Box Score
MOORHEAD, Minn. - Saint John's basketball broke open a one-point lead with a 19-2 run over a 5:05 span late in the second half to pick up an 80-65 road win at Concordia on Saturday, Jan. 29, in Moorhead.
The Johnnies (15-3, 12-1 MIAC) held a slim 56-55 lead with 8:12 to play, but proceeded to make five of its next seven shots and went 7-for-8 from the free-throw line to build a 75-57 lead with 3:07 remaining. The Cobbers (4-10, 3-8 MIAC), meanwhile, missed all four shots from the floor, committed two turnovers and made two of their six attempts from the charity stripe during that span.
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Zach Hanson (New Prague, Minn.) tied a season high with 22 points to lead all scorers. The 22-point game lifted him past three former Johnnies - Kipp Christianson '97 (1,025), Steve Ward '75 (1,042) and Mark Lenss '78 (1,044) - into 34th in school history with 1,045 career points.
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Carson Schoeller (Prior Lake, Minn.), meanwhile, posted career highs for points (20) and made three-pointers (4-for-7) in 21 minutes off the bench.
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Mitchell Plombon (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral) recorded his first double-double of the season and second of this career with an even 10 points and 10 rebounds.
SJU led by as much as eight (17-9) halfway through the first half, but CC ended the first stanza with a 12-5 run to take a 35-33 lead into the break.
The Johnnies shot 51.7 percent (15-for-29) in the second half, including a 4-for-8 showing from behind the arc, and went 13-for-16 from the free-throw line.
SJU scored 20 points off 10 Cobber turnovers and 14 second-chance points on 13 offensive rebounds as the visitors posted a 41-23 advantage on the glass.
Concordia matched SJU's overall shooting percentage at .460 (23-for-50), but the league's top free-throw-shooting team (77.5 percent in conference play) went 6-for-13 from the line in the second half (12-for-20 for the game). Jackson Jangula led four Cobbers in double figures with 17 points. The team's scoring leader, Rowan Nelson (17.6 ppg.), played only 14 minutes due to foul trouble and scored four points.
The Johnnies begin a three-game homestand against Bethel (8-8, 5-6 MIAC) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, in Sexton Arena.
