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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Rutgers 61, St. John's 58
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 3, 2012
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials: # Bryan Kersey, # Gary Prager, # Gene Steratore
Attendance: 7349

Rutgers 61, St. John’s 58: Eli Carter scored 15 points and Dane Miller stepped up at the end as the host Scarlet Knights moved up one spot in the final Big East standings.

Miller finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds and Myles Mack hit a key 3-pointer for Rutgers (14-17, 6-12 Big East), which has won two of its last three to drag some momentum into next week’s Big East tournament.

Trailing by a point with 41 seconds left, Rutgers called a timeout and drew up a play for Carter. After bleeding the shot clock down, Carter hoisted up an off-target jumper.

Miller was there to grab the rebound, dunking it back for the winning basket.

Carter’s two free throws six seconds later sealed it.

St. John’s (13-18, 6-12) took a 56-52 lead on a dunk by God’sgift Achiuwa but Miller tipped in an offensive rebound and Mack buried a 3-pointer out of a timeout to give the Scarlet Knights the lead back 57-56 with 1:17 to play.

Achiuwa was there again for the Red Storm, grabbing an offensive board and laying it back up to retake the lead 33 seconds later.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Neither team shot better than 38 percent from the floor or 28 percent from beyond the arc. … D’Angelo Harrison led the Red Storm with 17 points. … St. John’s has dropped two in a row following a three-game winning streak.
Top Game Performances
 
St. John's   Rutgers
D'Angelo Harrison 17 Scoring Eli Carter 15
Amir Garrett 5 Assists Jerome Seagears 3
Maurice Harkless 11 Rebounds Dane Miller 10
God'sgift Achiuwa 4 Free Throws Made Eli Carter 4
Amir Garrett 4 Steals Dane Miller 3
Maurice Harkless 2 Blocks Dane Miller 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
St. John's 58 37.3 4-16 10-22 12 36 4 8 14
Rutgers 61 37.7 5-18 16-21 10 40 1 6 14