Rick Pitino beat his son Richard's squad for the second time in three weeks for win No. 904.
St. John's coach Rick Pitino passed the legendary Roy Williams for third-place all-time in career wins as the No. 17 Red Storm beat Richard Pitino and the Xavier Musketeers 87-82 in overtime on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
in less than three weeks over his son's Xavier squad. Rick Pitino praised his son's coaching postgame, and the team that Xavier has."I think my son's brilliant. I'm proud of him. I hate getting any milestone against him, but I go away from tonight saying my son's a hell of a coach. ...To say my son's a great coach is much more pleasing to me than any number of victories.""In two games against them, he's totally outcoached me, and their staff totally outcoached us. We could not guard them. We could not stop them in their offense. They got us in bad switches. They executed. All the credit goes to Richard, his staff, his players. They've outplayed us twice, but we just gutted it out in the final minutes to come away with a victory." St. John's star Zuby Ejiofor scored 25 points, six of which came in overtime. Bryce Hopkins pitched in with 19 points and nine rebounds for the Red Storm.Mike McDaniel is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where he has worked since January 2022. His work has been featured at InsideTheACC.com, SB Nation, FanSided and more. McDaniel hosts the Hokie Hangover Podcast, covering Virginia Tech athletics, as well as Basketball Conference: The ACC Football Podcast. Outside of work, he is a husband and father, and an avid golfer.
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