After a thrilling double overtime victory last week, St. John’s fell to Division II Pace University Setters in a final exhibition game on Oct. 29 at Carnesecca Arena, 63-59. The loss marks the first exhibition game loss since 2015 against St. Thomas Aquinas.
In only his second game as head coach of the Red Storm, Rick Pitino took the loss as a learning experience. “We learned a lot,” Pitino said in a postgame conference. “That’s what exhibition games are for.”
The game opened with a starting five of Nahiem Alleyne, Daniss Jenkins, Chris Ledlum, Zuby Ejiofor and Brady Dunlap.