National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. John's 73, Providence 68
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 11, 2023
Where: Carnesecca Arena, Queens, New York
Officials: # James Breeding, # Jeff Clark, # Michael Palau
Attendance: 10210

David Jones scored 16 points as St. John's led most of the way and recorded a 73-68 victory over No. 20 Providence Saturday afternoon in New York.

With Mike Krzyzewski in the stands for his first Division I game since retiring from Duke last spring, the Red Storm (15-11, 5-10 Big East) earned their second win over a ranked team. The Red Storm also won at UConn last month.

After missing two games due to the death of his father, Jones shot 6 of 17 and did enough to keep the Red Storm from blowing a 16-point lead midway through the first half.

AJ Storr added 15 points and Dylan Addae-Wusu contributed 13 for the Red Storm, who shot 44.3 percent and survived missing 14 of 18 3-point tries. Joel Soriano posted his 20th double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds while Posh Alexander added 10 points and nine assists.

Providence (18-7, 10-4) missed a chance to keep pace with first-place Xavier, which lost to Butler on Friday.

Bryce Hopkins scored 29 points on 10-of-20 shooting to go along with nine rebounds, but the Friars shot a season-worst 33.3 percent from the field. Devin Carter added 12 points, but Jared Bynum and Ed Croswell were held to nine apiece.

After Jones hit a jumper, Drissa Traore's dunk opened a 25-9 lead with 10:32 remaining in the first half. Storr's three-point play opened a 30-16 lead with 7:06 left and Providence outscored the Red Storm 19-7 the rest of the half and got within 37-35 by halftime after Carter missed a trey at the horn.

A dunk by Soriano and a basket by Storr gave St. John's a 62-52 lead with 7:39 remaining. The Red Storm went without a basket for nearly five minutes until a layup by Addae-Wusu made it 66-57.

Providence was within 69-63 when Hopkins stole Addae-Wusu's inbounds pass and coasted in for a layup with 59 seconds left. After Alexander split a pair of free throws, Soriano blocked Hopkins at the rim with 47 seconds left to seal it.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Providence   St. John's
Bryce Hopkins 29 Scoring David Jones 16
Jared Bynum 10 Assists Posh Alexander 9
Bryce Hopkins 9 Rebounds Joel Soriano 13
Bryce Hopkins 6 Free Throws Made Dylan Addae-Wusu 4
Ed Croswell 2 Steals Dylan Addae-Wusu 2
Devin Carter 2 Blocks Joel Soriano 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Providence 68 33.3 7-23 13-17 16 42 6 5 13
St. John's 73 44.3 4-18 15-18 19 35 7 4 10