With St. John’s coming off an impressive performance at Xavier and Yankuba Sima returning from a seven-game absence, the stars seemed like they were aligned for the Johnnies to earn their first conference victory.
Instead, the Red Storm were throttled by Roosevelt Jones and the Butler Bulldogs, 89-56, in front of a near sold out crowd at Carnesecca Arena Saturday night. Jones put up a triple double, 10 points, 10 assists and 14 rebounds, and the Johnnies were out-classed on both ends of the floor by a hungry Bulldogs team that sits right on the NCAA Tournament bubble.