National Basketball Association
St. John's 80, Virginia 55
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 22, 2024
Where: Baha Mar Convention Center, Nassau
Officials:
# Lamar Simpson, # Bart Lenox, # Greg Evans
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
RJ Luis Jr. scored nine of his 18 points during a decisive first-half run for No. 22 St. John's, which cruised to an 80-55 win over Virginia in the consolation game of the Baha Mar Championship in the Bahamas on Friday.
Deivon Smith (10 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists) just missed a triple-double for St. John's (5-1), which fell to No. 13 Baylor 99-98 on Jeremy Roach's buzzer-beating 3-pointer in double overtime Thursday night. Kadary Richmond had 12 points while Zuby Ejiofor (eight points, nine rebounds) nearly had a double-double.
Elijah Sanders scored 12 points while Andrew Rohde had 11 points off the bench for Virginia (3-2), which opened play in the Bahamas with a 64-42 loss to No. 11 Tennessee on Thursday night. Isaac McKneely added 10 points.
Virginia took its lone lead Friday at 7-6 on a 3-pointer by Dai Dai Ames with 15:58 left in the first half. Richmond's dunk 37 seconds later gave St. John's the lead for good and began a 10-0 run in which the Cavaliers were 0-for-2 from the field and 0-for-3 from the line while committing three turnovers.
A 3-pointer by Aaron Scott put St. John's ahead by double digits for the first time at 19-8 before Virginia scored the next eight points and pulled within three points on Blake Buchanan's jumper with 9:24 left.
Luis hit a 3-pointer to begin a 16-0 run for St. John's. Virginia was 0-for-4 with six turnovers during the Red Storm's surge, which lasted more than seven minutes.
McKneely scored seven points -- including a four-point play in the final second -- as the Cavaliers ended the half on a 10-4 run to cut the deficit to 39-26. Saunders opened the second half with a layup, but St. John's scored the next six points.
The Red Storm went ahead by 20 points for good at 52-32 on a dunk by Luis with 14:27 left and opened their biggest lead at 72-43 when Ejiofor drained a jumper with 6:01 remaining.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| St. John's |
|
Virginia |
|
RJ Luis 18 |
Scoring |
Elijah Saunders 12 |
|
Deivon Smith 8 |
Assists |
Dai Dai Ames 3 |
|
Deivon Smith 10 |
Rebounds |
Jacob Cofie 7 |
|
Zuby Ejiofor 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Andrew Rohde 3 |
|
RJ Luis 4 |
Steals |
Blake Buchanan 2 |
|
Zuby Ejiofor 2 |
Blocks |
Blake Buchanan 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| St. John's
|
80 |
52.5 |
10-24 |
6-10 |
19 |
31 |
3 |
13 |
7 |
| Virginia
|
55 |
40.0 |
9-28 |
10-18 |
12 |
25 |
1 |
4 |
16 |
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