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No. 12 St. John's keeps rolling with 70-64 win over No. 11 Marquette in Big East showdown

AP
Feb 04, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) Kadary Richmond had 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists as No. 12 St. John's beat No. 11 Marquette 70-64 on Tuesday night in their showdown for first place in the Big East.

RJ Luis Jr. added 17 points and 11 boards for the Red Storm (20-3, 11-1), who have won nine straight games and 15 of 16. Zuby Ejiofor had 13 points and 13 rebounds to help St. John's improve to 15-0 at home before a roaring Madison Square Garden crowd of 16,521 that included New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone.

Chase Ross had 16 points on 4-of-13 shooting for the Golden Eagles (18-5, 9-3), who were whistled for 24 fouls and had four players finish with at least four. Kam Jones scored 13 of his 15 in the second half.

Luis played all 40 minutes and made a huge impact on defense, too, with four steals and three blocked shots.

With its highest ranking in 25 years, St. John’s is off to the program's best start since 1985-86.

Marquette: Lost its second straight and dropped to 3-3 since a six-game winning streak.

St. John’s: It was a rousing start to a measuring-stick week for the Red Storm, who are 1-1 against ranked opponents this season.

Ross missed an open 3-pointer that could have cut Marquette's deficit to two with 1:52 remaining. Richmond then hit Aaron Scott for a dunk that gave the Red Storm a 66-59 lead with 1:37 left.

After missing 13 of its first 23 free throws, St. John's made seven of its last eight to pull this one out. The Red Storm held the Golden Eagles without a field goal for the final 5:20 and outrebounded them 50-28.

Marquette plays Saturday at Creighton, looking to sweep the season series.

St. John’s visits No. 19 UConn on Friday night. Huskies freshman Liam McNeeley (13.6 points per game) is expected back from a high ankle sprain that's sidelined him since early January.

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1st Half
MARQ
Golden Eagles
31
SJU
Red Storm
30

