St. John's Red Storm vs. Kentucky Wildcats

Dec 20, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SJU	32	34	66
UK	25	53	78

Game Recap

Kentucky rallies in second half to beat St. John's 78-66 in first meeting against Pitino since 2016. Otega Oweh scored 20 points, Jayden Quaintance made a big first impression and Kentucky stifled No. 22 St. John's in the second half, beating former coach Rick Pitino 78-66 in the opening game of a college basketball doubleheader Saturday.

Player Stats

ST. JOHN'S	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Zuby Ejiofor	27	3-11	1-5	5-5	5	1	1	2	4	4	12
23Bryce Hopkins	29	4-11	1-3	4-6	3	1	3	0	1	4	13
3Joson Sanon	19	0-5	0-2	12-12	2	0	2	0	2	5	12
4Oziyah Sellers	33	3-8	0-1	3-3	3	3	0	1	0	3	9
11Ian Jackson	29	4-7	2-5	0-0	6	2	2	0	1	0	10
17Ruben Prey	11	0-2	0-1	3-4	1	3	0	1	1	2	3
2Sadiku Ibine Ayo	8	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0
1Dillon Mitchell	29	2-3	0-0	0-2	3	3	1	0	0	0	4
31Lefteris Liotopoulos	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
0Dylan Darling	9	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3

TOTAL	-	17-5133.3%	5-1926.3%	27-3284.4%	24	14	10	5	11	24	66

KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Mouhamed Dioubate	22	2-4	1-2	1-2	5	0	0	2	4	2	6
24Malachi Moreno	22	4-6	0-0	0-0	9	1	0	2	2	4	8
5Collin Chandler	19	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	3	1	0	2	3	0
00Otega Oweh	34	6-17	0-3	8-9	5	1	3	0	3	3	20
1Denzel Aberdeen	27	1-5	0-2	2-2	3	3	1	0	2	1	4
9Trent Noah	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
21Jayden Quaintance	17	5-7	0-0	0-1	8	0	0	2	0	2	10
10Brandon Garrison	12	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	2	4
2Jasper Johnson	8	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
3Kam Williams	21	2-6	2-5	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
15Jaland Lowe	15	5-7	1-2	2-2	3	3	0	0	0	1	13
TOTAL	-	28-6145.9%	4-1625.0%	18-2281.8%	36	13	6	7	15	25	78

