For the sixth time this season, the St. John’s Women’s Basketball team beat an opponent by 15 or more points — an impressive statistic in their dominant first nine games of the season. None of the previous five blowout wins were as anxious or fragile as the 63-45 win over Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
In their two games before facing the Demon Deacons, the Johnnies faced their most adversity yet. Harvard handed the Red Storm their first loss on a brutal buzzer-beating layup on Nov. 28. Penn State nearly added another loss on Dec. 2, if it wasn’t for a clutch four-point run by senior guard Lashae Dwyer in the final two minutes of the 72-67 win.