Seton Hall Pirates vs. St. John's Red Storm

Jan 20, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
HALL	38	22	60
SJU	32	33	65

Game Recap

Pitino earns 899th win as St. John's storms back from 15 down in 2nd half to beat Seton Hall 65-60. Dillon Mitchell had 17 points and 11 rebounds as St. John's rallied from 15 down in the second half to beat Seton Hall 65-60 on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, giving Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino his 899th career win.

Player Stats

SETON HALL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Stephon Payne	28	5-9	0-0	3-4	15	0	2	4	2	4	13
0Adam Clark	32	0-7	0-0	3-4	2	2	2	0	2	3	3
23Mike Williams	10	0-2	0-1	1-2	2	2	0	0	1	4	1
22Elijah Fisher	16	1-2	0-1	2-4	0	1	1	0	2	3	4
14AJ Staton-McCray	34	7-13	2-5	0-0	5	1	2	0	2	2	16
25Najai Hines	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	2	0	2	0
7Josh Rivera	16	1-5	0-0	0-2	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
2Tajuan Simpkins	32	5-13	2-5	2-4	4	1	1	0	2	1	14
13Trey Parker	12	2-5	1-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	1	2	5
1Jacob Dar	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	22-5837.9%	5-1338.5%	11-2055.0%	37	11	8	7	12	25	60

ST. JOHN'S	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1Dillon Mitchell	36	7-14	0-1	3-8	11	1	2	0	1	0	17
24Zuby Ejiofor	27	3-7	0-0	3-4	4	6	0	1	4	4	9
23Bryce Hopkins	38	4-13	0-2	5-6	8	4	0	0	0	1	13
4Oziyah Sellers	22	1-5	1-2	3-4	2	1	1	0	0	0	6
11Ian Jackson	11	0-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0
17Ruben Prey	15	0-3	0-0	6-6	4	1	0	1	0	3	6
2Sadiku Ibine Ayo	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
31Lefteris Liotopoulos	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3Joson Sanon	16	2-5	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	2	4
0Dylan Darling	26	3-4	1-2	1-2	3	1	3	0	1	1	8
TOTAL	-	21-5935.6%	2-1216.7%	21-3070.0%	35	14	8	3	12	12	65