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Ben Gold vs. Zuby Ejiofor (Red Storm gains possession)
19:43		Kadary Richmond turnover (lost ball) (Stevie Mitchell steals)
19:29		Aaron Scott blocks Chase Ross's two point layup
19:27		RJ Luis Jr. defensive rebound
19:24		Ben Gold blocks RJ Luis Jr.'s two point layup
19:21		RJ Luis Jr. offensive rebound
19:20		Ben Gold blocks RJ Luis Jr.'s two point layup
19:18		Chase Ross defensive rebound
19:13	+3	Chase Ross makes three point jump shot (Ben Gold assists)	3-0
18:32		Chase Ross blocks Kadary Richmond's three point jump shot
18:30		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
18:16		Ben Gold misses three point jump shot
18:14		RJ Luis Jr. defensive rebound
18:08		Aaron Scott misses three point jump shot
18:06		Chase Ross defensive rebound
17:44		Simeon Wilcher personal foul
17:26		Stevie Mitchell misses two point layup
17:24		Red Storm defensive rebound
17:17		Aaron Scott turnover (bad pass) (Stevie Mitchell steals)
17:12		Stevie Mitchell turnover (bad pass) (RJ Luis Jr. steals)
17:10	+2	RJ Luis Jr. makes two point dunk	3-2
17:05		Aaron Scott personal foul
16:56		Kam Jones turnover (bad pass)
16:48		Kadary Richmond turnover (bad pass) (Kam Jones steals)
16:35		David Joplin misses two point jump shot
16:33		Kadary Richmond defensive rebound
16:27		RJ Luis Jr. misses two point layup
16:25		Zuby Ejiofor offensive rebound
16:25		Kam Jones shooting foul (Zuby Ejiofor draws the foul)
16:25	+1	Zuby Ejiofor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-3
16:25		Zuby Ejiofor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:25		Zuby Ejiofor offensive rebound
16:18	+2	Kadary Richmond makes two point jump shot	3-5
15:52		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
15:50		Zuby Ejiofor defensive rebound
15:42	+2	Kadary Richmond makes two point jump shot	3-7
15:23		David Joplin misses two point jump shot
15:21		Zuby Ejiofor defensive rebound
15:09		Aaron Scott misses two point dunk
15:07		David Joplin defensive rebound
14:51		Tre Norman turnover (bad pass) (Kadary Richmond steals)
14:47	+2	Simeon Wilcher makes two point layup (Kadary Richmond assists)	3-9
14:47		Kam Jones shooting foul (Simeon Wilcher draws the foul)
14:47		TV timeout
14:47		Simeon Wilcher misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:47		RJ Luis Jr. offensive rebound
14:33		Deivon Smith misses three point jump shot
14:31		Zuby Ejiofor offensive rebound
14:28		Royce Parham blocks Zuby Ejiofor's two point layup
14:26		Kadary Richmond offensive rebound
14:18		Official timeout
14:11		Zuby Ejiofor misses three point jump shot
14:09		Damarius Owens defensive rebound
13:45	+3	David Joplin makes three point jump shot (Chase Ross assists)	6-9
13:21		Tre Norman personal foul
13:11	+2	Kadary Richmond makes two point jump shot	6-11
12:51	+3	Tre Norman makes three point jump shot (Damarius Owens assists)	9-11
12:27		David Joplin blocks RJ Luis Jr.'s two point layup
12:25		Aaron Scott offensive rebound
12:21		Deivon Smith turnover (lost ball) (David Joplin steals)
12:15		David Joplin turnover (bad pass) (Kadary Richmond steals)
12:12		Tre Norman shooting foul (Kadary Richmond draws the foul)
12:12		Kadary Richmond misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:12		Kadary Richmond misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:12		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
11:50	+2	Royce Parham makes two point layup	11-11
11:32		Vince Iwuchukwu turnover (traveling)
