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The 12-seed Northern Iowa Panthers will battle the 5-seed St. John's Red Storm in a first-round matchup in the East Region of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Northern Iowa (23-12) won the MVC Tournament as the lowest seed in history.
The Red Storm (28-6) won the Big East regular-season title and conference tournament. St. John's boasts the Big East Player of the Year, Zuby Ejiofor, who averages an impressive 16.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. The Panthers have won their last five games, while the Red Storm have won 19 of their last 20.
Here is a look at the box score from Friday's first round East Region game in San Diego.
Northern Iowa vs St. John's March Madness box score
Northern Iowa Stats
35L. Bond IIIG | 32.8 | 47.3 | 36.5 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0 |
0R. BornG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
4T. CampbellG | 33.4 | 44.0 | 34.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0 |
20C. CourbatF | 3.0 | 62.5 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
15C. CourbatG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
11I. DioufF | 10.7 | 43.9 | 25.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 |
31M. DubravcicF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
13W. HornsethF | 26.3 | 60.4 | 44.4 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0 |
2G. HutchinsG | 7.8 | 36.0 | 30.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 |
30H. JacobsonG | 1.6 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22K. PockF | 12.9 | 38.9 | 34.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 |
7B. SchwiegerG | 27.7 | 48.7 | 37.6 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0 |
14T. SmithF | 20.8 | 55.5 | 27.3 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
10R. TaylorG | 11.2 | 47.0 | 38.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 |
9L. ValdoG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
3M. WeisbrodG | 27.8 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0 |
24J. WilsonF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
St. John's Stats
0D. DarlingG | 21.0 | 40.8 | 30.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0 |
24Z. EjioforF | 29.7 | 55.4 | 31.9 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0 |
23B. HopkinsF | 28.5 | 45.9 | 29.9 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0 |
2S. Ibine AyoF | 8.2 | 43.4 | 31.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 |
11I. JacksonG | 18.6 | 41.3 | 35.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0 |
7F. KonstantinidisG | 1.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31L. LiotopoulosG | 8.1 | 35.8 | 33.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 |
1D. MitchellF | 27.7 | 54.8 | 0 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 |
5K. OdihG | 5.6 | 46.7 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
6C. PohtoG | 4.5 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17R. PreyF | 10.6 | 46.7 | 52.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 |
3J. SanonG | 21.3 | 34.8 | 34.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0 |
4O. SellersG | 28.9 | 43.9 | 35.0 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0 |
22I. SuljanovicF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
44H. TambaC | 2.5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
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