No. 5St. John's Red Storm

East Region · 1st Round

Past match

St. John's Red Storm won.

St. John's Red Storm beat the Northern Iowa Panthers

Ranked #12 · 23-13 53 – 79

Ranked #5 · 29-6

Final · Fri, Mar 20

Game Details

Viejas Arena (San Diego) · 11,441 fans · CBS View tournament bracket →

Recap

Zuby Ejiofor leads streaking St. John's past Northern Iowa 79-53 in strong NCAA Tournament opener

Rick Pitino is now in his sixth decade of coaching, and he claims he had never studied more film of an opponent than he did this week to prepare St. John's for Northern Iowa.

Recap via ESPN

Viejas Arena · San Diego

Line Score

	1	2	T
UNI	28	25	53
SJU	47	32	79

Game Flow

UNI SJU

H1H2

6-0Biggest Run13-0

0Largest Lead26

0 lead changes · tied 0 times

Win Probability · St. John's Red Storm

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Northern Iowa Panthers

Trey Campbell · 14Points
Tristan Smith · 3Assists
Ben Schwieger · 8Rebounds

St. John's Red Storm

Zuby Ejiofor · 14Points
Dylan Darling · 5Assists
Zuby Ejiofor · 11Rebounds

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

Team	GB
Belmont	-
Bradley	3
Illinois State	4
Murray State	4
UIC	4
Northern Iowa	5
Valparaiso	5
Southern Illinois	6
Drake	10
Indiana State	12
Evansville	13

2025-26 Big East Conference Standings

Team	GB
St. John's	-
UConn	1
Villanova	3
Seton Hall	8
Creighton	9
DePaul	10
Butler	11
Providence	11
Marquette	11
Georgetown	12
Xavier	12

Team Stats

Northern Iowa PanthersSt. John's Red Storm

Shooting

22-57, 39% Field Goals 27-57, 47%

3-14, 21% 3-Pointers 10-29, 34%

6-12, 50% Free Throws 15-22, 68%

Possessions

29 Rebounds 45

6 Offensive Rebounds 12

8 Assists 13

6 Steals 3

2 Blocks 6

6 Turnovers 8

18 Fouls 12

Scoring

34 Points in Paint 32

5 Fast Break Points 1

0 Largest Lead 26

Box Score

Northern Iowa Panthers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
T. SmithF	9	6	3	30	4-11	0-0	1-2	1	1	1	1	5	4
W. HornsethF	10	4	2	25	4-8	0-0	2-5	1	0	1	1	3	2
L. Bond IIIG	12	1	1	34	6-13	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	4
M. WeisbrodG	6	3	0	30	2-7	2-7	0-0	1	0	0	0	3	4
T. CampbellG	14	3	1	37	5-13	1-4	3-5	2	3	0	0	3	2
Bench
I. DioufF	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
K. PockF	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ch. CourbatF	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B. SchwiegerF	2	8	1	30	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	2	6	1
G. HutchinsG	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RJ TaylorG	0	0	0	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
H. JacobsonG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M. DubravcicF	DNP: Did not play
J. WilsonF	DNP: Did not play
L. ValdoG	DNP: Did not play
Ca. CourbatG	DNP: Did not play
R. BornG	DNP: Did not play
Team	53	29	8		22-57	3-14	6-12	6	6	2	6	23	18

St. John's Red Storm ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
D. MitchellF	7	9	1	32	3-4	0-1	1-1	2	1	2	1	8	2
Z. EjioforF	14	11	2	28	4-10	1-3	5-6	2	1	4	4	7	2
B. HopkinsF	13	6	0	34	5-9	2-3	1-2	1	0	0	1	5	0
D. DarlingG	6	5	5	33	3-10	0-6	0-2	0	1	0	0	5	3
O. SellersG	11	3	0	25	4-11	3-9	0-0	2	0	0	1	2	2
Bench
R. PreyF	8	4	0	12	2-3	0-0	4-7	0	0	0	2	2	1
S. Ibine AyoF	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
H. TambaC	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
L. LiotopoulosG	5	0	1	7	1-1	1-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	1
J. SanonG	6	2	2	18	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0
I. JacksonG	9	2	2	9	3-5	1-2	2-2	1	0	0	1	1	1
I. SuljanovicF	DNP: Did not play
F. KonstantinidisG	DNP: Did not play
C. PohtoG	DNP: Did not play
K. OdihG	DNP: Did not play
Team	79	45	13		27-57	10-29	15-22	8	3	6	12	33	12

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