11:32		TV timeout
11:04	+2	Zaide Lowery makes two point layup	13-11
10:41		RJ Luis Jr. misses two point jump shot
10:39		Kam Jones defensive rebound
10:31	+3	Zaide Lowery makes three point jump shot (Ben Gold assists)	16-11
10:29		Red Storm 30 second timeout
10:20		Aaron Scott misses three point jump shot
10:18		Zuby Ejiofor offensive rebound
10:05	+2	Kadary Richmond makes two point layup (RJ Luis Jr. assists)	16-13
9:38		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
9:36		Kadary Richmond defensive rebound
9:29	+2	RJ Luis Jr. makes two point layup	16-15
8:59	+2	Ben Gold makes two point layup	18-15
8:31		Ben Gold shooting foul (Aaron Scott draws the foul)
8:31	+1	Aaron Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-16
8:31	+1	Aaron Scott makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-17
8:31		Chase Ross turnover (bad pass)
8:29		RJ Luis Jr. misses three point jump shot
8:27		Ruben Prey offensive rebound
8:21	+2	RJ Luis Jr. makes two point dunk (Kadary Richmond assists)	18-19
7:59	+2	Zaide Lowery makes two point layup	20-19
7:59		TV timeout
7:37		RJ Luis Jr. turnover (bad pass)
7:13		Chase Ross misses two point jump shot
7:11		Zuby Ejiofor defensive rebound
7:02		Kadary Richmond misses two point layup
7:00		Chase Ross defensive rebound
6:56	+3	Zaide Lowery makes three point jump shot (Chase Ross assists)	23-19
6:27		Deivon Smith misses two point layup
6:25		Chase Ross defensive rebound
6:20	+2	Chase Ross makes two point layup	25-19
6:02	+2	RJ Luis Jr. makes two point layup	25-21
5:43		Chase Ross misses three point jump shot
5:41		Kadary Richmond defensive rebound
5:20	+2	Zuby Ejiofor makes two point layup (Simeon Wilcher assists)	25-23
5:02		David Joplin turnover (lost ball)
4:46		Zuby Ejiofor offensive foul
4:46		Zuby Ejiofor turnover (offensive foul)
4:30	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	27-23
4:03		Kam Jones personal foul
3:58	+3	RJ Luis Jr. makes three point jump shot (Kadary Richmond assists)	27-26
3:36		Zaide Lowery misses three point jump shot
3:34		Red Storm defensive rebound
3:32		TV timeout
3:16	+3	Aaron Scott makes three point jump shot (Kadary Richmond assists)	27-29
2:48	+2	Chase Ross makes two point layup	29-29
2:41		Royce Parham blocks Simeon Wilcher's two point layup
2:40		Red Storm offensive rebound
2:29		RJ Luis Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Stevie Mitchell steals)
2:25		Zuby Ejiofor personal foul
2:02		Simeon Wilcher personal foul
1:45		Aaron Scott shooting foul (David Joplin draws the foul)
1:45		David Joplin misses regular free throw 1 of 3
1:45		David Joplin misses regular free throw 2 of 3
1:45		David Joplin misses regular free throw 3 of 3
1:45		RJ Luis Jr. defensive rebound
1:17		David Joplin personal foul (RJ Luis Jr. draws the foul)
1:17	+1	RJ Luis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-30
1:17		RJ Luis Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:17		David Joplin defensive rebound
1:05		David Joplin turnover (bad pass) (RJ Luis Jr. steals)
0:47		Jaiden Glover misses three point jump shot
0:45		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
0:36	+2	Chase Ross makes two point layup	31-30
0:33		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
0:05		Royce Parham blocks Lefteris Liotopoulos's two point layup
0:03		Red Storm offensive rebound
0:03		Red Storm turnover (shot clock violation)
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
MARQ
Golden Eagles
33
SJU
Red Storm
40

