Postgame Notes: St. John's 77 - Detroit 74 - St. John's University Athletics

Nov. 13, 2012

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QUEENS, N.Y. - Team Notes

St. John's finished with 12 total blocks as a team, just shy of tying the school-record of 13 set on Jan. 27, 1982 in a 67-54 win against Army.
St. John's improved to 3-0 in home-openers at Carnesecca Arena in the Steve Lavin Era.
With the win, St. John's is now 14-7 in the Lavin Era in games decided by five points or less.
Paced by a 57.1 percent (16-of-28) clip in the second half, St. John's shot 45.9 percent (28-of-61) from the floor in the game.
The Red Storm shot 70.8 percent (17-of-24) from the charity stripe, including a 73.7 percent (14-of-19) effort in the second half.
St. John's finished +2 on the boards (44-42). The Red Storm went 6-1 last season when outrebounding the opposition.

Individual Notes

Phil Greene IV set a new career-high with 20 points to mark the 13th double-figure scoring effort of his career. Greene surpassed his previous high of 18, which he set against Pitt on Feb. 29, 2012.
Freshman Chris Obekpa blocked eight shots in his collegiate-debut to break the school-record for blocks in a game. The previous record of seven was set by Robert Werdann against Hofstra on Dec. 9, 1989. Obekpa also finished with 11 rebounds, tying him for a game-high, and seven points.
Amir Garrett finished with 15 points and matched a game-high with 11 boards to record his first-career double-double. The 11 rebounds bested his previous career-high of nine, a number he posted twice as a rookie.
D'Angelo Harrison scored a game-high 22 points to register the 13th 20-point performance of his career. Harrison finished with a pair of 3s, marking the 24th multi-trey effort of his career.
Christian Jones finished with eight points and three assists in his collegiate-debut.
Also making his collegiate-debut, JaKarr Sampson had two points and six rebounds in 18 minutes of action.

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