A crowd at Madison Square Garden sold out.
“Let's go to Johnny,” Chanz bounces off the wall of the building.
A gritty victory that went a long way since 1986 when St. John's won his first Big East regular season crown.
This was a dream when Red Storm hired Rick Pitino.
Less than two years later, it was a Sunday afternoon reality.
9th place Johnny is currently in the Big East driver's seat and is in two games of Clayton and Marquette's loss column after this fierce battle, after a 79-73 victory over the 24th place Blue Jays.
St. John's fired 35% at Clayton after halftime and turned 15 turnovers to 20 points again, which was a difference.
At the final 14:51, the Blue Jays managed just 16 points.
The victory notched St. John's highest victory total since the 1999-2000 season.
By retaking the losses of other meetings on the big day, we responded to the losses at Villanova.
RJ Lewis added to his candidacy for Big East Player of the Year with 23 points, 14 rebounds and five assists.
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Kadary Richmond had 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Zuby Ejiofor continued with 18 points, 9 rebounds and five assists.
Deivon Smith was incredibly available, providing energy from the bench, earning eight points and three assists.
St. John's built a seven-point lead on 18-6 runs.
Lewis' floater on the left at 4:38 was 66-59. Neil answered with a 3-pointer.
At the same time, Ryan Calkbrenner returned after missing out on more than six minutes of action due to a foot injury.
Reed was eight years old after Simeon Wilcher found Aaron Scott for a layup.
The garden was exploding, and the path to the Big East title has become clear.
