St. John’s has played well as of late, winning their first two Big East games over No. 13 Butler at home and DePaul on the road.
Two of the newcomers, freshman Shamorie Ponds and junior transfer Bashir Ahmed, have been big parts to the school’s recent success.
Big East took notice and for the third time this season, Ponds was awarded Big East Freshman of the Week.
Ahmed was placed on the Big East honor roll this week for the first time.
Ponds has been St.