St. Johns Oziyah Sellers thriving from 3-point…
LAS VEGAS — As Oziyah Sellers recalled, the conversations with Rick Pitino are fairly simple:
The Stanford switch is listening. For the second straight day he hit 5 3-pointers, serving to the 14th-ranked Johnnies rebound from their loss to Iowa State with a 96-81 victory over Baylor at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Oziyah Sellers, who scored 22 factors and hit 5 3-pointers, battles for a rebound with Caden Powell (left) during St. John’s 96-81 win over Baylor on Nov. 25, 2025. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
“Even in moments when I felt like I wasn’t really open, he wanted me to take it,” Sellers said. “Having that confidence from him makes me want to go out there and play free. So when I get the opportunity, I will definitely take it.”
Sellers made 5-of-7 pictures from long distance and logged a team-high 36 minutes. St. John’s outscored Baylor by 23 factors with the senior on the ground. After making only three 3s in St. John’s first 4 video games, Sellers is 10-for-13 from deep in the past two. He’s taken a liking to the edges at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Bryce Hopkins (26 factors) also hit three 3-pointers in as many makes an attempt. He is starting to look more assured in his perimeter soar shot.
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“It’s just the consistency in the work [we put in],” the Providence switch said. “As the season goes on and teams try to game-plan for us, I’m that much more confident in taking my shots because I know how much time we’ve put in.”
“I haven’t begged my players very often to shoot the ball, but I begged these two guys to take more shots,” Pitino added, referring to Hopkins and Sellers, “and they did tonight.”
St. John’s has never had a better offensive start to a season through six video games, averaging 95.3 factors. The earlier high, set in 1971-72, was 95.2.
After utilizing a different beginning 5 in each of the first 4 video games, Pitino has used the same starters for the past three video games. … The Red Storm’s 11 made 3-pointers on 22 makes an attempt have been a season high.
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