Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Hamline shot 59.1 percent (13-for-22) from three-point range – 26.7 percent above its season average – in an 88-72 win over Saint John's on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Sexton Arena.

The Pipers (12-9, 8-8 MIAC) shot 64.5 percent (20-for-31) from the field in the first half, including a 10-for-15 showing (66.7 percent) from behind the arc. SJU led by three (9-6) five minutes into the game, but HU proceeded to make 13 of its next 14 shots, including nine consecutive and a perfect 10-for-10 showing from long range, to build a 42-24 lead with 4:09 left before intermission.

The win snapped HU's 16-game losing skid against SJU and was the Pipers' first in Collegeville since 2006 (ninth since the 1964-65 season).

Hamline entered the game seventh in the MIAC in three-point percentage (.337, .324 overall) and eighth in overall shooting percentage (.444, .438 overall) in conference play. The Johnnies (13-8, 10-6 MIAC), meanwhile, took the court as the conference leader in shooting percentage in league play (.518) – sixth overall (.498) in NCAA Division III – and fifth from behind the arc (.360). SJU, however, finished at 41.9 percent (26-for-62) from the floor and a season-low 19.4 percent (6-for-31) from three-point.

Junior wing Ryan Thissen (Rosemount, Minn./Eastview) led SJU with 16 points and six rebounds, and added four assists. Senior post Mitchell Plombon (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral) was the other Johnnie in double figures with 12 points.

Bradley Cimperman led four Pipers in double digits with 30 points. HU shot only 30.4 percent (7-for-23) in the second half to finish at an even 50 percent (27-for-54) for the game.

The Johnnies travel to face first-place Carleton (18-3, 13-3 MIAC) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, in Northfield.