No. 7 St. John’s takes down Seton Corridor 71-61 to clinch first Giant East identify since 1985

NEW YORK (AP) — RJ Luis Jr. scored 21 issues and No. 7 St. John’s beat Seton Corridor 71-61 to clinch its first outright regular-season Giant East identify since 1985 on Saturday.The Crimson Typhoon (26-4, 17-2) progressed to 18-0 at house as they performed in entrance in their 3rd immediately sellout crowd at Madison Sq. Lawn and with trainer Rick Pitino wearing a white go well with for the second one immediately season.St. John’s moved the sport to MSG after it was once to begin with scheduled to be performed on campus however opted to not lower down the nets to rejoice. After completing off the win, a montage of highlights performed whilst the staff was once offered with the trophy for clinching the identify as confetti was once rained and Pitino gave a temporary speech thanking the fanatics and stated: “We’re simply getting began.”Zuby Ejiofor added 17 issues and 10 rebounds because the Crimson Typhoon shot 43.4 % and struggled till the overall mins.Dylan Addae-Wusu scored 18 for Seton Corridor (7-22, 2-16), which is concluding its worst season since 1982-83. Isaiah Coleman added 15 for the Pirates.TakeawaysSeton Corridor: The Pirates were aggressive of overdue and misplaced for the 3rd immediately sport by means of 10 issues or fewer.St. John’s: Loose-throw taking pictures has been difficult now and then for St. John’s and the Crimson Typhoon shot 63.6%.Key momentAfter suffering via lots of the first part and taking a four-point lead, St. John’s allowed Seton Corridor to get inside of one level six occasions prior to progressively taking keep an eye on. Luis transformed a monstrous one-handed dunk off a Seton Corridor turnover for a 59-52 lead with 6:43 left.Key statThe Crimson Typhoon entered averaging 11 turnovers and completed with 16.Up nextSeton Corridor hosts Creighton on Tuesday. St. John’s visits Marquette on March 8.