No. 17/17 St. John’s Grinds Out Road Win at Providence, 79-69

Saturday, February 14

Providence, R.I. (Amica Mutual Pavilion)

1 p.m.

St. John's University

20-5,13-1Big East

Providence

11-15,4-11Big East

St. John's (NY)

Providence

No. 17/17 St. John’s Grinds Out Road Win at Providence, 79-69

2/14/2026 5:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)Play-by-Play (PDF)VIDEO: Highlights VIDEO: Postgame Press Conference Postgame Quotes Photo Gallery Photo Gallery

Dylan Darling scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to lead the Johnnies to their 11th-straight victory

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - No. 17/17 St. John's men's basketball team (20-5, 13-1 BIG EAST) earned a gritty road victory over Providence on Saturday, 79-69, inside Amica Mutual Pavilion.

Redshirt junior guard Dylan Darling scored 18 of his game-high 23 points after intermission to help guide the Red Storm to its 11^th-straight victory. St. John's win over the Friars marked the program's 10^th consecutive BIG EAST road victory dating back to last season, which is the Johnnies longest ever stretch of conference road wins.

Darling added eight rebounds, three steals and shot 8-for-9 at the free-throw line in 27 minutes off the bench. Teammates Zuby Ejiofor (14) and Oziyah Sellers (11) both scored in double-figures while Bryce Hopkins led all players with nine boards and Dillon Mitchell matched a career-high with six assists.

The Johnnies' bench outscored the Friars, 31-3. St. John also matched a season-low with five turnovers and converted 14 Providence giveaways into 14 points.

After Providence (11-15, 4-11 BIG EAST) tallied the first bucket of the afternoon, the Red Storm responded with a 10-0 run to grab an early lead. The Johnnies' forced three steals during that stretch, including an intercepted in-bounds pass that led to a slam for Hopkins and force a Friars timeout. Ian Jackson tallied the next seven points for the Johnnies as the early cushion expanded to 15-4 at the 15:18 mark.

Darling and Joson Sanon splashed back-to-back triples to push the advantage to 13, 25-12, with 11:03 remaining in the first half. The Friars retaliated with eight unanswered points to climb back within five, 25-20.

Lefteris Liotopoulos cashed in from long-range to spring the lead back to double-digits and Darling finished a driving lay-up to bring the advantage to 12, 34-22. The Friars engineered a 7-0 scoring run over the final two minutes of the first half as the Red Storm went into the break with a 34-29 lead.

In the second half, Providence took its first lead since it was 2-0 at the 17:18 mark, 36-35, with a pair of free-throws from Ryan Mela.

After a lengthy stoppage resulting from a flagrant two foul and ejection of Providence's Duncan Powell, the Johnnies rattled off eight consecutive points in 30 seconds capped off by a Darling 3-pointer to separate itself by seven, 47-40 with 13:55 to go. Darling stayed hot nailing another triple and a lay-up to tally eight straight points for St. John's to go up nine, 52-43, with 12:32 to play.

Over the final 12 minutes, the Red Storm clung onto its lead never allowing the Friars to come closer than seven points en route to its 20^th victory of the season.

The Red Storm will be back in action on Wednesday at Marquette at 9 p.m. ET on TNT.