Providence 77, at Saint John`s 71

NEW YORK (Interstat) — In a game defined by a staggering individual performance and a collective offensive struggle, the Providence Friars overcame a dominant 33-point, 15-rebound effort from Saint John’s star Zuby Ejiofor to defeat the Red Storm 77-71 in a Big East Conference men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at Carnesecca Arena. A crowd of 19,047 watched as the Friars, who trailed by seven at halftime, clamped down defensively in the second half to snap a two-game losing streak and improve to 8-6 overall. Saint John’s, which entered the game with a 96.2% probability to win according to Interstat’s ELO… Read more...