Soriano scores a career-high 24 to lead St. John’s past West Virginia in the Big East-Big 12 Battle
AP
Dec 01, 2023
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Joel Soriano scored a career-high 24 points to lead St. John’s to a 79-73 victory over West Virginia Mountaineers on Friday night in the Big East-Big 12 Battle.
Chris Ledlum added a season-high 17 points and Nahiem Alleyne had 12 of his 14 points in the second half for St. John’s (5-2), which has won three straight.
Quinn Slazinski, who played under St. John’s coach Rick Pitino for the past two seasons at Iona, scored 19 points to lead West Virginia (3-4). Jesse Edwards added 15 points before fouling out and Kobe Johnson had 14 points.
The teams combined for 46 fouls and 63 free throws. Soriano appeared to lose a tooth when he was hit with an elbow under the St. John’s basket in the second half. West Virginia outscored St. John’s 31-14 in free throws but the Mountaineers went 4 of 8 at the line in the final minute.
Jordan Dingle’s layup four minutes into the second half put St. John’s ahead for good and Soriano’s layup gave the Red Storm their largest lead, 63-54, with six minutes left.
Slazinski followed his own three-point play with a bank shot to pull West Virginia within 70-68 with two minutes left. But the Mountaineers got no closer. Alleyne hit a layup and a 3-pointer after that to give St. John’s a cushion.
West Virginia jumped ahead 22-15 midway through the first half before Soriano sank a layup and three free throws and Ledlum made a dunk and a 3-pointer during a 10-0 run. The Mountaineers recovered from the six-minute scoring drought to forge a 36-36 halftime tie.
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1st Half
SJU
Red Storm
36
WV
Mountaineers
36
Time
Team
Play
Score
20:00
Joel Soriano vs. Jesse Edwards (Mountaineers gains possession)
19:45
Daniss Jenkins blocks Kobe Johnson's two point layup
19:43
Mountaineers offensive rebound
19:33
Daniss Jenkins shooting foul (Josiah Harris draws the foul)
19:33
+1
Josiah Harris makes regular free throw 1 of 2
0-1
19:33
+1
Josiah Harris makes regular free throw 2 of 2
0-2
19:17
Daniss Jenkins misses three point jump shot
19:13
Glenn Taylor Jr. offensive rebound
19:15
Jump ball. (Red Storm gains possession)
19:13
Josiah Harris personal foul (Glenn Taylor Jr. draws the foul)
19:08
+2
Joel Soriano makes two point jump shot
2-2
18:46
Quinn Slazinski turnover (lost ball)
18:37
Jordan Dingle misses three point jump shot
18:35
Jesse Edwards defensive rebound
18:08
+3
Kobe Johnson makes three point jump shot (Quinn Slazinski assists)
2-5
17:52
+2
Joel Soriano makes two point layup
4-5
17:25
Joel Soriano shooting foul (Jesse Edwards draws the foul)
17:25
+1
Jesse Edwards makes regular free throw 1 of 2
4-6
17:25
+1
Jesse Edwards makes regular free throw 2 of 2
4-7
17:11
Chris Ledlum misses two point layup
17:09
Daniss Jenkins offensive rebound
17:02
+2
Jordan Dingle makes two point floating jump shot (Glenn Taylor Jr. assists)
6-7
16:44
Quinn Slazinski turnover (traveling)
16:35
+3
Joel Soriano makes three point jump shot (Daniss Jenkins assists)
9-7
16:04
+2
Quinn Slazinski makes two point fadeaway jump shot
9-9
15:51
+2
Daniss Jenkins makes two point layup
11-9
15:42
+2
Josiah Harris makes two point jump shot (Kobe Johnson assists)
11-11
15:31
+2
Chris Ledlum makes two point reverse layup
13-11
15:10
+2
Jesse Edwards makes two point layup
13-13
15:01
Jordan Dingle misses three point jump shot
14:59
Daniss Jenkins offensive rebound
14:56
Daniss Jenkins misses two point layup
14:54
Josiah Harris defensive rebound
14:44
Kobe Johnson misses two point layup
14:42
Glenn Taylor Jr. defensive rebound
14:38
Jesse Edwards blocks Daniss Jenkins's three point jump shot
14:36
Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound
14:19
+3
Quinn Slazinski makes three point jump shot
13-16
14:08
Joel Soriano misses two point layup
14:06
Josiah Harris defensive rebound
14:00
Glenn Taylor Jr. shooting foul (Quinn Slazinski draws the foul)
14:00
TV timeout
14:00
+1
Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 1 of 3
13-17
14:00
+1
Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 2 of 3
13-18
14:00
+1
Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 3 of 3
13-19
13:43
+2
Joel Soriano makes two point dunk (Daniss Jenkins assists)
15-19
13:19
Glenn Taylor Jr. blocks Jesse Edwards's two point layup
13:17
Josiah Harris offensive rebound
13:12
+3
Josiah Harris makes three point jump shot
15-22
12:48
+2
Chris Ledlum makes two point dunk
17-22
12:29
Quinn Slazinski misses two point fadeaway jump shot
12:27
Chris Ledlum defensive rebound
12:15
+2
Joel Soriano makes two point layup (Daniss Jenkins assists)
19-22
12:15
Josiah Harris shooting foul (Joel Soriano draws the foul)
12:15
+1
Joel Soriano makes regular free throw 1 of 1
20-22
11:50
Quinn Slazinski offensive foul (Glenn Taylor Jr. draws the foul)
11:50
Quinn Slazinski turnover (offensive foul)
11:50
TV timeout
11:33
Simeon Wilcher misses three point jump shot
11:29
Mountaineers defensive rebound
11:08
Patrick Suemnick misses two point layup
11:06
Nahiem Alleyne defensive rebound
10:55
Zuby Ejiofor misses two point layup
10:53
Ofri Naveh defensive rebound
10:36
Simeon Wilcher personal foul (Ofri Naveh draws the foul)
10:25
Seth Wilson misses two point jump shot
10:23
Patrick Suemnick offensive rebound
10:17
Drissa Traore personal foul (Jesse Edwards draws the foul)
10:08
Jesse Edwards turnover (bad pass)
10:00
Nahiem Alleyne misses three point jump shot
9:58
Brady Dunlap offensive rebound
9:56
Jump ball. Brady Dunlap vs. Patrick Suemnick (Mountaineers gains possession)