Tristen Newton had 25 points and nine assists as No. 2 UConn advanced to the Big East championship game with a rollicking 95-90 victory over St. John's on Friday at Madison Square Garden.
Cam Spencer - The Canadian PressNEW YORK — Tristen Newton had 25 points and nine assists as No. 2 UConn advanced to the Big East championship game with a rollicking 95-90 victory over St. John's on Friday at Madison Square Garden.
Fifth-seeded St. John's fell behind by 14 with 12:28 left and couldn't climb all the way back. The Johnnies stayed in the game for much of the way against the reigning national champions, but they couldn't quite keep up. Playing in the Big East semifinals for the first time since winning the 2000 tournament, St. John’s had won six games in a row — four of them by at least 14 points.
That was followed almost immediately by a technical on UConn coach Dan Hurley during the same stoppage. With his father, New Jersey high school coaching great Bob Hurley Sr., sitting in the front row right behind him, Dan Hurley called for security to eject a fan from a choice seat nearby.
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