Box Score

WINONA, Minn. – No. 21 Saint John's shot 57.1 percent (16-for-28) in the second half, including an 8-for-17 performance (47.1 percent) from three-point, in a 75-61 win at Saint Mary's on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

The Johnnies (8-2, 3-0 MIAC), who were playing their third game in five days, opened the second half by making nine of their first 10 shots (10 of the first 12) with a 7-for-9 showing from behind the arc to build a 17-point lead (62-45).

The visitors finished at 51.7 percent (30-for-58) for the game and 38.2 percent (13-for-34) from three-point range.

Senior guard Kooper Vaughn (St. Charles, Minn.) led the Johnnies with 17 points on a 5-for-11 showing from behind the arc. He made his first four attempts in the second half and totaled five rebounds with two assists in 26 minutes played. The 17 points lifted Vaughn past Luke Witt '02 (1,093) and Kevin Buth '03 (1,099) into 28th on SJU's all-time scoring list with 1,102. He also has 230 career three-pointers, two behind Patrick Strom '18 in second in SJU history.

Senior post Luke Budzyn (St. Paul, Minn./East Ridge) was the other Johnnie in double figures with 10 points off the bench on a 5-for-5 showing from the field, including three dunks.

SJU trailed by two (29-27) with 1:04 left in the first half, but junior guard Kyle Johnson (Prior Lake, Minn./DeLaSalle) drained a pair of three-pointers in the final minute to give his team a four-point lead (33-29) at the break. The Johnnies made only 29.4 percent (5-for-17) of its three-point attempts in the game's first 20 minutes.

Jabari Sawyer led all scorers with 18 points for Saint Mary's (3-6, 0-2 MIAC), which was whistled for only five fouls in the game. He also registered five steals and four rebounds.

The Johnnies travel next week to Washington, D.C. for a pair of games on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 18-19. SJU faces Marymount (Va.) at 3 p.m. ET Wednesday and plays either the host - No. 24 Catholic – or Rowan (N.J.) at either 1 or 3 p.m. ET Thursday (depending on Wednesday's result).