Time		Play	Score
19:40		Stevie Mitchell misses three point jump shot
19:38		Kadary Richmond defensive rebound
19:21		Kadary Richmond misses two point jump shot
19:19		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
19:10		Kam Jones misses two point jump shot
19:08		Zuby Ejiofor defensive rebound
18:55		Aaron Scott misses three point jump shot
18:53		Kadary Richmond offensive rebound
18:48	+3	Simeon Wilcher makes three point jump shot (Kadary Richmond assists)	31-33
18:33		Chase Ross turnover (bad pass) (RJ Luis Jr. steals)
18:30		Ben Gold shooting foul (RJ Luis Jr. draws the foul)
18:30		RJ Luis Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:30	+1	RJ Luis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-34
18:21		Kam Jones turnover (lost ball) (RJ Luis Jr. steals)
18:17		Stevie Mitchell personal foul
18:16	+2	Aaron Scott makes two point jump shot (Kadary Richmond assists)	31-36
17:49		RJ Luis Jr. blocks Stevie Mitchell's two point layup
17:47		RJ Luis Jr. defensive rebound
17:42		Simeon Wilcher misses three point jump shot
17:40		Simeon Wilcher offensive rebound
17:33		Simeon Wilcher turnover (bad pass) (Stevie Mitchell steals)
17:28		Stevie Mitchell misses two point layup
17:26		Golden Eagles offensive rebound
17:14		RJ Luis Jr. blocks Chase Ross's two point layup
17:12		Kadary Richmond defensive rebound
17:06		RJ Luis Jr. misses two point layup
17:04		RJ Luis Jr. offensive rebound
17:03		RJ Luis Jr. misses two point layup
17:01		Kadary Richmond offensive rebound
16:54	+2	Kadary Richmond makes two point layup	31-38
16:54		Golden Eagles 30 second timeout
16:54		TV timeout
16:28		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
16:26		Red Storm defensive rebound
16:12		RJ Luis Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:10		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
15:58		RJ Luis Jr. blocks Chase Ross's two point layup
15:56		Zuby Ejiofor defensive rebound
15:53		Simeon Wilcher turnover (lost ball) (Zaide Lowery steals)
15:53		Simeon Wilcher personal foul
15:53		TV timeout
15:36	+3	Royce Parham makes three point jump shot (Stevie Mitchell assists)	34-38
15:07		Kadary Richmond misses three point jump shot
15:05		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
14:57	+2	Stevie Mitchell makes two point layup (David Joplin assists)	36-38
14:31		Deivon Smith misses two point jump shot
14:30		Zuby Ejiofor offensive rebound
14:30		Royce Parham personal foul
14:30		Royce Parham personal foul
14:18	+2	Kadary Richmond makes two point jump shot	36-40
14:02		Stevie Mitchell misses two point jump shot
14:00		Zuby Ejiofor defensive rebound
14:00		Stevie Mitchell personal foul
13:46	+2	Zuby Ejiofor makes two point layup (RJ Luis Jr. assists)	36-42
13:46		Stevie Mitchell shooting foul (Zuby Ejiofor draws the foul)
13:46	+1	Zuby Ejiofor makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-43
13:33	+3	Royce Parham makes three point jump shot (Kam Jones assists)	39-43
13:17	+2	Kadary Richmond makes two point layup	39-45
13:17		Ben Gold shooting foul (Kadary Richmond draws the foul)
13:17		Kadary Richmond misses regular free throw 1 of 1
13:17		Kam Jones defensive rebound
13:02	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	41-45
12:40		RJ Luis Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
12:32		Kam Jones turnover (out of bounds)
12:05		RJ Luis Jr. misses two point jump shot
12:03		Deivon Smith offensive rebound
12:00		Deivon Smith misses two point layup
11:58		Deivon Smith offensive rebound
11:58		Deivon Smith misses two point layup
11:56		Chase Ross defensive rebound
11:49		TV timeout
11:41	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	43-45
11:26	+2	Kadary Richmond makes two point layup	43-47
11:16		Ben Gold misses three point jump shot
11:14		Damarius Owens offensive rebound
10:58		Chase Ross misses three point jump shot
10:56		RJ Luis Jr. defensive rebound
10:50	+2	Zuby Ejiofor makes two point dunk (RJ Luis Jr. assists)	43-49
10:39		Kadary Richmond personal foul (Kam Jones draws the foul)
10:23	+2	David Joplin makes two point jump shot	45-49
10:06		Stevie Mitchell shooting foul (Kadary Richmond draws the foul)
10:06		Zuby Ejiofor misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:06		Zaide Lowery defensive rebound
9:40		David Joplin misses three point jump shot
9:38		Deivon Smith defensive rebound
9:24		David Joplin blocks Deivon Smith's two point layup
9:22		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
9:09		Kam Jones misses two point layup
9:07		Zuby Ejiofor defensive rebound
9:02		Ben Gold shooting foul (Zuby Ejiofor draws the foul)
9:02		Zuby Ejiofor misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:02		Chase Ross defensive rebound
8:56		Kam Jones misses three point jump shot
8:54		Deivon Smith defensive rebound
8:47	+2	Deivon Smith makes two point jump shot	45-51
8:31		Aaron Scott personal foul (Royce Parham draws the foul)
8:22		Simeon Wilcher shooting foul (Kam Jones draws the foul)
8:22	+1	Kam Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-51
8:22	+1	Kam Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-51
8:09		Kam Jones flagrant 1 (Deivon Smith draws the foul)
