NCAAB Game Recap - Georgetown at St. John's
Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:00 PM EDT

DelSt
75
NCC
92
F
Manh
49
Sien
63
F
Boston
64
Colg
61
F
How
77
NCAT
86
F
Iona
54
StPet
56
F
App
68
TxSt
85
F
GaSo
81
GASt
62
F
Pitt
58
NCSU
73
F
Wash
70
Ariz
77
F
TXAMC
62
NWSt
79
F
Rice
76
FIU
85
F
IdaSt
64
NoAZ
62
F
McNee
59
Lamar
80
F
UNC
53
Syr
81
F
UTEP
78
Marsh
86
F
WaSt
82
Colora
68
F
Ida
69
S UT
75
F
BC
58
ND
80
F
Cal
63
Stan
51
F
DeP
71
Xav
67
F
KSU
53
TCU
49
F
UTSA
69
UAB
74
F
Sac
62
Web
54
F
Mia-FL
64
Clem
69
F
Utah
69
OrSt
71
F
FAU
66
ODU
56
F
GTown
62
StJon
75
F
IaSt
71
OkSt
72
F
Ford
72
GrgWas
52
F
Nebras
64
Ind
89
F
Vand
73
Ark
86
F
StJos
70
GMas
77
F
NW
57
Minn
74
F
UGA
81
Miss
63
F

Mar 11, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

T

(8) Georgetown

42

20

62

(9) St. John's

33

42

75

St. John's grabs momentum to down Georgetown
Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:15 PM

NEW YORK (AP) St. John's biggest comeback of the season kept it alive in the Big East Tournament.

Marcellus Earlington scored 10 straight points in a game-ending 23-0 run and St. John's rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Georgetown 75-62 on Wednesday night in the first round of the Big East Tournament.

It's an unbelievable feeling," said LJ Figueroa, who led the Red Storm with 22 points. "Coach (Mike Anderson) always emphasizes we're never out of game. We just go out there, play as hard as we can. I mean, honestly I don't think anybody knew on the court that we were on a 23-0 run. It just felt like we were out there having fun, and that's how it's supposed to feel."

Earlington scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half and grabbed 10 rebounds as the ninth-seeded Red Storm (17-15) handed eighth-seeded Georgetown (15-17) its seventh straight loss.

"It was a great feeling," said Earlington, who was averaging 8.7 points. "I work on my shot every day. So it didn't surprise me as much. And my teammates did a good job of finding me at my spots. I had good spot-up shots. Like I said, it was great to go out there and go on that run."

The Red Storm, whose previous biggest deficit overcome was 12 in a win over New Hampshire in November, faces top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Creighton in the opener of the quarterfinals Thursday at Madison Square Garden.

Terrell Allen led the Hoyas with 22 points, but only three came in the second half. Jamorko Pickett added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Georgetown, which missed its final 10 shots and turned the ball over four times in the final 6:31.

"It still doesn't feel real, to be honest with you," Georgetown senior guard Jagan Mosely said. "After their, I guess, 20 -- 20-0 run, it kind of still hasn't hit me that the game ended like that. You never want to go out on a loss. Obviously, 95 to 99% of the teams in college end their careers in losses. But you never want to end it like that."

This marked the third time in the last four years the teams have met at Madison Square Garden in the opening round of the conference tournament, and St. John's has won all three games.

Georgetown seemed to be cruising to its third straight win over St. John's this season when things fell apart late with a 62-52 lead. Figueroa started the decisive run with 3-pointer, Nick Rutherford a layup and then Earlington took over, hitting a pair of 3-pointers, a layup and two free throws to give St. John's a 67-62 lead.

Goergetown led by nine at the half and opened the margin to 15 early in the second half.

Georgetown shot 54.5% in the first half in taking a 42-33 halftime lead. Allen, whose career-high was 22 points, made up for six turnovers scoring 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting. Pickett added 11 points, making three 3s.

St. John's, which hit 48.3% of its 3-pointers in its last three games, was 2 of 13 from long range in the half. Figueroa provided the only consistent offense, scoring 11 points on 4 of 10 shooting.

UP NEXT:

St. John's: Face top-seeded and No. 7 Creighton in the quarterfinals on Thursday at noon.

Georgetown: Season is over.

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Leaders

Georgetown PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
T. Allen 21 0 3 4 2 0
J. Pickett 13 0 4 10 0 3
St. John's PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
L. Figueroa 22 0 1 3 1 0
M. Earlington 19 0 0 10 2 0

Team Comparison

GTown StJon
Points For 62 75
Field Goals 25/55-45% 26/69-38%
Three Pointers 7/29-24% 8/26-31%
Free Throws 5/8-62% 15/19-79%
Offensive Rebounds 8 15
Defensive Rebounds 31 23
Rebounds 43 42
Blocks 8 0
Steals 6 16
Turnovers 21 10
Personal Fouls 16 12
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2019-20 Reg Season - GTown Leads Series 2-1

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Wed Jan 8 StJon 66 @ GTown 87 L. Figueroa 23 M. McClung 24
Sun Feb 2 GTown 73 @ StJon 72 J. Blair 23 R. Dunn 16
Wed Mar 11 GTown 62 @ StJon 75 T. Allen 21 L. Figueroa 22

Game Information

Stadium: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Attendance: 0
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