Keyshawn Hall and Ian Jackson Score 17 Each as No. 13 St. John's Beats Colgate 90-59

Photo: St. John's Athletics. Ian Jackson, official roster headshot. Card design: The Dyme.

Keyshawn Hall and Ian Jackson scored 17 points apiece as No. 13 St. John's beat Colgate 90-59 on Wednesday at Carnesecca Arena in Queens, N.Y., per the ESPN box score. Hall shot 5-of-9 from the field, 2-of-4 from three and 5-of-7 at the line with four assists in 24 minutes. Jackson went 6-of-10, 3-of-5 from three and 2-of-2 at the line in 20 minutes. Attendance was 5,260. The game streamed on Peacock. St. John's moved to 3-0 (3-0 at home). Colgate fell to 0-3, all three on the road.

Jackson scored 14 of his 17 before halftime, by our count from the ESPN play-by-play. Tounde Yessoufou added 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting with three steals. Lefteris Liotopoulos scored 13 off the bench on 3-of-4 from three in 14 minutes. Ruben Prey had 11 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. Five Red Storm players reached double figures, by our count.

An 11-0 close to the first half

The game turned in the last 2:48 of the first half. Ian Jackson scored nine of St. John's final 11 points, by our count from the ESPN play-by-play, and a 38-32 game went to the locker room at 49-32.

The lead kept growing after the break. Yessoufou's floater at 17:32 of the second half made it 56-36, the first 20-point margin, by our count. Reed Bailey's layup off a Liotopoulos assist at 11:15 made it 71-41, the first 30-point margin. Hall's free throw at 6:45 made it 82-47. That 35-point margin matched ESPN's listed largest lead. St. John's won the second half 41-27 and led for 92% of the game, per ESPN.

Quinn Ellis: nine assists, zero turnovers

Quinn Ellis scored six points but ran the offense. He finished with nine assists, six rebounds and four steals without a turnover in 32 minutes, per the ESPN box. St. John's assisted on 20 of its 30 field goals, by our count. Colgate assisted on 11 of 23.

Colgate committed 19 turnovers. St. John's committed 12. The Red Storm turned that gap into a 27-7 edge in points off turnovers and a 21-6 edge in fast-break points, per ESPN. Steals went 11-8.

St. John's shot 30-of-62 (48%), 12-of-30 from three (40%) and 18-of-23 at the line (78%). Colgate shot 23-of-61 (38%), 7-of-27 from three (26%) and 6-of-11 at the line (55%). Rebounds went 39-34 to St. John's. Offensive rebounds sat even at 13-13. The 12-point free-throw gap (18 made to six) was more than a third of the 31-point final margin, by our count.

Colgate's side

Andrew Alekseyenko led Colgate with 15 points, eight rebounds and four assists on 6-of-15 shooting in 25 minutes. Josh Ahayere scored nine with five rebounds. Parker Jones scored eight on 3-of-10 shooting. Kingston McKoy added seven off the bench. Jayden Harrington went 0-of-5 from three. Colgate never led, per ESPN.

The box score, side by side

Full-game team numbers, per the ESPN box and checked against the CBS Sports gametracker box:

Category	St. John's	Colgate
Field goals	30-62 (48%)	23-61 (38%)
3-pointers	12-30 (40%)	7-27 (26%)
Free throws	18-23 (78%)	6-11 (55%)
Rebounds	39	34
Offensive rebounds	13	13
Assists	20	11
Turnovers	12	19
Steals	11	8
Blocks	4	3
Points in the paint	32	26
Points off turnovers	27	7
Fast-break points	21	6
Largest lead	35	0

Half scoring, per the ESPN linescores:

Half	St. John's	Colgate
1	49	32
2	41	27
Final	90	59

St. John's held the No. 13 spot in the Associated Press men's Top 25, per the NCAA.com AP poll and ESPN's game ranking. Colgate was unranked.

Next on the schedule

St. John's faces Syracuse at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. ET, per the ESPN team schedule. Colgate is 0-3.

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Sources:

• ESPN: Colgate vs. St. John's box score
• ESPN: Colgate vs. St. John's play-by-play
• CBS Sports: Colgate at St. John's gametracker box score
• NCAA.com: AP Top 25 men's basketball poll
• St. John's Athletics: men's basketball schedule
• Colgate Athletics: men's basketball schedule