reserve to obtain double-digit minutes was Simeon Wilcher.
That’s more likely to change throughout this journey. St. John’s will play three video games in 4 days. Middle Vince Iwuchukwu, who additionally didn’t get into Sunday’s recreation, is more likely to see minutes.
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Pitino isn’t too involved with St. John’s excessive turnover fee to date.
It’s averaging 13.5 turnovers per recreation and had 16 on Sunday. Seven of these have been by Kadary Richmond.
“Kadary was just fatigued, and because of fatigue he just threw the ball away numerous times for no rhyme or reason,” Pitino mentioned. “When he gets in great shape to play 94 feet of basketball, he won’t make those mistakes.”
This will probably be St. John’s first nonconference match in The Bahamas since 2016.
The Purple Storm went 0-3 that yr within the Battle 4 Atlantis match underneath Chris Mullin. … St. John’s is anticipating roughly 400 followers to make the journey.
