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St. John’s uses balanced attack to rip Delaware for sixth straight win
St. John’s nonconference finale was representative of the entire slate.
Good, not great.
There were no bad losses, but no big wins.
The Johnnies held serve.
They didn’t suffer setbacks to the likes of Boston College or Michigan, losses that came back to bite them last March. But losses to projected tournament teams Baylor and Georgia by a combined four points were frustrating nonetheless, leaving the Johnnies without a signature victory.
St. John’s (11-2) will still enter the New Year in good position, expected to make the main draw of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015. Behind 20 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists from Deivon Smith, St. John’s closed out the soft position of its schedule with a 97-76 thumping of Delaware of the CAA at Carnesecca Arena on Saturday night.
“I think we did our job,” coach Rick Pitino said, referring to the completed nonconference schedule.
St. John’s led by 23 points late in the first half and was on cruise control from there.
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The Red Storm defense coasted after halftime, allowing the Blue Hens (7-6) to shoot 58.1 from the field after the break.
Additionally, the Johnnies couldn’t contain sharpshooter John Camden, who scored 35 points and made nine 3-pointers.
“Obviously, any time you win you should be pleased, but to be honest with you, I’m anything but pleased,” Pitino said. “I think sometimes when you’re getting ready for your next opponent being Creighton, you [aren’t] as focused.”
It was a strong offensive performance. Six Johnnies scored in double figures.
They had 23 assists on 39 made field goals and after going just 6-for-28 on 3-point attempts in their first two Big East games, they were 8-for-12 from deep on Saturday.
Zuby Ejiofor owned the paint, with 16 points, seven rebounds and two blocks, and RJ Luis added 16 off the bench. Simeon Wilcher scored 12 and Kadary Richmond followed with 10 points and seven assists.
“We need both halves, honestly, because teams are super talented [in the Big East],” Smith said. “We need to put together two halves, stop the 3-ball, take our matchups seriously, pay attention to the scouts and get it all together so we can win a championship.”
The schedule gets much tougher from here, a New Year’s Eve date in Omaha, Neb., with perennial contender Creighton. That’s followed by Butler coming to Queens four days later and a visit to Xavier on Jan. 7.
Pitino didn’t give his players a ton of time off after their victory over Providence eight days ago. They were back on campus on Christmas Eve for practice and individual player development sessions.
Coincidentally or not, St. John’s started this guarantee game far better than its recent ones. Instead of toying with an overmatched opponent, the Johnnies flexed their muscles.
They were sharp on the defensive end and quickly built a double-digit lead. The 3-pointers were dropping early: They made their first four attempts and led by as many as 23 in a one-sided opening half.
The effort wasn’t there for the final 20 minutes. It didn’t need to be to get past Delaware.
But St. John’s knows that playing two halves will be critical to having the kind of league season that is expected.
“I don’t think we’re near our potential, which is a good thing, not a bad thing,” Pitino said. “But I think we have to get better defensively. It’s just guys understanding personnel. If I had to point out our biggest weakness — obviously free throw shooting is glaring — but I think our biggest weakness is absorbing the scouting report. … We’re struggling with that a little bit.”
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — New Year’s Eve kicked off with a bang over the Delaware River.
“The way they just explode!” said Sarah Cordoba, 9, of Phoenixville, Pa. “It’s like a colorful pop in the air.”
“They were very glittery and colorful,” said 6-year-old Arther Gupta.
He was mesmerized by the fireworks at Penn’s Landing this evening, and so was his family, who had a waterside viewing spot.
“I had never seen fireworks off of a boat before so that was pretty spectacular,” said his mother Esther Gupta.
This evening’s downpour held off until just after the 6 p.m. fireworks show.
“First time I’ve been down here in a while. He wanted to come and we came out here,” said Lloyd Harris of Philadelphia, who brought his son to the Penn’s Landing fireworks show for the first time.
Some families spent part of their New Year’s Eve together on the ice.
“We’re going to be ice skating, Ferris wheel and then we’re gonna go back to the hotel and have dinner,” said Helena Cordoba of Phoenixville, Pa.
And as for New Year’s resolutions?
“Stick to exercising on a consistent basis,” said Sarina McGovern of South Philadelphia.
“I think to be more productive,” said 11-year-old Leah Cardoba of Phoenixville, Pa.
“I do need to try to be more patient,” said Brenda Carswell of Woodbridge, Va.
“Honestly it’s to spend more time with my family. I tend to work quite a bit. So it’ll be nice to be home,” said Wendy Wagster of Robbinsville, N.J.
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Nearly half of U.S. states are set to raise their minimum wage at the outset of 2025, boosting pay for millions of workers stretching from California to Maine.
In all, 21 states will raise their wage floors on Jan. 1 in keeping with inflation-adjusted increases or as part of scheduled hikes that take effect at the beginning of each calendar year.
The pay increases will affect about 9.2 million workers, who will gain a combined $5.7 billion over the course of 2025, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, or EPI.
After the wave of wage hikes, Washington will become the state with the highest minimum wage, offering workers $16.66 per hour. Workers in California and New York will enjoy the second-highest wage floor, as both states implement a minimum hourly wage of $16.50.
Pay increases set to take hold in the new year will bring the wage floor to $15 an hour or higher in Washington, D.C., as well as 10 states, among them Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island. Those areas play host to one of every three U.S. workers, EPI found.
Overall, the states set to raise their minimum wage on Wednesday include: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
The nation’s highest wage floors will take effect in some of the nearly 50 cities and other localities that will impose minimum pay hikes.
Twenty-nine cities in California will see pay hikes, including a $17-an-hour wage floor that will take effect in Oakland. Seven localities in Washington will increase their minimum wage, among them the country’s highest wage floor: $21.10 an hour in Tukwila.
The latest round of pay increases, however, will not affect more than a dozen states concentrated in the South that lack a minimum wage or offer a minimum wage that does not exceed the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.
The last federal minimum wage hike took place in 2009, when Congress raised the pay floor to its current level. When adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage stands at its lowest level since February 1956, nearly 70 years ago, EPI found.
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Two teens were shot, one fatally, Monday night in Wilmington, police said.
City police were called to the 2300 block of N. Carter St. about 8 p.m. for reports of the shooting.
There, they found a 15- and 16-year-old both critically injured. Both were rushed to the hospital, where the 15-year-old died.
As of Tuesday morning, the 16-year-old was still in critical condition, police said.
The shooting garnered attention on social media, with numerous posts speculating about what happened, who was shot and how many people were injured.
Police have not released any information about potential suspects. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Justin Kane at 302-576-3961.
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