Postgame Notes: St. John's 81 - San Francisco 57 - St. John's University Athletics

JaKarr Sampson shot 7-of-11 from the floor and finished with 14 points.

Postgame Notes: St. John's 81 - San Francisco 57

12/19/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Dec. 18, 2013

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QUEENS, N.Y. - Team Notes

St. John's held San Francisco, which entered the game averaging 84.4 points per game, to a season-low 57 points.
St. John's shot 49.2 percent (29-of-59), including a 51.5 percent (17-of-33) effort in the first half. The Red Storm improved to 6-2 this season when shooting better than the opposition.
The Red Storm committed only 11 turnovers and forced a season-high 21 turnovers, the most since the squad forced 22 miscues against Fordham on Dec. 8, 2012. The Red Storm is 5-1 this season when committing fewer turnovers than its opponent.
St. John's finished +11 (35-24) on the boards, the third time this season with at least a +10 advantage on the glass.

Individual Notes

D'Angelo Harrison scored a game-high 18 points in just 24 minutes of action. Harrison went 2-of-3 from long range to finish the game with 151 made 3-pointers in his career, tying the St. John's program-record held by Willie Shaw.
Rysheed Jordan scored 10 points to reach double-figures for the second-consecutive contest, while also adding three rebounds and four assists. Jordan has started the past three games and is averaging 10.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists in that stretch.
Orlando Sanchez finished in double-figures for the second time in his career with an 11-point effort. Sanchez grabbed six rebounds and is averaging a team-best 7.0 boards in the past three games.
JaKarr Sampson shot 7-of-11 from the floor to finish with 14 points, his eighth double-figure game of the year. Sampson is shooting 70.6 percent (24-of-34) from the floor in the past four games, while averaging 13.5 points in that stretch.
Chris Obekpa matched a season-high with six points, his fifth six-point game this season. Obekpa also grabbed a game-high seven rebounds and swatted four shots, his eighth game this season with at least four blocks.
Phil Greene IV had one turnover in 23 minutes of action. Greene now has four turnovers in 250 minutes played this season, one every 62.5 minutes.
Marc-Antoine Bourgault went 1-of-1 from long range and 2-of-2 from the charity stripe to finish with five points. Bourgault is 4-of-5 (80.0 percent) from long range this season and has made his last four attempts, including a 3-of-3 effort against Fordham on Dec. 7 at Madison Square Garden.
God'sgift Achiuwa scored seven points and grabbed a season-high four rebounds. Achiuwa is averaging 7.5 points in his last two games played.