Brady Dunlap thriving after making way into St. John’s starting lineup
VILLANOVA, Pa. From out of the rotation to into the starting lineup.
Freshman wing Brady Dunlap has suddenly become a key part of this St. Johns team.
After his surprise contributions to a victory over Butler on Tuesday, he was even better in Saturdays 81-71 win over Villanova at Finneran Pavilion.
Dunlap scored a career-high 15 points in 31 quality minutes including a 3-pointer that iced the game with 2:42 left, pushing the lead to 13.
Its one of the best feelings ever, Dunlap said after St. Johns won at Villanovas on-campus arena for the first time since 1993. You work in the offseason, you wake up early in the morning, you do all that to hit that shot right there. I just credit all my teammates. If you watched the whole play, a lot of ball movement.
Nahiem Alleyne catches it in the middle. Hes hit that mid-range shot a ton of times, but he trusted to give me the ball in the corner. Im so appreciative of him to trust the freshman to take that shot and make it.
St. John’s Red Storm forward Brady Dunlap (44) hits a three pointer past Villanova Wildcats forward Eric Dixon (43) during the second half at William B. Finneran Pavilion. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con## see also
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Starting in place of injured power forward Chris Ledlum, Dunlap hit five of eight shots and sank three 3-pointers. Hes developing into an offensive weapon.
His teammates have seen it in practices.
But now it is happening in games.
I feel like with him its a confidence thing, getting his feet wet in games and believing in himself, because we believe in him, Joel Soriano said.
Before the Butler game, Dunlap had scored 18 points all season.
He hadnt appeared in the previous four games.
Now, as Big East play is really getting going, hes becoming a significant piece to coach Rick Pitinos first St. Johns team.
St. John’s Red Storm forward Brady Dunlap (44) dunks the ball against the Villanova Wildcats. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConI would say its a surprise just given the way the trajectory of the season was going for myself, Dunlap said. At the same time, I never lost my confidence in who I am as a player. Me and fellow freshman Simeon Wilcher thats like my best friend right now and every time we didnt play, we would go back to the dorm and talk about if we were in the game what we couldve done to help the tea.
Hes just my guy and hes helped me a ton with my confidence. Ive helped him with his. Hes always kept me ready.
Chris Ledlum (sprained ankle) has missed two of the past three games.
He reinjured the ankle against Butler on Tuesday.
Pitino said the swelling has gone down, but the ankle is still weak.
We have screwed up so much in certain situations by trying to bring guys back a little too early, Pitino said. The trainer said hell play, but hes only 50 percent. I said, Well, hes not playing then.
His status for Wednesdays game at the Garden against Providence is uncertain.
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