by New York (AP) – RJ Luis Jr. scored 21 points and no. 7 St. John’s Beat Seton Hall 71-61 to conquer his first outright regular season Big East title since 1985 on Saturday.
The Red Storm (26-4, 17-2) improved at home to 18-0 while they played in Madison Square Garden and with coach for their third consecutive sold-out crowd Rick Pitino A white suit for the second straight season.
St. John’s moved the game to MSG after it was initially planned to be played on campus, but chose not to reduce the nets to celebrate. After he ended the victory, a mounting of highlights played while the team got the trophy to conquer the title while Confetti was rained and Pitino gave a short speech to thank the fans and said, “We just started.”
ZUBY EJIOFOR 17 points and 10 rebounds added when the red storm shot 43.4 percent and struggled until the last minutes.
Dylan ADDAE-WUSU Scored 18 for Seton Hall (7-22, 2-16), which ends his worst season since 1982-83. Isaiah Coleman 15 Added for the pirates.
Take -away meals
Seton Hall: The Pirates have been competitive lately and lost for the third consecutive match with 10 points or less.
St. John’s: Free-throwing shooting has sometimes been difficult for St. John’s and the Red Storm shot 63.6%.
Important moment
After struggling for the majority of the first half and having taken a four -point lead, St. John’s Seton Hall allowed Hall to get within one point before he gradually took over control. Luis converted a monstrous Dunk with one hand of a Seton Hall turnover for a 59-52 lead with 6:43.
Key Stat
The red storm came in on average 11 turnover and ended with 16.
Next
Seton Hall organizes Creighton on Tuesday. St. John’s visit Marquette on March 8.
