There was the obvious looming question of how the St. John’s basketball team would respond from its crushing loss to No. 15 Iowa State a day earlier and the No. 14 Johnnies passed its test with flying colors.
The Red Storm went wire-to-wire against Baylor (4-1), winning 96-81 and landing its first meaningful victory of the season.
Despite its first half rebounding deficiencies, St. John’s (4-2) turned in its best performance of the season with stifling defense and prolific offense.
“It was a good bounce back game off a devastating loss for us,” Rick Pitino said after the victory.