Storm Stand Tall [NY Post]

A team from New York and a coach from New York took to the Garden court last night and a rock fight broke out.

There were three technical fouls, two intentional fouls, one gashed player.

It was exactly the kind of game St. John's needed to snap a brutal two-game skid, give new coach Steve Lavin his first win in the World's Most Famous Arena and send the Red Storm into tonight's championship game of the MSG Holiday Festival against Northwestern.

St. John's edged Davidson -- coached by Queens native Bob McKillop -- 62-57 in a physical and, at times, chippy game. Lavin got a tech early, Dele Coker and Davidson's Jake Cohen were hit with offsetting technicals in the second half, and Cohen was left with a gash over his left eye, courtesy of intentional foul by Justin Brownlee, who drew an intentional foul in the first half.


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The refs missed a good game last night. In the second half Brownlee let feet and landed on Cohen.

They called an intentional foul. That was the wrong call. Brownlee jumped, and Cohen ducked under him.

Refs called an intentional foul because they didn't see it.

On the plus side, we grinded out an ugly one, and we're going to have to be able to do that just to sniff the NIT.

Seen at the game: Lamont Hamilton and Omari Lawrence. Hmm. Could Omari Lawrence return? I wonder.

The refs missed a good game last night. In the second half Brownlee let feet and landed on Cohen.

They called an intentional foul. That was the wrong call. Brownlee jumped, and Cohen ducked under him.

Refs called an intentional foul because they didn't see it.

On the plus side, we grinded out an ugly one, and we're going to have to be able to do that just to sniff the NIT.

Seen at the game: Lamont Hamilton and Omari Lawrence. Hmm. Could Omari Lawrence return? I wonder.

That was a bad call.  I quess they saw all the blood and figured they had to do something.  Cohen faked JB2 out of his jock then what goes up must come down.  I don't see what he could have done to avoid it.

Conversely we were lucky to get the double T with Dele and Cohen.  Dele started it by using Cohen's a$$ to get himself up.  Cohen's trip attempt came after.