In front of Rawle Alkins and a number of high quality recruits, St. John's, who has lost 12 games in a row, collapsed in the final 20 minutes, losing 68 to 53 at Madison Square Garden against the top team in the Big East and the 6th ranked Villanova Wildcats on Sunday.
The Johnnies were led by Durand Johnson (13 points on 5-of-15 shooting) and Ron Mvouika (11 points and 10 rebounds) but received very little production from Federico Mussini and Kassoum Yakwe, who combined for just five points. Christian Jones put up 10 points, Malik Ellison added four points and Amar Alibegovic scored eight points off the bench.