St. Johns cruises to blowout victory over William & Mary behind dominant second half
Six days off wasn’t enough for St.John’s to find its “A” game.
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Another 20 minutes of shaking off the rust certainly did the trick, though.Inserted into the starting lineup for the first time and coming off a strained calf, Dylan Darling was in the middle of a dominant start to the second half with his scoring, his sweet passes and his pesky defense, and No.13 St.
John’s turned a surprisingly tight five-point game into a blowout, 93-60 victory Saturday night at Carnesecca Arena.An 8-0 spurt out of the halftime locker room — that was actually the start of a larger 27-2 run to open up a 30-point advantage — began with Darling driving to the basket for an off-balance layup and included two of his three assists.The Idaho State transfer threw a pass across the lane to the backside low box for Bryce Hopkins, who faked his defender into the air and went up uncontested for a layup and a 43-34 lead.Then, after a turnover on the other end, Darling single-handedly beat a full-court press with his low dribble and dropped a bounce pass to Hopkins for a dunk.As Hopkins hustled back to face-guard, the rattled tribe threw the in-bounds pass out of bounds.The rim was barely recovered from Hopkins by the time that Zuby Ejiofor slammed home an offensive rebound and forced a timeout.Playing for the first time in a week after a litmus-test loss to Alabama when Darling was unavailable, St.
John’s benefited from a balanced attack of five double-figure scorers: Hopkins (15), Joson Sanon (15), Darling (13), Oziyah Sellers (13) and Ejiofor (11)CHECK OUT THE LATEST BIG EAST STANDINGS AND ST.JOHN’S STATSA couple of fast-break, one-handed dunks by Ian Jackson and a windmilling Dillon Mitchell punctuated the victory.The score was locked at 28-28 with less than six minutes remaining in the first half.
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