Joel Soriano leads St. John’s past Nebraska in Gavitt Tipoff battle

Joel Soriano had 17 factors, 18 rebounds and three blocks, David Jones added 15 factors and eight rebounds and St. John’s scored 50 second-half factors to rally previous Nebraska 70-50 on Thursday night time at Carnesecca Enviornment on the Gavitt Tipoff Video games.

St. John’s had simply 20 factors within the first half earlier than scoring 24 of the opening 30 factors after halftime.

St. John’s made its first 3-pointer of the sport with 17-:09 remaining within the second half to take its first lead, 30-27, since 6-4. It got here throughout St. John’s 18-3 run to open the second half. Jones made 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to make it 44-33.

Joel Soriano, who scored 17 factors and 18 rebounds, is fouled throughout St. John’s 70-50 loss to Nebraska.

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David Jones, who scored 15 factors, appears to make a transfer on Sam Griesel throughout St. John’s win.

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Posh Alexander scored 13 factors for St. John’s (4-0).

Keisei Tominaga was the lone double-digit scorer for Nebraska (2-1) with 15 factors. Sam Griesel, Nebraska’s main scoring coming in at 20 factors per recreation, made his first discipline aim of the sport with 8:28 remaining within the second half and completed with six factors.

Nebraska led 27-20 on the break after holding St. John’s to 23.4% taking pictures, together with 0 for 10 from 3-point vary. The Crimson Storm had eight discipline targets within the first half and 10 turnovers.