CHRIS OBEKPA RUMORS & GOSSIP

St. John's 58, Fordham 47

Chris Obekpa let the world in on the secret of what shot blockers are thinking about as they go about harassing shooters. ''Nothing,'' the St. John's freshman said after breaking his own school record of eight blocks, rejecting 11 in a 58-47 victory over Fordham on Saturday night in the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival. ''I just play good defense...
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December 08, 2012  |  Discuss

Obekpa, St. John’s welcome Detroit to a nationally televised block party

In a game featuring the likes of D’Angelo Harrison, Phil Greene, Jason Calliste and Ray McCallum, one would in all likelihood find it safe to assume that Tuesday’s matchup between St. John’s and Detroit would more or less be decided by the play around the perimeter, right? Wrong. No easy buckets against Obekpa and the Red Storm.  (Credit: Vinny Dusovic, St. John’s Athletics...
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November 14, 2012  |  Discuss

St. John's 77, Detroit 74

D'Angelo Harrison got out of the coach's doghouse. Chris Obekpa made his way into the St. John's record book. The Red Storm used a late run to take control, and then hung on to beat Detroit 77-74 on Tuesday. Harrison was kicked out of practice, played limited minutes in the first exhibition and none in the second for not showing the leadership qualities coach Steve...
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November 13, 2012  |  Discuss
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