National Basketball Association
St. John's 72, Notre Dame 54
When: 12:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 16, 2011
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # Michael Stephens, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
8550
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D.J. Kennedy finished with 14 points and eight rebounds and Malik Boothe added 14 points as St. John’s took down No. 11 Notre Dame, 72-54, at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
Dwight Hardy chipped in 12 points for the Red Storm (11-5, 4-2 Big East), who dominated on the inside, building up a 32-21 rebounding advantage and getting to the free throw line 29 times, converting 24.
The Fighting Irish could not find any rhythm offensively in the first half, shooting 4 of 14 from the floor, including 1 of 7 from 3-point range. St. John’s wasn’t much better at 8 of 23 but was able to force 14 turnovers and kept Notre Dame without a field goal during a stretch of more than eight minutes early in the game. The Storm led 26-19 at the break.
The Fighting Irish (14-4, 3-3) pulled to within 40-33 with 12:27 left in the game, before St. John's went on an 11-1 run over the next four minutes to put it away.
Notre Dame has had a rough week, losing to Marquette and St. John’s, and now has to face Cincinnati and Marquette again before traveling to No. 5 Pittsburgh.
Top Game Performances
| Notre Dame |
|
St. John's |
|
Ben Hansbrough 18 |
Scoring |
Malik Boothe 14 |
|
Eric Atkins 7 |
Assists |
Dwight Hardy 4 |
|
Joey Brooks 4 |
Rebounds |
D.J. Kennedy 8 |
|
Eric Atkins 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Malik Boothe 6 |
|
Eric Atkins 3 |
Steals |
Malik Stith 3 |
|
Mike Broghammer 1 |
Blocks |
Justin Brownlee 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Notre Dame
|
54 |
41.0 |
3-15 |
19-32 |
11 |
21 |
2 |
6 |
|
| St. John's
|
72 |
48.9 |
4-9 |
24-29 |
10 |
31 |
3 |
5 |
|
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