NEW YORK (Interstat) — Ian Jackson scored 17 points, Keyshawn Hall added 17 and Tounde Yessoufou had 15 as Saint John’s beat Colgate 90-59 on Wednesday at Carnesecca Arena. The Red Storm improved to 3-0, while the Raiders fell to 0-2. Attendance was 5,260. Saint John’s used a balanced attack and a decisive edge in transition to pull away. Colgate was led by Andrew Alekseyenko’s 15 points and eight rebounds.

The Red Storm broke open a 14-14 game with a 20-5 run in the first half. Lefteris Liotopoulos capped the surge with a layup, and Saint John’s later closed the first half with an 11-0 burst. Ian Jackson highlighted that closing run with a 3-point jump shot and a driving layup, while Quinn Ellis added a dunk. Earlier, Keyshawn Hall opened the scoring with a layup, Andrew Alekseyenko answered with a jump shot for Colgate, and Rubén Prey and Tounde Yessoufou each converted inside for the Red Storm. Parker Jones made a 3-point field goal and later a floating jump shot for Colgate, and Blake Forrest added a 3-pointer as the Raiders stayed close early. Hall made two free throws, Liotopoulos made a 3-point field goal, and Babacar Sane added a layup during the first-half surge that helped Saint John’s take control.

Saint John’s scored 27 points off 17 Colgate turnovers and held a 21-6 edge in fast-break points. The Red Storm also outscored Colgate 32-26 in the paint. Saint John’s finished with 72 possessions and an offensive rating of 125.1, while Colgate had 74 possessions and an offensive rating of 79.5. Saint John’s shot 30 of 62 from the floor, 12 of 30 from 3-point range and 18 of 23 from the free-throw line. Colgate shot 23 of 61, 7 of 27 and 6 of 11.

The Red Storm had 13 offensive rebounds to Colgate’s nine, 11 assists to eight and four blocks to three. Saint John’s committed 12 turnovers and 13 fouls, while Colgate had 17 turnovers and 16 fouls. Colgate had six fast-break points and seven points off turnovers. The Raiders had 26 points in the paint.

Quinn Ellis, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard from Sheffield, United Kingdom, finished with six points, six rebounds, nine assists and one block. Ian Jackson, a 6-foot-5, 190-pound guard who previously played at Our Saviour Lutheran, had 17 points, three rebounds and one assist. Rubén Prey, a 6-foot-11, 230-pound forward who previously played at Joventut Badalona, added 11 points, eight rebounds, one assist and two blocks. Tounde Yessoufou, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound guard who previously played at Saint Joseph High School, scored 15 points with four rebounds. Andrew Alekseyenko, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound forward who previously played at The Rivers School, led Colgate with 15 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Keyshawn Hall, a 6-foot-7 guard who previously played at Denver Prep Academy, had 17 points, three rebounds and four assists. Lefteris Liotopoulos, a 6-foot-5, 195-pound guard who previously played at DEKA Academy, finished with 13 points, three rebounds and one assist. Josh Ahayere, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound guard who previously played at Strathcona, had nine points, five rebounds and two assists. Babacar Sane, a 6-foot-7, 235-pound forward, added nine points and six rebounds. Blake Forrest, a 5-foot-11 guard who previously played at Mount Si, scored six points with two assists.

Colgate’s best stretch came midway through the second half when Josh Ahayere made two free throws and later a driving layup, and Kingston McKoy converted a layup and a 3-point field goal. But Saint John’s answered with Lefteris Liotopoulos’s 3-point field goal and Keyshawn Hall’s free throws before Rubén Prey made two free throws and Babacar Sane added a tip-in dunk and a 3-point field goal. Rubén Prey also made a 3-point jump shot earlier in the half, and Ian Jackson and Tounde Yessoufou each connected from beyond the arc as the Red Storm kept Colgate at a distance. The Red Storm’s lead stayed comfortable throughout the final 10 minutes.

Saint John’s entered play after a 104-65 home win over Iona and a 78-63 home win over Monmouth. Colgate opened its season with a 77-74 loss at Drexel. Saint John’s next hosts Syracuse, then Siena and Oregon. Colgate next visits Delaware, then hosts Utica and Penn St.-Behrend.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Saint John’s 79, Colgate 76. Interstat’s ELO system gave Saint John’s a 99.7 percent probability to win before the game. Saint John’s was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -29.5. The total score ended at 149, with an over/under line of 158.5.