NEW YORK -- With less than 10 minutes remaining before halftime, St. John's and Marist area deadlocked at 15-15 in what's been somewhat of a sloppy game.

Anthony Mason, Jr. has been the main sparkplug for Norm Roberts and company, and we'll see if the Johnnies can please the hometown crowd with a tonight over the Red Foxes that would propel them into tomorrow night's championship game against ACC foe Virginia Tech.

And after the way the Hokies dominated Hofstra on the interior, the Johnnies will certainly need to get some production from its frontcourt if it hopes to head back to Queens tomorrow with a Holiday Festival title in its back pocket.