Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's basketball closed the fall semester with a seven-game win streak thanks to an 80-51 victory over Carleton on Tuesday, Dec. 14, in Sexton Arena.

The Johnnies' (9-2, 6-0 MIAC) shooting percentages matched, both overall (33-for-54) and from three-point range (11-for-18), at 61.1 percent. The home team scored 21 points off 16 Carleton (6-3, 3-2 MIAC) turnovers and totaled 38 points off the bench.

The Knights cut their deficit to three points on two occasions after the midway point of the opening half. The first was with a 23-20 at the 8:08 mark, but SJU answered with an 8-0 run. The second was 31-28 with 2:37 on the clock, and the Johnnies responded with a 10-2 run to take a 41-30 lead into intermission. 

The Johnnies went 7-for-10 from behind the arc in the second half and led by 20 points or more for the game's final 15:06.



Sophomore guard Jared Rainey (Maple Grove, Minn.) led five Johnnies in double figures with 15 points on a perfect 5-for-5 night from the field (3-for-3 from three-point range).

Junior post Mitchell Plombon (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral) and freshman guard Zach Longueville (Eagan, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran) followed with 12 points apiece off the bench. Plombon went 6-for-8 from the floor, including 5-for-5 in the first half, while Longueville posted a 4-for-7 performance from long range for the career-high 12 points.

Sophomore wing Ryan Thissen (Rosemount, Minn./Eastview) added 11 points and a team-high six rebounds, and senior post Zach Hanson (New Prague, Minn.) scored 10 points (5-for-6 shooting) in 20 minutes of play. 

Luke Harris led Carleton with 18 points. The Knights were whistled for only four fouls (to the Johnnies' 15), but finished at 39.1 percent (18-for-46) overall and 2-for-13 (15.4 percent) from behind the arc.

The Johnnies return to action in the New Year against Bethel at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, in Arden Hills.