Overview
- St. John’s turned a 39-34 halftime edge into a 93-60 home win, outscoring William & Mary 54-26 after the break.
- Rick Pitino opened with Dylan Darling alongside Oziyah Sellers, deploying a steadier ballhandling look that boosted tempo and pressure.
- Darlings’s return from a calf strain produced 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting and four steals, while Sellers matched 13 points with three 3-pointers.
- Five Red Storm scored in double figures—Bryce Hopkins and Joson Sanon 15 each, Darling 13, Sellers 13, Zuby Ejiofor 11—as the team piled up 54 points in the paint.
- William & Mary shot 38% and committed 24 turnovers before a sellout crowd of 5,260 at Carnesecca Arena; St. John’s next hosts Bucknell on Nov. 20.