No. 17 St. John&x27;s continues winning ways against Marquette Field Level MediaThu, February 19, 2026 at 6:42 AM UTC 0 Feb 18, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Marquette Golden Eagles guard Adrien Stevens (10) and St. John's Red Storm forward Zuby Ejiofor (24) reach for the ball during the first half at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Jeff HanischImagn Images (Jeff HanischImagn Images) Bryce Hopkins had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Oziyah Sellers added 12 points as 17thranked St.
No. 17 St. John's continues winning ways against Marquette
Field Level MediaThu, February 19, 2026 at 6:42 AM UTC
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Feb 18, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Marquette Golden Eagles guard Adrien Stevens (10) and St. John's Red Storm forward Zuby Ejiofor (24) reach for the ball during the first half at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images (Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images)
Bryce Hopkins had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Oziyah Sellers added 12 points as 17th-ranked St. John's held off Marquette 76-70 in a Big East matchup Wednesday in Milwaukee, extending its winning streak to 12 games.
St. John's (21-5, 14-1 Big East) moved atop the conference, a half-game in front of No. 5 UConn, which was upset by Creighton 91-84 on Wednesday. The Red Storm have not lost since a 77-71 setback against Providence on Jan. 3.
Nigel James Jr. scored 25 points and Royce Parham put up 13 for Marquette (9-18, 4-12 Big East), which has lost four of its past five games.
Joson Sanon's 3-pointer put St. John's up 67-61 with 6:37 remaining, but neither team scored again until Zuby Ejiofor hit a free throw with 4:10 left to make it 68-61.
Sanon's free throw put St. John's up 71-63 with just under three minutes left. Adrian Stevens hit a 3-pointer and Tre Norman sank the second of two free throws to pull Marquette within 71-67 with 44 seconds remaining.
James converted a three-point play to make it 72-70 with 27.5 seconds left. Ejiofor's two free throws pushed the lead to 74-70 with 21.1 seconds remaining.
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Marquette's Chase Ross missed a baseline runner and Hopkins added a pair of free throws.
Marquette erased a nine-point halftime deficit with an 11-point run to open the second half. Ross' 3-pointer from the top put the Golden Eagles in front 46-44 as St. John's missed its first five shots after the break.
James scored on consecutive drives to put Marquette in front 56-50 with just under 12 minutes remaining.
St. John's responded with a nine-point run, going in front 59-56 on Hopkins' 3-pointer.
St. John's closed the first half with a 10-4 run for a 44-35 halftime lead. The Red Storm shot 54.8% in the first half, hitting seven of their final eight shots.
For the game, the Red Storm outshot the Golden Eagles 44.8% to 42.6%.
--Field Level Media
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Published: February 19, 2026 at 02:27AM on Source: PRIME TIME
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