St. John's vs. Penn State @ Barclays Center (Live Updates)

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Game Time - Play by Play action starts 7:00pm EST

Teams are warming up

Chris Obekpa puts St. John's on the board with a baby hook inside but Penn State responds with a two threes 6-2 w/18:30.

Orlando Sanchez dunks inside 6-4 with 17:51

Ross Travis draws foul on Obekpa and puts Penn up 8-4 w/17:28

Jakarr Sampson drains a bucket off soft zone by Penn and gets a turnover with 16:40. Sampson draws a foul on Travis and D'Angelo Harrison draws another. Sampson scores in transition as Harrison steal sets up fast break.

8-8 tied with 15:48


St. John's plays zone but Travis scores midrange. 10-8 Penn
Sanchez with perimeter shot 11-10 SJU with 14:28

Jamal Branch puts St. John's ahead but D.J Newbill counters. A block by Sir'Dominic Pointer sets up block tkeep JOhnnies up 18-17 w/10:05

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St. John's still in a zone defense. Great block by Obekpa but trey from Newbill put Penn up 22-20 with 8:31 left in the half.

Miss bu Rysheed Jordan but good defense give St. John's the possession until Obekpa commits 3 second violation. Still 22-20 Penn

St. John's ootrebounding Penn 14-10

 

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Orlando Sanchez ties the game at 22 with a swooping dunk but lead changes hands as both teams score inside. 27-24 Penn with 6:01.

Tim Frazier extends their lead with a drive on Harriosn. 29-24 w/5:30

Obekpa gets open for a dunk but Branch puts SJU over the limit w/5:00 Allen Roberts put Penn up 30-26.


Branch scores and-1 inside for SJU with acrobatic move in the paint. 30-29 Penn.

Newbill scorees with 4:18 off goal tending 32-29 Penn


Newbill scores a lay-up in transition and SJU calls time out with 3:56. SJU trails 34-29.
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Brandon Taylor drains another trey for Penn extending the lead to eight.

Frazier with another three with 2:33. 40-29 Penn. Johnnies inserted sharpshooter Max Hooper early on.

 

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Max Hooper drains three=-ball with 1:45 40-32 Penn

Hooper with another trey with 1 minute. 40-35

Defensive stop by Johnnies gives them the ball w/31 secs

Pointer fouls Fraizer hard with 3.4 secs after SJU turnover. 2 for 2

42-35 Penn at the half as Pointer misses basket driving to hoop.

 

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St. John's needs more offensive production from Harrison and Sampson who combined for 9 first half points shooting a combined 4 of 9.

Hooper starts second half

 

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Hooper misses first basket of the half but Harrison scores in transition. 42-37 Penn

Ross Travis picks up third foul defending Hooper. Phil Greene alley-opp to Sampson w/ 18:11 42-39 Penn

 

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Newbill gets his first points as does Travis. 46-39 Penn

Good interior defense holds off Red Storm as they attack the paint but Sampson miss leads to 2nd team foul for SJU.

Brandon Taylor scores from the perimeter but Hooper counters w/16:08 49-42 Penn

 

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St. John's FG% drops to 33.3% while Penn's increase to 58.3%

Newbill scores with 15:24 and draws charge on Pointer but misses FT. 51-42 Penn.

Hooper with another trey from the corner cutting Penns lead to 6,

With 14:30 Pointer shakes defender and sets up Sampson for score inside. 51-47

 

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Penn State extends lead to 8 points with 13:05 as Harrison unable to connect in the second half. Hooper get a minute rest and comes back in. Penn State continues to pound inside. Ross Travis draws a foul and with 12:45 Penn leads 57-47.

Sampson takes bad shot and Penn runs their offense and draws third foul on Obekpa and teams 7th. SJU calls timeout. Donovan Jack hits freethrows for Penn 59-47 Penn w/12 mins

 

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Penn packs the paint and blocks Harrison drive. Allen Roberts scores on the other end. 62-47 Penn. With 10:38 Greene scores 3 followed by fastbreak lay up from Harrison, 62-52 Penn.

Penn State calls timeout with 9:47. 62-52.

 

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Hooper misses shots as Penn contests but with 8:40 Harrison nails a trey 62-55 Penn. Crowd yells defense but Travis scores inside. Hooper hits a trey. Obekpa and Travis get in each other's face as teams get testy.

64-58 Penn w/7:53

 

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Hooper has 15pts shooting 5 of 8 from three.

Harrison draws a foul and shoots 1 of 2. 64-59 Penn. SJU gets def. stop With 6:53 Greene score and crown gets hyped 64-61 Penn

 

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def. stop by both teams. Allen Roberts hits three. with 5:02 67-61. Greene scores and draws foul with 4:54 but misses freethrow. 67-63 Penn. Greene scores in transition after defensive stand. SJU calls full timeout with 4:11. 67-65 Penn

 

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Greene midrange ties the game at 67 with his 11th point but with 2:39 he fouls Frazier. Frazier goes 2 of 2. 69-67 Penn

With 1:26 Harrison draws foul as he nailed a three-ball game tied at 71

 

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Harrions fouls Jack with 1:05. Jack misses first freethrow as crowd heckles him but hits the second. 72-71 Penn

SJU timeout
Harrison w/17pts

 

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Harrison give SJU the lead with less than a minute off a runner down the lane. Penn calls full timeout with 42.5 seconds. 73-72 SJU

 

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SJU pressures Penn on defense and forces them to call a 30 second TO with 17.4 secs

 

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Sampson draws a foul after a block on Penn and goes 1 of 2 from the line. 74-72 SJU

Sampson then fouls Frazier taking a three with 6.1 seconds Frazier goes 3 of 3. 75-74 Penn.

Harrison goes coast to coast and draws foul with 2 secs, Harrison goes 1 of 2. 75 apiece.

Penn unable to score. Overtime

 

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SJU win tip. but misses shot. Penn goes up against SJU zone and fails as well.

Obekpa draws a foul on Jack and shoots two. Obekpa hits first and second with 3:33 77-75 SJU

 

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Obekpa grabs reb off Penn miss but upcourt pass intercepted. Pointer commits 5th foul on Newbill and Max Hooper replaces.

With 3:11 score is tied at 77.

Harrison misses and Penn calls full timeout after they bring the ball upcourt. With 2:50 the score is still tied at 77.

 

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Harrion picks up 4th foul putting Frazier on the line. Frazier goes 2-2. 79-77 Penn

Harrison misses off quick shot and Taylor scores for Penn. With 2:06 81-77 Penn

With 1:50 3-ball fro Greene 81-80 Penn

 

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With 1:06 Harrison fouls Frazier and fouls out. Jamal Branch replaces. Frazier goes 2-2. 83-80 Penn

 

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Brach scores 83-82 but with 22.3 secs Frazier draws fragrant foul on Hooper. Goes 2-2 and get ball. 85-82.

With 17.9 secs Greene fouls Frazier and goes 2-2 87-82 Penn

 

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St. John's goes down 89-82

Frazier w/29 points
Harrison w/ 20pts for SJU