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NJIT Highlanders at St. John's Red Storm

· NCAA Men's Basketball
NJIT Highlanders
0-1, 0-1 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
58 - 77
St. John's Red Storm
1-0, 1-0 Home

St. John's beats NJIT 77-58 in season opener

The Red Storm jumped to a 27-8 lead in the first 14 minutes and played even with NJIT the rest of the way, keeping their advantage between 12 and 22.

Chris Obekpa had 13 points and 13 rebounds, Sir'Dominic Pointer added 13 and 10, and D'Angelo Harrison scored 10 for St. John's.

The Red Storm shot only 2 of 16 from 3-point range, but held the Highlanders to 28.3 percent from the field.

Damon Lynn led NJIT with 15 points on 3-of-16 shooting. Ky Howard had 11 points and seven rebounds, and Daquan Holiday scored 10.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 58 - 77
2nd 0:30 Ky Howard made Free Throw. 58 - 77
2nd 0:30 Foul on Jamal Branch. 57 - 77
2nd 0:30 Ky Howard made Jumper. 57 - 77
2nd 0:34 Ky Howard Offensive Rebound. 55 - 77

Statistics

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17-60 FG 24-58
28 Field Goal % 41
7-25 3PT 2-16
28 Three Point % 13
17-24 FT 27-36
71 Free Throw % 75
40 Rebounds 46
8 Offensive Rebounds 7
32 Defensive Rebounds 39
9 Assists 13
4 Steals 6
4 Blocks 4
13 Turnovers 7
0 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 7
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
7 Points Off Turnovers 5
5 Fast Break Points 10
18 Points in Paint 38
25 Fouls 23

Game Information

Venue: Carnesecca Arena

Location: Queens, NY
Attendance: 4,703 | Capacity:

2025-26 America East Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
UMBC 14-2 - 24-9
Vermont 12-4 2 22-12
NJIT 10-6 4 16-17
UMass Lowell 9-7 5 15-18
UAlbany 7-9 7 11-21
Maine 6-10 8 8-24
New Hampshire 5-11 9 9-21
Bryant 5-11 9 9-22
Binghamton 4-12 10 8-23

2025-26 Big East Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
St. John's 18-2 - 30-7
UConn 17-3 1 34-6
Villanova 15-5 3 24-9
Seton Hall 10-10 8 21-12
Creighton 9-11 9 16-18
DePaul 8-12 10 16-16
Butler 7-13 11 16-16
Providence 7-13 11 15-18
Marquette 7-13 11 12-20
Georgetown 6-14 12 16-18
Xavier 6-14 12 15-18
Full Standings