St. John’s Falls to Seton Hall, 68-62

Sunday, February 18

Belmont Park, N.Y. (UBS Arena)

5 p.m.

St. John's University

14-12,6-9Big East

Seton Hall

17-9,10-5Big East

Seton Hall

St. John's (NY)

2/18/2024 8:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Red Storm point guard Daniss Jenkins recorded 17 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals on Sunday at UBS Arena

ELMONT, N.Y. – The St. John's men's basketball (14-12, 6-9) fell to Seton Hall (17-9, 10-5), 68-62, on Sunday at UBS Arena.

Red Storm point guard Daniss Jenkins posted 17 points, six assists, five rebounds, three steals and one block against the Pirates. St. John's center Joel Soriano finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds for his 12^th double-double of the season.

Seton Hall was led by Al-Amir Dawes, who finished with a game-high 19 points and hit three 3-pointers. Kadary Richmond recorded 18 points and 11 rebounds while Dre Davis had 15 points and seven boards for the Pirates.

Soriano scored 11 of the team's first 25 points and put the Red Storm up by 11 with a jumper from the free-throw line at the 8:11 mark. St. John's outscored the Pirates 13-5 over the next five minutes to build its largest lead of the contest. Jenkins scored five points during the spurt, including his second 3-pointer of the half, before a pair of free throws from Nahiem Alleyne and a layup by Zuby Ejiofor extended the lead to 38-19 with 3:09 on the clock.

Seton Hall managed to trim the deficit to 12 by intermission with Richmond's putback layup, followed by four free throws from Dawes. St. John's led 41-29 at the break.

The Pirates carried the momentum into the second half and outscored St. John's 18-4 over the first 12 minutes of action to take its first lead of the game. Dylan Addae-Wusu converted a layup with 8:13 on the clock that put the Pirates ahead 47-45.

Jenkins drained his third 3-pointer of the contest to regain a one-point advantage for the Red Storm at 5:22, but Seton Hall answered with a 12-2 run to reclaim the lead for good. Richmond scored seven of his 18 points in the final 3:01 to help seal the contest for the Pirates.

St. John's returns to action on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. for a matchup with Georgetown. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Capital One Arena. FS1 will carry the national telecast.