St. John’s thumps Butler in blowout win

Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe St. John’s Red Storm staged a massive rout. In a Friday night Big East affair, the Red Storm defeated Butler, 91-57. The win was the Red Storm’s second victory in three days, having collected a win against Xavier in Cincinnati earlier this week.

St. John’s did trail early but weathered an early storm. They scored a whopping 32 points in the final 10 minutes of the first half. They engineered a victory from there, scoring 45 second-half points to Butler’s mere 27.

Julian Champagnie once again starred for the Johnnies. The excellent junior scorer put up 31 points on 22 shots from the floor. He made four 3-pointers, tying him with…