St. John’s Takes Down Seton Hall, 77-76, at Carnesecca Arena

Saturday, February 22

Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)

2:00 p.m.

St. John's University

16-11,9-7Big East

Seton Hall

16-11,9-7Big East

Seton Hall

St. John's (NY)

St. John’s Takes Down Seton Hall, 77-76, at Carnesecca Arena

2/22/2020 6:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Leilani Correa records 32 points in Red Storm victory

By: Victoria Lanza

Behind a 32-point performance from Leilani Correa, the St. John's women's basketball team defeated Seton Hall, 77-76, in the final seconds of Saturday's contest to complete the season sweep of the Pirates.

With 10 seconds left on the clock and Seton Hall leading by one, 76-75, the visiting team saw its inbound pass tipped by Kadaja Bailey and into the hands of Tiana England, who came up with the steal. Then in a scrum on the floor, England tossed the ball back to Bailey, who was fouled. With the game on the line for the Red Storm, the Long Beach, N.Y., native converted on both of her attempts from the charity stripe to seal the victory for the Johnnies.

With 32 points on the afternoon, Correa finished just one shy of her season-high 33. The rookie from Manchester, N.J., netted 19 of her 32 points in the third quarter alone. In addition to her scoring ability, Correa was a force on defense grabbing six boards and three steals in the Johnnies' victory.

Correa has now finished with 30 or more points on three different occasions, becoming just the second player in program history to do so and the first since Tawana Jackson in 1995. Correa is also the first Johnnie to eclipse 30 points in a conference contest since Jade Walker fired off 32 against Marquette on Jan. 8, 2017.

England lit up the stat sheet for St. John's, turning in her second double-double of the season and the third of her Red Storm career. The redshirt junior netted 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor. The Stamford, Conn., native also dished out a team-high 10 assists to go along with five rebounds in 40 minutes of action.

Bailey rounded out scoring in double figures for the Red Storm, finishing with 10 points against the Pirates. The sophomore guard had a 6-for-6 showing from the free-throw line, including the game-winner. The Long Beach, N.Y., native also recorded a team-high four swipes.

Raven Farley led the way for St. John's on the glass, pulling down a squad-leading seven boards.

Seton Hall (16-11, 9-7 BIG EAST) jumped out to an early 11-4 run to lead by seven at the 6:23 mark, forcing the Johnnies to use a timeout. On the other end of the 30-second intermission, the two programs traded blows before the Pirates went on a 13-4 tear to build their lead up to 14, 24-10, after 10 minutes of action.

England converted on a pair of shots from the charity stripe to open up the second stanza and trim the Johnnies' deficit in half, 24-12. The two teams went back-and-forth over the next few minutes before St. John's (16-11, 9-7 BIG EAST) took off on a 16-1 run, to see its first lead of the game, 33-32.

With a little over two minutes to play in the second stanza, Seton Hall made one final push before the break, outscoring the Johnnies, 9-2, to regain the lead, 41-35, at the half.

England led the team in scoring at the break, draining a team-high 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the floor. The redshirt junior also converted on a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line.

Seton Hall outscored the Johnnies by a mere four points, 13-9, in the opening three minutes of the third period to build its lead back up to double-digits, 54-44. The visiting team's 10-point advantage was short lived as the Red Storm managed to claw its way back, using a 9-2 run to pull within three, 56-53, at the 4:15 mark. During the Red Storm's run, Correa accounted for seven of the home team's points with England tacking on the other two.

The Correa show continued down the stretch of the third quarter, as the rookie guard netted the Red Storm's final seven points of the frame to keep it a two-point game, 62-60, in favor of the Pirates after 30 minutes of action. The rookie from Manchester, N.J., netted 19 of the Johnnies' 25 third-quarter points.

Seton Hall's Sheadeen Samuels scored the opening bucket of the final frame before the Johnnies took off on a 9-2 run to regain the lead, 69-66, with just under seven minutes to play in regulation.

The two teams battled back-and-forth down the stretch, with the score never growing to more than one possession. Then with Seton Hall leading, 76-75, and 10 ticks left on the clock, Bailey drew a foul before converting on both of her attempts from the charity stripe to seal the victory.

The Johnnies will continue their three-game homestand on Friday, when they welcome Butler to Carnesecca Arena. Tip-off between the Red Storm and the Bulldogs is slated for 7 p.m. on BEDN.