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A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (20-3, 13-1 MIAC) saw its win streak end at 16 games on Saturday (Feb. 15) with a 66-62 loss at Gustavus Adolphus. Gustavus out-rebounded SJU 29-25 (8-2 on the offensive glass) and out-scored the Johnnies 38-24 in the paint. The 62 points scored were a season low for SJU and the loss was the Johnnies' first to GAC since Feb. 17, 2016 (63-62 in St. Peter).

A layup from senior wing Ryan Thissen (Rosemount, Minn./Eastview) gave SJU its last lead of the game – 57-56 – with 3:21 to play, but SJU missed its last four field-goal attempts and went 5-for-7 at the free-throw line the rest of the way.

Evan Wieker converted on the other end for Gustavus and Spencer Swanson gave the home team a 60-57 lead with a turnaround jumper with 2:20 left. Junior guard Kyle Johnson (Prior Lake, Minn./DeLaSalle) cut it to 60-59 with a pair of free throws at the 2:07 mark, which is where the score stood until Jake Schmitt drained a three-pointer to give GAC a 63-59 advantage with 36 seconds remaining.

Senior guard Zach Longueville (Eagan, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran) made both of his free throws with 28 ticks on the clock and Schmitt went 1-for-2 at the line on the other end to give the Gusties a 64-61 lead.

Thissen's driving layup rolled off the rim on the ensuing possession and the tipped rebound found its way to Wieker for an easy, fast-break dunk. Longueville, who missed Wednesday's home game against Macalester due to illness, was fouled on a three-point attempt but made only one of the three free throws for the final margin.

Thissen led SJU with 16 points on 7-for-14 shooting, while Johnson totaled 12 points and led the Johnnies with five rebounds in 25 minutes off the bench. Longueville and senior guard Blake Berg (West Fargo, N.D./Sheyenne) tallied 11 points and four rebounds apiece.

SJU shot 44 percent (11-for-25) from the field in the first half, but just 2-for-12 (16.7 percent) from behind the arc and led 31-29 at the break thanks to a disparity in made free throws. The Johnnies went a perfect 7-for-7 at the charity stripe to the Gusties' 2-for-8 showing.

Wyatt Olson led all scorers with 20 points and completed the double-double with 11 rebounds for GAC. The Gusties shot 54.5 percent (12-for-22) in the second half and finished at 47.2 percent (25-for-53) for the game, but went 13-for-25 (52 percent) at the free-throw line.

NATIONAL STATS: SJU is currently (through games of Feb. 17) fifth in NCAA Division III in both fewest turnovers per game (9.2) and free-throw percentage (.785), sixth in assist/turnover ratio (+1.63), eighth in both shooting percentage (.487) and three-point defense (.276), 12th in scoring margin (+15.2 ppg.), 18th in scoring defense (63.7 ppg.) and 20th in three-point shooting (.378). Individually, Longueville is 13th in assist/turnover ratio (2.81).

EIGHT TREYS AWAY: Vaughn is eight three-pointers from the program record of 266 owned by David Stokman '19 and 18th on SJU's all-time scoring list with 1,216 career points, one behind Tom Grudnowski '72 in 17th (1,217).

NEW POLLS: SJU fell to No. 12 in Monday's (Feb. 17) D3hoops.com Top 25 poll and to No. 28 in the third NCAA National Power Index (NPI) for Division III men's basketball. Four teams from NCAA's Region 9 were ranked in D3hoops.com's top 25: Wisconsin-Platteville (No. 3), Wisconsin-La Crosse (No. 5), SJU (No. 12) and Gustavus Adolphus (No. 21).

STAT COMPARISONS: The Johnnies currently lead the MIAC in five of the nine major statistical categories in conference play and are second in the other four.

Scoring Offense
2. SJU, 81.2 ppg. (78.9 overall)
4. AUG, 73.6 ppg. (73.7 overall)

Scoring Defense
2. SJU, 65.1 ppg. (63.7 overall)
9. AUG, 76.4 ppg. (78.0 overall)

Shooting Percentage – Offense
2. SJU, 51.5 percent (48.7 percent overall)
4. AUG, 46.9 percent (45.5 percent overall)

Shooting Percentage – Defense
1. SJU, 40.7 percent (39.4 percent overall)
8. AUG, 47.7 percent (46.5 percent overall)

Three-Point Percentage – Offense
1. SJU, 39.3 percent/123-313 (37.8 percent/204-539 overall)
6. AUG, 35.9 percent/109-304 (32.6 percent/165-506 overall)

Three-Point Percentage – Defense
1. SJU, 29.4 percent/83-282 (27.6 percent/126-456 overall)
7. AUG, 36.0 percent/102-283 (34.4 percent/165-479 overall)

Free-Throw Percentage
1. SJU, 76.2 percent/154-202 (78.5 percent/256-326 overall)
11. AUG, 62.2 percent/140-225 (65.3 percent/262-401 overall)

Rebounding
2. SJU, 37.4 rpg. (37.5 overall)
9. AUG, 32.1 rpg. (34.0 overall)

Fewest Turnovers
1. SJU, 9.4 tpg. (9.2 overall)
8. AUG, 11.7 tpg. (12.5 overall)

A LOOK AT THE AUGGIES: Augsburg (11-12, 7-7 MIAC) moved its win streak to two games with a 31-point victory – 95-64 – last Wednesday (Feb. 12) at Saint Mary's. The Auggies shot 60.6 percent (20-for-33) from the field in the first half for a 50-25 lead and finished at an even 50 percent – 16-for-32 – from three-point land. Senior (6-foot-5) guard Andy Stafford led the way with 28 points and 10 rebounds, while senior (6-foot-4) guard Will Blascziek poured in 20 points. The duo combined to go 11-for-20 from three-point (17-for-27 overall). Stafford leads the team in scoring (16.8 ppg.), rebounding (5.6 rpg.) minutes (30.9). Blascziek and sophomore (6-foot-2) guard Elias Batala are next in scoring at 11.5 points per game.

LAST MONTH: SJU earned a 78-69 road win at Augsburg back on Jan. 22 in Minneapolis. The Johnnies scored the game's first 12 points and led 23-8 before the Auggies went on a 15-2 run to cut their deficit to two (25-23) with 8:58 left before the break. SJU, however, closed the first half with a 24-8 run for a 49-31 halftime lead. The visitors shot 64.3 percent (18-for-28) from the field, including 6-for-11 (54.5 percent) from three-point range, in the first 20 minutes.

SJU led by as much as 19 (61-42) with 13:17 to play and by 16 (70-54) with 8:13 left, but did not score until Thissen made a jumper with 53 seconds on the clock. Augsburg, meanwhile, cut the Johnnies' lead to as little as seven but SJU went 6-for-7 at the free-throw line the rest of the way to seal the win.

Thissen tied a season high with 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his second-consecutive double-double. Johnson made his first collegiate start in place of Vaughn, who missed the game due to injury, and made a career-high five three-pointers (5-for-10) with 19 points.

Senior post Luke Budzyn (St. Paul, Minn./East Ridge) added 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks off the bench for SJU, which shot 34.6 percent (9-for-26) in the second half to finish at an even 50 percent (27-for-54) for the game.

Blascziek led the Auggies with 18 points. The home team shot 38.2 percent (26-for-68) from the field and 25.9 percent (7-for-27) from behind the arc.

SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 70-60 against the Auggies since 1964-65, including a 34-15 record in Collegeville. SJU has won 19 of the last 23 meetings overall and 10 of the last 12 in Sexton Arena.