National Basketball Association
St. John's 89, DePaul 84
When: 6:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Where: Carnesecca Arena, Queens, New York
Officials:
# Jamie Luckie, # Jeff Clark, # Mike Roberts
Attendance:
3429
By Field Level Media
Julian Champagnie had 34 points and 16 rebounds and Posh Alexander had 16 points and four assists as St. John's came back from a lengthy COVID pause and held off DePaul 89-84 at its on-campus arena in Queens, New York, on Wednesday night.
St. John's Dylan Addae-Wusu had 17 points and eight assists. He hit a clinching 3-pointer with 28 seconds left and the shot clock about to expire, giving the Red Storm an 87-81 lead.
Montez Mathis scored 11 points for St. John's (9-3, 1-0 Big East), which hadn't played since losing to Pitt on Dec. 18.
Javon Freeman-Liberty scored 24 points and Jason Terry 14 for the Blue Demons (9-4, 0-3), who led by five midway through the second half.
Philmon Gebrewhit's 3-point play with 5:29 left cut the St. John's lead to 73-72, but Champagnie, who missed the loss to Pitt because of COVID protocols, made a shot in the paint and a three to extend the lead to 78-72. DePaul didn't get closer than three after that.
St. John's led 51-43 on Champagnie's dunk off a pass from Alexander early in the second half. But DePaul used a 14-2 run to take a 57-53 lead on a 3-pointer by Johnson from the left corner with 13:04 left in the game.
The Blue Demons extended their lead to five, but St. John's answered with a 10-3 run for a 65-63 lead with 8:54 left on a dunk by Mathis, courtesy of a steal and assist by Addae-Wusu.
St. John's led by seven early in the game, but Freeman-Liberty made 3-pointer with 8:01 left in the first half to cut the deficit to 23-21. The Red Storm responded with nine straight points for their largest lead at 32-21.
During the run, Champagnie and Alexander both made a trey and Mathis capped it with a steal and an uncontested dunk with 5:06 left in the half.
Alexander had a drive down the lane and a finger roll at the buzzer for a 39-35 halftime advantage for St. John's.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| DePaul |
|
St. John's |
|
Javon Freeman-Liberty 24 |
Scoring |
Julian Champagnie 34 |
|
Jalen Terry 6 |
Assists |
Dylan Addae-Wusu 8 |
|
Jalen Terry 8 |
Rebounds |
Julian Champagnie 16 |
|
Javon Freeman-Liberty 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Julian Champagnie 6 |
|
Javan Johnson 2 |
Steals |
Montez Mathis 3 |
|
David Jones 3 |
Blocks |
Julian Champagnie 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| DePaul
|
84 |
44.1 |
11-28 |
13-22 |
15 |
40 |
6 |
6 |
16 |
| St. John's
|
89 |
47.8 |
10-18 |
13-23 |
18 |
39 |
11 |
9 |
11 |
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