UConn rolls by 32 in Pitino’s biggest loss at St. John’sESPN News ServicesMultiple AuthorsFeb 25, 2026, 10:03 PM ET
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Tarris Reed Jr. had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks, and No. 6 UConn held 15th-ranked St. John’s to 20% shooting in a 72-40 blowout Wednesday night that snapped the Red Storm’s 13-game winning streak.
Alex Karaban added 14 points and five rebounds for the Huskies, who moved back into first place in the Big East by avenging an 81-72 loss to St. John’s at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 6.
St. John’s missed 12 consecutive shots in the first half and then its final 24 field goal attempts of the game as the Huskies (26-3, 16-2) romped to their most lopsided victory in series history.
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“They’ve been playing so well, the streak that they were on. … So it was just our night,” UConn coach Dan Hurley stated. “It just starts snowballing on you when you have a night like this. Obviously, we played really good defense on them, and I thought we demoralized them a little bit when the score gets where the score got. And I just think it was one of those nights where everything went great for us and everything went wrong for them. But we did a lot to make that happen.”
It was by far the largest defeat for the Red Storm in three seasons under Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, and their fewest points in a game since scoring 40 against Notre Dame in March 2013. St. John’s suffered its largest loss as an AP-ranked team since March 15, 1960, when it fell to St. Bonaventure by 35.
For Pitino, it was his second-largest loss as the head coach of an AP-ranked team in his career, behind only a 33-point loss with then-No. 5 Louisville in February 2009.
Solo Ball had 11 points and four assists for UConn, and Silas Demary Jr. provided seven points, eight rebounds and five assists.
Joson Sanon scored all 10 of his points in the first half for St. John’s (22-6, 15-2), which finished 11-of-56 from the field and fell a half-game behind UConn in the conference standings. The team’s 13-game winning streak was its longest in 41 years.
Tarris Reed Jr. had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks to help UConn avenge at Feb. 6 defeat to St. John’s and move back atop the Big East. David Butler II-Imagn ImagesZuby Ejiofor had two quick baskets for the Red Storm early in the second half, but the Huskies scored the next 16 points. A driving layup by Karaban put them up by 23 with 13:42 left, and St. John’s went the last 17:27 without a field goal.
Braylon Mullins had six points and Karaban scored five during UConn’s 18-0 run in the first half. A driving layup by Ball gave the Huskies a 33-12 lead.
Sanon had 10 of the next 12 points for St. John’s as the Red Storm began to cut into the deficit. Reed grabbed his own miss and kicked the ball out to Ball for a 3-pointer, and the Huskies went into halftime leading 41-26.
UConn’s starters outscored the Red Storm’s starting five 61-28, and the Huskies had a 42-12 advantage in the paint.
The Associated Press and ESPN Research contributed to this report.
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