St. John's beats Molloy 71-43 behind Ponds, Ahmed
NEW YORK -- Shamorie Ponds scored 14 points with six rebounds, Bashir Ahmed had five boards and 14 points and St. John's beat Division II Molloy 71-43 on Monday for its first 4-0 season start since 2014-15.
Marvin Clark II added 10 points and Justin Simon had seven points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for St. John's, which outrebounded the Lions 43-35 and scored 26 points off of 21 Molloy turnovers.
Back-to-back dunks by Marcus LoVett and Ahmed capped the 22-2 run St. John's used to open the second half and they led by as many as 29 on Amar Alibegovic's layup with 1:04 to play. Clark's jumper put St. John's up for good, 17-16, after three lead changes and the Red Storm led 28-21 at halftime after shooting 33 percent from the field.
Curtis Jenkins led Molloy with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Justin Caldwell had nine boards.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Pat Driscoll
- Paul Szelc
- Greg Evans
2023-24 Big East Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
UConn | 18-2 | - | 37-3 |
Marquette | 14-6 | 4 | 27-10 |
Creighton | 14-6 | 4 | 25-10 |
Seton Hall | 13-7 | 5 | 25-12 |
St. John's | 11-9 | 7 | 20-13 |
Providence | 10-10 | 8 | 21-14 |
Villanova | 10-10 | 8 | 18-16 |
Butler | 9-11 | 9 | 18-15 |
Xavier | 9-11 | 9 | 16-18 |
Georgetown | 2-18 | 16 | 9-23 |
DePaul | 0-20 | 18 | 3-29 |