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New York Post, Thursday, December 3, 2020

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Almanac

Athens 61/55/c 64/52/sh

Baghdad 68/53/pc 69/50/pc

Beijing 39/20/pc 39/17/pc

Berlin 34/27/pc 41/33/pc

Cairo 73/57/pc 72/56/pc

Dublin 39/29/sh 42/39/sh

Geneva 40/35/pc 38/31/sh

Hong Kong 71/56/s 69/56/s

Jerusalem 60/46/s 61/46/c

Kabul 62/32/s 58/27/pc

London 44/36/sh 40/34/r

Madrid 48/36/pc 44/29/sh

Mexico City 74/46/c 73/48/pc

Montreal 40/35/c 40/32/r

Moscow 24/21/c 26/22/c

Paris 46/38/r 44/33/c

Rio de Janeiro 90/77/pc 89/76/pc

Rome 56/44/sh 60/55/r

Sydney 78/68/pc 86/68/s

Tokyo 52/38/pc 50/41/pc

World cities TODAY TOMORROW

Albany 46/32/pc 45/34/c

Danbury 49/33/s 49/37/r

Glens Falls 44/28/pc 44/31/c

Gr Barrington 46/28/pc 46/33/c

Kingston 51/34/s 51/35/c

Liberty 46/28/pc 42/31/c

Monticello 45/31/pc 43/32/c

Newburgh 49/35/s 48/37/r

Poughkeepsie 50/35/s 49/37/r

Saratoga Springs 45/27/pc 44/32/c

Stroudsburg 50/31/pc 46/34/r

Torrington 51/36/s 50/37/r

Syracuse 47/37/pc 44/32/sn

Regional cities TODAY TOMORROW

Sun and Moon

Coney Island 9:00a 9:49p 9:43a 10:39p

Fire Island 9:25a 9:41p 10:11a 10:33p

Hempstead 12:34a 12:41p 1:15a 1:26p

Huntington 12:46a 12:53p 1:28a 1:38p

Jones Inlet 8:44a 9:33p 9:27a 10:23p

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Port Washington 12:30a 12:39p 1:11a 1:23p

Sandy Hook 9:04a 9:53p 9:47a 10:43p

New York Tides TODAY TOMORROW

YESTERDAY’S CONDITIONSAT CENTRALPARK THROUGH 6PM

Temperature

High Tide for 1st 2nd 1st 2nd

Weather (W): s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,

c-cloudy,sh-showers,r-rain,t-thunder-

storms,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice

Sunrise today......................... 7:03 a.m.

Sunset tonight........................ 4:28 p.m.

Moonrise today...................... 7:14 p.m.

Moonset today....................... 9:58 a.m.

High: 43,Low: 36, Mean: 40
Departure from Normal
Ye sterday: -3 degrees

Precipitation
Ye sterday: trace, Month: trace,Ye ar:
40.74”, Normalyear to date: 46.34”
Heating Degree days yesterday..............25
Total for the month (normal)..........40 (46)
Total since July 1 (normal)..........657 (875)
Last season to date................................872
Wind Chill(at noonyest.) ...................... 33
UV index(for Thu.) ........................ 2 (Low)
Humidity(at noon) ............................. 57%

Last

Dec 7

New

Dec 14

First

Dec 21

Full

Dec 29

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SaturdaySunday

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partly cloudy. High

48 to 54.

Tonight:Mostly

cloudy. Low 41

to 47.

Heavyrain.

High 43

to 49.

Evening

A touch ofrain.Low

33 to 39.

Tomorrow

night:Cloudy,

rain becoming

steadier.Low 40

to 46.

Tomorrow:A

couple of showers

in the afternoon.

High48 to 54.

Rather

cloudy. High

39 to 45.

Evening

Partly cloudy. Low

29 to 35.

