Overview
- No. 17 St. John’s beat Xavier 87-82 in overtime at Madison Square Garden to extend its winning streak to 10 games.
- The Red Storm moved into a first-place tie with UConn in the Big East and improved to 19-5 overall and 12-1 in conference play.
- Zuby Ejiofor led St. John’s with 25 points, including six in overtime, plus seven to nine rebounds and five assists as reported across outlets.
- Oziyah Sellers tipped in his own miss to force overtime, then sealed the result with a breakaway dunk in the closing seconds.
- A major free-throw gap proved decisive, with St. John’s hitting 28 of 41 attempts versus Xavier’s 9 of 17 as multiple Musketeers fouled out in OT.