After nearly shocking Xavier at the Cintas Center, St. John's was smacked at Carnesecca Arena Saturday, losing 89 to 56 to a Butler Bulldogs team that needed to avoid a "bad loss" in the worst way.
The Red Storm didn't receive much offensive production but Kassoum Yakwe led the team in scoring with 11 points on 2-of-5 shooting while Durand Johnson put up five points on 2-of-11 shooting. Yankuba Sima, who returned after a seven game absence due to a hand injury, was rusty, scoring three points on 0-of-1 shooting, and had a difficult time against Andrew Chrabascz (five points) and Tyler Wideman (11 points and five boards) inside.