Dressed in white, Rick Pitino orchestrates a St. John's win - ESPN

NEW YORK — Dressed in white from head to toe, Rick Pitino and his St. John's players handed No. 15 Creighton a humbling defeat.

Daniss Jenkins scored a season-high 27 points and St. John's shredded the Bluejays 80-66 on Sunday for its best win yet under the Hall of Fame coach.

Jordan Dingle added 18 points and the Red Storm (16-12, 8-9 Big East) finally closed out a quality conference opponent following a string of blown leads. They put together a clinical performance from start to finish in front of a roaring, chanting crowd of 12,061 at Madison Square Garden, making all 10 free throws and racking up 24 assists to only three turnovers while holding the Bluejays (20-8, 11-6) to 6-for-26 shooting (23%) from 3-point range.

«I think we learned a lot tonight, what great basketball looks like,» said Pitino, in his first season at St. John's.

On the sideline, the 71-year-old Pitino looked a little like Colonel Sanders in his all-white suit and shoes as the Red Storm encouraged a «whiteout» among fans on Johnnies Day at MSG.

«I actually wasn't going to wear it. It was a last-minute thing,» Pitino said, explaining that his wife prodded him repeatedly. «My players were going to get a big kick out of it, and that's why I did it.»

So on Saturday afternoon, he strolled over to the Armani store a half-block from his apartment and asked for a little help picking out some new digs.

«I couldn't fit in the old one,» Pitino said, drawing laughs.

«He came out with that on, you can't lose,» said Jenkins, who shot 12-for-18 and added six assists, two steals and two blocks.

Joel Soriano had 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Red Storm, who entered 0-5 against Top 25 opponents this season. Glenn Taylor Jr. finished with a