St. John’s traveled Hinkle Fieldhouse, a place of perpetual suffering for the Red Storm, and knocked down their free throws late to hold onto a win over Butler, 75-72.
As a reprieve from constantly playing ranked teams, St. John’s got back to back games against a pair of teams at the bottom of the conference—Georgetown and Butler. The Georgetown game was largely uncompetitive. However, possibly due to the single day between game, it was a dogfight in historic Hinkle Fieldhouse like it always is.
In the first half, the offense was successful. St. John’s average 1.