St. John's University Athletics
St. John's University
No. 4/4 Pittsburgh
Red Storm Falls At Pittsburgh, 71-51
2/4/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb 4, 2004
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Chris Taft scored 15 points to help No. 4 Pittsburgh rout St. John's 71-51 on Wednesday night, the Panthers' school-record 17th home win of the season.
The Panthers (21-1, 7-1 Big East) have won 39 consecutive home games and are 33-0 at the Petersen Events Center. The 7-1 conference start is Pitt's best ever.
Jaron Brown added 13 points, and Chevon Troutman had 11. Carl Krauser, who grew up in the Bronx but was not recruited by St. John's, had nine points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
The Panthers, who have held 15 of their 22 opponents under 60 points, forced the Red Storm to commit 18 turnovers.
St. John's (5-14, 0-8) is off to its worst start in Big East play. The Red Storm are 3-10 under coach Kevin Clark, who replaced Mike Jarvis on Dec. 19. They were coming off a 71-55 win over UCLA that snapped a seven-game losing streak.
Daryll Hill led the Red Storm with 16 points. Elijah Ingram scored all 11 of his points in the second half.
Ingram, who scored 21 points against UCLA and was second in the Big East in 3-pointers, broke his nose in practice Tuesday and wore a shield to cover his injury. He was 4-of-14 from the floor, including 3-of-9 from 3-point range.
Troutman scored nine of his points in the first half to help Pitt take a 38-19 lead. St. John's committed 10 turnovers in the half and scored only three points in the final 9:49.
St. John's had won seven of the previous eight meetings between the two schools.
