Virginia vs. St. John's Live Updates | NCAA Men's Basketball

Henry Pallatroni | Nov 22, 2024

Virginia Athletics

Virginia (3-2) suffered their second loss of the season 55-80 against St. John's (5-1) in the consolation game of the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship on Friday night at Baha Mar Convention Center in Nassau, The Bahamas. See below for score updates, play-by-play, and live analysis from throughout the matchup.

Read our five takeaways from the game here: Virginia Basketball Falls to St. John's 80-55 | Key Takeaways

Virginia 55, St. John's 80 | FINAL

Virginia 55, St. John's 80 | FINAL
Prey bounces home a layup after a minute of scoreless basketball. Rohde drops in an and-one on the other end, and makes the free throw to complete the three-point play.

IWUCHUKWU responds with an and-one finish of his own but misses the free throw. Robinson grabs an OREB off a Power missed three and goes up strong, drawing a shooting foul. He misses both and is 1-6 from the line in the game. Power has once again struggled, and is 1-4 from deep.

Sharma jumps through the lane and hits a clean free-throw line jumper. Smith drives and connects for a tough finish at the rim. Cofie connects on a long two for his first FG of the game - he's been quiet on the night.

The Johnnies dribble out the clock on a strong win over Virginia.

Virginia 48, St. John's 74 | 3:41 Second Half
Saunders gets to the stripe off a strong drive and goes one for two from the line. Glover swishes home a three from the wing for his first FG of his college career. Ejiofor gets to the rim for an easy two. Nice ball movement leads to a clean three for McKneely. Glover drives by McKneely and is fouled going for the reverse layup - he goes 1-2 from the line.

Rohde gets to the line and knocks down both shots. Media Timeout.

Virginia 42, St. John's 67 | 7:36 Second Half
Murray swishes home a turnaround jumper from the baseline. Luis pump fakes and draws a foul, and he makes both from the stripe. Both teams exchange three-point misses before Ames is fouled in the lane. Two free-throws coming his way and we go to a media timeout.

Virginia 40, St. John's 65 | 10:10 Second Half
Buchanan scores in the paint off a nice feed from McKneely. Ibine Ayo swishes home a three from the top of the key. Power connects on a three off a strong cross-court pass from McKneely. Richmond responds with a nice drive for two. A turnover from Rohde, and we go to a media timeout.

Virginia 35, St. John's 60 | 12:09 Second Half
Richmond rolls in a floater from the paint for a 20-PT SJU lead. Saunders is fouled and hits two free throws. Luis explodes down the baseline on the other end for a powerful dunk. Smith hits a corner three after a deep McKneely missed three-pointer. Rohde nails another catch-and-shoot three, he's 2-2 from deep on the night.

Richmond connects on a clean mid-range jumper before Luis Jr comes back down and hits his second three-pointer of the night - 25-point lead now for the Johnnies and UVA looks deflated.

Virginia 30, St. John's 48 | 15:37 Second Half
Saunders battles down low for a strong finish under the rim to open second-half scoring. He has 7 on 3-5 FG thus far. Richmond goes into isolation as the shot clock runs down and finishes a floater with some nice touch off the glass. He's 3-5 in the game.

Nice passing from the Johnnies leads to a pair of Ejiofor free throws after he's fouled down low; he connects on one of his two free throws. Ejiofor cleans up a Luis missed layup for an easy St. John's bucket. Saunders responds with a strong move along the baseline for two. He's been strong offensively thus far. Aaron Scott knocks down his second three of the game - now an 18-point lead for St. John's. Media TO.

Virginia 26, St. John's 39 | HALFTIME
McKneely comes off a screen from Cofie and knocks down his first three of the game from the wing, ending the 16-0 St. John's run. Saunders connects on another three after some nice ball movement from the Hoos. Back-to-back threes for the second time in the game for UVA. Prey gets an easy two under the basket to respond to the 6-0 UVA run. Wilcher spins down the lane after a Rohde turnover and scores - now 14 points off 11 Virginia turnovers in the game.

