US EditionDarling scores season-high 17 points as No. 22 St. John's beats DePaul 79-66 in Big East opener
Dylan Darling's 17 points off the bench, including three 3-pointers, sparked St. John's to a 79-66 Big East opener win with 32 points from reserves.
- On Tuesday, Dylan Darling scored a season-high 17 points off the bench as No. 22 St. John's Red Storm opened Big East play with a 79-66 victory over DePaul Blue Demons at Carnesecca Arena.
- Playing off the bench since being supplanted by Ian Jackson, Darling made 5 of 9 shots and hit three 3s after entering 1 of 15 from deep at Idaho State.
- St. John's reserves scored 32 points, including nine from Ruben Prey on 4-of-4 shooting, while DePaul shot 39% and went 7 of 25 from three.
- The win put St. John's Red Storm at 1-0 in Big East play and 7-3 overall; they will face Kentucky on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic at Atlanta.
- Defensively, Zuby Ejiofor had nine points, seven rebounds and four blocks, reaching 20 blocks in three games, a feat unseen in the Big East since Chris Obekpa in 2013.
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Darling scores season-high 17 points as No. 22 St. John's beats DePaul 79-66 in Big East opener
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.
Dylan Darling breaks through to lead St. John’s in Big East opener over DePaul
So much for Dylan Darling getting buried on the bench. Darling enjoyed his best game as a Johnnie in 22nd-ranked St. John’s Big East opener, exploding for 17 points and three 3-pointers in a 79-66 victory at Carnesecca Arena in Queens.
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Rockdale Citizen & Newton CitizenNo. St. John's opens Big East play with decisive win over DePaul
Dylan Darling scored a season-high 17 points and sparked decisive runs in each half for host St. John's, which beat DePaul 79-66 in the Big East opener for both schools on Tuesday night in New York.
No. 22 St. John’s Open Conference Play by Defeating DePaul
Torch Photo / Sebastian Zelaya St. John’s owned the Big East last season. The Red Storm’s 18-2 record in 2024-25 conference play earned them the regular season crown for the first time in 40 years, and after coming out of the Big East Tournament victorious, the Johnnies were the alpha dogs of college basketball’s toughest conference. But you don’t need to hear that again, this success has been haunting the No. 22 St. John’s throughout the first …
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