Butler vs St John’s

St John’s uses their pressure defense to win a key game

St John’s wore down the Bulldogs in the second half

Bryce Hopkins was dominate in the 2nd half after only playing 4 minutes in the first half due to foul trouble

Butler simply could not take care of the basketball enough to stay close

St John’s outscored Butler 27-5 on points off turnovers

St John’s forces Butler into 21 turnovers

Points in the paint favored St John’s 44-24

Bryce Hopkins of St Johns scored 17 points, 15 points in the second half.

Zuby Ejiofor led the Johnnies with 18 points and 5 rebounds

Finley Bizjack led the Bulldogs with 21 points

St John’s gets a much need win to improve it’s resume. Lost previous game at home to Providence.

Butler had a tough schedule to open BIG EAST play and finds themselves outside the bracket at the moment

St John’s is in the 8/9 seed area and will probably move up over the course of the season

St John’s Coach Rick Pitino, “I dont care what the outside noise is.I have confidence in every single player on this team”

Butler Coach Thad Matta, “Our margin of error is too small to let up on the defensive end when we turned the ball over”

More from Coach Pitino, “Our design is to wear out every point guard so that in the last 5 minutes they are worn out”