QUEENS, NY – The St. Francis Brooklyn men's basketball team (7-5) fell to St. John's (11-0), 86-52, on Wednesday night at Carnesecca Arena. The Red Storm improve to 11-0 and are just one of nine teams in the nation that currently have an undefeated record.
Sophomore guard
Jalen Jordan opened the scoring for the Terriers in the game's first seconds with a corner three-ball. Following that three, the Terriers and Red Storm would trade baskets before St. John's would go on an 18-4 run that lasted to the 8:50 mark of the first half.
The Terriers began to chip away at an early St. John's lead when sophomore guard
Chauncey Hawkins intercepted a pass, took it coast-to-coast and finished with a layup to make the game, 22-12, in favor of the Red Storm. After Hawkins made a three, Jordan followed with a stop-and-pop jumper on a fast break to cut St. John's lead to 29-21 with 4:52 to play in the opening frame.
After a made layup by Shamoire Ponds, sophomore forward
Yaradyah Evans responded with an emphatic dunk with under two minutes to play in the half. The Red Storm responded by closing the half on a 6-2 run and led 37-25 at the break.
St. John's built on its first half lead and went on to outscore the Terriers 49-27 in the second half. Hawkins paced the Terriers in the second half with a team-high 11 points in the frame en route to a game-high of 16 on the evening.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
St. Francis Brooklyn – 52 | St. John's – 86
- Hawkins scored a game-high 16 points on 4-of-18 shooting from the field and 3-of-12 from three. The guard grabbed a career-high five rebounds and swiped a career-high tying three steals in 35 minutes of action off the bench. It was the fourth time this season that Hawkins has led the Terriers in scoring off the bench. He scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half of play.
- Jordan tallied 11 points on 4-of-12 shooting. It was the 11th time this season that the guard registered double figure points in a contest. The reigning NEC Player of the Week scored nine of his 11 points in the opening frame.
- Junior guard Rosel Hurley scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds. Hurley shot 4-of-7 from the floor. His eight points were the most he registered in a game since he poured in 14 against St. Joseph's Brooklyn on December 3. Six of his points came in the first half of play as he converted on a trio of strong drives to the basket.
- Junior forward Christian Rohlehr added seven points and a team-high eight rebounds (four offensive) in 16 minutes of action off the bench. The forward nearly shot perfect from the field as he went 3-of-4.
- Evans scored two points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Terriers. Evans has notched eight or more rebounds in each of his last three games. The sophomore threw down a huge dunk with 1:56 to play in the first half off a feed from Jordan. The slam got the Terriers within single-digits of the Red Storm.
- Graduate guard Glenn Sanabria scored three points tonight to increase his career total to 1,069. He moved into 27th place on the Terriers' all-time scoring list as he passed Gil Radday, who had a total of 1,068 points. Sanabria is now chasing Ben Mockford in 26th place with 1,077 career points.
UP NEXT:
The Terriers return home on Sunday, December 23, to host Manhattan in their non-conference finale at 2 p.m.
