Zuby Ejiofor sinks OT buzzer-beater to guide No. 6 St. John’s over No. 20 Marquette

St. John’s finishes their common season 27-4 of their moment 12 months beneath head trainer Rick Pitino. (AP Photograph/Morry Gash)Zuby Ejiofor’s last-second shot powered the No. 6 St. John’s Purple Typhoon to an 86-84 time beyond regulation win over No. 20 Marquette on Saturday.As time wound down within the additional length, Purple Typhoon guard RJ Luis Jr.’s three-point try used to be rebounded through Marquette guard Chase Ross with 3.2 seconds to play. However St. John’s Kadary Richmond would poke it out of Ross’ arms to Simeon Wilcher, who then discovered Ejiofor for the successful bucket.Ejiofor completed with 17 issues and 12 rebounds, whilst Luis led all Purple Typhoon gamers with 28 issues.Richmond, in the meantime, posted this system’s first triple-double (10 issues, 12 rebounds, 11 assists) since Ron Artest in 1999.St. John’s finishes their common season 27-4 of their moment 12 months beneath head trainer Rick Pitino. They clinched their first outright Giant East identify since 1984 final week in opposition to Seton Corridor and can input the convention event as the highest seed for the primary time since 1986. They’re going to play the winner of Windfall and Butler within the quarterfinals on Thursday.The Purple Typhoon have best made the NCAA event thrice since 2002 and now not since 2019 after they fell to Arizona State within the First 4.