Johnnies fall to Marquette on day two of tourney

Posted by Bill San Antonio

The St. John’s Red Storm overcame a 10-point halftime deficit against Marquette during Wednesday’s second-round Big East tournament match, but the Golden Eagles held on for the 57-55 win after David Cubillan hit a 3-pointer with 1:10 in regulation.

St. John’s shot just 29.6 percent in the first half, but after an inspired halftime speech from Head Coach Norm Roberts, the team brought the game to within a point with 13:15 left as D.J. Kennedy found Sean Evans underneath for the easy lay-in. Minutes later, Kennedy hit an off-balance 3-pointer as the shot clock wound down and Justin Brownlee made back-to-back field goals to put the Red Storm up 46-42. Kennedy and Evans each had 12 points.

Marquette made its first five 3-point attempts and finished 10-for-18 from beyond the arc. Lazar Hayward made four of those attempts, tying the game on a fallaway 3-pointer with 5:24 remaining, and led the team with 20 points. Cubillan, who hit the shot that proved to be the game-winner, was the team’s second-leading scorer with 11.

St. John’s (17-15, 6-13 Big East) remains hopeful it will receive a bid to the NIT, having beaten Connecticut yesterday and playing at a high level for much of the season. Marquette (21-10, 12-7 Big East) returns to action tomorrow to face Villanova in the Big East tournament’s third round.

Butler’s buzzer beater gives Men’s Basketball tenth conference loss

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Marquette’s Jimmy Butler and St. John’s Malik Boothe chased down a loose ball near the right corner with less than 10 seconds remaining in the overtime period of Wednesday night’s men’s basketball game, after Boothe stripped him in driving to the basket.

Butler beat Boothe to the ball and hit a 17-foot jump shot as Anthony Mason Jr. rushed over to defend and Marquette defeated St. John’s 63-61, spoiling the forward’s Senior Night in Queens.

Storm recordholders in tourney loss

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Yesterday’s win over Georgetown must have been enough for the St. John’s Red Storm.

When head coach Norm Roberts said that his team was ‘just happy to be here’ in regard to the team’s first Big East tournament appearence in five years yesterday, he must have meant it.

Because his team accomplished a new Big East-low on Wednesday.

Storm upset Hoyas in tourney

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For the first time in five seasons, the St. John’s Red Storm won a postseason game, stunning Georgetown in the first round of the Big East Tournament 64-59.