St. John’s Scraps Together Win Over Princeton, 89-74

Wendell CruzJust over 24 hours after Seton Hall upset Kentucky at Madison Square Garden, St. John’s took on Princeton. After a quality second half adjustment, St. John’s dominant defense sealed a 89-74 victory for St. John’s.

First Half

Coach Mullin shook up the starting lineup starting Mikey Dixon, Greg Williams Jr., and Bryan Trimble Jr. over the usual Marvin Clark II, LJ Figueroa, and Justin Simon, which Coach Mullin simply described as a “coaching decision.”

The altered lineup did not get into a great rhythm before the first media timeout, leading only 10-8 before the benched trio of Clark, Figueroa, and Simon checked in soon thereafter.

The Red Storm came into the Princeton game allowing…