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Wednesday, Mar. 7 2:00pm ET
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NEW YORK (AP) – Freshman forward Eddie Griffin scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half and also had 12 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead Seton Hall to a 78-66 victory over St. John's on Wednesday in the opening round of the Big East tournament. The Pirates (15-13), who have won two straight after losing eight of nine, will play 18th-ranked and second-seeded Georgetown in Thursday's quarterfinals. St. John's (14-15) will not participate in any postseason tournament after finishing with a losing record, the first in Mike Jarvis' 16 seasons as a Division I head coach. Ty Shine had 22 points to lead the Pirates, who didn't clinch a berth in the conference tournament until beating Connecticut in the regular-season finale last Saturday. Darius Lane added 17 points for Seton Hall, while Andre Barrett had 12 and center Samuel Dalembert had 10 points, eight rebounds and seven blocked shots. With Griffin, who leads the nation in blocked shots at 4.5 per game, and Dalembert, who averages 1.9, dominating inside, the Red Storm shot 31.5 percent (23-for-73) as they lost their fourth straight, sixth of seven and eighth of 10. Barrett made two free throws to give Seton Hall a 60-47 lead with 9:05 to play, and St. John's took advantage of an offensive dry spell by the Pirates to get within 60-51. Griffin then nailed a 3-pointer with 6:22 left _ and just three seconds remaining on the shot clock _ to make it 63-51. The Red Storm never got closer than nine points the rest of the way. Anthony Glover had 14 points and 13 rebounds for St. John's, while Omar Cook had 14 points and eight assists. Freshman Willie Shaw, the team's second-leading scorer at 14.1 points, had just five on 2-for-11 shooting. He was coming off a 25-point effort against Syracuse on Sunday. The Red Storm, who missed 22 free throws in the two-point, double-overtime loss to Syracuse, were 17-for-34 against Seton Hall. Jarvis, who has a career record of 320-173, coached at Boston University for five seasons, was at George Washington for eight and just completed his third at St. John's. Send this story to a friend
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