Postgame Notes: Butler 89, St. John's 56 - St. John's University Athletics

Freshman Kassoum Yakwe ranks eighth all-time with 52 blocks in a single-season.

Postgame Notes: Butler 89, St. John's 56

2/6/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Feb. 6, 2016

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- Team Notes

St. John's had its second sold out crowd (5,602) of the season at Carnesecca Arena. A capacity crowd also saw the Red Storm defeat Niagara earlier this season on Dec. 9.
All 11 Red Storm players that saw action in the game scored. This total marks the most players to enter the scoring column this season.

Individual Notes

Kassoum Yakwe reached double-figures for the second-straight game and third time this season with a team-high 11-point effort. Yakwe added four blocks and now has 52 swats this season, a total that ranks eighth on the program's all-time single-season block list.
Playing for the first time since Jan. 6 against Xavier, Yankuba Sima came off the bench and finished with three points, five rebounds and three assists in 23 minutes of action.

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