St. John's vs Butler: Box score, stats, game summary and more ft. Kadary Richmond

The No. 1-ranked St. John's Red Storm (27-4) took on the No. 9-ranked Butler Bulldogs (14-18) in the first quarterfinal matchup in the Big East Tournament on Thursday.

Butler was coming off an upset victory over No. 8-ranked Providence in the tournament's first round. Conversely, St. John's earned a bye through the first round.

The Red Storm were -960 favorites, and the Bulldogs were +640 underdogs. The oddsmakers were proven right as the Red Storm dominated throughout. Despite a few impressive runs from the Bulldogs, St. John’s came out on top, winning 78-57.

St. John's vs Butler box score

Team	1st	2nd	Total
Butler	26	31	57
St. John's	37	41	78

St. John's Red Storm stats

	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Zuby Ejiofor	2 for 4	0 for 0	0 for 1	4	3	7	2	0	0	2	3	4
RJ Luis Jr.	8 for 18	2 for 3	2 for 2	3	4	7	0	1	1	2	2	20
Aaron Scott	6 for 10	3 for 6	0 for 0	2	2	4	1	5	0	0	4	15
Kadary Richmond	7 for 13	0 for 2	1 for 1	0	8	8	9	1	1	2	0	15
Simeon Wilcher	2 for 8	0 for 4	0 for 0	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	4
Ruben Prey	0 for 3	0 for 0	0 for 0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	0
Sadiku Ibine Ayo	2 for 3	1 for 2	0 for 0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	5
Vince Iwuchukwu	3 for 5	0 for 0	0 for 0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	6
Lefteris Liotopoulos	3 for 5	0 for 2	0 for 0	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	0	6
Deivon Smith	1 for 3	1 for 1	0 for 0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	3	3

Butler Bulldogs stats

	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Boden Kapke	3 for 6	2 for 5	0 for 3	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	8
Jahmyl Telfort	3 for 10	1 for 5	4 for 6	0	4	4	3	2	0	4	4	11
Pierre Brooks II	1 for 10	0 for 5	3 for 3	0	5	5	1	1	0	2	1	5
Patrick McCaffery	6 for 10	4 for 7	0 for 0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	16
Finley Bizjack	4 for 7	2 for 4	0 for 0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	10
Andre Screen	1 for 3	0 for 0	1 for 2	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	1	3
Evan Haywood	1 for 4	0 for 3	0 for 0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Ethan McComb	0 for 0	0 for 0	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Landon Moore	0 for 1	0 for 0	2 for 2	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	2
Kolby King	0 for 4	0 for 1	0 for 0	2	0	2	2	0	1	2	3	0

St. John's vs Butler game summary

While it was not immediately a blowout, the Bulldogs slowly had the game taken away from them until by the end of the game was decided by more than a 20-point margin.

St. John’s pulled out to an early lead in the first seven minutes of the first half. It took a 15-3 lead, and quickly established itself as a big favorite to win the game. For the rest of the half, Butler was playing catchup.

The Bulldogs were able to put some points on the board and compete with the Red Storm for the rest of the half, but they still ended the half down 37-26. Entering the second half, Butler went on a small run to start.

They closed the lead to 39-31 and looked like they might be able to catch up and make the game competitive. However, after that the Red Storm took control of the game. They pulled ahead again, eventually gaining a lead of over 20 points.

The St. John’s Red Storm maintained their 20+ point advantage for the rest of the game and eventually won 78-57. The win advanced them to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.