Dylan Darling has an empty trip at the free throw line, but Dillon Mitchell makes up for it with a putback layup off the second miss. #SJUBB

St. John's is taking momentum back yet again. 13-2 run and they now have a 68-64 lead. Getting the hunch this game is coming down to the final minutes. #SJUBB

Banner day for this officiating crew. Dillon Mitchell is called for the blocking foul despite staying on his feet and keeping his arms to his side.

Very cagey game brewing in Vegas. St. John's holds a narrow 70-68 lead over Iowa State at the U8 media timeout. All signs are pointing to this game coming down to free throws if this ref show continues. #SJUBB

Sanon cannot make the mid-range jumper on the BLOB play, but Ejiofor bails him out with a putback layup.

St. John's had a couple of offensive boards and Hopkins was wide open right under the basket, but Ejiofor throws the bounce pass onto the baseline.

Pretty rough game for Joson Sanon. Seven points on 2-of-10 shooting for the Arizona State transfer. We'll see if he can turn it around.

A ridiculously long amount of time passes after the whistle before TJ Otzelberger calls for a review on who touched the ball last. #SJUBB

We could pull any three hammered guys losing hundreds of dollars on mid-major basketball bets from Mandalay Bay right now and they could call a better game than this officiating crew.

Just as he checks into the game, Darling fouls out and gives out an and-out layup to Nate Heise.

Game is slipping out of St. John's' hands. Iowa State are on a 7-2 run and have Zuby Ejiofor on the brink of fouling out. #SJUBB

Iowa State has dominated the glass in recent minutes and that's been the difference for their 9-0 run. St. John's catches a break after Oziyah Sellers draws a charge on Momcilovic after a second-chance possession for the Cyclones. ISU is ahead with 3:58 left, 77-74. #SJUBB

Brutal shot clock violation for St. John's off the out-of-bounds play. Hopkins had to hoist a bad shot in the final seconds of the shot clock. Know the situation. #SJUBB

Oziyah Sellers, take a bow. The Stanford transfer drills two corner threes on back-to-back possessions to give St. John's an 80-79 lead. #SJUBB

The arena comes to a hush as Tamin Lipsey is down and in serious pain on the court. TJ Otzelberger is checking on his star guard. #SJUBB

Poor shot selection might bite St. John's in a big game again. Sellers takes a mid-range jumper off the bounce with plenty of time on the shot clock when the Johnnies had a chance to pull ahead. Iowa State ball with 37.3 seconds remaining and a 81-80 lead. #SJUBB

BIG turnover forced against Blake Buchanan after the timeout. St. John's has a chance to win it here.

St. John's opts to not call a timeout with the shot clock off and Sellers misses a layup driving into two big men. #SJUBB

FINAL: #15 Iowa State 83, #14 St. John's 82 The Johnnies had a chance to call timeout after the made free throws by Jefferson, but they rush into an Ejiofor three-point attempt. St. John's are 0-2 against ranked opponents to start the 2025-26 season. #SJUBB

2 winnable games down the stretch, 2 losses. It was nice actually winning those type of games consistently for one single season. Non-conference now can be anywhere from a slight disappointment to a total disaster. Awesome #SJUBB