St. John's routs Northern Iowa 79-53

#5 St. John's Red Storm rolled past #12 Northern Iowa Panthers 79-53 on Friday at Viejas Arena.

The first half made the difference: St. John's outscored Northern Iowa 47-28.

St. John's shot 47% to 39% and won the boards 45-29.

For St. John's, Zuby Ejiofor (F): 14. For Northern Iowa, Trey Campbell (G): 14.

St. John's improves to 29-6. Northern Iowa falls to 23-13.

Attendance: 11,441.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.