St. John's University Athletics
St. John's University
West Virginia
St. John's Falls To West Virginia 73-64
1/28/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan 28, 2004
NEW YORK (AP) - Tyrone Sally scored 24 points to help West Virginia hand St. John's its seventh straight loss with a 73-64 victory Wednesday night.
The defeat for the Red Storm (4-13, 0-7 Big East) matched the longest losing streak in school history. The 1918-19 team dropped all seven games it played in that season.
Sally, who had 14 points in the first half, shot 7-for-8 for the Mountaineers (11-6, 3-3). Patrick Beilein added 12 points, Johannes Herber scored 11 and Kevin Pittsnogle had 10.
Elijah Ingram, who was 5-for-11 on 3-pointers, led the Red Storm with 19 points. Daryll Hill added 15.
Ingram's 3-pointer gave St. John's its last lead of the game, 13-12, at 13:01 of the first half. West Virginia then took command thanks to a 15-4 run, closed out by Herber's jumper that made it 27-17.
Lamont Hamilton's 3-pointer got St. John's to within 29-26 with 4:30 left in the half but Sally scored seven points in an 11-2 run that ended the first half.
A layup by Grady Reynolds cut the deficit to 48-45 at 13:52 of the second half, but West Virginia scored six straight, including a 3-pointer by Beilein, to take a nine-point lead.
After a jumper by Hill drew the Red Storm to within 58-56 at 8:23, West Virginia ended the game on a 15-8 run, with Sally scoring six of his eight points at the foul line.
