Box Score
WINONA, Minn. – Saint John's extended its win streak to five games with an 84-59 victory at Saint Mary's on Wednesday, Jan. 17.
SJU (13-3, 11-0 MIAC) led 25-21 with 6:18 left in the first half and proceeded to make five of its final eight shots, including an alley-oop dunk by junior post
Luke Budzyn (St. Paul, Minn./East Ridge) with two seconds left, to close on a 15-5 run for a 40-26 halftime lead. The Johnnies shot 60 percent (15-for-25) from the field, including 50 percent (6-for-12) from three-point, in the game's first 20 minutes.
The shooting percentages cooled for both teams, but SJU made six more treys and went 12-for-13 at the free-throw line in the second half.
Senior wing
Ryan Thissen (Rosemount, Minn./Thissen) led four Johnnies in double figures with 18 points, which enabled him to pass Joe Deignan '95 (1,113), Matt Ohme '07 (1,121) and John Eisenschenk '81 (1,129) into 23rd on SJU's all-time scoring list with 1,130 in his career.
Junior guard
Kooper Vaughn (St. Charles, Minn.) followed with 14 points, 12 of which came on a 4-for-5 performance from long range in the second half. The four treys pushed Vaughn past Deignan (172) into fourth in SJU history with 175 in his career.
Sophomore guard
Kyle Johnson (Prior Lake, Minn./DeLaSalle) totaled 12 points, all in the first half on a 4-for-6 showing from behind the arc, and senior post
Connor Schwob (Waconia, Minn.) recorded his first collegiate double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in 17 minutes of play.
The Johnnies finished at 52.8 percent (28-for-53) for the game, including 48 percent (12-for-25) from three-point, and 16-for-19 from the charity stripe.
Cameron Mallory led all scorers with 19 points (8-for-16 shooting) for Saint Mary's (3-13, 2-9 MIAC) and Bruce Lockwood posted a double-double of 14 points (6-for-12) and 12 rebounds, including six on the offensive glass. The rest of the team shot 29.3 percent (12-for-41) from the floor. The home team scored 13 second-chance points on 10 offensive boards.
The Johnnies continue play away from Collegeville with a 3 p.m. game at second-place Hamline (10-6, 8-3 MIAC) on Saturday, Jan. 20, in St. Paul.
