Box Score

DULUTH, Minn. – Saint John's basketball opened its conference schedule with a 74-51 win at St. Scholastica on Saturday, Nov. 20, in Duluth.

SJU (3-2, 1-0 MIAC) ended the first half with a 5-0 run to take a 37-31 lead into the break and opened the second half with a 12-0 run to break the game open for good. The Johnnies forced 16 turnovers and held St. Scholastica (1-2, 0-1 MIAC) to 20.8 percent (5-for-24) in the second half of its first conference game as a member of the MIAC.

Sophomore wing Ryan Thissen (Rosemount, Minn./Eastview) led five Johnnies in double figures with a game-high 17 points.

Senior guard Colton Codute (Wayzata, Minn./Orono) finished with 11 points and a career-high six steals – the most for a Johnnie in a single game since Brady Brink's '08 six in a home win over Hamline on Jan. 19, 2008. 

Junior post Carson Schoeller (Prior Lake, Minn.) had 12 points and eight rebounds, and freshman guard Kooper Vaughn (St. Charles, Minn.) chipped in 11 points and collected six boards. Sophomore guard Blake Berg (West Fargo, N.D./Sheyenne) finished with career highs in points (10) and assists (4) and four assists in 23 minutes off the bench.

The Johnnies wrap up non-conference play with a 2 p.m. game at Buena Vista (Iowa) on Wednesday, Nov. 24, in Storm Lake, Iowa.