Postgame Notes: No. St. John's 51, Rutgers 48

2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Feb. 1, 2011

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TEAM NOTES

It was St. John's fifth win over Rutgers in 36 all-time meetings, but head coach Kim Barnes Arico's second consecutive victory over the Scarlet Knights. The Red Storm beat RU, 60-52, last season.
STJ also defeated Rutgers in back-to-back meetings in 1991 and 1993.
St. John's improves to 16-6 overall and 5-4 in BIG EAST Conference play.
The three-point win is St. John's closest margin of victory this season and closest since last season's 68-65 win over Syracuse on Jan. 27, 2010.
STJ improved to 8-2 at home this season and 21-3 since the beginning of the 2009-10 campaign.
St. John's also improved to 6-2 in the month of February over the last two seasons and 3-1 on February 1st all-time.
After falling behind 6-2 early in the first half, the Red Storm held the Scarlet Knights scoreless for 8:50 while it went on a 16-0 run to take a commanding 18-6 lead.
STJ held Rutgers to a season-low 15 points in the first half. The Scarlet Knights previous low in a half was 17 points.
St. John's forced 22 total turnovers, including 13 in the first half and outscored the Scarlet Knights 24-15 in points off turnovers.
The Red Storm also outscored RU, 17-0, in bench points.
Barnes Arico improved to 146-119 at St. John's and 240-191 overall.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Sophomore guard Amanda Burakoski set multiple career-highs in the game including points (16), field goals (5), 3-point field goals (4) and free throws (2). It was Burakoski's third career double-figure scoring performance.
Junior Da'Shena Stevens scored eight points to bring her career total to 1,117 points and currently sits at No. 13 on the all-time list, just two points behind Angela Clark (2003-06) at the No. 12 spot (1,119 points). Stevens played a career-high 38 minutes in the game.
Senior guard Sky Lindsay scored two points in the game to bring her career total to 929 points, just 71 points away from the 1,000-point plateau.
Stevens, Nadirah McKenith and Centhya "Coco" Hart all pulled down a team-high six rebounds in the game.