St. John’s Strong on Senior Night, Beats Xavier 81-66

In the home finale on the season, St. John’s excelled in the final eight minutes of the game beating Xavier, 81-66.

In probably the most well-coached game of the season, St. John’s was effective out of time-outs and regularly were able to prevent massive swings of momentum.

Prior to the contest, St. John’s honored its seniors — Tareq Coburn, Stef Smith and Jalen Rosemond — for their contributions to the team.

After missing the last two games, of which the Red Storm dropped both, Joel Soriano made his return, which was very much felt in the first half. Prior to the break, the Johnnies regularly ran its offense through Soriano in the low post, where the big man produced 6 points on 3 of 5 from…