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSJUUK

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Kentucky.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by St. John's.
(19:40) Mouhamed Dioubate bad pass turnover.
(19:16) Zuby Ejiofor misses layup.
(19:16) Malachi Moreno Block.
(19:15) St. John's Offensive Rebound.
(19:10) Zuby Ejiofor misses layup.
(19:10) Mouhamed Dioubate Block.
(19:05) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(19:05) Otega Oweh misses driving layup.
(19:05) Oziyah Sellers Block.
(19:04) Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
(19:04) Denzel Aberdeen bad pass turnover.
(18:38) Bryce Hopkins misses layup.
(18:38) Malachi Moreno Block.
(18:34) Collin Chandler Defensive Rebound.
(18:28) Malachi Moreno misses layup.
(18:25) Zuby Ejiofor Defensive Rebound.
(18:16) Bryce Hopkins misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:10) Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.
(18:10) Zuby Ejiofor misses tip in layup.
(18:09) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(18:09) Mouhamed Dioubate bad pass turnover.
(18:09) Bryce Hopkins Steal.
+3 (17:58) Zuby Ejiofor makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ian Jackson assists).
30
+2 (17:26) Otega Oweh makes 16-foot step back jumpshot.
32
(17:11) Oziyah Sellers misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(17:07) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(16:54) Collin Chandler misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(16:48) Mouhamed Dioubate Offensive Rebound.
(16:48) Mouhamed Dioubate misses tip in layup.
(16:48) Zuby Ejiofor Defensive Rebound.
(16:36) Joson Sanon misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(16:32) Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.
(16:21) Otega Oweh misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:18) Foul on Denzel Aberdeen.
(16:17) Joson Sanon Defensive Rebound.
(16:11) Foul on Jaland Lowe.
+1 (16:11) Joson Sanon makes free throw 1 of 2.
42
+1 (16:11) Joson Sanon makes free throw 2 of 2.
52
(15:48) Otega Oweh misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(15:45) Dillon Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
(15:38) Zuby Ejiofor misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:35) Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:23) Brandon Garrison makes layup.
54
+3 (15:12) Dylan Darling makes 25-foot three pointer.
84
(15:01) Foul on Dylan Darling.
(14:40) Denzel Aberdeen misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:38) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:38) Foul on Oziyah Sellers.
+2 (14:23) Jayden Quaintance makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot (Jasper Johnson assists).
86
(14:09) Sadiku Ibine Ayo misses 9-foot pullup jump shot.
(14:05) Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.
(14:04) Zuby Ejiofor bad pass turnover.
(14:04) Otega Oweh Steal.
(14:00) Denzel Aberdeen misses driving layup.
(14:00) Zuby Ejiofor Block.
(13:59) Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:48) Otega Oweh makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Denzel Aberdeen assists).
88
(13:36) Oziyah Sellers misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(13:36) Jayden Quaintance Block.
(13:35) St. John's Offensive Rebound.
(13:26) Dillon Mitchell misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(13:22) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
(13:13) Jayden Quaintance misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(13:10) Oziyah Sellers Defensive Rebound.
(13:03) Foul on Collin Chandler.
(12:56) Dylan Darling bad pass turnover.
(12:56) Brandon Garrison Steal.
+2 (12:42) Brandon Garrison makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Jasper Johnson assists).
810
(12:31) Sadiku Ibine Ayo misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(12:31) Brandon Garrison Block.
(12:28) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(12:20) Otega Oweh misses driving layup.
(12:16) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(12:03) Jasper Johnson misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(11:59) Sadiku Ibine Ayo Defensive Rebound.
(11:48) Ruben Prey misses 18-foot jumper.
(11:47) St. John's Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:35) Dillon Mitchell makes layup (Ruben Prey assists).
1010
+2 (11:09) Malachi Moreno makes 1-foot dunk (Collin Chandler assists).
1012
(10:44) Sadiku Ibine Ayo bad pass turnover.
(10:44) Collin Chandler Steal.
(10:20) Malachi Moreno misses 9-foot hook shot.
(10:20) Ruben Prey Block.
(10:19) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(10:14) Kam Williams misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(10:13) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:13) team shot clock turnover .
