St. John’s Stats

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The Johnnies have played 200 minutes of postseason basketball. They’ve led 194:25 They’ve trailed for 38 seconds

Heading into this play, Dylan Darling was 0-for-4 from the field. He had not attempted a two-point shot. BIG. BELLS.

In the first 117 seasons of St. John's Basketball, the Johnnies won 30 games exactly twice. In the last two seasons, they've won 30 games twice. Rick Pitino becomes the fifth coach in Division I men's college basketball history to win 30+ games 10times.

The Johnnies will play on the second weekend for the first time since 1999!

Ian Jackson into double figures for the 16th time this season. He's got 10 and St. John's leads 52-40 with 9:30 to go.

Bryce Hopkins now with five 3's, tying the program's single-game NCAA Tournament record set by Erick Barkley in the second round of the 2000 tournament and matched by RJ Luis in last year's first round.

Bryce Hopkins with his fourth triple of the night (4-of-7), a new career high for the grad student.

Rub3n Pr3y is now 55.0% (11-of-20) from 3-point range on the season.

Zuby Ejiofor and Bryce Hopkins with nine points apiece to lead St. John's in the first half. Zuby collected eight boards in the opening 20 minutes, Bryce grabbed five.

St. John's went 7-of-23 from beyond the arc in the opening half. The Red Storm's 23 attempts in the first half were a season high. The seven makes in the opening stanza match the season high set at Creighton on Jan. 10.

A historic matchup today between Rick Pitino and Bill Self

Bryce Hopkins now has multiple 3-pointer in three straight games for the Johnnies. Red Storm is 3-of-4 from deep, leads 11-6 at the under 16.

Last two games for Bryce Hopkins: 15.5 ppg, 66.7% FG (12-of-18), 80.0% 3FG (4-of-5) Johnnies and Jayhawks in the second round coming up on CBS

Eighth straight game with this starting five for the Johnnies

Last night, Zuby Ejiofor tied Tariq Owens (2016-18) for fifth all-time in St. John’s history with 163 career blocks. Over his last seven appearances, the big man is averaging 3.7 swats per game.

Great win yesterday!!!! Since the UConn loss, St. John's is 7-0 and has the #2 team efficiency in the country (Torvik). Let's go Johnnies!!!!!!!!

Since the start of the BIG EAST Tournament, @StJohnsBBall has played 160 minutes. Over that stretch: - They have not trailed - They have led for 157:20 - They have led by 10 or more for 121:18

The two coaches combine for 1,755 wins, but Sunday will mark just the second time that Rick Pitino and Bill Self have faced off against one another. The first came on Nov. 28, 2021, a 96-83 win for No. 4 Kansas over Iona at the ESPN Events Invitational

The Red Storm's 79 points were the second most allowed by Northern Iowa this season. The Panthers' led the nation in scoring defense (61.3) entering the game.