Box Score
NORTHFIELD, Minn. – No. 12 Saint John's basketball scored 25 second-chance points off 17 offensive rebounds in a 90-74 win at Carleton – the Johnnies' 13th-straight victory – on Saturday, Feb. 1, in West Gymnasium.
SJU (17-2, 10-0 MIAC) out-rebounded Carleton (13-7, 6-5 MIAC) by a 49-26 margin overall and six Johnnies scored 10 points or more in the win.
The Johnnies broke a 29-29 stalemate with a 20-10 run over the final 6:14 of the first half, including a trio of three-pointers from senior guard
Zach Longueville (Eagan, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran) under the three-minute mark, for a 49-39 halftime lead. Longueville led the visitors with 15 points on a 5-for-8 showing from three-point in the first half, a stat line that held as he played only two minutes after the break due to foul trouble.
The Knights cut the deficit to six on three occasions in the second half, the last coming with 11:42 remaining. The visitors, however, answered the last with a 15-3 scoring advantage and led by as much as 20 (85-65) with 4:37 left.
Junior guard
Kyle Johnson (Prior Lake, Minn./DeLaSalle) led SJU with 17 points in 22 minutes off the bench. He sparked the late 15-3 run with six-straight points.
Senior post
Luke Budzyn (St. Paul, Minn./East Ridge) was next with 16 points and eight rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench. SJU totaled a 40-14 advantage in bench points.
Senior guard
Blake Berg (West Fargo, N.D./Sheyenne) registered 12 points, a career-high four blocks and two assists, while senior guard
Kooper Vaughn (St. Charles, Minn.) posted 11 points. The game was the first for Vaughn in two weeks due to injury.
Senior wing
Ryan Thissen (Rosemount, Minn./Eastview) was the sixth Johnnie in double digits with 10 points. He also collected eight rebounds and six assists.
Senior post
Connor Schwob (Waconia, Minn.) cleaned the glass with 14 rebounds, the most by a Johnnie since Nov. 22, 2022 (16 by Carson Schoeller '23 at Gustavus Adolphus), including 12 in the first half alone.
Luke Harris led all scorers with 26 points for Carleton, which finished at 39 percent (23-for-59) from the field, including an even 50 percent (7-for-14) from behind the arc.
The Johnnies end their four-game road stretch with a 7:30 p.m. contest at St. Scholastica on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Duluth.
