Jack McClinton scored 20 points in the first 26.5 minutes as Miami beat St. John's 70-56 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
McClinton matched his season high with five 3-pointers, including two in the second half, when Miami retook control of the game.
A 3 from James Dews started a 9-0 second-half Miami run that broke the game open. Dews had seven of his nine points in that run, ending it with a jumper that made it 55-39 with 9:35 left.
Freshman guard Quincy Roberts had a season-high 14 points for the Red Storm (9-3).
Miami closed the first half on an 11-2 run to go up 38-28. St. John's was within 40-36 as the Hurricanes missed their first nine shots of the second half, before McClinton hit two 3-pointers to extend the lead to 10. St. John's was never closer than seven points the rest of the game.
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