
Marquette Golden Eagles at St. John's Red Storm
· Big East Tournament - SemifinalEjiofor powers No. 6 St. John's past No. 25 Marquette 79-63 into 1st Big East final since 2000
Big East Player of the Year RJ Luis Jr. added 13 points and Ejiofor grabbed nine rebounds as the top-seeded Red Storm (29-4) wiped out an early 15-point deficit. They advanced to play No. 2 seed Creighton, a 71-62 semifinal winner over third-seeded UConn, on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
Kadary Richmond had 12 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for St. John's, which has won eight straight — and 18 of 19 since the new year. In the program's second season under 72-year-old Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, the Johnnies are one win from their fourth Big East Tournament title and first since 2000.
Kam Jones had 24 points for the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles (23-10), who lost all three matchups with the Red Storm this season and fell to 1-6 against them at the Big East Tournament.
St. John’s: Making a strong bid for a No. 2 seed in the NCAAs, the Red Storm improved to 20-0 at home, including 11-0 at MSG — the program’s most wins at The Garden since compiling 13 in 1958-59. The last time the Johnnies finished unbeaten at home was the 1931-32 season.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 63 - 79 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 63 - 79 |
2nd 0:01 | Royce Parham Defensive Rebound. | 63 - 79 |
2nd 0:04 | Simeon Wilcher missed Three Point Jumper. | 63 - 79 |
2nd 0:05 | Ruben Prey subbing in for St. John's | 63 - 79 |
Statistics
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23-59 | FG | 28-67 |
39.0 | Field Goal % | 41.8 |
6-29 | 3PT | 5-18 |
20.7 | Three Point % | 27.8 |
11-18 | FT | 18-25 |
61.1 | Free Throw % | 72.0 |
40 | Rebounds | 40 |
7 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
33 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
6 | Assists | 17 |
8 | Steals | 10 |
3 | Blocks | 1 |
17 | Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
17 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
11 | Points Off Turnovers | 14 |
7 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
34 | Points in Paint | 44 |
19 | Fouls | 17 |
15 | Largest Lead | 19 |
Game Information
Location: New York, NY
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2024-25 Big East Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
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St. John's | 18-2 | - | 31-5 |
Creighton | 15-5 | 3 | 25-11 |
UConn | 14-6 | 4 | 24-11 |
Marquette | 13-7 | 5 | 23-11 |
Xavier | 13-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
Villanova | 11-9 | 7 | 21-14 |
Georgetown | 8-12 | 10 | 18-16 |
Butler | 6-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
Providence | 6-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
DePaul | 4-16 | 14 | 14-20 |
Seton Hall | 2-18 | 16 | 7-25 |