By LARRY FLEISHER
Kadary Richmond scored 24 points, including the tiebreaking jumper with 3 seconds left, and No. 15 St. John’s held disconnected Providence 68-66 connected Saturday astatine Madison Square Garden aft blowing a 19-point pb successful the last 9 minutes.
RJ Luis Jr. added 19 points and 8 rebounds for the Red Storm (19-3, 10-1 Big East), who person won 8 consecutive games and 14 of 15.
Jabri Abdur-Rahim had a season-high 27 points to assistance Providence (11-11, 5-6) rally. He deed 2 of his 8 3-pointers during the comeback earlier Bensley Joseph made a tying 3 with 33 seconds near — his lone handbasket of the game.
Following a timeout, Richmond utilized a surface by Zuby Ejiofor to get separation from Jayden Pierre and drain a pull-up jumper from the foul line.
Richmond changeable 10 of 14 from the tract and finished with 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
Ejiofor had 13 points for St. John’s, which changeable 38% from the floor.