Julian Champagnie made a change this week. Typically, the St. John’s junior spends his evenings in the gym taking shots when there isn’t a game. He took Wednesday night off. 

The Big East’s second-leading scorer is in the midst of a shooting and scoring slump, so he decided to try something different. Sometimes less can be more, like a hitter in baseball who is taking too much batting practice. 

“I said to myself, ‘Relax and lock back into what I do,’ and give myself those good thoughts, positive thoughts,” Champagnie told The Post ahead of the Red Storm’s visit Saturday to No. 14 Villanova. 

Champagnie has scored fewer than 10 points in consecutive games for the first time since midway through his freshman season, snapping a streak of 47 straight games of double-figure scoring. He went 5-for-26 in his past two games and is hitting only 30 percent of his 3-point attempts in league play after shooting a robust 43 percent from distance beforehand. 

He made sure to credit the opposing defenders who have limited him, players such as Seton Hall’s Myles Cale, Creighton’s Alex O’Connell and Providence’s Justin Minaya, but he took responsibility, too. He hasn’t been defended any differently. It’s on him. 

“For almost two years now, I’ve been making tough shots,” Champagnie said. “I have to give myself some of that blame for not making shots. I have to hold myself accountable. I’m used to people playing me hard. I’ve still made shots.” 

The 6-foot-8 Brooklyn native shot down the idea that he’s pressing and is thinking about what his recent struggles could do to his NBA draft stock. If he were pressing, Champagnie said, he would be forcing up shots. That wasn’t the case in the Red Storm’s win Monday over Seton Hall. Instead, he contributed in other ways, grabbing eight rebounds, dishing out five assists and blocking four shots. The NBA is obviously on his mind, but he’s not preoccupied by it. 

“My main focus is how am I going to get out of this, so I can play well for the next game,” Champagnie said. “Not what’s going to happen in the summertime and where I could get drafted. That’s not my main concern right now. My main concern is how I can lock back in and help my teammates, so we can win games.” 

Chamapagnie was encouraged by the victory Monday. St. John’s won a big game despite his struggles, performing as many expected them to during the preseason. The 21-point win at Seton Hall was by far the Red Storm’s best team performance of the season, their first Quad 1 victory. It’s possibly a sign that this team is finding itself in time for a big February run that could move it into the NCAA Tournament picture. Of course, for that to happen, St. John’s needs its star forward to find his game. 

“I got to figure it out, but I got to figure it out while making sure it’s what’s best for my team,” Champagnie said. “I can go out and shoot 20 shots, and that may not be what’s best for my team that day. Me getting back in the gym, having good days of practice and continuing to do what us as a team want to do, and just stack good days, is what’s going to help me get out my slump.” 

“All it takes,” he added, “is something to click.”