Rick Pitino said the backs of the St. John’s basketball team were up against the wall following its late game collapse on Saturday afternoon against Providence and the Red Storm played like it on Tuesday night in Indianapolis.
The Johnnies put together one of its most complete halves of the season against Butler to win 84-70 after being deadlocked at 42 going into the halftime locker room.
Its turnaround started on the defensive end, holding the Bulldogs (10-6, 1-4 Big East) to 11-of-24 shooting but, more importantly, forcing 13 turnovers and converting that into 19 points. For the game, St.