St. John's Red Storm vs. Butler Bulldogs

Feb 26, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SJU	38	38	76
BUT	32	38	70

Game Recap

No. 7 St. John’s tops Butler 76-70 to clinch share of 1st Big East regular-season title in 33 years. RJ Luis Jr. scored 24 points and No. 7 St. John’s clinched a share of its first Big East regular-season title in 33 years by beating Butler 76-70 on Wednesday night.

Player Stats

ST. JOHN'S	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Zuby Ejiofor	23	5-8	0-0	2-3	4	3	0	0	0	3	12
12RJ Luis Jr.	37	9-16	3-6	3-4	4	1	2	0	5	4	24
0Aaron Scott	38	3-7	1-4	1-2	6	0	2	0	0	4	8
1Kadary Richmond	33	4-8	0-1	5-6	6	5	3	1	1	0	13
5Deivon Smith	32	4-13	0-4	2-2	6	2	1	0	1	3	10
17Ruben Prey	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Sadiku Ibine Ayo	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
8Vince Iwuchukwu	14	3-5	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	3	7
7Simeon Wilcher	16	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2
TOTAL	-	29-5949.2%	4-1526.7%	14-1973.7%	30	11	8	2	9	19	76

BUTLER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Boden Kapke	18	3-6	1-3	5-5	4	0	1	0	0	4	12
11Jahmyl Telfort	37	5-11	1-4	2-2	7	2	0	0	3	3	13
21Pierre Brooks II	32	5-14	2-7	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	0	12
22Patrick McCaffery	29	3-6	1-4	2-2	5	2	0	0	2	1	9
13Finley Bizjack	24	3-11	0-5	2-2	2	4	2	0	1	0	8
23Andre Screen	21	2-4	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	3	1	3	4
14Landon Moore	15	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1
12Kolby King	24	3-9	1-4	4-5	6	1	2	0	2	3	11

