Arkansas vs. St. John's box score, stats, game summary and more ft. Billy Richmond

No. 10 seed Arkansas gave No. 2 seed St. John's a tremendous second-round battle and on a day of poor shooting for the Red Storm, the Razorbacks got the upset, 75-66. Arkansas advances to the Sweet 16 and will face the winner of No. 3 seed Texas Tech and No. 11 seek Drake in that regional battle.

Arkansas vs. St. John's Box Score

Arkansas

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN
K. Knox	15	6	1	1	4	3	1	27
J. Davis	13	4	1	0	1	2	4	28
T. Brazile	8	8	0	0	1	0	3	30
DJ Wagner	8	1	4	2	0	2	1	34
J. Aidoo	7	7	2	1	1	1	4	21
B. Richmond III	16	9	0	0	0	1	2	29
B. Fland	6	4	2	1	1	0	4	20
Z. Ivisic	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	10

St. John's

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN
Z. Ejiofor	23	12	0	2	1	0	3	37
R. Luis Jr.	9	7	0	2	0	1	1	30
A. Scott	7	10	1	0	1	0	3	32
K. Richmond	5	4	2	0	0	1	5	16
S. Wilcher	2	2	0	1	0	1	4	15
D. Smith	13	6	1	0	0	3	3	32
R. Prey	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	12
L. Liotopoulos	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	17
S. Ibine Ayo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
V. Iwuchukwu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

Arkansas vs. St. John's Game Summary

Arkansas took a 9-4 lead to open the game, but the first half was largely a back-and-forth battle. The Hogs pushed the lead to 14-6, but St. John's trimmed the game to 14-13. Arkansas pushed out to an eight-point lead, but St. John's rallied to claim a 28-27 lead on a Deivon Smith jumper with 4:27 to play. Arkansas scored the last seven points of the half to take a 35-32 lead.

Arkansas pushed out to a 55-42 lead on a Johnell Davis layup with 11:32 to play. St. John's trimmed the Razorback lead back to two on several occasions. But Arkansas never surrendered the lead down the stretch and pulled the upset win.

The Razorbacks were led by Billy Richmond's 16 points and nine rebounds. Karter Knox added 15 points and six boards. Johnell Davis chipped in with 13 points.

St. John's was led by Zuby Ejiofor with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Deivon Smith added 13 points and six rebounds. Big East Player of the Year RJ Luis Jr. had just nine points on 3-for-17 shooting and found himself benched at the end of the game.

The winner will advance to the West regionals in San Francisco. Razorback coach John Calipari will make his 16th appearance in an NCAA Sweet 16, but this one was a surprise after a bad start to the season in his first season at Arkansas.