St. John’s survives an ugly first half, a late run by NJIT, and overtime to pull out a win over NJIT, 77-68.
The Red Storm have not looked dominant over inferior opponents for 40 minutes since its opener against Mississippi Valley State. Vegas represented that St. John’s was far superior to NJIT with the Red Storm being favored by 22.5 points. However, the Red Storm continued their trend of playing down to the level of their opponent against NJIT.
In the first half, the Red Storm struggled to find any sort of offensive flow. The offense frequently broke down, in the infrequent event the offense got started, leading to the team’s best players, Julian Champagnie and Posh Alexander, settling for half of the team’s shots.