Tyler Weiss_Ryan Coleman
Senior post Tyler Weiss (courtesy of Ryan Coleman, D3photography.com)
57
Winner Saint John's Univ. SJU 23-2, 19-1 MIAC
50
Univ. of St. Thomas UST 14-11, 12-8 MIAC
Winner
Saint John's Univ. SJU
23-2, 19-1 MIAC
57
Final
50
Univ. of St. Thomas UST
14-11, 12-8 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint John's Univ. SJU 29 28 57
Univ. of St. Thomas UST 18 32 50

Game Recap: Basketball |

No. 3 SJU Closes Regular Season With 57-50 Win at St. Thomas


Box Score

ST. PAUL, Minn. – No. 3 Saint John's basketball ended the regular-season schedule with a 57-50 road win at St. Thomas on Saturday, Feb. 17, in St. Paul.

SJU (23-2, 19-1 MIAC) became just the sixth team to tally a 19-1 MIAC record or better since the league moved to a 20-game conference schedule in 1983-84.

The Johnnies host an MIAC Playoff semifinal game at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in Sexton Arena. The opponent will be decided in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday, Feb. 21.

SJU made only one of its first nine shot attempts to start the game and was down 11-6 early, but responded with a 19-2 run and led 29-18 at halftime. 

St. Thomas (14-11, 12-8 MIAC) chipped its deficit to one on two separate occasions inside of eight minutes remaining, but the Tommies made only three of their final 14 shots. UST shot 25.8 percent (8-for-31) in the first half and finished at 31.7 percent (20-for-63) for the game.

Senior post Tyler Weiss (Shakopee, Minn.) led all scorers with 20 points, his seventh 20-point game of the season and 17th of his career, and registered eight rebounds, three assists and three blocks. The 20-point performance vaulted him past Alex Schmitt '16 (1,302) and Mike Nester '02 (1,314) into ninth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,320 career points. 

Sophomore post Lucas Walford (Elko, Minn./New Prague) grabbed 16 rebounds for the second consecutive game and added eight points, three blocks and two steals.

The Johnnies edged the Tommies in rebounds, 40-39, though the home team accumulated 14 offensive boards to the visitors' six. SJU committed 12 turnovers to the Tommies' six, but UST only held a 5-4 scoring advantage off the miscues.

Ryan Boll led UST with 11 points, all in the second half, while Burt Hedstrom added 10 points and eight rebounds.

SJU shot 43.1 percent (22-for-51) overall and only 30 percent (6-for-20) from three-point range in the game. The Johnnies entered the regular-season finale as NCAA Division III's leader in shooting (52.2 percent) and third-best from behind the arc (43.0 percent).



 
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