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Game information
Who: St. John’s Red Storm (9-4) vs. Providence Friars (7-6)
When: Saturday, January 3, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
TV: FOX
Radio: ESPN New York 880 / 1050
Series History: St. John’s leads the all-time series, 68-58. The Red Storm have won four of the last five meetings with the Friars.
KenPom Predicted Score: St. John’s to win 92-79 (87 percent chance of win)
Pregame links
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After scoring a career-best 36 points and setting a Spurs single-game team record with 11 made threes to beat the Knicks on New Year’s Eve, former St. John’s star Julian Champagnie talked about his emotions after going undrafted in 2022 and how that fueled him to work his way into the league
«It was rough.. it was a hard night, I cried a lot… but I think it’s just fueled the fire.»
From undrafted to the most 3PM in a game in @spurs history…
Take a bow, Julian Champagnie 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/nlV86v4ZXi
— NBA (@NBA) January 1, 2026
