NEW YORK, NY (December 13, 2025) — The Iona University men’s basketball team fell 91-64 to No. 22/21 St. John’s in non-conference action at Madison Square Garden.
Iona jumped out to a 10-2 lead and extended it to eight points early, but St. John’s responded with an 18-2 run to take a 20-12 advantage. The Red Storm pushed the lead to 12 late in the first half before the Gaels trimmed it to six, trailing 36-26 at halftime.
In the second half, Iona closed to within four points at 43-39, highlighted by Toby Harris’ stepback three and CJ Anthony’s finish at the rim, followed by Anthony’s deep stepback three. St. John’s countered with a 10-0 run sparked by Oziyah Sellers’ long three-pointer, and Iona could not get closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
Graduate CJ Anthony led Iona with 20 points on 9-for-19 shooting, adding four steals, three assists and two rebounds.
Graduate Toby Harris contributed 14 points, including 2-of-5 from three-point range, and eight rebounds.
Senior Lamin Sabally posted 11 points, seven rebounds, one assist and one steal.
Junior Kosy Akametu scored 10 points, while junior Denver Anglin added seven.
For St. John’s, Oziyah Sellers paced the Red Storm with 19 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three-point range and five rebounds.
Ian Jackson tallied 14 points, three assists and three steals.
Bryce Hopkins and Joson Sanon each scored 13 points, with Hopkins adding five rebounds and Sanon five rebounds.
Dillon Mitchell and Lefteris Liotopoulos each had 10 points.
Zuby Ejiofor recorded six points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks.
St. John’s shot 51.7% from the field overall and 65.5% in the second half, compared to Iona’s 38.0%.
The Red Storm held a 42-31 rebounding edge and a 12-11 advantage in second-chance points.
St. John’s recorded 12 assists to Iona’s six, while committing 17 turnovers to the Gaels’ 13.
Iona held a 38-36 edge in points in the paint.
St. John’s went 21-for-25 from the free throw line, while Iona shot 5-for-7.
Iona dropped to 8-4 overall and 1-1 in the MAAC, while St. John’s improved to 6-3 overall and 0-0 in the Big East.
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