{"id":120756,"date":"2020-11-26T05:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T02:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vince-coles-late-3-pointer-saves-st-johns-from-upset-loss\/"},"modified":"2020-11-26T05:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T02:44:12","slug":"vince-coles-late-3-pointer-saves-st-johns-from-upset-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vince-coles-late-3-pointer-saves-st-johns-from-upset-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"#Vince Cole’s late 3-pointer saves St. John’s from upset loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Vince Cole’s late 3-pointer saves St. John’s from upset loss<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Welcome to Queens, Vince Cole. You might already be a fan favorite. The cardboard cutouts certainly love the junior college All-American. <\/p>\n

The 6-foot-5 wing introduced himself to the St. John\u2019s faithful with a bang, sinking a 3-pointer with 8.5 seconds left that saved the sluggish Johnnies from a dismal season-opening defeat. His five points in the final 17.6 seconds lifted Mike Anderson\u2019s team past pesky Saint Peter\u2019s, 76-75, to open the season in the Lapchick Tournament at Carnesecca Arena in front of only essential personnel because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust playing in New York is something I always dreamed of,\u201d Cole, a Charleston, S.C., native, said. \u201cEverybody always wants to hit a big shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trailing by four with under half a minute remaining, Cole drove baseline to cut the deficit to two and after freshman Posh Alexander\u2019s chase-down steal, Cole drilled the game<\/a>-winner on a feed from Greg Williams Jr., enabling the 10.5-point favorite to avoid its first home loss at to start a season since 2003.<\/p>\n

In the lead-up to Wednesday night\u2019s opener, Alexander and junior college transfer Isaih Moore had received the most hype, partly due to Cole missing three weeks of practice with a bone bruise. He was brought off the bench, and quickly produced, scoring 11 first-half points. He pulled St. John\u2019s even at 66 with a 3-pointer with 4:49 left and then finished the come-from-behind victory out.<\/p>\n

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Posh Alexander goes up for a layup during St. John\u2019s win.<\/span>Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been a guy that can get buckets,\u201d coach Mike Anderson said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to have offense. We can play defense until we\u2019re blue in the face, but you got to have some guys who can put the ball in the hole.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newcomers \u2014 Cole, Moore, Alexander and Dylan Addae-Wusu \u2014 carried the Johnnies on a night sophomore star Julian Champagnie (ankle) was out and returning contributors Williams, Rasheem Dunn and Marcellus Earlington combined to score just 15 points on 4-of-19 shooting.<\/p>\n

The aforementioned quartet scored the team\u2019s final 22 points. Early on, Alexander, the freshman point guard from Brooklyn whom Cole described as \u201ca dog\u201d for his tenacity, was the story, finishing with 16 points, seven rebounds, five steals and two assists. The 6-foot-10 Moore had 12 points and nine rebounds. Addae-Wusu, another freshman, was a two-way factor, registering a plus-6 rating. But it was Cole who made the comeback possible, scoring a team-high 21 points in 26 minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we brought in some guys who fit what we want to do, and I think those guys are talented,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

Cole\u2019s heroics in the final seconds saved what was an extremely uneven performance from St. John\u2019s, which led by eight early in the second half and was outplayed much of the final 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

St. John\u2019s (1-0), which next meets La Salle on Thanksgiving Day at 2 p.m., shot just 30 percent from the field and the second half and committed 17 turnovers, while notching just 13 assists. The ball wasn\u2019t moving nearly enough. But it was the Red Storm defense \u2014 their calling card in Anderson\u2019s first season a year ago \u2014 that left so much to be desired. They allowed Saint Peter\u2019s (0-1) to shoot 51 percent from the field and hammer them in the paint, 38-24. Anderson felt his team played lethargic for large stretches, without the needed intensity, particularly on the defensive end. The lack of a home crowd behind them will be an ongoing adjustment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lesson is we have to learn how to create our own energy,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

The Johnnies missed 15 of their first 18 shots of the second stanza, many of them shots in the paint, and found themselves behind in the final minute. Saint Peter\u2019s seemed to be in control after Matthew Lee pushed the lead to four with 28 seconds to go. But that\u2019s when Cole took over, scoring the game\u2019s final five points, and making sure St. John\u2019s wouldn\u2019t start this strange season in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t cry about a win, you learn from it,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cThat\u2019s the thing I like about [this win]. We had some adversity in the first game. you\u2019re down four, 17 seconds to go, and our guys found a way. They found the right guy, and he made the play.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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