St. John's University Athletics
Friday, February 16
Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)
7 p.m.
St. John's University
15-12,9-6Big East
51
vs
71
No. 20/19 Creighton
21-3,12-2Big East
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Creighton
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St. John's (NY)
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20
8
51
St. John’s Drops Contest with No. 20/19 Creighton
2/16/2024 9:54:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Ber’Nyah Mayo finished with 16 points and a season-high five steals
QUEENS, N.Y.– The St. John's women's basketball team was outlasted on Friday night by No. 20/19 Creighton, 71-51.
The women's basketball program hosted its annual Pink Game at Carnesecca Arena wearing pink uniforms to raise awareness for breast cancer and honor all survivors.
The Bluejays got off to a hot start offensively that carried them to their 11th-straight win on Friday. Creighton shot 57.7 percent (30-52) from the floor and 50 percent (9-18) from beyond-the-arc.
Ber'Nyah Mayo reached double-figures in scoring for the 10th time in the last 11 contests scoring a team-high 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting. The senior recorded a season-high with five steals and five rebounds. Her five steals tied the most by a Red Storm player this season and were the most for Mayo since Dec. 21, 2022 against Saint Peter's.
Jillian Archer also finished in double-figures for the ninth-straight game logging 11 points and shot 5-for-6 from the charity stripe. The graduate student grabbed a team-high six boards.
Creighton's top three scorers- Lauren Jensen, Morgan Maly and Emma Rosniek combined for 54 points and shot 60.5 percent from the field collectively.
The Red Storm shot 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the free throw line marking the second-straight game shooting above 80 percent from the charity stripe.
In the opening quarter, Drake started out the scoring by flushing a triple. Tara Daye finished inside to make it 5-2 before Creighton scored ten-straight and hit 8-of-10 from the floor to start the game. With 0:15 remaining in the first, Daye finished through contact to earn an and one.
The Bluejays entered the second frame with a six-point lead and continued to fire on all cylinders offensively. Creighton hit three triples to go on an 11-0 scoring stretch and expand its lead to as many as 19, 34-15. The Red Storm quickly responded with a 6-0 spurt capped off by a steal and score by Ber'Nyah Mayo. It was Daye once again with the bucket in the final minute of regulation, draining a mid-range to head into the break trailing by 13, 36-23.
In the third quarter, St. John's clawed its way back and cut the deficit to as few as eight after Jailah Donald drilled a 3-pointer and Archer got a hook shot to go. The squads continued to trade baskets as Mayo took off for another fastbreak lay-in to make it a 10-point game, 51-41. After Maly nailed a triple, Archer got one to go in the paint as Creighton (21-3, 12-2 BIG EAST) carried an 11-point cushion into the fourth, 54-43. The Johnnies scored 20 points during the third stanza.
In the fourth quarter, the Bluejays continued to have the hot-hand starting the final frame on a 15-3 scoring run to build up their largest lead, 69-46. Mayo broke the scoring drought by hitting her second triple of the night from the corner. Creighton coasted to a 71-51 victory in Queens and jumps ahead in the all-time series, 14-13.
The Red Storm will now prepare for its next contest in the nation's capital on Tuesday night, when it faces Georgetown at 7 p.m. at McDonough Arena.
The women's basketball program hosted its annual Pink Game at Carnesecca Arena wearing pink uniforms to raise awareness for breast cancer and honor all survivors.
The Bluejays got off to a hot start offensively that carried them to their 11th-straight win on Friday. Creighton shot 57.7 percent (30-52) from the floor and 50 percent (9-18) from beyond-the-arc.
Ber'Nyah Mayo reached double-figures in scoring for the 10th time in the last 11 contests scoring a team-high 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting. The senior recorded a season-high with five steals and five rebounds. Her five steals tied the most by a Red Storm player this season and were the most for Mayo since Dec. 21, 2022 against Saint Peter's.
Jillian Archer also finished in double-figures for the ninth-straight game logging 11 points and shot 5-for-6 from the charity stripe. The graduate student grabbed a team-high six boards.
Creighton's top three scorers- Lauren Jensen, Morgan Maly and Emma Rosniek combined for 54 points and shot 60.5 percent from the field collectively.
The Red Storm shot 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the free throw line marking the second-straight game shooting above 80 percent from the charity stripe.
In the opening quarter, Drake started out the scoring by flushing a triple. Tara Daye finished inside to make it 5-2 before Creighton scored ten-straight and hit 8-of-10 from the floor to start the game. With 0:15 remaining in the first, Daye finished through contact to earn an and one.
The Bluejays entered the second frame with a six-point lead and continued to fire on all cylinders offensively. Creighton hit three triples to go on an 11-0 scoring stretch and expand its lead to as many as 19, 34-15. The Red Storm quickly responded with a 6-0 spurt capped off by a steal and score by Ber'Nyah Mayo. It was Daye once again with the bucket in the final minute of regulation, draining a mid-range to head into the break trailing by 13, 36-23.
In the third quarter, St. John's clawed its way back and cut the deficit to as few as eight after Jailah Donald drilled a 3-pointer and Archer got a hook shot to go. The squads continued to trade baskets as Mayo took off for another fastbreak lay-in to make it a 10-point game, 51-41. After Maly nailed a triple, Archer got one to go in the paint as Creighton (21-3, 12-2 BIG EAST) carried an 11-point cushion into the fourth, 54-43. The Johnnies scored 20 points during the third stanza.
In the fourth quarter, the Bluejays continued to have the hot-hand starting the final frame on a 15-3 scoring run to build up their largest lead, 69-46. Mayo broke the scoring drought by hitting her second triple of the night from the corner. Creighton coasted to a 71-51 victory in Queens and jumps ahead in the all-time series, 14-13.
The Red Storm will now prepare for its next contest in the nation's capital on Tuesday night, when it faces Georgetown at 7 p.m. at McDonough Arena.
Team Stats
CU
SJU
FG%
.577
.360
3FG%
.500
.278
FT%
.400
.833
RB
31
25
TO
13
14
STL
3
7
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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