Postgame Notes: St. John's 64, LIU 46

St. John's defeated Long Island University 64-46 to improve to 6-3 in all-time series between schools that dates back to the 1930-31 season. Tonight's matchup was the first in the last 10 seasons and the third in the last 70 seasons.
The Red Storm jumped out to an 8-1 lead to start the game and later went on a 10-0 run to grab a 24-8 lead with 5:18 remaining in the first half. St. John's defense held the Blackbirds to just 26.9 percent shooting (7-26) and a total of 19 points that was tied for the lowest by a Red Storm opponent in a half this season.
A 12-5 spurt over the opening five minutes of the second half gave the Red Storm its largest lead of the night at 45-24, as St. John's led from start-to-finish.
Anthony Mason Jr. scored eight of the team's 12 points over its decisive run to begin the second period. Mason Jr. tied a career-high with 15 points in the game, 13 of which came in the second half, and scored 12 of the team's 26 points in the paint.
Freshman Qa'rraan Calhoun, sophomore Ricky Torres and junior Avery Patterson added 10 points apiece, as the Red Storm had four players score in double figures for the second straight game.
Calhoun netted all 10 of his career-high points in the first half and added a team and career high eight rebounds and a blocked shot in 21 minutes.
For the second time in three games, Torres scored at least 10 points in limited minutes, knocking down 3-of-5 field goals and 2-of-3 three-pointers in 16 minutes against LIU. Torres entered the night as the BIG EAST Conference leader in 3-point field goal percentage and improved to 77.8 percent (7-of-9) accuracy from downtown.
Patterson, the team's leading scorer, recorded seven of his 10 points in the second half and stayed perfect from the free throw line, going 4-for-4 from the stripe tonight. The junior transfer continued to fire from long range, hitting on 2-of-8 three-pointers for his BIG EAST leading 20th and 21st 3-point field goals of the year.
Sophomore Tomas Jasiulionis made his first career start in the contest and chipped in with three points, a career-high three assists and a block in 18 minutes. The 6-foot-11 Lithuanian assisted on the team's first bucket of the game, a 3-point field goal by Patterson, for his first career helper.
The Red Storm bench outscored LIU's 25-9 in the first half and 25-18 for the game, hitting its season average of 24.6 points per game. St. John's has gotten much better production from its reserves this season with 24.7 points and 73.3 minutes a night, compared to 13.9 points and 58.4 minutes last season.

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