St. John's Red Storm vs. DePaul Blue Demons

Feb 19, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SJU	41	41	82
DEP	25	33	58

Game Recap

Richmond, Smith lead the way as No. 10 St. John's pounds DePaul 82-58. Kadary Richmond had 17 points and nine rebounds, Deivon Smith scored 18 and No. 10 St. John’s matched its highest Big East win total in 26 years, beating DePaul 82-58 on Wednesday night.

Player Stats

ST. JOHN'S	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Sadiku Ibine Ayo	31	5-9	3-5	2-2	5	2	1	0	0	2	15
24Zuby Ejiofor	32	4-7	0-1	5-7	9	3	1	2	3	1	13
0Aaron Scott	23	2-5	1-3	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	5	5
1Kadary Richmond	29	8-14	0-0	1-1	9	5	1	0	0	0	17
5Deivon Smith	32	7-17	3-5	1-1	4	5	2	1	2	1	18
17Ruben Prey	21	2-8	0-2	0-0	8	1	1	1	0	0	4
31Lefteris Liotopoulos	12	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
7Simeon Wilcher	20	3-6	2-3	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	3	8

TOTAL	-	32-6946.4%	9-2142.9%	9-1181.8%	41	17	9	4	10	12	82

DEPAUL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
20JJ Traynor	22	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	1	2	1	2
23David Thomas	18	2-4	1-2	1-1	1	0	0	0	2	0	6
11CJ Gunn	32	4-11	0-4	4-4	10	4	1	0	6	2	12
2Layden Blocker	35	1-7	1-4	0-0	4	4	2	0	1	2	3
1Isaiah Rivera	29	5-12	4-7	2-2	3	1	1	1	0	0	16
21Théo Pierre-Justin	16	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0
10Chris Riddle	10	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	1	3
0Troy D'Amico	21	3-8	3-7	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	1	11
12Jacob Meyer	17	1-6	0-3	3-3	2	2	2	0	0	2	5
TOTAL	-	18-5532.7%	10-3033.3%	12-12100%	27	13	8	2	15	12	58

