National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. John's 75, Butler 68
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Where: Carnesecca Arena, Queens, New York
Officials: # Wally Rutecki, # James Breeding, # Joe Lindsay
Attendance: 5602
Justin Simon made a layup and three free throws in a 23-second stretch in the final minute of double overtime and Marvin Clark added two free throws with 14 seconds left to lift the St. John's Red Storm to a 75-68, double-overtime win over the visiting Butler Bulldogs on Wednesday night at Carnesecca Arena.

St. John's trailed for much of the final 10 minutes of regulation but tied the game at 58 on a Simon layup with four seconds left in the second half.

Simon finished with 24 points, Bashir Ahmed added 22 and Clark had 20 to lead the Red Storm (15-15, 4-13 Big East) to just their fourth conference win.

Paul Jorgensen had 17 points off the bench and Kelan Martin had 17 to lead the Bulldogs, who had their two-game winning streak snapped.

Relying almost solely on their starting lineup, the Red Storm held the Bulldogs to 35 percent shooting, but St. John's attempted 19 fewer field goals, connecting at 47 percent.

Led by their talented bench, including Jorgensen and Nate Fowler, who added 10 points, the Bulldogs' reserves outscored the Red Storm's, 32-0.

Fowler had a clutch 3-pointer with just over a minute left to give Butler a five-point lead, but he turned the ball over with 10 seconds left, and St. John's tied it.

Ahmed had 11 points and Simon added nine in the first half as St. John's built a 28-25 halftime lead. The Red Storm shot 44 percent in the first half while holding Butler to 36 percent shooting, including 27 percent from 3-point range. The Bulldogs hurt their chances by shooting 29 percent from the free-throw line in the first half, finishing at 50 percent for the game.

Tariq Owens added nine points, eight rebounds and three blocks for the Red Storm.

St. John's concludes its regular season on Saturday with a noon showdown at Providence. Butler ends its season on Saturday night at 8 p.m. against Seton Hall.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Butler   St. John's
Paul Jorgensen 17 Scoring Justin Simon 24
Aaron Thompson 5 Assists Justin Simon 5
Sean McDermott 7 Rebounds Justin Simon 10
Kamar Baldwin 3 Free Throws Made Justin Simon 6
Sean McDermott 4 Steals Justin Simon 4
Nate Fowler 1 Blocks Tariq Owens 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Butler 68 35.1 10-35 6-12 14 35 2 13 17
St. John's 75 47.3 4-12 19-23 8 37 8 10 24