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NEW YORK — Kadary Richmond scored a season-high 24 points, including the tiebreaking jumper with three seconds left, and No. 15 St. John's held off Providence 68-66 after blowing a 19-point lead in the final nine minutes. RJ Luis Jr. added 19 points and eight rebounds for the Red Storm, who have won eight straight games and 14 of 15. St. John's took a one-game lead in the conference standings when No. 9 Marquette lost to No. 25 UConn on Saturday night. Jabri Abdur-Rahim had a season-best 27 points off the bench to help Providence rally at Madison Square Garden. He hit two of his eight 3-pointers during the furious comeback before Bensley Joseph made a tying 3 with 33 seconds left — his only basket of the game.
