St. John’s Basketball: 3 takeaways from overtime loss to Georgetown Hoyas

1. Inability to finish games

The never-ending discussion amongst St. John’s fans after tough losses remains to revolve around the team’s lack of finishing games when the odds are in their favor.

Tonight’s overtime loss is another example of this reoccurrence.

All season long and throughout Mike Anderson‘s tenure as head coach, the Red Storm has been a team that thrives on up-tempo offense.

It’s great to watch when it works in their favor. It’s excruciatingly painful to watch when it doesn’t and when the game gets slowed down to a half-court style of play, the Red Storm have struggled at times when they need to perform at its highest.

In the second half alone, the Johnnies held a nine-point advantage and seven-point leads at three different instances. Despite this, the two teams still needed an overtime period to decide the game.

There is no reason whatsoever why the Red Storm lost a game where it held an 82-75 lead with 2:37 left to play against a team that features six freshmen and just two experienced upperclassmen.

Making matters even worse, St. John’s was supposed to claim a comfortable victory over the last picked team from the BIG EAST Preseason Poll. Instead, the two-win Hoyas outcoached and outplayed the Red Storm behind 54% shooting from the floor.