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Finis “Fess” St. John IV will move from chancellor of the UA System to inaugural executive director of the Shelby Institute for Policy and Leadership.
Even on the road without starting forward Alex Karaban, top-ranked UConn had plenty of answers. Cam Spencer scored 23 points, freshman Stephon Castle added a season-best 21 and Connecticut pulled away from St. John's for a 77-64 victory Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Tristen Newton had 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the defending national champion Huskies (20-2, 10-1 Big East), minus an injured Karaban, overcame foul trouble for 7-foot-2 center Donovan Clingan to win their 10th straight game.
Creighton played one of its worst offensive games of the season against St. John's but still was tough enough to protect its home court against one of the Big East's surprise teams. Trey Alexander made the go-ahead free throws with 12.3 seconds left, and the No. 22 Bluejays ended St. John’s four-game win streak with a 66-65 win on Saturday. The Bluejays (13-4, 4-2 Big East) prevailed in a physical, back-and-forth game that St. John’s (12-5, 4-2) looked to have in hand in the middle of the second half.
Miran, left, and Marilyn Kasken are holding out hope that their two brothers will one day be able to join them in St. John's. (William Ping/CBC)For Marilyn Kasken, the weekly pro-Palestine protests in St. John's have an especially personal meaning. "I'm from Gaza and my family are in Gaza," Kasken said. "I only have my sister here."However, Kasken is hoping to change that soon, as she's raising money to bring her brothers to Newfoundland. "My two brothers made it to the south," she said. "They a
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