It was their final chance to steal a game on their "home court" and survive another day.
Instead, St. John's was defeated by the Marquette Golden Eagles, 101 to 93, after coming back down 17 points in the first round of the Big East Conference Tournament on Wednesday night at the Garden. The Red Storm ended one of their worst seasons in program history with a loss and showed digression in the last couple of weeks, but this was an incredible effort by a team that had nothing to play for.
Christian Jones, who has played the best basketball of his career the past few outings, scored a career high 29 points on 13-of-21 shooting.