Tyler Perkins struck an object of 3 points with 8 seconds to play and Villanova beat the number 9 St. John’s 73-71 Wednesday evening, ending the sequence of victories of 10 games of Red Storm.
With a little less than 10 minutes remaining in the second half, Perkins made a 3 -point shot to give the Wildcats an 11 -point edge. But St. John’s quickly set up a return and resumed less than three minutes later.
The two teams exchanged tracks from there and Simeon Wilcher 3 points gave the red storm An advantage of a point with 28 seconds on the left. Perkins responded with the winner of the game 20 seconds later.
N ° 9 St. John’s Red Storm against Villanova Wildcats made up of salient | Fox College Hoops
Woga Poplar scored 22 points and Eric Dixon added 17 in a critical victory for the Wildcats (15-10, 8-6 Big East), which won three consecutive.
Aaron Scott led four two-digit players with 22 points for the Red Storm (21-4, 12-2), who led the Big East by a match on No. 24 Creighton.
St. John’s and Creighton meet on Sunday at Madison Square Garden (3 p.m. HE on FS1). Villanova will play the next in Providence on Saturday.
Kadary Richmond collected 17 points and 10 assists for St. John’s. Wilcher and RJ Luis Jr. marked 12 each.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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