Usually, I take some time to look at the previous game — in this case, the St. John’s home loss to Georgetown in front of a packed Madison Square Garden — and try to make sense of the game using tempo free numbers.
But the numbers say a lot of things went right.
St. John’s generated 12 more shots, attacking the offensive glass at a credible rate, and forcing the Hoyas into 10 more turnovers than the Johnnies committed.
The Hoyas didn’t really clobber the Red Storm on the glass on their offensive end.
They didn’t go HAM in the paint, and the free throw disparity was just two in favor of Georgetown — impressive, since St.