Seton Hall Pirates (21-11, 11-10 Big East) vs. St. John’s Red Storm (26-6, 19-2 Big East)
New York; Friday, 5:30 p.m. ET
Bottom line: No. 13 St. John’s will play Seton Hall in the Big East tournament.
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The Red Storm are 19-2 in Big East play and 7-4 in non-conference play. St. John’s is 1-1 in games decided by four points or fewer.
The Buccaneers are 11-10 in Big East play. Seton Hall averages 70.4 points per game, 5.5 points more than its opponents.
St. John’s scored 82.0 points, 17.1 more than Seton Hall averaged 64.9 points per game. Seton Hall averages 70.4 points per game, 0.2 points lower than St. John’s University’s 70.6 points per game.
The two teams met for the third time this season. In the last game on March 7, the Red Storm won 72-65. Zubie Ejiofor scored 21 points for the Red Storm and Adam Clark scored 15 points for the Buccaneers.
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Top performer: Ejiofor averaged 16.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2 blocks per game for the Red Storm. Bryce Hopkins is averaging 12.8 points over the past 10 games.
Stephen Payne III averages 6.1 points and 6.7 rebounds per game for the Buccaneers. AJ Staton-McCray is averaging 1.7 three-pointers in his last 10 games.
Last 10 games: Red Storm: 9 wins and 1 loss, averaging 76.2 points, 36.0 rebounds, 17.3 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.4 blocks per game, shooting 42.5% from the field. Their opponents average 68.0 points per game.
Pirates: 5 wins and 5 losses, averaging 66.7 points, 30.4 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 8.2 steals and 5.4 blocks per game, shooting 44.5% from the field. Their opponents average 66.5 points per game.
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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
