St. John’s basketball sits alone on the prime of the Massive East after knocking off Creighton Saturday. However the Crimson Storm and head coach Rick Pitino did not simply finish a protracted convention title drought. St. John’s watched RJ Luis shatter a file as soon as held by Crimson Storm legend Chris Mullin.
Luis dropped 27 factors on the Blue Jays at Madison Sq. Backyard to formally safe their March Insanity bid. However that feat broke a four-decade mark Mullin delivered, the St. John’s males’s basketball X account revealed.
Luis delivered his 27 factors with the convention title on the road. And with St. John’s in search of its first outright Massive East championship in 25 years — earlier than Luis was even born. St. John’s even wanted to tug an epic comeback over Marquette to seal its Massive East title recreation spot.
Luis even began off sluggish in crucial convention title recreation in years for the Johnnies fanbase.
St. John’s RJ Luis goes off late to seal title over Creighton
Luis by no means emerged because the Crimson Storm’s first scorer. He even began scoreless for almost 10 minutes.
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However the junior from Miami dashed to the ring for his first layup on the 10:37 mark for basket No. 1. That grew to become his lone factors of the primary half.
The 6-foot-7 guard exploded from there. Luis nailed a jumper to chop the Creighton result in 30-27 with 18:41 left within the second half. He got here again to hit one other layup off an help from Kadary Richmond. He scored the following St. John’s factors by way of one other layup. Luis then erupted from 14:26 on out inside MSG.
Luis banked a three-pointer after receiving the move from Deivon Smith. He went on to attain 21 of his 27 factors in a span of 13 minutes and 39 seconds. Luis rose as the latest beloved participant for the “Johnnies” after watching names like Mullin and Ron Artest.
He by no means basked within the glory of his particular person accomplishment. Luis as a substitute needed to speak in regards to the “canine” perspective St. John’s confirmed towards the annual Massive East powerhouse.
“We only a bunch of canines…Ain’t nothing like taking part in in New York, within the Mecca of Basketball, MSG…We bouta flip up,” Luis mentioned to Fox Sports activities afterward.
Luis earned the convention event’s Most Excellent Participant. He earned king of New York standing for breaking a legend’s file — and main St. John’s long-awaited return to the highest of the Massive East. Now Luis and the Crimson Storm await their NCAA Match destiny on Choice Sunday.