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POSTERIZED: Rysheed Jordan jumps over God’sgift Achiuwa at St. John’s Red Storm Tip-Off (VIDEO)

Rysheed Jordan, Mitch Holmberg

Vaux’s Rysheed Jordan, top, dunks behind Johnsonburg’s Mitch Holmberg in the second half of the PIAA Class A Boys Basketball championship game on Friday, March 22, 2013 in Hershey, Pa. Vaux won 83-63. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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St. John’s 2013 Red Storm Tip-Off took place inside Carnesecca Arena on Friday night, with the dunk contest following the team’s full-court scrimmage.

Sophomore forward Christian Jones defeated reigning team champion JaKarr Sampson to take home the dunk contest title. However, Jones didn’t even have the dunk of the night.

Freshman guard Rysheed Jordan, the Big East’s preseason Rookie of the Year, got a loud ovation when he cleared the 6-foot-8 God’sgift Achiuwa on the way to his one-handed finish. Both Jordan and Providence freshman Brandon Austin showed what they can do to potential defenders during the conference’s first annual Big East Tip-Off Party.

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