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Red Storm shot 65% from the field in the 2nd half, and Seton Hall just could not keep up with that. They came close many times to equalizing or taking the lead with Ejiofor on the bench and just could not get over the hump. Kind of a metaphor for the season. #shbb #HALLin

Clark, AJSM, and Hines were all in double figures. Pirates turned 14 offensive rebounds into 20 second-chance points. But the Red Storm hit seven threes (five in the 2nd half) and Seton Hall went just 1-11. Staton-McCray with a tough 1-7 night individually. #shbb #HALLin

FINAL: St. John's 72, Seton Hall 65. Spirited effort by the Hall, but not enough shot-making from deep to beat a really, really good Red Storm team. Couldn't take advantage of the long stretches without Ejiofor on the floor. More to come. #shbb #HALLin

AJSM hits their first three of the whole game to make it a 3-point game with 45 seconds left. But Ejiofor is fouled on the other end. #shbb #HALLin

HERE COME THE PIRATES. #shbb #HALLin

Darling becomes the second STJ player tonight to fall down and lose a shoe. 64-56 Red Storm as Pitino uses his final timeout with 2:05 to play. #shbb #HALLin

Dagger 3 by Sellers. Timeout Sha, becomes the u-4. 62-51 and St. John's is pulling away. Red Storm were 2-13 in the 1st half from 3. 5-8 in the 2nd half, making the Pirates pay dearly for not making hay when Ejiofor was out. #shbb #HALLin

Back to back baskets by Ejiofor make the lead 8 with 5 minutes left. Danger time. #shbb #HALLin

Seton Hall leads in 2nd chance points by 10, and aren't turning it over a lot, but when they do, they've been burned. 12 STJ points off 9 SHU turnovers after another three by Sellers. Timeout Sha. 55-49 with 7:23 to play. Becomes the u-8. #shbb #HALLin

Pirates continuing to hustle themselves back in the game. Pitino calls another timeout to get Ejiofor back in with the lead cut to 50-49 and 9:28 on the clock. Pirates have also played the last few minutes without Clark OR Hines. #shbb #HALLin

Refs miss a pretty obvious travel on Darling, and it leads to a foul and free throws for St. John's. Not the first time tonight. But Rasheed Wallace in the building. 2 misses there. #shbb #HALLin

Pirates are getting so, so close to tying the game, but just making mistakes at the wrong times. A Darling and-1 puts St. John's up 48-45 at the u-12. Crowd howling for a travel on a loose ball scrum there. #shbb #HALLin

Pirates making a real run for the first time. A Trey Parker layup caps a 7-0 burst and forces Pitino to use a timeout. Prey played most of the possession without a right shoe. 44-42 SJU. #shbb #HALLin

Joson Sanon (pronounced like "cannon") has hit a couple threes for St. John's. They lead 40-35 at the u-16. Red Storm were just 2-11 from 3 in the first. #shbb #HALLin

Ejiofor looking to make up for lost time has a couple baskets already, but just got called for his third foul at the 17:03 mark and will sit again. Pirates need to take advantage. #shbb #HALLin

Unfortunately for the Pirates, Ejiofor's second foul also signaled their last basket made in the half. Both teams shooting in the 30s and neither has gotten anything to go from outside. St. John's with 8 assists on 11 baskets, SHU with a 10-4 edge in 2nd chance pts. #shbb #HALLin

Halftime in Newark: St. John's leads 30-27. Ruben Prey with 7 crucial points as Ejiofor sat the final 5 minutes on the bench. #shbb #HALLin

Clark posting up Darling, gets called for an offensive foul. I object because it's cool to see a sub-6-footer post someone up. #shbb #HALLin

Hopkins made a good pass in the corner to Sellers, but his three is blocked by Hines, who's been stellar tonight. 24-24 (with no 24 on the floor atm) at the u-4. #shbb #HALLin

Potentially big call. 2nd on Ejiofor with 4:55 left in the half. Pirates looked their best when he was off the floor earlier. Hines also back in as Ejiofor sits. #shbb #HALLin

Pirates within 1. Sha's thrown on a 2-3 zone that's slowed the Red Storm down a bit. Jacob Dar, just in the game, perfectly high-points a rebound and calls timeout falling out of bounds to save the possession. #shbb #HALLin

that last one was Ed Corliss I believe, who from a certain angle looks like a younger Breeding

Ejiofor's running the floor has been a major difference-maker so far. Has 9 points as St. John's leads 21-16 at the u-8. #shbb #HALLin

Rivera just got bowled over by Hopkins, no call. Pirates called for a blocking foul after the shot. Crowd irate, then jubilant as Hopkins misses the first FT. #shbb #HALLin

Ejiofor leaves the floor and the Hall has one of its better defensive possessions so far, forcing a shot clock violation. They're down 16-10 at the u-12. 7 free throw attempts already for the Hall (good), but three misses (bad). #shbb #HALLin

Seton Hall started off with a 4-0 lead. It's 10-5 St. John's at the u16. Ejiofor stripped AJSM and got fouled on his layup by Fisher into the break. Red Storm are right up in the Pirates' grills on every single possession. #shbb #HALLin

Crowd got the memo. Place is darn-near packed for tipoff. #shbb #HALLin

David Gabriel is announced last for the SHU seniors. Warm ovation from the crowd. Nice moment for the lone 4-year Pirate. #shbb #HALLin

Clark (who was questionable this afternoon) is starting for the Pirates, joined by (of course) Payne, Williams, Staton-McCray and Fisher. St. John's will begin with Darling, Mitchell, Sellers, Hopkins, and Ejiofor. #shbb #HALLin