St. John’s Secures 7th Straight Win in Big East vs. Georgetown

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00:00Let's go to the Big East. Big matchup last night in the nation's capital, St. John's and Georgetown.

00:06How would the Hoyas respond from Providence's Super Bowl each and every year hosting Ed Cooley?

00:11The Hoyas lost at the Amp. The Hoyas lost last night at home in St. John's under Rick Petito,

00:20really making a charge to the first Big East regular season title for Johnny's Men's Basketball

00:26in a very long time. Seven straight victories for the Red Storm. They easily cover as a five

00:33and a half point favorite on the road last night, holding Georgetown to only 41 points.

00:39Yeah, this was a bad matchup going in. If you're just looking at the statistics,

00:42it was clear that Georgetown was going to struggle to score. Did we think they would

00:45score 21 in the first half and then 20 in the second half in a blowout? No,

00:48I don't think anybody saw that coming. But understand this, we just talked about teams

00:52going on the road and shooting 50 percent while the other struggles and shoots 35 percent. How

00:56about Georgetown as a team, Ben? 14 of 57 from the floor, under 25 percent on your home court.

01:03Three point range, six for 26, 23 percent. You can even help yourself out at the charity stripe

01:08there. 43 percent from the free throw line. An easy dog and pony show yesterday with a whipping

01:14of the Red Storm of the Georgetown Hoyas. We expected a victory for the Red Storm. They're

01:18playing good basketball, but my goodness, they are announcing their presence with authority right

01:23now in the Big East at nine and one.