No. 11 Saint John's basketball wraps up its three-game homestand with a 3 p.m. game against St. Olaf on Saturday, Jan. 12, in Sexton Arena. – Listen Live (WBHR-660 AM) | Live Stats/Live Video

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (12-1, 8-0 MIAC) extended its win streak to 11 games with an 83-54 victory over Gustavus Adolphus on Wednesday night (Jan. 9) in Collegeville. The Johnnies jumped out to a 23-4 lead and led by 22 points or more over the game's final 17:13. SJU shot 54.5 percent (30-for-55) from the field, out-rebounded the Gusties by a 45-23 margin and posted a 42-12 scoring advantage in the paint. Both teams committed 16 turnovers in the contest, though the Johnnies scored a 22-11 edge off the miscues.

Sophomore post Zach Hanson (New Prague, Minn.) and senior wing Ethan Larson (Independence, Minn./Orono) led five Johnnies in double figures with 13 points apiece. Larson's production was a career high and came in 10 minutes off the bench. Senior guard David Stokman (Maple Lake, Minn.) followed with 12 points and junior wing Jubie Alade (Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong) added 10. Junior post Ethan Novacinski (St. Joseph, Minn./St. Cloud Apollo) collected 10 points and eight rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench.

SJU shot an uncharacteristic 59.3 percent (16-for-27), 16 points below its season average (.756), from the free-throw line. Vannis Smith and Spencer Tollefson led GAC with eight points apiece. The Gusties shot 34 percent (17-for-50) for the game.

NCAA STATS: The Johnnies currently lead NCAA Division III, through games of Jan. 10, in three statistical categories: shooting percentage (.567), three-point percentage (.448) and rebound margin (+16.2 rpg.). SJU is also third in scoring defense (60.7 ppg.) and fifth in both scoring margin (+24.2 ppg.) and shooting percentage defense (.372). Individually, Stokman is fourth in three-point percentage (.534). Walford would be third nationally in shooting percentage (.711), but he is currently one made field goal (64 in 13 games) from the NCAA's minimum requirement of five made per game. Novacinski is shooting 73.4 percent (47-for-64) from the floor. 

STOKMAN vs. FORMER TEAMMATES: Stokman currently has 219 career three-pointers, 13 behind the school record held by former teammate Patrick Strom '18, and 269 career assists, two behind assistant coach (and another former teammate) Garrett Goetz '18 in ninth. Stokman is 13th in school history with 1,254 career points, 20 behind former teammate Mitchell Kuck '16. Another teammate from Stokman's freshman season, Alex Schmitt '16, is 11th with 1,302 points.

HOME COOKIN': The 2018-19 season is the Johnnies' 46th in the Warner Palaestra (since 1973-74). SJU boasts a 415-142 (.745) home record during that span, including a 46-11 mark over the last five seasons. The Johnnies have won each of their last 20 regular-season games at home, going back to Feb. 8, 2017 (82-76 loss to Augsburg).

IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies lead the MIAC, in conference play, in four of the major statistical categories so far this season.

Scoring
1. SJU, 86.0 ppg.
7. STO, 67.3 ppg.

Shooting Percentage
1. SJU, .588
7. STO, .424

Three-Point Percentage
1. SJU, .440
9. STO, .324

Free-Throw Percentage
7. SJU, .711
9. STO, .650

Rebounding
1. SJU, 41.9 rpg.
6. STO, 34.6 rpg.

Fewest Turnovers
3. STO, 10.4 tpg.
8. SJU, 12.4 tpg.

A LOOK AT THE OLES: St. Olaf (7-6, 6-2 MIAC) ended a two-game skid with a 71-39 win Wednesday night (Jan. 9) over Macalester in Northfield. Junior forward Troy Diggins, Jr. led the Oles with 18 points and nine rebounds, while senior forward Austin Korba registered 13 points, six assists and five rebounds. STO held Mac to 28 percent shooting en route to a 36-16 lead at the break. Korba leads the team in both scoring (17.2 ppg.) and rebounding (6.1 rpg.).

LAST YEAR: The Johnnies and Oles split last year's series with the home team winning each contest.

at Saint John's 72, St. Olaf 46
SJU held St. Olaf to 29.6 percent (16-for-54) shooting in a 72-46 win last Dec. 9 (2017) in Collegeville. The Johnnies shot 62.5 percent (15-for-24) from the floor in the first half to build a 38-20 halftime lead. The home team finished at 50 percent (27-for-54) for the game and led by as much as 29 in the second half. 

The Johnnies out-scored the Oles 36-8 in the paint and recorded a 39-26 advantage on the glass. Post Tyler Weiss '18 fell one point shy of his second consecutive 20-point game, on 7-for-8 shooting, and grabbed five rebounds in 27 minutes. Alade finished one rebound away from his first collegiate double-double with 12 points and nine boards. Korba led STO with 13 points and four assists.

at St. Olaf 75, Saint John's 62
The Johnnies' 16-game win streak came to an end with their first conference loss of the season, 75-62 at St. Olaf on Feb. 3 (2018) in Northfield. STO shot 58.5 percent (31-for-53) from the field, including 66.7 percent (16-for-24) in the second half. The 58.5-percent performance was 12 percentage points better than the Oles' season average (.468) and 18 percentage points above SJU's average allowed up to that point (.401).

The Johnnies, meanwhile, shot a season-low 41.8 percent (23-for-55) from the floor, including 34.5 percent (10-for-29) from three-point range. SJU entered the game as NCAA Division III's top shooting team at 53.0 percent and second-best from behind the arc (41.9 percent). SJU never led in the game and finally broke the 10-point mark with 10:04 left in the first half.

Guard Patrick Strom '18 and Weiss led SJU with 13 points apiece. Stokman drilled a three-pointer in the closing seconds of the first half to cut SJU's deficit to six (35-29), its largest halftime deficit of the season. The Oles, however, started the second half with a 14-3 run and the Johnnies brought their deficit below 10 only once the rest of the way (eight, with 4:37 to play).

Robert Tobroxen led all scorers with 24 points on 10 of 15 shooting, including a 3-for-5 showing from three-point land. He entered the game 13 of 41 (31.7 percent) from downtown. Tobroxen also collected six rebounds and six assists for STO, which out-scored SJU 18-9 off turnovers.

SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 66-34 against the Oles since the 1964-65 season, including a 41-9 record in Collegeville. SJU has won five of the last seven meetings overall and each of the last three in Sexton Arena.