Northern Iowa Panthers vs St. John's Red Storm, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship East Region 1st Round

College Basketball

23-13

53-79

Final

29-6

Viejas Arena

TV: CBS

Team	1H	2H	T
UNI	28	25	53
SJU	47	32	79

Who won: St John's 79-53

The St. John's Red Storm beat the Northern Iowa Panthers 79-53 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship East Region 1st Round on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Viejas Arena. The St John's outscored the Northern Iowa 47-28 in the 1st half. Zuby Ejiofor led the St John's in points (14). Trey Campbell led the Northern Iowa in points (14).

Leaders

UNISJU

Points

Trey Campbell

14

Zuby Ejiofor

14

Assists

Tristan Smith

3

Dylan Darling

5

Rebounds

Ben Schwieger

8

Zuby Ejiofor

11

Scoring

1st Half

3:29

LayUpShot

Bryce Hopkins makes layup

20-40

3:11

JumpShot

Leon Bond III makes 8-foot floating jump shot

22-40

2:42

LayUpShot

Bryce Hopkins makes layup

22-42

2:22

LayUpShot

Tristan Smith makes layup

24-42

2:02

MadeFreeThrow

Ruben Prey makes free throw 1 of 2

24-43

1:41

JumpShot

Oziyah Sellers makes 4-foot jumper

24-45

0:43

LayUpShot

Trey Campbell makes layup

26-45

0:20

LayUpShot

Ruben Prey makes layup

26-47

0:01

JumpShot

Will Hornseth makes 4-foot jumper

28-47

2nd Half

19:24

JumpShot

Leon Bond III makes 10-foot jumper

30-47

18:05

LayUpShot

Leon Bond III makes layup

32-47

17:38

LayUpShot

Dylan Darling makes driving layup

32-49

16:24

LayUpShot

Will Hornseth makes layup (Trey Campbell assists)

34-49

15:45

LayUpShot

Trey Campbell makes layup (Will Hornseth assists)

36-49

15:27

MadeFreeThrow

Zuby Ejiofor makes free throw 1 of 2

36-50

15:27

MadeFreeThrow

Zuby Ejiofor makes free throw 2 of 2

36-51

14:30

LayUpShot

Tristan Smith makes layup (Leon Bond III assists)

38-51

13:08

LayUpShot

Dillon Mitchell makes driving layup

38-53

12:31

LayUpShot

Bryce Hopkins makes layup

38-55

12:04

JumpShot

Will Hornseth makes 4-foot hook shot

40-55

11:44

LayUpShot

Ruben Prey makes layup (Dillon Mitchell assists)

40-57

10:56

JumpShot

Leon Bond III makes 18-foot step back jumpshot

42-57

10:35

JumpShot

Ian Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lefteris Liotopoulos assists)

42-60

10:03

MadeFreeThrow

Ruben Prey makes free throw 1 of 2

42-61

10:03

MadeFreeThrow

Ruben Prey makes free throw 2 of 2

42-62

9:47

JumpShot

Trey Campbell makes 12-foot jumper

44-62

9:09

MadeFreeThrow

Ian Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2

44-63

9:09

MadeFreeThrow

Ian Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2

44-64

6:59

LayUpShot

Ben Schwieger makes layup

46-64

5:51

MadeFreeThrow

Will Hornseth makes free throw 1 of 2

47-64

5:51

MadeFreeThrow

Will Hornseth makes free throw 2 of 2

48-64

5:47

MadeFreeThrow

Zuby Ejiofor makes free throw 1 of 2

48-65

5:33

LayUpShot

Tristan Smith makes layup (Ben Schwieger assists)

50-65

4:35

JumpShot

Zuby Ejiofor makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Joson Sanon assists)

50-67

4:02

JumpShot

Joson Sanon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zuby Ejiofor assists)

50-70

3:20

JumpShot

Joson Sanon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dylan Darling assists)

50-73

1:39

LayUpShot

Ian Jackson makes driving layup

50-75

1:25

JumpShot

Max Weisbrod makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tristan Smith assists)

53-75

0:57

DunkShot

Dillon Mitchell makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Ian Jackson assists)

53-77

0:45

LayUpShot

Ian Jackson makes driving layup

53-79

Scores shown as UNI-SJU.

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