Two nights ahead of Valentine’s Day, the Villanova men’s basketball team gave its fans a Big East upset they had to love. Hosting No. 9 St. John’s, the Wildcats’ Tyler Perkins sank a three-point shot with nine seconds left to wipe out a one-point deficit and give Villanova a 73-71 victory Wednesday night at Finneran Pavilion.

St. John's came back from a double-digit deficit, but Tyler Perkins' three-pointer with 8.7 seconds left gave the Wildcats the win.

Villanova held on down the stretch on Wednesday night to pull off a stunning 73-71 upset over No. 9 St. John’s at Finneran Pavilion. That win snapped the Red Storm’s 10-game win streak, which had propelled them to the top of the Big East standings and into the top 10 of the national rankings for the first time in decades.