Play-by-Play

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1st halfHALLSJU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by St. John's.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Seton Hall.
(19:37) Ian Jackson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(19:30) Dillon Mitchell Offensive Rebound.
(19:29) Zuby Ejiofor bad pass turnover.
(19:29) Stephon Payne Steal.
+2 (19:24) AJ Staton-McCray makes driving layup.
20
(19:02) Ian Jackson misses driving layup.
(19:02) Stephon Payne Block.
(18:59) Mike Williams Defensive Rebound.
(18:56) Mike Williams misses driving layup.
(18:54) Stephon Payne Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:52) Stephon Payne makes layup.
40
+2 (18:30) Dillon Mitchell makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Oziyah Sellers assists).
42
(18:00) Stephon Payne misses layup.
(18:00) Zuby Ejiofor Block.
(17:56) Oziyah Sellers Defensive Rebound.
(17:46) Foul on Mike Williams.
+1 (17:46) Bryce Hopkins makes free throw 1 of 2.
43
+1 (17:46) Bryce Hopkins makes free throw 2 of 2.
44
+2 (17:32) AJ Staton-McCray makes driving layup (Elijah Fisher assists).
64
(17:07) Foul on Stephon Payne.
+1 (17:07) Dillon Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2.
65
+1 (17:07) Dillon Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2.
66
+3 (17:02) AJ Staton-McCray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mike Williams assists).
96
(16:43) Oziyah Sellers misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:41) Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.
(16:40) Zuby Ejiofor bad pass turnover.
(16:40) Elijah Fisher Steal.
(16:40) Technical Foul on Elijah Fisher.
(16:40) Elijah Fisher turnover.
(16:40) Technical Foul on Zuby Ejiofor.
(16:40) Zuby Ejiofor turnover.
(16:24) Adam Clark bad pass turnover.
+2 (16:18) Dillon Mitchell makes driving layup.
98
(16:18) Foul on Mike Williams.
(16:18) Dillon Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 1.
(16:16) Stephon Payne Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:00) Tajuan Simpkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Adam Clark assists).
128
(15:48) Foul on Adam Clark.
(15:40) Ian Jackson bad pass turnover.
(15:40) Adam Clark Steal.
(15:37) Adam Clark misses driving layup.
(15:37) Ian Jackson Block.
(15:37) Seton Hall Offensive Rebound.
(15:23) Elijah Fisher out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(14:55) Zuby Ejiofor bad pass turnover.
(14:55) Stephon Payne Steal.
(14:36) Foul on Ruben Prey.
+1 (14:36) Tajuan Simpkins makes free throw 1 of 2.
138
(14:36) Tajuan Simpkins misses free throw 2 of 2.
(14:35) Bryce Hopkins Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:12) Dillon Mitchell makes 1-foot dunk (Dylan Darling assists).
1310
+3 (13:46) Trey Parker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Najai Hines assists).
1610
(13:33) Dillon Mitchell misses driving layup.
(13:31) Ruben Prey Offensive Rebound.
(13:28) Joson Sanon misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:25) Najai Hines Defensive Rebound.
(13:25) Foul on Ruben Prey.
(12:57) Elijah Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:54) Dillon Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
(12:40) Bryce Hopkins misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(12:39) St. John's Offensive Rebound.
(12:27) Foul on Elijah Fisher.
(12:11) Joson Sanon bad pass turnover.
(11:54) Trey Parker misses layup.
(11:50) Najai Hines Offensive Rebound.
(11:50) Najai Hines misses layup.
(11:48) Bryce Hopkins Defensive Rebound.
(11:41) Foul on Najai Hines.
+1 (11:41) Bryce Hopkins makes free throw 1 of 2.
1611
+1 (11:41) Bryce Hopkins makes free throw 2 of 2.
1612
(11:23) AJ Staton-McCray misses 16-foot jumper.
(11:21) Bryce Hopkins Defensive Rebound.
(11:02) Zuby Ejiofor misses driving layup.
(11:01) AJ Staton-McCray Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:55) Tajuan Simpkins makes driving layup.
1812
+2 (10:37) Zuby Ejiofor makes 9-foot hook shot (Bryce Hopkins assists).
1814
(10:20) Trey Parker bad pass turnover.
(10:20) Dylan Darling Steal.
(10:16) Zuby Ejiofor misses driving layup.
(10:16) Trey Parker Block.
(10:13) Trey Parker Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:55) AJ Staton-McCray makes 13-foot step back jumpshot (Najai Hines assists).
2014
+2 (9:35) Sadiku Ibine Ayo makes layup (Zuby Ejiofor assists).
2016
(9:03) Tajuan Simpkins bad pass turnover.
(9:03) Dylan Darling Steal.
(8:58) Sadiku Ibine Ayo misses driving layup.
(8:55) Bryce Hopkins Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:52) Dylan Darling makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zuby Ejiofor assists).
2019
+2 (8:31) AJ Staton-McCray makes driving layup (Jacob Dar assists).
2219
+2 (8:13) Bryce Hopkins makes 2-foot dunk (Zuby Ejiofor assists).
2221
(7:44) Adam Clark misses driving layup.
(7:41) Joson Sanon Defensive Rebound.
(7:34) Ian Jackson misses driving layup.
(7:32) Tajuan Simpkins Defensive Rebound.
(7:29) Tajuan Simpkins misses driving layup.
(7:25) Dillon Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:22) Dillon Mitchell makes layup (Zuby Ejiofor assists).
2223
(6:46) Adam Clark misses 17-foot step back jumpshot.
(6:42) Jacob Dar Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:42) Jacob Dar makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
2423
(6:17) Dillon Mitchell misses 14-foot step back jumpshot.
(6:13) AJ Staton-McCray Defensive Rebound.
(6:08) AJ Staton-McCray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(6:05) Jacob Dar Offensive Rebound.
(6:02) Adam Clark misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(5:58) Stephon Payne Offensive Rebound.
(5:45) Foul on Bryce Hopkins.
+1 (5:45) Stephon Payne makes free throw 1 of 2.
2523
+1 (5:45) Stephon Payne makes free throw 2 of 2.
2623
(5:34) Dillon Mitchell misses driving layup.
(5:31) Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:31) Zuby Ejiofor makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
2625
(5:01) Adam Clark misses 12-foot step back jumpshot.
(4:58) Stephon Payne Offensive Rebound.
(4:57) Stephon Payne misses layup.
(4:56) Stephon Payne Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:55) Stephon Payne makes 0-foot dunk.
2825
(4:42) Bryce Hopkins misses layup.
(4:42) Stephon Payne Block.
(4:41) St. John's Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:27) Zuby Ejiofor makes 6-foot hook shot (Bryce Hopkins assists).
2827
(4:01) Trey Parker misses driving layup.
(3:57) Stephon Payne Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:57) Stephon Payne makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3027
(3:56) Foul on AJ Staton-McCray.
(3:56) Dillon Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:54) Tajuan Simpkins Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:39) Trey Parker makes driving layup.
3227
+2 (3:15) Bryce Hopkins makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
3229
(2:49) Foul on Zuby Ejiofor.
(2:49) Stephon Payne misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:49) Seton Hall Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (2:49) Stephon Payne makes free throw 2 of 2.
3329
(2:29) Ruben Prey misses driving layup.
(2:27) Stephon Payne Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:47) Tajuan Simpkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trey Parker assists).
3629
(1:29) Foul on AJ Staton-McCray.
+1 (1:29) Oziyah Sellers makes free throw 1 of 2.
3630
(1:29) Oziyah Sellers misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:27) Stephon Payne Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:59) Tajuan Simpkins makes 13-foot step back jumpshot.
3830
(0:36) Bryce Hopkins misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:36) St. John's Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:36) Foul on Josh Rivera.
+1 (0:36) Ruben Prey makes free throw 1 of 2.
3831
+1 (0:36) Ruben Prey makes free throw 2 of 2.
3832
(0:09) Josh Rivera misses alley oop dunk.
(0:07) Adam Clark Offensive Rebound.
(0:05) Adam Clark misses 16-foot jumper.
(0:03) Trey Parker Offensive Rebound.
(0:00) Josh Rivera misses 15-foot jumper.
(0:00) Adam Clark Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

HALL

SJU

60Points65

22-58(37.9%)Field Goal(%)21-59(35.6%)

5-13(38.5%)3-Point(%)2-12(16.7%)

11-20(55.0%)Free Throw(%)21-30(70.0%)

41(18)Rebounds(Offensive)41(20)

11Assists14

8Steals8

7Blocks3

13Turnovers12

25(1)Fouls(Technical)12(1)

15Largest Lead6

Game Details

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Carnesecca Arena · Queens, NY

attendance: 13,776 (245.9%)

tv: FS1

spread: SJU -11.5

over/under: 145.5