Looking ahead to St. John's

Anthony Mason, Jr., who scored 17 points against UC in the Red Storm's 70-58 win on Jan. 5 in New York, has missed the last two games with an ankle contusion, but he might return in time to face the Bearcats tomorrow.

I just talked to St. John's coach Norm Roberts and asked him about Mason, among other things.

“We hope we can get him back,” Roberts said, “but we’re not going to rush anything with him. It’s been a nagging injury all year. There’s a chance he could play.”

No one will be more fired up to play St. John's than UC point guard Jamual Warren, who got into foul trouble in the first half of that Jan. 5 game and watched from the bench as the Red Storm went on a 19-4 run to end the first half. Warren was so upset about some of the calls that went against him that he was called for a technical foul as he sat on the bench.

“I was frustrated after the game because I thought we could have played harder,” Warren said. “I thought I should have played harder. I thought I could have done some things and I didn’t get a chance to do them because I was on the bench.”