Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – No. 14 Saint John's basketball cruised to its 10th-straight win, 97-68 over St. Scholastica, on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 18) in Sexton Arena.

The Johnnies (14-2, 7-0 MIAC) shot 66.7 percent (18-for-27) in the first half, including a 5-for-10 performance from behind the arc, for a 49-33 halftime lead. 

SJU out-scored St. Scholastica (6-10, 2-5 MIAC) 65-15 in bench points and 12 different Johnnies scored a basket or more. The home team led by as much as 34 (93-59) with 3:40 to play.

Junior guard Kyle Johnson (Prior Lake, Minn./DeLaSalle) led five Johnnies in double figures with 18 points off the bench. He finished 7-for-14 from the floor (4-for-8 from three-point) to go along with four assists and two steals.

Senior guard Luke Healy (Hudson, Wis.) and senior wing Griffin Rushin (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd) followed with 14 points apiece. Healy led SJU with 25:23 played and chipped in four rebounds and three assists with a perfect 6-for-6 showing at the free-throw line. Rushin, meanwhile, totaled two thunderous dunks, four boards, two assists, one block, one steal and finished 6-for-8 from the field.

Senior wing Ryan Thissen (Rosemount, Minn./Eastview) posted SJU's first double-double of the season, and third of his career, with 13 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes of action. Thissen went 3-for-4 from three-point land and added two assists and two steals. The double-double was Thissen's first since Nov. 16, 2022 (15 points and 11 rebounds vs. Buena Vista, Iowa).

Senior post Luke Budzyn (St. Paul, Minn./East Ridge) was the fifth Johnnie in double digits with 10 points.

Koy Nelson led all scorers with 30 points in 31:31 of play for CSS, which shot 42.9 percent (12-for-28) in each half. 

The Johnnies out-scored the Saints 14-5 off turnovers and 13-2 in second-chance points.

SJU begins a four-game road stretch with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off at Augsburg (8-8, 4-3 MIAC) on Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Minneapolis.