8:09		TV timeout
8:09		Deivon Smith misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
8:09		Deivon Smith misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
8:09		Red Storm offensive rebound
8:07		Aaron Scott misses two point jump shot
8:05		Golden Eagles defensive rebound
7:49		Kadary Richmond shooting foul (Tre Norman draws the foul)
7:49		Tre Norman misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:49	+1	Tre Norman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-51
7:26		RJ Luis Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:24		Chase Ross defensive rebound
7:22		Aaron Scott personal foul
7:22		Red Storm 30 second timeout
7:09	+2	Kam Jones makes two point layup	50-51
6:50		David Joplin shooting foul (Kadary Richmond draws the foul)
6:50	+1	Kadary Richmond makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-52
6:50	+1	Kadary Richmond makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-53
6:32		Kam Jones misses two point layup
6:30		Red Storm defensive rebound
6:17		Chase Ross shooting foul (Zuby Ejiofor draws the foul)
6:17		Zuby Ejiofor misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:17	+1	Zuby Ejiofor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-54
6:06	+2	Kam Jones makes two point jump shot	52-54
5:37		Kadary Richmond misses two point layup
5:35		Kadary Richmond offensive rebound
5:34		Kadary Richmond turnover (lost ball) (Zaide Lowery steals)
5:27		Kam Jones misses two point layup
5:25		Golden Eagles offensive rebound
5:20	+3	Kam Jones makes three point jump shot (Royce Parham assists)	55-54
5:09		David Joplin shooting foul (Deivon Smith draws the foul)
5:09		Deivon Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:09	+1	Deivon Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-55
4:52		Kam Jones misses two point jump shot
4:50		Kadary Richmond defensive rebound
4:45	+2	Deivon Smith makes two point layup	55-57
4:30		Kadary Richmond shooting foul (Chase Ross draws the foul)
4:30	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-57
4:30	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-57
4:15		Deivon Smith misses three point jump shot
4:13		Zuby Ejiofor offensive rebound
4:10		Royce Parham shooting foul (Zuby Ejiofor draws the foul)
4:10	+1	Zuby Ejiofor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-58
4:10	+1	Zuby Ejiofor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-59
3:54		Zaide Lowery misses three point jump shot
3:52		Deivon Smith defensive rebound
3:48		Chase Ross shooting foul (Deivon Smith draws the foul)
3:48		TV timeout
3:48	+1	Deivon Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-60
3:48		Deivon Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:48		Kam Jones defensive rebound
3:21		Kadary Richmond shooting foul (Chase Ross draws the foul)
3:21	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-60
3:21	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-60
3:10		David Joplin shooting foul (RJ Luis Jr. draws the foul)
3:10	+1	RJ Luis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-61
3:10	+1	RJ Luis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-62
3:05		Zuby Ejiofor shooting foul (Ben Gold draws the foul)
3:05		Ben Gold misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:05		RJ Luis Jr. defensive rebound
2:47		Kadary Richmond misses two point jump shot
2:45		Chase Ross defensive rebound
2:29		David Joplin misses three point jump shot
2:27		RJ Luis Jr. defensive rebound
2:04		David Joplin shooting foul (Zuby Ejiofor draws the foul)
2:04	+1	Zuby Ejiofor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-63
2:04	+1	Zuby Ejiofor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-64
1:54		Chase Ross misses three point jump shot
1:52		RJ Luis Jr. defensive rebound
1:39	+2	Aaron Scott makes two point dunk (Kadary Richmond assists)	59-66
1:13		Kadary Richmond blocks Royce Parham's three point jump shot
1:11		Golden Eagles offensive rebound
1:11		Golden Eagles 60 second timeout
1:08		Chase Ross misses three point jump shot
1:06		Kadary Richmond defensive rebound
1:03		Jump ball. (Red Storm gains possession)
0:39		RJ Luis Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Ben Gold steals)
0:39		Red Storm 30 second timeout
0:33		Zuby Ejiofor shooting foul (Chase Ross draws the foul)
0:33		Chase Ross misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:33	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-66
0:27	+2	RJ Luis Jr. makes two point dunk (Zuby Ejiofor assists)	60-68
0:20		Chase Ross misses three point jump shot
0:18		Zaide Lowery offensive rebound
0:17		Deivon Smith shooting foul (Zaide Lowery draws the foul)
0:17	+1	Zaide Lowery makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-68
0:17	+1	Zaide Lowery makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-68
0:15	+2	Deivon Smith makes two point layup (Kadary Richmond assists)	62-70
0:06		Deivon Smith shooting foul (Chase Ross draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-70
0:06	+1	Chase Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-70
0:00		End of period

+ 1

Chase Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2