Postgame Notes: Marquette 78, St. John's 73

Jan. 24, 2016

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- Team Notes

St. John's finished with nine steals and forced a season-high 22 turnovers. In two contests against Marquette this season, the Red Storm forced a total of 42 turnovers (21.0 per game).
The Red Storm scored 50 points in the second half, the second-most points scored in either half this season. St. John's scored 59 in the first half against Chaminade (Nov. 25).

Individual Notes

Durand Johnson scored a career-high 20 points to lead all scorers. Johnson has reached double-figures in five-straight games and has 15 double-digit efforts on the season. In league play, the graduate student leads the Red Storm with 13.4 points per game.
Federico Mussini finished with 19 points, all in the second half, to reach double-figures for the 15th time this season. Mussini finished with three 3-pointers to register his fifth-straight multi-trey game and 12th of the year.
Amar Alibegovic made his second-straight start and scored 10 points for his fifth-career double-figure game, all this season.
Kassoum Yakwe swatted a career-high seven shots, the most in a single game by a BIG EAST player this season. Yakwe also pulled down eight rebounds and averages a team-high 6.4 boards in conference action.

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