In the second half, St. John’s exploded for 57 points on 71.9 percent shooting, hitting 14 consecutive shots in one dizzying stretch.
Ryan Kalkbrenner, the four-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, was a nonfactor over the final 20 minutes, St. John’s piling up 50 points in the paint against the 7-foot-1 center.
The start was similar to Friday night, when St. John’s trailed Marquette by 15.
It was 10-2 Creighton immediately, the Johnnies already facing a deficit by the first media timeout.