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St. John's basketball loses another double digit second half lead against Providence

It’s becoming the same old story for the St. John’s basketball team and it’s getting old quickly.

For the fifth time this season the Johnnies squandered a second half lead and lost a game they should have won, yet this one was much more impactful than the other four as the Red Storm dropped a game at home to Providence, 77-71.

As stands in the NET rankings, it’s a Quad 3 loss, and the third time this year St. John’s (9-5, 2-1 Big East) has lost a game while leading by double digits.

The Red Storm were in front by nine, 64-55, with 6:32 remaining as Providence (8-6, 1-2 Big East) ripped off an 8-0 run to get within a point yet Zuby Ejiofor and Oziyah Sellers pushed the Red Storm lead to five, 68-63, with 3:19 left.