St. John’s Comeback Falls Short at Marquette, 57-55

Wednesday, February 5

Milwaukee, Wis. (Al McGuire Center)

7:30 p.m.

St. John's University

13-10,3-9Big East

Marquette

15-7,7-4Big East

St. John's (NY)

Marquette

St. John’s Comeback Falls Short at Marquette, 57-55

2/5/2025 10:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Red Storm rallied back to tie the game after trailing by as many as 15

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – The St. John's women's basketball team (13-10, 3-9 BIG EAST) rallied back from a 15-point deficit but the comeback effort fell just short at Marquette (15-7, 7-4 BIG EAST), 57-55.

The Red Storm clawed back from a double-digit halftime deficit outscoring the Golden Eagles, 17-9, in the third frame. The two sides battled till the very end in a tight final quarter, trailing by two on the final possession, the Red Storm chance at the game-tying basket was just off the mark at the Al McGuire Center.

Ber'Nyah Mayo fueled the comeback effort tonight in Milwaukee and finished with team-high's in points (13), rebounds (6), assists (4) and steals (4). The graduate student finished in double-digits for the eighth time in the last nine games.

Lashae Dwyer recorded her 18^th double-figure scoring performance of the season logging 10 points, three steals and four rebounds in 21 minutes of action.

Sophomore Julie Bahati delivered another strong performance matching career-bests with six points on 2-of-3 shooting and four rebounds. The Nairobi, Kenya native set a new personal best with three blocks and was a plus-12 while on the court in her 18 minutes of action.

The Red Storm forced Marquette into 15 turnovers and converted them into 19 points. The Johnnies posted 10 steals, marking their seventh time this season registering double-digit swipes.

In the opening frame, Mayo got the scoring started with a lay-in. The Johnnies were hot early after back-to-back triples from Jailah Donald and a second chance trey from Dwyer in the corner gave the Red Storm a 10-3 lead to start the game. The Golden Eagles turned the tides finishing the quarter on a 13-2 spurt to take a four-point edge, 16-12, into the second frame.

As the game turned to the second stanza, Marquette continued its dominant run to 17-2 stretching its lead to eight, before a Donald step back two-point jumper half the run. The Golden Eagles stretched their lead to as many as 15 with 3:29 to play in opening half. Janeya Grant nailed a triple off a curl from beyond-the-arc and made a pair from the charity stripe to record the final five first half points for the Johnnies, as they trimmed the deficit to 10, 32-22, heading into the locker room.

The third quarter crawled out to a slow start offensively with neither side scoring for the opening four minutes of the stanza. Bahati got it started with a second chance putback. As the Red Storm kept inching closer and closer Mayo made a pivotal 3-pointer off a feed from Dwyer to make it a one possession contest, 37-35, with 1:55 to play in the frame. Mayo finished the cup to make it a two-point game, 41-39, as Marquette hung onto its lead heading into the fourth.

In a tightly contested final frame, Phoenix Gedeon tied it out the gate, the first of three ties in the fourth quarter. Dwyer knotted the scoreline at 44 after draining a triple from long-range. Another Bahati tip-in served as the last tie at the 7:24 mark. The Golden Eagles then took the lead but never went ahead further than five points until the final two minutes. A corner triple from Marquette's Olivia Porter brought the cushion to six for the home team, 57-51, with 1:42 on the clock.

In the final minute with the Golden Eagles in front by five after a made free throw by Kylie Lavelle, Mayo found Donald in the corner, as she cashed in on a huge triple to pull the Red Storm with two, 57-55, with 0:45 to play. The Red Storm clamped down defensively and tracked down the board to give itself a chance on the final possession. Mayo drove to the basket weaving her way to a look at the game-tying lay-in that bounced off the mark as time expired.

The Red Storm will have the weekend off before returning to action on Wednesday Feb. 12 when it meets No. 5/6 UConn at Gampel Pavilion at 7:30 p.m. on SNY.