National Basketball Association
St. John's 72, South Florida 56
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 5, 2011
Where: Carnesecca Arena, Queens, New York
Officials:
# Ray Perrone, # Michael Stephens, # Gene Steratore
Attendance:
5602
By SportsDirect Inc.
D.J. Kennedy scored 16 points and No. 15 St. John’s pulled away late to beat visiting South Florida 72-56 on Saturday.
Dwight Hardy scored 14 points, Justin Brownlee had 13 and Paris Horne added 11 for St. John’s (20-10, 12-6 Big East), which trailed 35-30 at halftime.
South Florida led 50-44 with 9:35 remaining before St. John’s ended its upset hopes with a 21-7 run. Sean Evans’ dunk with 3:22 to play put the Red Storm up 64-52. Evans finished with nine points and nine rebounds.
Augustus Gilchrist scored 16 points and Shaun Noriega added 14 for South Florida (9-22, 3-15), which has lost eight of its last nine. Ron Anderson added 13 points and a team-high six rebounds.
St. John’s, which had its six-game winning streak snapped on Thursday with an 84-70 loss at Seton Hall, finishes the regular season in a fourth-place tie in the Big East, its highest league finish since 2002 (third).
St. John’s received the No. 5 seed in next week's Big East Tournament, with the Red Storm set to play Wednesday in the second round against the Seton Hall-Rutgers winner.
South Florida has lost 13 in a row to ranked opponents.
Top Game Performances
| South Florida |
|
St. John's |
|
Augustus Gilchrist 16 |
Scoring |
D.J. Kennedy 16 |
|
Shaun Noriega 3 |
Assists |
Malik Boothe 5 |
|
Ron Anderson 6 |
Rebounds |
Sean Evans 9 |
|
Augustus Gilchrist 6 |
Free Throws Made |
D.J. Kennedy 8 |
|
Ron Anderson 3 |
Steals |
Sean Evans 3 |
|
Ron Anderson 2 |
Blocks |
D.J. Kennedy 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| South Florida
|
56 |
41.3 |
3-13 |
15-19 |
10 |
23 |
3 |
6 |
|
| St. John's
|
72 |
42.1 |
6-21 |
18-25 |
9 |
32 |
4 |
8 |
|