McKneely connects on an absurd logo three-pointer, plus the foul with .4 seconds left in the half. He knocks down the FT to complete the four-point play.

Virginia 16, St. John's 35 | 2:59 First Half
A beautiful pass from Richmond sets up Smith for an alley-oop jam. 9-0 run for St. John's. Luis knocks down a free-throw line jumper, now an 11-0 run for the Johnnies. Another turnover leads to a put-back jam from Luis Jr on a missed three-pointer, he wasn't touched streaking to the lane for the put-back. Fundamental errors from UVA here early. No points in 6 minutes for the Hoos.

Smith knocks down a three-pointer and it's a 16-0 run for the Johnnies. UVA TO.

Virginia 16, St. John's 26 | 7:13 First Half
Buchanan hits a nice left-handed hook shot from the paint for his first FG of the matchup. 8-0 run for the Hoos.

Luis Jr responds with a clean three from the top of the key to end the Cavalier run. Iwuchukqu slams home a dunk for the Johnnies. Another transition chance leads to a Luis jam for the Johnnies. A quick offensive response for St. John's. Timeout Virginia.

Virginia 14, St. John's 19 | 10:03 First Half
Richmond misses both from the line. Aaron Scott knocks down a three-ball from the wing. Rohde hits a catch and shoot three for the first Virginia FG in 8+ minutes. Taine Murray hits a three of his own and its back-to-back threes for the Hoos. TO St. John's.

Virginia 8, St. John's 16 | 11:54 First Half
Wilcher connects on a midrange jumper to score right off the bench for St. John's. Wilcher hits a three on the very next possession after a Virginia turnover - a quick five points for him after checking into the contest.

Redshirt sophomore Anthony Robinson gets in for early minutes, he gets to the line but misses both free throws. 4 turnovers and a 4+ minute scoring drought early for Virginia - reminiscent of last night.

Robinson gets back to the free throw line after another strong take - he goes 1-2 from the stripe. Richmond crosses over and is fouled at the rim. Free throws coming for him.

Virginia 7, St. John's 11 | 14:30 First Half
Ames gets blocked and St. John's Luis Jr slams home a 360 breakaway slam to score the first points of the game. Saunders responds with a dunk of his own for the first UVA FG of the game. St. John's Kadary Richmond gets his first bucket of the game on a nice step through the lane. Buchanan gets fouled and knocks down one of two FT. Ejiofor cleans up a Luis Jr miss for an easy layup. Buchanan is fouled on a strong take at the rim - he knocks down one of two FT. Ames connects on his first three of the game. Saunders is blocked and an alley-oop to Richmond on the other end is finished for two. Ibine Ayo checks in for the Johnnies and hits his first three of the game. A strong offensive start for the Johnnies.

Virginia 0, St. John's 0 | 20:00 First Half

Virginia Starters: Dai Dai Ames, Isaac McKneely, Elijah Saunders, TJ Power, and Blake Buchanan

St. John's Starters: Kadary Richmond, Deivon Smith, RJ Luis Jr, Aaron Scott, and Zubuy Ejiofor

As we await our 7pm ET tipoff between Virginia and St. John's on CBS Sports Network, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. St. John's Game Preview, Score Prediction

Pregame Notes for Virginia vs. St. John's

• St. John's leads Virginia 7-1 in the all-time series, which dates back to 1958.
• UVA won the most recent meeting between the two teams, a 68-50 victory for the Cavaliers over the Johnnies in the second round of the 2013 National Invitation Tournament.
• St. John's is 4-0 against UVA at home and defeated the Cavaliers 64-58 in the lone neutral site meeting between the two programs in 1986.
• Virginia is 52-49 against ranked opponents since 2009, the beginning of Tony Bennett's tenure at UVA, and is 0-1 against ranked opponents this season after suffering a 64-42 loss to No. 11 Tennessee on Thursday night.
• St. John's is ranked No. 22 in this week's AP Top 25 poll and No. 20 in this week's coaches poll.

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Virginia Basketball vs. St. John's Game Preview, Score Prediction

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Virginia Basketball Falls to Tennessee 64-42 | Key Takeaways


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