Aaron Scott had his first style of the New York crowd Saturday when he suited up at Carnesecca Area.
Queens, New York, is a good distance from Texas, however the Lone Star State native mentioned after the Johnnies’ win over Towson that he has been “snug” with issues since arriving within the Large Apple and dealing along with his new teammates and coach.
“I’m locked in. I’m all snug,” Scott mentioned. “Early on, it was tough. Coming from Texas, New York and Texas are two completely completely different states. However I received out right here in June. Me and the blokes frolicked off the courtroom, on the courtroom, and we received nearer. It’s time now and we’re all locked in.”
Scott completed Saturday’s win with 11 factors, together with 5 rebounds, a blocked shot and a steal.
He’s positive to play an enormous function in serving to St. John’s on the defensive aspect of the ball and impressed the Johnnies employees along with his two-way capability.
The attract of New York Metropolis is a part of the attraction of taking part in for St. John’s, however for Scott, he isn’t getting too caught up in what the Large Apple has to supply.
“I’m right here only for basketball,” he mentioned. “All the additional stuff, going to town and every thing, that’s cool and all, however I got here right here for basketball. So it’s actually getting used to nothing [away from the gym] as a result of it’s a basketball courtroom.”
St. John’s coach Rick Pitino needed to see what he had in Ruben Prey and Vincent Iwuchukwu and got here away with the conclusion that he has “confidence in each of them.”
Pitino gave each huge males important taking part in time through the win over Towson to shut out their exhibition calendar.
Prey was given 16:22 of time on the ground, whereas Iwuchukwu began and noticed 15:29 of motion.
The Johnnies coach famous the distinction between them and mentioned Iwuchukwu was a “completely completely different kind of participant.”
“Ruben is the higher five-man on the perimeter and the opposite younger man is best on the within,” Pitino mentioned, earlier than complimenting Prey’s motion and passing capability.
Iwuchukwu completed with eight factors together with one rebound and a steal, whereas Prey had a pair of rebounds, two factors and an help.
Pitino indicated he had seen enchancment in Iwuchukwu’s offensive recreation, although he additionally identified that he’d wish to see him react faster to rebounds.
“He’s simply received to be a faster twitch on the glass,” Pitino mentioned.
Saturday’s exhibition recreation between St. John’s and Towson raised cash for Autism Speaks, an autism advocacy group.
The trigger hits near dwelling for Towson head coach Pat Skerry, whose son was identified with autism at 18 months previous.
