From Deivon Smith to RJ Luis Jr. and now Kadary Richmond, the damage bug has been going across the St. John’s roster for a couple of weeks.
Whereas Richmond performed nicely in Sunday’s commanding 89-75 victory over Connecticut at a sold-out Backyard, coach Rick Pitino expressed concern over his star guard’s well being issues.
“I don’t know what the hell they were yelling about at Seton Hall about general soreness,” Pitino stated following the Tenth-ranked Johnnies’ win. “Kadary Richmond is more injured than any player I’ve coached right now, and he fights through it. … He has problems all over his anatomy, and he played the game and played hard. He killed it and he needs time off, as much as we can give him right now because he’s really hurting.”
Richmond has matching groin pulls — Pitino had stated he was coping with one after the win over DePaul on Wednesday — however it didn’t appear to trouble him towards Connecticut.
He had 18 factors, 4 assists, two blocks and two steals in 25 minutes, persevering with his spectacular play.
The Seton Corridor switch additionally had the sport’s two largest baskets, back-to-back midrange bounce photographs after the Huskies had trimmed a 22-point St. John’s result in 9 with 12:25 left.
Pitino was noncommittal about Richmond’s standing for Wednesday’s sport at Butler.
He plans to at the least relaxation him throughout practices main as much as the competition.
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“I am concerned about Kadary right now,” he stated. “We may have to sit him out and just give him a lot of rest to prepare for the postseason. If necessary, we’re going to do that.”
Luis, St. John’s main scorer, returned after lacking Wednesday’s win over DePaul with a groin pull. He scored 14 factors and added 5 rebounds, however shot solely 4-for-18 from the sector.
“He’s a key guy,” Smith stated. “I don’t think we would have been as successful [today] without him playing. So to have him back was special.”
St. John’s hosted Archbishop Stepinac junior guard Jasiah Jervis, a four-star recruit, for the sport. … Stephon Marbury and Spike Lee had been among the many celebrities in attendance. … With 15 league wins, the Johnnies have matched the 1984-85 crew for essentially the most in program historical past. They’ve additionally received 19 straight regular-season residence video games.
