National Basketball Association
St. John's 71, Seton Hall 67
When: 12:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 27, 2013
Where: Carnesecca Arena, Jamaica, New York
Officials:
# John Cahill, # Karl Hess, # Gary Prager
Attendance:
7641
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St. John's 71, Seton Hall 67: D'Angelo Harrison recorded 24 points and seven rebounds as the Red Storm used a 24-4 run to edge the visiting Pirates at Madison Square Garden for their fourth straight win.
Freshman JaKarr Sampson added 19 points for St. John's (13-7, 5-3 Big East), while Phil Greene IV chipped in with 10. After the Red Storm lead ballooned as high as 16 midway through the second half, Seton Hall (13-7, 2-5) rallied to pull within one with 4:22 left. Harrison scored nine points in those final moments.
Eugene Teague led Seton Hall with a career-high 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting. Fuquan Edwin added 14 points and nine rebounds for the Pirates.
St. John's closed the opening period on an 11-2 run, capped by a Harrison 3-pointer at the buzzer, to take a 38-33 lead into intermission.The Red Storm opened the second half scoring 13 of the first 15 points to push the cushion to 51-35 with 15:30 remaining.
An Aaron Cosby 3-pointer keyed a 9-0 Seton Hall run as the Pirates cut their deficit to 60-59 with 4:22 left. Cosby and Edwin both had chances to give Seton Hall the lead before Harrison made a pair of jumpers and went 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final 25 seconds.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Harrison was 9-of-10 from the free-throw line. ... St. John's committed just nine turnovers, while Seton Hall had 12. ... The Red Storm improves to 3-2 at Madison Square Garden this season.
Top Game Performances
Seton Hall |
|
St. John's |
Gene Teague 22 |
Scoring |
D'Angelo Harrison 24 |
Aaron Cosby 5 |
Assists |
Phil Greene 3 |
Fuquan Edwin 9 |
Rebounds |
D'Angelo Harrison 7 |
Fuquan Edwin 5 |
Free Throws Made |
D'Angelo Harrison 9 |
Fuquan Edwin 3 |
Steals |
Jamal Branch 1 |
N/A |
Blocks |
Chris Obekpa 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Seton Hall
|
67 |
42.4 |
8-18 |
9-14 |
15 |
29 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
St. John's
|
71 |
49.1 |
4-11 |
15-20 |
11 |
28 |
7 |
4 |
9 |