To be frank, this was one of the Red Storm’s most disturbing performances this season, despite the 85-71 win over Mount St. Mary’s. The Johnnies improve to 8-0 on the season, and face Princeton in the Holiday Classic on Sunday in Madison Square Garden.
Against a Mount St. Mary’s team that came in 0-7, with 10-point losses to Loyola-Maryland, Morgan State and and a 14-point loss North Carolina A&T, the Red Storm trailed for over eight minutes, and were within two possession of their opponent for all but seven minutes.
Against a Mount team starting a freshman who had scored 0, 8, 2, 2, and 0 points, that freshman, Dee Barnes, went off for an early career high of 26 points.