TOTAL	-	24-6139.3%	6-2722.2%	16-1888.9%	32	13	7	4	12	15	70

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSJUBUT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:56) Jump Ball won by St. John's.
(19:56) Jump Ball lost by Butler.
+2 (19:41) Kadary Richmond made Jumper.
20
+3 (19:21) Boden Kapke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Patrick McCaffery.
23
+3 (19:02) RJ Luis Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zuby Ejiofor.
53
(18:46) Patrick McCaffery missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:43) St. John's Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:25) RJ Luis Jr. made Jumper.
73
+2 (18:04) Finley Bizjack made Layup.
75
+2 (17:53) Deivon Smith made Jumper.
95
(17:22) Finley Bizjack missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:18) Boden Kapke Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:17) Boden Kapke made Layup.
97
(16:58) RJ Luis Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:55) Aaron Scott Offensive Rebound.
(16:50) Aaron Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:47) Jahmyl Telfort Defensive Rebound.
(16:38) Pierre Brooks II missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:37) Boden Kapke Offensive Rebound.
(16:37) Foul on RJ Luis Jr..
(16:21) Jahmyl Telfort missed Jumper.
(16:21) Kadary Richmond Block.
(16:17) Kadary Richmond Defensive Rebound.
(16:09) RJ Luis Jr. Turnover.
(16:09) Pierre Brooks II Steal.
(16:03) Patrick McCaffery missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:00) Kadary Richmond Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:54) Kadary Richmond made Jumper.
117
(15:29) Patrick McCaffery Turnover.
(15:29) Aaron Scott Steal.
+2 (15:25) RJ Luis Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Zuby Ejiofor.
137
(15:06) Finley Bizjack Turnover.
(15:06) RJ Luis Jr. Steal.
(15:02) RJ Luis Jr. missed Dunk.
(14:57) Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:54) Zuby Ejiofor made Dunk.
157
(14:35) Pierre Brooks II missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:30) Andre Screen Offensive Rebound.
(14:29) Andre Screen Turnover.
(14:29) Kadary Richmond Steal.
(14:25) Deivon Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:20) Aaron Scott Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:11) Zuby Ejiofor made Layup. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.
177
(14:04) Foul on Zuby Ejiofor.
(13:40) Jahmyl Telfort missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:37) Aaron Scott Defensive Rebound.
(13:29) RJ Luis Jr. Turnover.
(13:29) Andre Screen Steal.
+2 (13:23) Pierre Brooks II made Layup. Assisted by Kolby King.
179
(13:07) RJ Luis Jr. missed Jumper.
(13:03) Jahmyl Telfort Defensive Rebound.
(12:53) Pierre Brooks II Turnover.
(12:53) Aaron Scott Steal.
(12:46) Deivon Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:43) Jahmyl Telfort Defensive Rebound.
(12:34) Pierre Brooks II missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:30) Deivon Smith Defensive Rebound.
(12:28) Foul on Landon Moore.
+1 (12:28) Kadary Richmond made Free Throw.
189
(12:27) Kadary Richmond missed Free Throw.
(12:25) Vince Iwuchukwu Offensive Rebound.
(12:24) Vince Iwuchukwu missed Jumper.
(12:21) Jahmyl Telfort Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:02) Boden Kapke made Dunk. Assisted by Landon Moore.
1811
+2 (11:42) Vince Iwuchukwu made Jumper.
2011
(11:18) Boden Kapke missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:14) Sadiku Ibine Ayo Defensive Rebound.
(11:12) Sadiku Ibine Ayo Turnover.
(11:12) Kolby King Steal.
(11:12) Foul on Sadiku Ibine Ayo.
(11:12) Kolby King missed Free Throw.
(11:12) Butler Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:12) Kolby King made Free Throw.
2012
(11:00) Simeon Wilcher Turnover.
(11:00) Boden Kapke Steal.
+2 (10:35) Jahmyl Telfort made Layup.
2014
(10:13) Simeon Wilcher missed Jumper.
(10:09) Patrick McCaffery Defensive Rebound.
(10:04) Boden Kapke missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:00) Vince Iwuchukwu Defensive Rebound.
(9:49) Deivon Smith missed Jumper.
(9:46) Kolby King Defensive Rebound.
(9:38) Foul on Deivon Smith.
+3 (9:24) Pierre Brooks II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Landon Moore.
2017
(9:05) Foul on Boden Kapke.
+2 (8:58) Simeon Wilcher made Jumper.
2217
(8:33) Finley Bizjack missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:28) Deivon Smith Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:17) RJ Luis Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zuby Ejiofor.
2517
+3 (7:45) Pierre Brooks II made Three Point Jumper.
2520
+3 (7:32) Aaron Scott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by RJ Luis Jr..
2820
(7:22) Foul on Zuby Ejiofor.
+2 (7:20) Jahmyl Telfort made Layup. Assisted by Finley Bizjack.
2822
(6:48) Deivon Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:45) Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:39) Pierre Brooks II made Layup.
2824
(6:10) Deivon Smith missed Layup.
(6:10) Landon Moore Block.
(6:02) Deivon Smith Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:02) Deivon Smith made Layup.
3024
(5:43) Andre Screen missed Layup.
(5:40) RJ Luis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:29) Deivon Smith made Jumper.
3224
(5:06) Finley Bizjack missed Jumper.
(5:04) Butler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:47) Kolby King made Jumper. Assisted by Andre Screen.
3226
+2 (4:26) Vince Iwuchukwu made Dunk. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.
3426
+2 (3:54) Pierre Brooks II made Jumper. Assisted by Patrick McCaffery.
3428
(3:31) RJ Luis Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:29) Kolby King Defensive Rebound.
(3:23) Kolby King missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:20) Patrick McCaffery Offensive Rebound.
(3:04) Patrick McCaffery missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:00) Kadary Richmond Defensive Rebound.
(2:47) Vince Iwuchukwu missed Jumper.
(2:44) Andre Screen Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:21) Andre Screen made Layup.
3430
(2:04) Aaron Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:02) Kolby King Defensive Rebound.
(2:02) Foul on Vince Iwuchukwu.
(1:46) Pierre Brooks II missed Jumper.
(1:42) Aaron Scott Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:36) Vince Iwuchukwu made Layup. Assisted by Deivon Smith.
3630
(1:17) Jahmyl Telfort Turnover.
(1:17) Kadary Richmond Steal.
+2 (1:10) RJ Luis Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.
3830
(0:42) Pierre Brooks II missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:38) Boden Kapke Offensive Rebound.
(0:37) Boden Kapke missed Layup.
(0:35) Boden Kapke Offensive Rebound.
(0:35) Foul on Vince Iwuchukwu.
+1 (0:35) Boden Kapke made Free Throw.
3831
+1 (0:35) Boden Kapke made Free Throw.
3832
(0:06) Deivon Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:05) Butler Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) Kolby King missed Jumper.
(0:00) Simeon Wilcher Block.
(0:00) Butler Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

SJU

BUT

76Points70

29-59(49.2%)Field Goal(%)24-61(39.3%)

4-15(26.7%)3-Point(%)6-27(22.2%)

14-19(73.7%)Free Throw(%)16-18(88.9%)

32(12)Rebounds(Offensive)39(16)

11Assists13

8Steals7

2Blocks4

9Turnovers13

19(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

10Largest Lead1

Game Details

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 · 9:00 PM

Hinkle Fieldhouse · Indianapolis, IN

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