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12/16 20:42 CST Darling scores season-high 17 points as No. 22 St. John's beats
DePaul 79-66 in Big East opener
Darling scores season-high 17 points as No. 22 St. John's beats DePaul 79-66 in
Big East opener
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Dylan Darling scored a season-high 17 points off the bench
and gave No. 22 St. John's a lift with his 3-point shooting as the Red Storm
opened Big East play with a 79-66 victory over DePaul on Tuesday night.
Playing their only conference game inside Carnesecca Arena this season, the Red
Storm (7-3, 1-0) led virtually the entire way and avoided another slow start
after missing 12 of their first 13 shots in Saturday's 91-64 win over Iona at
Madison Square Garden.
Darling shot 5 of 9 from the field and hit a trio of 3s to help the Johnnies
finish with 10 in his second game since being supplanted by Ian Jackson as the
team's starting point guard. The 6-foot-1 junior entered 1 of 15 from outside
the arc in his first eight games at St. John's after transferring from Idaho
State.
Joson Sanon added 15 points and tied a career high with nine rebounds. Jackson
scored 10 and Zuby Ejiofor had nine points, seven rebounds and four blocks ---
giving him 20 over the last three games.
Ejiofor became the first Big East player with 20 blocks in a three-game span
since Chris Obekpa for the Red Storm in 2013.
St. John's shot 45% and got 32 points from its reserves, including nine from
Ruben Prey on 4-of-4 shooting --- including a 3.
Kaleb Banks led the Blue Demons (8-4, 0-1) with 19 points and CJ Gunn added 15.
The Blue Demons shot 39% and went 7 of 25 (28%) from 3-point distance.
Up next
DePaul: Will host No. 5 UConn on Sunday.
St. John's: Will face Kentucky on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic at Atlanta.
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