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St. John’s basketball smartly uses last non-league game, hosts Utah Valley

St. John's basketball head coach Mike Anderson (David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports)

St. John’s basketball properly utilized its final non-conference game in scheduling a matchup with Utah Valley.

Given the NCAA’s restrictions in playing non-conference games this season, the St. John’s basketball program did the correct thing holding onto its last game for as long as possible.

That patience has developed into a spur-of-the-moment game against Utah Valley (5-5, 3-0 WAC) in Queens on Saturday afternoon.

The Red Storm (8-7, 3-6 Big East) are coming off of a game in which they defeated the No.