St. John's was delivered a huge blow before their fourth Big East game against Marquette, as freshman center Yankuba Sima is out 4-6 weeks with a broken bone in his left hand, according to Zach Braziller of the New York Post.
Sima played just 11 minutes (zero points) on Wednesday night against Xavier and was seen icing his hand during timeouts, at halftime and for the majority of the second half. Head coach Chris Mullin said following the loss that he had no information on the big man.
The freshman center from Spain is the team's leading rebounder (6.