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Diasabra 27 Maart 2021

Double-double: Champagnie twins enter NBA draft process

(AP) — Hope all those John's coach Mike Anderson
eagle-eyed scouts can tell said. “He’ll gain tremendous
twins apart. insight on what he needs to
work on to become a threat at
Julian Champagnie is enter- the next level, whether that’s
ing the NBA draft process — next year or in the future. Ju-
just like his brother — after lian has our unwavering sup-
leading the Big East in scor- port as he begins this exciting
ing during his sophomore next step on his basketball
season at St. John's. journey.”
The 6-foot-8, 220-pound
forward plans to maintain his Champagnie's departure
eligibility in case he decides would be a major blow to the
to return to college for his 2021-22 Red Storm coming
junior year. The announce- off an encouraging season.
ment Thursday by St. John’s Picked ninth in the Big East
came two days after Cham- preseason poll, St. John's fin-
pagnie’s twin Justin, a star ished fourth at 10-9 in league
player at Pittsburgh, revealed play and earned the No. 4
similar plans to explore his seed in the conference tour-
NBA prospects. nament — its highest since
winning the event as the No.
“After long thought and mul- 3 seed in 2000.
tiple discussions with our
coaching staff and my family, St. John's was eliminated
I have decided that it would ing at the next level has al- rebounds. 1996 national championship. in the quarterfinals with an
be in my best interest to test ways been a dream of mine, overtime loss to Seton Hall.
the NBA draft process,” Ju- so I am fully committed to Justin Champagnie, a 6-6 Julian Champagnie shot
lian Champagnie said in a getting better on and off the forward, earned All-Atlantic 43.3% from the field this Last week, the Red Storm
Coast Conference first-team season, including 38% on announced that Isaih Moore
statement. “The feedback court each day.” No ta na su luga cu ta manda
un bombero pa combati
that I will gain during this Champagnie averaged 19.8 honors this season after aver- un 3-pointers. He made a Big and Vince Cole are leav-
process will be very helpful points and 7.4 rebounds per aging 18 points and 11.1 re- East-best 88.7% of his free ing the program after one
candela grandi sin cu e tin e
in making my decision on game during a breakout sea- bounds for Pitt. throws and finished fourth season in Queens. Both ju-
returning to St. John’s for son for the Red Storm, who uniform adecua pa su siguridad in the conference in steals niors entered their name into
my junior season. I really finished 16-11. He was a The identical twins played (1.4 per game) and ninth in the NCAA transfer portal.
look forward to having this first team All-Big East selec- together at Bishop Lough- blocks (1.0). Moore and Cole, both from
opportunity and developing tion after making the league's lin High School in Brook- South Carolina, arrived this
into a better player either for All-Freshman team in 2019- lyn. Their father, Ranford, “I think this is without ques- past season as junior college
St. John’s or in the National 20, when he averaged 9.9 was a soccer player on the tion the right move for Julian transfers and were significant
Basketball Association. Play- points and a team-high 6.5 St. John’s team that won the at this point in his career,” St. contributors.

Rahul ton powers India to 336-6 against England in 2nd ODI

(AP) — Lokesh Rahul hit Rahul followed his unbeaten India lost both openers — in the 32nd over when he es against the right-arm fast
his fifth ODI hundred half century in the first ODI Rohit Sharma (25) and Shi- had Kohli caught behind as bowler.
and Rishabh Pant blasted with 108 off 114 balls and an- khar Dhawan (4) — to Eng- the India skipper tried to cut
seven sixes in his aggres- chored India’s total with two land seamers before Rahul the leg-spinner. Hardik Pandya (35 off 16
sive 77 off 40 balls as India strong century stands after and captain Virat Kohli (66) balls) lifted the total with
scored an imposing 336-6 England’s stand-in captain put the innings back on track Rishabh Pant, who replaced his late cameo after Buttler
in the second one-day in- Jos Buttler won the toss and with a 121-run stand. the injured Shreyas Iyer in couldn’t hold onto a thick
ternational against Eng- elected to field. the playing XI, and Rahul edge when the batsman was
land on Friday. Adil Rashid broke the stand then put on a brisk 113-run on 21.
partnership with the left-
handed Pant dominating Regular captain Eoin Morgan
England's bowling through was ruled out of the remain-
his powerful stint. ing two ODIs due to a hand
injury and Buttler will lead
England's Curran brothers — the side in his absence.
Tom (2-83) and Sam (1-47)
— proved costly late in the Morgan batted in England’s
game with India scoring 126 unsuccessful chase during
runs off the last 10 overs for the first ODI despite split-
the loss of only two wickets. ting the webbing between
his thumb and index finger
Rahul, who was criticized while in the field, an injury
after scoring only 15 runs in that required four stitches.
four Twenty20s, completed Morgan was replaced by Da-
his century off 108 balls with wid Malan.
a single against Sam Curran
in the 44th over before hol- Sam Billings also sustained a
ing out at deep midwicket in shoulder injury while field-
Tom Curran’s next over. ing in the previous game,
prompting England to award
Tom Curran also had Pant an ODI debut to Liam Liv-
caught in the deep, but ingstone while Reece Topley
not before the left-hander replaced fast bowler Mark
slammed two successive six- Wood.