STORRS, Conn. — A lathered up crowd on $2 Miller Lite night. Ben Gordon’s jersey retirement. An early 14-point deficit.
St. John’s didn’t blink.
It rallied on multiple occasions, quieting the raucous building on several occasions.
RJ Luis had the exclamation point, a right baseline jumper with 10.1 seconds left that stunned Gampel Pavilion.
UConn had rallied from eight down to get within two, but Luis’ jumper iced it, sending the 12th-ranked Johnnies to a thrilling 68-62 victory over the two-time defending national champions.
St. John’s magical season has now reached another level, with a possible top-10 ranking on Monday.
It has won 10 straight games and 16 of 17.
Luis led the way with 21 points and seven rebounds, Kadary Richmond added 12 points, six rebounds and six assists and Simeon Wilcher and Zuby Ejiofor each had 11.
UConn was led by Liam McNeeley, who had 18 points.
Solo Ball had 13, but was blanked in the second half.
