St. John's vs Virginia Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Instead, Pitino and his squad have a short amount of time to overcome a potentially demoralizing loss.

The No. 22 Red Storm will look to produce a quick bounce-back effort Friday night when they play Virginia in the third-place game of the Baha Mar Hoops Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.

Both teams lost in opening-round action Thursday night. St. John's suffered its first loss of the season when Jeremy Roach hit a 3-pointer as time expired in the second overtime to lift No. 13 Baylor to a 99-98 win. Virginia also fell for the first time in the nightcap, when No. 11 Tennessee pulled away from the Cavaliers in the second half for a 64-42 victory.

St. John's (4-1) appeared primed to pull off the upset when it scored the first seven points of the game and took a pair of 18-point leads in the first half before entering the locker room with a 44-30 lead.

Baylor shot 47.1 percent (16 of 34) from the field in the second half, including 57.1 percent (8 of 14) from 3-point territory and went ahead 77-74 on Roach's 3-pointer with 1:48 left. St. John's scored the final three points of regulation and then overcame a five-point deficit in the final 1:47 of the first overtime before opening two five-point leads in the second extra session, the last at 98-93 when Deivon Smith split a pair of free throws with 18 seconds remaining.

V.J. Edgecombe responded with a 3-pointer for Baylor and St. John's left the door open one more time when Zuby Ejiofor missed a pair of free throws with 4.1 seconds remaining. Norchad Omier pulled down the rebound and passed to Roach, who raced down the court and hoisted the game-winning shot just before the buzzer sounded.

"That was about as difficult a loss as you can have," Pitino said.

Ejiofor's missed free throws served as a harsh reminder of the narrow margin between victory and defeat. St. John's shot 57.1 percent (16 of 28) from the line, matching the program's worst single-game mark since Pitino took over prior to last season.

"They're going to be disappointed -- they had the game in control at the end and (Roach) made a big shot," Pitino said. "We missed the free throws, could've iced it. It could've been over, but it wasn't."

There were no such remorseful what-ifs for Virginia (3-1), which trailed only 22-21 at the half after Andrew Rohde hit a 3-pointer with five seconds left.

The Cavaliers opened the second half 1 for 6 with four turnovers during the first seven minutes, a span in which Tennessee mounted a 15-3 run. Virginia got within five points at 39-34 on Taine Murray's 3-pointer with 10:48 left, but the Volunteers ended the game with a 25-8 surge.

Virginia, which has yet to score more than 70 points in a game this season, shot 28.6 percent from the field (14 of 49) and allowed Tennessee to pull down 18 offensive rebounds and score 19 second-chance points.

"When you play against high level competition, it really shows you where you are as a team," interim head coach Ron Sanchez said. "We've got to put 40 minutes together. Twenty's just not enough."

--Field Level Media