Bridgeport

49/42

Stamford

51/37

Peekskill

50/36

White Plains

48/38

Garden

City

51/41

Sussex

51/29

Newark

52/40

Paterson

52/34

Asbury Park

52/39

Manasquan

52/39

Toms River

53/37

Long Beach

52/40

Atlantic City

53/40

Ocean City

52/40

La G

51/44

Sandy Hook

52/39

Long Beach

51/42

Deer Park

51/39

Huntington

51/38

JFK

50/43

Montauk

50/46

Riverhead

50/33 Southampton

50/37

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Month to date (normal) .......... trace (0.2”)

AQI rating:(for Thu.) .................................Good

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

By Zach BraZiller

This was a gift. Two missed free

throws. An opening was created.

Now St. John’s could cut what

had just been a 10-point deficit to

two or even one.

A game in which it had

been thoroughly out-

played across 40 minutes

was now within reach.

Except, the Johnnies couldn’t exe-

cute one of basketball’s simple

plays. They were unable to corral

the carom off a missed free throw.

Gideon George was quicker than

Julian Champagnie to the ball, en-

capsulating the evening for the

Red Storm. He sank one of two free

throws with 41 seconds left. St.

John’s wouldn’t score again in a

frustrating 74-68 loss to more ex-

perienced and far sharper BYU at

the Mohegan Sun bubble Wednes-

day night in Uncasville, Conn.

“We have to get that rebound and

make a play at the other end,”

coach Mike Anderson said via

Zoom afterward.

Anderson called it “maturity ver-

sus immaturity,” the older Cougars

getting the better of the younger

Johnnies. Two nights after a thrill-

ing four-point win over Boston

College, a game in which

St. John’s showcased its

relentless end-to-end

style and impressive

young talent, there was a

lack of purpose. Its pressure de-

fense barely made BYU sweat. Ball

movement was lacking. The John-

nies failed to set tempo, allowing it

to be a half-court game that fa-

vored their opponent.

“What was missing was us using

our heads, to be honest,” Cham-

pagnie said. “We just didn’t come

out and execute the way we’re sup-

posed to. We looked disjointed.

“I feel like what we were missing

was us being together.”

Only Champagnie was a consist-

ent factor offensively, scoring 25

points, while the Johnnies made

just 4 of 21 3-point attempts, were

unable to impose their style and

just couldn’t piece together nearly

enough quality stretches. Part of it

was being unable to get out in tran-

sition enough. Some of that was

due to questionable shot selection.

Nine of St. John’s first 18 shots

were 3-point attempts early in the

shot clock.

“I thought we should have at-

tacked more,” Anderson said. “I

thought we settled. Sometimes,

they’re leaving you open for a rea-

son. I didn’t think we had the pa-

tience [we needed].”

Posh Alexander, the freshman

point guard who has been so im-

pressive early on, managed just four

points on 2 of 7 shooting, though he

did have seven assists and six re-

bounds. Isaih Moore had 11 points,

but needed 11 shots, and Greg Willi-

ams Jr. added 10 points along with

four steals. Vince Cole was limited

to four points. As a team, St. John’s

shot just 36.7 percent from the field

if you take away Champagnie’s 10 of

20 performance.

BYU, meanwhile, made 10

3-pointers a day after struggling

mightily in a loss to USC. It used

the Red Storm’s aggressiveness

against them, creating open shots

to slow whatever momentum the

team from Queens had. Alex Bar-

cello, a thorn in the Johnnies’ side,

scored 20 points on 8 of 11 shooting.

Following a shaky first half in

which it trailed by six, St. John’s

played with more of a purpose

coming out of the break. It pushed

the pace, picked up full court and

moved the ball better. It pulled

even at 43 when Champagnie

scored inside.

But a drought that lasted 3:02 fol-

lowed and BYU pushed the lead

back to five. With 7:17 left, Willi-

ams scored on a drive to get St.

John’s back within two again.

However, BYU punched back, like

it had the entire game, scoring the

next seven points. St. John’s did have

one last run, getting within four

with 44.6 seconds left after a 6-0

run. But then came two missed free

throws by Brandon Averette and the

offensive rebound by George.

“We had some adversity,” Ander-

son said, “and I just didn’t think we

responded the right way.”

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Bubble bursts

BYU hands Johnnies first loss

BYU 74

ST. JOHN’S 68 SEEING RED: St. John’s Dylan Addae-Wusu (left) and BYU’s Alex

Barcello scramble for the ball during the second half Wednesday. AP