(10:01) Foul on Joson Sanon.
(10:01) Joson Sanon turnover.
(9:49) Foul on Joson Sanon.
(9:37) Mouhamed Dioubate traveling turnover.
+3 (9:22) Ian Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ruben Prey assists).
1312
(8:46) Trent Noah bad pass turnover.
(8:46) Bryce Hopkins Steal.
(8:42) Foul on Kam Williams.
(8:35) Foul on Brandon Garrison.
(8:35) Ruben Prey misses free throw 1 of 2.
(8:35) St. John's Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (8:35) Ruben Prey makes free throw 2 of 2.
1412
(8:06) Brandon Garrison misses 11-foot hook shot.
(8:02) Ruben Prey Defensive Rebound.
(7:52) Foul on Kam Williams.
(7:41) Foul on Jayden Quaintance.
+1 (7:41) Oziyah Sellers makes free throw 1 of 3.
1512
+1 (7:41) Oziyah Sellers makes free throw 2 of 3.
1612
+1 (7:41) Oziyah Sellers makes free throw 3 of 3.
1712
(7:18) Collin Chandler bad pass turnover.
(7:18) Ian Jackson Steal.
+2 (7:14) Ian Jackson makes layup.
1912
+2 (7:08) Otega Oweh makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Collin Chandler assists).
1914
(6:58) Foul on Otega Oweh.
+1 (6:58) Ruben Prey makes free throw 1 of 2.
2014
+1 (6:58) Ruben Prey makes free throw 2 of 2.
2114
+2 (6:48) Jasper Johnson makes 19-foot jumper.
2116
(6:27) Bryce Hopkins misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:24) Jayden Quaintance Defensive Rebound.
(6:19) Jasper Johnson misses layup.
(6:16) Jayden Quaintance Offensive Rebound.
(6:11) Brandon Garrison misses 11-foot hook shot.
(6:09) Bryce Hopkins Defensive Rebound.
(5:52) Foul on Malachi Moreno.
+1 (5:52) Zuby Ejiofor makes free throw 1 of 2.
2216
+1 (5:52) Zuby Ejiofor makes free throw 2 of 2.
2316
(5:41) Foul on Zuby Ejiofor.
(5:29) Otega Oweh bad pass turnover.
(5:29) Dillon Mitchell Steal.
(5:14) Foul on Jasper Johnson.
(5:14) Bryce Hopkins misses free throw 1 of 2.
(5:14) St. John's Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (5:14) Bryce Hopkins makes free throw 2 of 2.
2416
(5:13) Trent Noah bad pass turnover.
+2 (4:55) Oziyah Sellers makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists).
2616
(4:25) Foul on Bryce Hopkins.
+2 (4:15) Denzel Aberdeen makes 15-foot step back jumpshot.
2618
(3:45) Bryce Hopkins misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(3:44) St. John's Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:44) Foul on Trent Noah.
(3:44) Dillon Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:44) St. John's Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:44) Dillon Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:42) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(3:34) Foul on Zuby Ejiofor.
(3:34) Otega Oweh misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:34) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (3:34) Otega Oweh makes free throw 2 of 2.
2619
(3:25) Ian Jackson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(3:21) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(3:20) Mouhamed Dioubate bad pass turnover.
+2 (2:53) Bryce Hopkins makes layup (Ruben Prey assists).
2819
+3 (2:28) Mouhamed Dioubate makes 24-foot three point jumper (Denzel Aberdeen assists).
2822
+2 (2:04) Dillon Mitchell makes layup (Ian Jackson assists).
3022
(1:58) Foul on Ruben Prey.
(1:58) Technical Foul on Ruben Prey.
(1:58) Technical Foul on Mouhamed Dioubate.
+1 (1:58) Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 2.
3023
+1 (1:58) Otega Oweh makes free throw 2 of 2.
3024
(1:57) Foul on Sadiku Ibine Ayo.
(1:57) Mouhamed Dioubate misses free throw 1 of 2.
(1:57) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:57) Mouhamed Dioubate makes free throw 2 of 2.
3025
(1:31) Bryce Hopkins misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
(1:27) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(1:09) Otega Oweh bad pass turnover.
(1:09) Ian Jackson Steal.
(1:04) Ian Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:00) Oziyah Sellers Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:59) Ian Jackson makes driving layup (Oziyah Sellers assists).
3225
(0:42) Otega Oweh misses driving layup.
(0:42) Sadiku Ibine Ayo Block.
(0:37) Ian Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(0:29) Oziyah Sellers misses 19-foot jumper.
(0:26) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(0:04) Otega Oweh misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(0:01) Ian Jackson Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

SJU

66Points78

17-51(33.3%)Field Goal(%)28-61(45.9%)

5-19(26.3%)3-Point(%)4-16(25.0%)

27-32(84.4%)Free Throw(%)18-22(81.8%)

28(11)Rebounds(Offensive)39(16)

14Assists13

10Steals6

5Blocks7

12Turnovers16

24(2)Fouls(Technical)25(2)

10Largest Lead15

Game Details

Saturday, December 20, 2025 · 12:30 PM

State Farm Arena · Atlanta, GA

attendance: 1 (0.0%)

tv: CBS

spread: UK -1.5

over/under: 154.5