Georgetown plays the No. 20 St. John's Red Storm after Micah Peavy scored 27 points in Georgetown's 78-68 loss to the Providence Friars.
In his second season on the job, Rick Pitino is at it again. This time, the Hall of Fame coach has St. John's evoking the glory days in Queens decades ago. Riding the program's best start in 39 years,
BOTTOM LINE: St. John’s is looking to stop its three-game slide with a win against Seton Hall. The Pirates have gone 9-2 at home. Seton Hall ranks eighth in the Big East in rebounding averaging 29.7 rebounds. Faith Misonius leads the Pirates with 5.0 boards.
The St. John's Red Storm extended their lead over the Xavier Musketeers after Zuby Ejiofor scored with a foul.
Xavier led by as many as 16 in the second half before St. John's stormed back to win it in overtime Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
St. John's enters the matchup against Seton Hall as losers of three straight games. The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.
The Hoyas and Red Storm meet Wednesday for the first time in Big East play this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Victoria Rivera is shooting 41.9% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Hoyas, while averaging 12.9 points. Kelsey Ransom is shooting 38.0% and averaging 17.9 points over the past 10 games.
Xavier nearly doubled its NCAA Tournament chances with an upset of Marquette. Another Quadrant 1 opportunity awaits Wednesday vs. St. John's at MSG.
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 16 points in overtime for No. 20 St. John's, which overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Xavier 79-71 on Wednesday night in New York.
Purdue has now won eight of its last nine games and has climbed back into the top-10 of the Associated Press poll this week.
The Red Storm moved up this week from No. 20 to No. 15 in the AP Top 25 on the strength of its overtime win against Xavier last Wednesday night at the Garden. They are now the second highest-ranked Big East after leapfrogging No. 25 Connecticut. Marquette is No. 9.
Coach Rick Pitino and No. 15 St. John's will wrap up their season series with struggling Georgetown on Tuesday evening at Washington, D.C., in a game that will feature teams