St. John’s knocks off scuffling 6th-ranked UConn

HARTFORD, Conn.– St. John’s did something Sunday it had refrained from doing in 35 years: beat UConn in Hartford.Joel Soriano scored

19 points and got 13 rebounds to lead the Red Storm (13-6, 3-5 Big East )to an 85-74 win over the No. 6 Huskies (15-4, 4-4 ), who have actually lost four of five after starting the season with 14 straight wins.St. John’s scored 22 points off 21 UConn turnovers and outscored the Huskies 44-28 in the paint.The double-double was the 16th of the season for Soriano.

AJ Storr and Posh Alexander each included 14 points for the Red Storm. St. John’s has actually won two in a row after a five-game losing streak. “This game shows a lot,”Soriano stated.”It reveals what we can

do when we’re together, when we’re linked. It just reveals that when we have actually got our hats on, we do excellent. “Editor’s Picks Dylan Addae-Wusu and Rafael Pinzon included 12 points each for St. John’s and Andre Curbelo had 10

. Jordan Hawkins led all scorers with a career-high 31 for UConn, however 20 of those can be found in the very first half. Alex Karaban had 16 points and Adama Sanogo included 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies.The game was tied at the half, but St. John’s scored the first two baskets after intermission and led the entire 2nd

half.The Red Storm went up 68-60 on a breakaway dunk by Storr after UConn missed out on four shots that could have cut the result in 4 points.

That became part of a 9-0 run that put the Red Storm up by 13. They led by as lots of as 16 points with 2 minutes left. “It’s an excellent day to be a Johnnie,”coach Mike Anderson said.” I believed our people had actually been trending in the best direction, and today, we put 40 minutes together.”The Huskies were up by as numerous as 8 points in the first half prior to St. John’s fought its way back and after a 12-2 run went up 27-22. The groups traded leads the remainder of the half and

went into intermission tied at 38.” Their program was a lot tougher than our program today and I didn’t see it coming. “UConn coach Dan Hurley stated.” We looked weak and unprepared. They were just way tougher.

“BIG PICTURE St. John’s: The Red Storm won at what is now the XL Center for the first time since Feb. 29, 1988 (77-62 ). The program earned its first roadway win over a top-10 opponent considering that knocking off Marquette 70-69 on Feb. 5, 2019. UConn: The Huskies had won their very first 10 home games and entered Sunday on a 15-game home winning streak. UConn, which had been ranked as high as No. 2 after its hot start, might

topple out of the top 10 with this loss. “To be where we were a couple weeks earlier and to be where we are today, there’s simply a great deal of aggravation,”Hurley said.CHIPPY CONTEST The game was exceptionally physical, with 51 fouls called,

30 on UConn.UConn’s Donovan Clingan and David Jones of St. John’s each picked up an ostentatious foul for exchanging elbows after Clingan grabbed a rebound

in the first half

. St. John’s Posh Alexander and UConn’s Hassan Diarra chirped at each other

later in the half, with each getting technical fouls.Sanogo got thrown away of the game for saying something to an official with less than a minute to go and Curbelo was tossed a couple of seconds later. Anderson stated he did not get a description as to why.UP NEXT St. John’s: The Red Storm host

Villanova at Madison Square Garden on Friday.UConn: The Huskies take a trip to New Jersey to deal with Seton Hall on Wednesday.