St. John’s escapes with 84-80 win over Bowling Green

Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports26 points from Mustapha Heron helped to lead St. John’s over the Bowling Green Falcons. But it certainly wasn’t easy.

The Red Storm did their best to give this one away down the stretch, as they allowed for the Falcons to get as close as one point in the final moments. But clutch free throw shooting and a few miscues for Bowling Green ultimately led to an 84-80 win for St. John’s to move to 2-0 on the season.

St. John’s committed only eight turnovers and pounced on Bowling Green’s 20 turnovers, scoring 26 off them. But that wasn’t why they crept back into it. Bowling Green made a litany of free throws in the final minutes of the game. Nine of them to be exact,…