Overview
- Lefteris Liotopoulos was fouled on a three with 8.4 seconds left and made one of three free throws, leaving St. John’s a point short.
- Michigan shot about 52% from the field and 42% from three and finished plus-12 on the glass, despite committing 22 turnovers.
- Yaxel Lendeborg led the Wolverines with 25 points and 10 rebounds, facing a program that once recruited him under a previous coach.
- Zuby Ejiofor paced St. John’s with 24 points, six rebounds and six assists as starting guards Oziyah Sellers and Joson Sanon fouled out.
- Rick Pitino cited defensive cohesion and backcourt rebounding as priorities before the Nov. 3 opener against Quinnipiac, followed by Alabama, a Las Vegas tournament and Kentucky.