Rick Pitino wants more out of his backcourt.

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Fifth-ranked St. John’s was outrebounded by 12 by No. 7 Michigan in an exhibition loss Saturday night at the Garden, and it was not the fault of big men Zuby Ejiofor, Dillon Mitchell and Bryce Hopkins.

They had 23 rebounds between them.

The issue was that Dylan Darling, Ian Jackson, Oziyah Sellers and Joson Sanon combined for just one.

“I’ve been very blessed in my coaching career with guards that rebound, and I’ve got a group here that doesn’t rebound the ball,” Pitino said. “We have to do something about that. And they’re good enough at

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