Box Score

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Saint John's University senior guard David Stokman (Maple Lake, Minn.) drilled a three-pointer with 1.4 seconds remaining to give the 17th-ranked Johnnies a 70-69 win at Concordia on Wednesday, Feb. 6, in Moorhead.

Junior post Lucas Walford (Elko, Minn./New Prague) took the inbounds lob near the elbow with 5.4 seconds left and kicked it out to Stokman, who ducked a defender and drained the 249th trey of his career. 

The Johnnies (18-4, 14-3 MIAC) erased an eight-point halftime deficit (42-34) by shooting 55.2 percent (16-for-29) in the second half. The visitors led by as much as seven (61-54) with 8:55 to go and by five (65-60) with 6:07 left, but SJU squandered four straight possessions (two missed shots and two turnovers) until freshman guard Colton Codute (Wayzata, Minn./Orono) ended the near-four-minute drought with a layup to make it 67-64 at the 2:15 mark. 

CC's Thomas Schyma tied the game on a three-pointer with a minute to play and Bryden Urie gave the Cobbers (7-15, 6-11 MIAC) a two-point lead (69-67) on a runner in the paint with 22.7 seconds remaining.

Stokman led all scorers with 22 points, which enabled him to jump ahead of former NFL referee Bernie Kukar '62 for seventh on SJU's all-time scoring list with 1,402 career points. He is now four points behind Norb Kowalkowski '59 in sixth.

Sophomore post Zach Hanson (New Prague, Minn.) registered 16 points, including 12 on 6-for-8 shooting in the second half, and junior wing Jubie Alade (Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong) added 12 points. Walford recorded his second straight double-double, and third in his last four games, with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Urie and Jordan Davis led four Cobbers in double figures with 15 points apiece. 

CC made nine of its first 12 shot attempts and ended the first half at 62.1 percent (18-for-29). SJU trailed by as much as 13 (39-26) with 4:42 left in the first half and cut the deficit to seven with back-to-back three-pointers from Codute and Alade, but Davis (a 26.9-percent three-point shooter) made a trey near the end of the shot clock to answer on the ensuing possession.

The Johnnies out-rebounded the Cobbers 34-23, including a 21-8 margin in the second half.

SJU is now 78-35 against Concordia since the 1964-65 season, but just 29-28 in Moorhead. Wednesday's win was just the Johnnies' fourth in their last 12 trips to Memorial Auditorium.

The Johnnies travel to Northfield for a 3 p.m. tip-off at St. Olaf (11-11, 10-7 MIAC) on Saturday, Feb. 9.