National Basketball Association
St. John's 63, St. Francis (NY) 56
When: 11:00 AM ET, Sunday, December 6, 2015
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials:
# James Breeding, # Ed Corbett, # Brian O'Connell
Attendance:
7196
By The Sports Xchange
Yankuba Sima scored a career-high 17 points to help St. John's earn a 63-56 victory over St. Francis of Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
Sima, a freshman center, also pulled down nine rebounds for the Red Storm (5-3), who had dropped three of their last four entering Sunday's game.
Durand Johnson, a graduate student guard-forward, had 19 points and redshirt junior forward Christian Jones had 13 points and nine boards for St. John's.
Federico Mussini, a freshman guard who averaged 17.3 points over the Red Storm's first six games, was held to six on 1-of-9 shooting.
Senior forward Antonio Jenifer and guard Yunus Hopkinson each had 10 points while both senior guard Tyreek Jewel and senior forward Chris Hooper finished with nine for the Terriers (3-5).
St. Francis of Brooklyn held a 19-12 late in the opening half, but St. John's fought back with a 13-4 run and led 33-25 at halftime.
Hopkinson's layup with 1:04 brought the Terriers within 57-55, but Johnson's jumper and a pair of free throws in the final minute sealed the win.
Top Game Performances
| St. Francis (NY) |
|
St. John's |
|
Yunus Hopkinson 10 |
Scoring |
Durand Johnson 19 |
|
Yunus Hopkinson 3 |
Assists |
Federico Mussini 6 |
|
Amdy Fall 10 |
Rebounds |
Yankuba Sima 10 |
|
Yunus Hopkinson 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Christian Jones 5 |
|
Keon Williams 3 |
Steals |
Durand Johnson 1 |
|
Chris Hooper 2 |
Blocks |
Yankuba Sima 5 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| St. Francis (NY)
|
56 |
33.9 |
6-21 |
8-13 |
8 |
29 |
4 |
10 |
10 |
| St. John's
|
63 |
41.8 |
3-12 |
14-16 |
11 |
37 |
12 |
2 |
18 |
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