Storm beat buzzer, Purdue

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jayla Everett made a goahead shot with 0.3 seconds left and St. John’s edged Purdue 66-64 on Thursday night in a First Four game.

St. John’s (23-8), a No. 11 seed making its 11th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, advances to play sixth-seeded North Carolina in the first round Saturday.

Everett curled off a screen and sank a jumper from the free-throw line with 1:30 left for a 64-62 lead. But the Red Storm turned it over on their next possession and Lasha Petree made a shot in the lane to tie it at 64-all with 30.3 seconds left.

After a timeout, Mimi Reid dribbled down the clock before starting the offense with about 10 seconds left. Everett drove the right side of the lane and had the ball knocked loose before corralling it and sinking a shot from a difficult angle.

Everett finished with 20 points on 7 of 14 shooting and Unique Drake added 16 points with four 3-pointers for St. John’s. Drake was 4 of 6 from distance, Everett made 3 of 6 and St. John’s finished 11 of 23 after entering averaging just 6.2 makes per game.

Everett was called for a technical foul with 3:48 remaining in the fourth quarter for arguing with an official after she appeared to cleanly block a shot. Petree celebrated the call and made contact with an opponent, leading to an intentional foul. The two fouls offset.

Tennessee Tech 77, Monmouth 66

In Bloomington, Ind., Ariana Vanderhoop scored a team-high 17 points, but the Hawks’ season came to an end with a First Four loss in a matchup of 16 seeds. Monmouth (18-15) was making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1983.