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSJUDEP

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by DePaul.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by St. John's.
(19:47) Layden Blocker missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:45) Kadary Richmond Defensive Rebound.
(19:25) Kadary Richmond missed Jumper.
(19:22) Layden Blocker Defensive Rebound.
(19:19) David Thomas Turnover.
+2 (19:06) Sadiku Ibine Ayo made Jumper.
20
(18:48) Layden Blocker missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:45) Zuby Ejiofor Defensive Rebound.
(18:26) Deivon Smith missed Jumper.
(18:23) Layden Blocker Defensive Rebound.
(18:05) JJ Traynor missed Jumper.
(18:05) Zuby Ejiofor Block.
(18:01) Kadary Richmond Defensive Rebound.
(18:01) Zuby Ejiofor Turnover.
+2 (17:37) Isaiah Rivera made Layup. Assisted by CJ Gunn.
22
(17:15) Deivon Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:12) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(16:42) Layden Blocker missed Layup.
(16:42) Zuby Ejiofor Block.
(16:38) Foul on Layden Blocker.
(16:37) Sadiku Ibine Ayo Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:28) Deivon Smith made Layup.
42
+2 (16:10) CJ Gunn made Layup. Assisted by JJ Traynor.
44
(15:59) Deivon Smith Turnover.
(15:59) Layden Blocker Steal.
(15:54) Foul on Aaron Scott.
+1 (15:54) CJ Gunn made Free Throw.
45
+1 (15:54) CJ Gunn made Free Throw.
46
(15:45) Foul on CJ Gunn.
(15:32) Aaron Scott missed Jumper.
(15:29) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(15:04) Isaiah Rivera missed Jumper.
(15:01) St. John's Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:46) Aaron Scott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deivon Smith.
76
+2 (14:28) CJ Gunn made Layup. Assisted by Layden Blocker.
78
+3 (14:08) Sadiku Ibine Ayo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.
108
+2 (13:48) JJ Traynor made Dunk. Assisted by Layden Blocker.
1010
(13:35) Zuby Ejiofor missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:33) JJ Traynor Defensive Rebound.
(13:09) CJ Gunn missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:07) St. John's Defensive Rebound.
(12:58) Foul on JJ Traynor.
(12:55) Simeon Wilcher missed Jumper.
(12:49) Kadary Richmond Offensive Rebound.
(12:49) Kadary Richmond missed Two Point Tip Shot.
(12:49) Troy D'Amico Defensive Rebound.
(12:31) Troy D'Amico Turnover.
(12:31) Sadiku Ibine Ayo Steal.
+2 (12:27) Simeon Wilcher made Layup.
1210
+2 (11:59) David Thomas made Layup.
1212
+2 (11:39) Kadary Richmond made Layup. Assisted by Zuby Ejiofor.
1412
(11:19) JJ Traynor Turnover.
(11:19) Aaron Scott Steal.
+2 (11:05) Zuby Ejiofor made Dunk. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.
1612
(10:45) Troy D'Amico missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:42) Kadary Richmond Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:41) Sadiku Ibine Ayo made Dunk. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.
1812
(10:18) Jacob Meyer missed Jumper.
(10:14) CJ Gunn Offensive Rebound.
(10:14) CJ Gunn missed Layup.
(10:11) Simeon Wilcher Defensive Rebound.
(9:50) Kadary Richmond missed Jumper.
(9:46) Aaron Scott Offensive Rebound.
(9:44) Aaron Scott Turnover.
(9:44) Theo Pierre-Justin Turnover.
(9:44) Zuby Ejiofor Steal.
+2 (9:44) Zuby Ejiofor made Layup.
2012
+3 (9:44) Isaiah Rivera made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Layden Blocker.
2015
(9:07) Deivon Smith missed Jumper.
(9:03) Jacob Meyer Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:58) Isaiah Rivera made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Meyer.
2018
(8:40) Simeon Wilcher Turnover.
(8:40) Jacob Meyer Steal.
(8:36) Foul on Simeon Wilcher.
+1 (8:36) Jacob Meyer made Free Throw.
2019
+1 (8:36) Jacob Meyer made Free Throw.
2020
+3 (8:16) Sadiku Ibine Ayo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deivon Smith.
2320
(7:52) Layden Blocker missed Layup.
(7:49) Ruben Prey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:41) Simeon Wilcher made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ruben Prey.
2620
(7:16) Jacob Meyer missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:13) Sadiku Ibine Ayo Defensive Rebound.
(7:05) Sadiku Ibine Ayo missed Layup.
(7:03) Isaiah Rivera Defensive Rebound.
(6:50) Isaiah Rivera missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:48) Jacob Meyer Offensive Rebound.
(6:26) Isaiah Rivera missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:26) DePaul Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:26) DePaul Turnover.
+2 (6:07) Deivon Smith made Jumper. Assisted by Simeon Wilcher.
2820
(5:31) Troy D'Amico missed Jumper.
(5:26) Deivon Smith Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:18) Simeon Wilcher made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deivon Smith.
3120
(4:53) JJ Traynor Turnover.
(4:53) Simeon Wilcher Steal.
(4:49) Simeon Wilcher missed Layup.
(4:45) JJ Traynor Defensive Rebound.
(4:38) Foul on Simeon Wilcher.
(4:24) Foul on Aaron Scott.
+1 (4:24) Isaiah Rivera made Free Throw.
3121
+1 (4:24) Isaiah Rivera made Free Throw.
3122
(4:08) Zuby Ejiofor missed Jumper.
(4:05) Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.
(4:03) Ruben Prey missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:59) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(3:38) CJ Gunn Turnover.
(3:38) Ruben Prey Steal.
+3 (3:32) Deivon Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.
3422
(3:15) CJ Gunn missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:12) Sadiku Ibine Ayo Defensive Rebound.
(3:08) Zuby Ejiofor missed Layup.
(3:08) JJ Traynor Block.
(3:05) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(3:01) CJ Gunn Turnover.
(2:37) Deivon Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:35) Ruben Prey Offensive Rebound.
(2:32) Sadiku Ibine Ayo missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:31) DePaul Defensive Rebound.
(2:23) Layden Blocker Turnover.
+2 (2:02) Zuby Ejiofor made Dunk. Assisted by Deivon Smith.
3622
+3 (1:51) Isaiah Rivera made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by CJ Gunn.
3625
+3 (1:25) Sadiku Ibine Ayo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.
3925
(1:04) Foul on Sadiku Ibine Ayo.
(1:03) CJ Gunn Turnover.
(1:00) Deivon Smith Turnover.
(1:00) Isaiah Rivera Steal.
(0:48) Foul on Deivon Smith.
(0:42) Chris Riddle Turnover.
(0:29) Deivon Smith missed Layup.
(0:24) Ruben Prey Offensive Rebound.
(0:24) Ruben Prey missed Two Point Tip Shot.
(0:23) Deivon Smith Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:23) Deivon Smith made Two Point Tip Shot.
4125
(0:01) Isaiah Rivera missed Jumper.
(0:00) DePaul Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

SJU

DEP

82Points58

32-69(46.4%)Field Goal(%)18-55(32.7%)

9-21(42.9%)3-Point(%)10-30(33.3%)

9-11(81.8%)Free Throw(%)12-12(100.0%)

45(16)Rebounds(Offensive)29(7)

17Assists13

9Steals8

4Blocks2

10Turnovers16

12(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)

27Largest Lead2

Game Details

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 · 9:00 PM

Wintrust Arena · Chicago, IL

attendance: 4,844 (46.6%)

tv: FS1