St. John’s couldn’t cash out when they were up big in the Naismith Bracket of the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off, dropping the game to Arizona State by the score of 80-67.
St. John’s faces UMass tomorrow afternoon in the consolation game at 3:30 PM. UMass lost a competitive game against Virginia, 58-46.
St. John’s started off with a sparkling beginning. Josh Roberts located misses and dunked them, Arizona State had four turnovers, Nick Rutherford scored, and there was a 13-point lead for the Red Storm to work with.
They needed it, and more.
The second unit for the Red Storm came in and the young unti struggled against the length of Arizona State, as their guards Jaelen House and Rob Edwards got the scoring going.