Postgame Notes: St. John's 71 - Connecticut 65 - St. John's University Athletics

Postgame Notes: St. John's 71 - Connecticut 65

2/6/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Feb. 6, 2013

- Team Notes

St. John's is 3-1 in its past four games against Connecticut, including three-straight wins at Madison Square Garden. The Red Storm defeated the then-No. 10/9 Huskies, 89-72, on Feb. 10, 2011 at MSG and also notched a 73-51 win on March 9, 2010 in the BIG EAST Tournament.
St. John's improved to 4-1 this season when finishing with four players in double-figures and moved to 14-2 when shooting better than the opponent.
St. John's held Connecticut to just 30.8 percent (20-of-65) shooting from the floor, the second-lowest percentage for the Huskies this season and the second-lowest allowed by the Red Storm on the year.
St. John's allowed just 20 points in the first half, the third time this season that the Red Storm has held an opponent to 20 or fewer points in either half.
The Red Storm turned the ball over just nine times, the fourth-straight game and 10th time this season with fewer than 10 turnovers. St. John's is 8-2 when committing less than 10 turnovers.
St. John's dished out 16 assists, its highest total since recording 20 assists in an overtime loss at Villanova on Jan. 2.

Individual Notes

Phil Greene IV reached double-figures for the fourth-straight game with a 10-point effort. Greene was also a perfect 6-for-6 from the line, setting career-highs in both free throws made and attempted. The sophomore also had six turnovers, his most since dishing out seven against Baylor on Nov. 18, with just one turnover.
JaKarr Sampson finished with 18 points to reach double-figures for the 10th-straight game and 20th time this season.
D'Angelo Harrison totaled 11 points to reach double-figures for the 20th time this season. Harrison added a team-best seven rebounds and is averaging 4.8 boards in the past four games.
Chris Obekpa, who entered the game shooting 28.1 percent from the line this season, finished 2-for-3 from the stripe. Obekpa is shooting 55.6 percent (5-of-9) from the free throw line in the past three games.
Marc-Antoine Bourgault made a career-high three 3s and finished a perfect 3-for-3 from long range. Bourgault finished with 11 points, his second-straight game in double-figures, and grabbed a career-high four rebounds.
Felix Balamou played a career-high 11 minutes and finished with two points, his first points since Jan. 23 at Rutgers, and three rebounds.
Christian Jones had two points and has now scored in five of his last six appearances.