Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – In convincing fashion, the Saint John's basketball team won its fourth-straight game with an 80-60 victory over Hamline on Saturday, Dec. 2, in Sexton Arena.

SJU (4-2, 3-0 MIAC) scored the game's first eight points and rode a 19-2 run to take a 44-20 lead at halftime. The home team shot 55.9 percent (19-for-34) from the field in the first 20 minutes and held Hamline (3-2, 2-1 MIAC) to 26.7 percent (8-for-30), including 0-for-4 from behind the arc.

The Johnnies opened the second half with a 10-2 run and never looked back. SJU led by as much as 36 (67-31) with 10:03 remaining.

Junior guard Kooper Vaughn (St. Charles, Minn.) led all scorers with 17 points in 16 minutes of play. He made four of his eight long-range attempts to crack SJU's all-time list with 146 career three-pointers.

Senior guard Blake Berg (West Fargo, N.D./Sheyenne) followed with 13 points, four assists and four rebounds, while sophomore guard Chris Mitchell (Green Bay, Wis./Notre Dame Academy) added a career-high 11 points off the bench. Senior wing Ryan Thissen (Rosemount, Minn./Eastview) was the fourth Johnnie in double digits with 10 points. He also totaled five rebounds and three assists.

Twelve Johnnies scored a basket in the victory. SJU out-rebounded HU 42-29 and scored 16 fast-break points.



Sam Hoffman led the Pipers, who finished at 40 percent (24-for-60) from the floor thanks to a 53.3-percent showing (16-for-30) in the second half. Austin Holt collected 13 points and 11 rebounds – eight points and nine boards in the second half – and Raoul Vaidya added 13 points off the bench. Bradley Cimperman, who entered the game averaging 27.5 points per game, finished with a career-low four on 1-for-8 shooting in 19 minutes.

With the win, SJU improved to 96-27 against the Pipers since 1964-65, including a 54-9 record in Collegeville. 

The Johnnies close their three-game homestand with a 7 p.m. tip-off against Augsburg (3-3, 1-2 MIAC) on Monday, Dec. 4.