NEW YORK -- St. John's hasn't exactly played flawless basketball in tonight's second semifinal matchup against Marist, but the Red Storm does hold a 31-24 halftime lead.

The Red Foxes didn't shoot the ball particularly well in the first half with a 36-percent clip from the field, including just one of eight makes from three-point range. But St. John's wasn't that much better, finishing the half at 41.7 percent from the floor and no attempts from downtown.

In the scoring column, Anthony Mason, Jr. leads all scorers with eight points, but Marist's Spongy Benjamin started to find his groove in the first half with seven.

Both teams were sloppy in the first 20 minutes of play. Marist committed 12 turnovers while St. John's had 11. The rebounding edge, meanwhile, was negligible with both teams posting 16 boards.

Other than that, not much else sticks out from eying the first-half statistics, so we'll get ready for the second half of action in a few more minutes.