A foregone conclusion, we would say, but Shamorie Ponds was named Big East Player of the Week.
The preseason Big East Player of the Year, Ponds stepped up after a Big East opener loss to Seton Hall to drop 26 and 37 points in wins over Marquette and Georgetown, respectively.
He averaged 31.5 points, 5.5 assists, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals, posting usage rates of 35% and 33% of St. John’s possessions and pulling the Johnnies to a pair of wins, doing things like this:
Been thinking about this all day.