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Freshman guard Peyton Podany (image courtesy of Trinity Sports Information)
89
Winner Saint John's Univ. SJU 13-10, 9-5 MIAC
81
Macalester College MAC 7-16, 2-12 MIAC
Winner
Saint John's Univ. SJU
13-10, 9-5 MIAC
89
Final
81
Macalester College MAC
7-16, 2-12 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint John's Univ. SJU 47 42 89
Macalester College MAC 35 46 81

Game Recap: Basketball | | Ryan Klinkner, SJU Director of Athletic Communications

Podany’s Career Night Powers SJU Past Macalester


Box Score

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Saint John's basketball led the entire game in an 89-81 win at Macalester on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

The Johnnies (13-10, 9-5 MIAC) scored the game's first nine points and finished at 51.8 percent (29-for-56) from the field, including 44.8 percent (13-for-29) from three-point range.

Freshman guard Peyton Podany (Anoka, Minn.) led SJU with a career-high 34 points on 12 of 18 shooting (4-for-7 from three-point) and fell one rebound shy of a double-double with nine. He also added three assists and three steals in 35 minutes of action.

The 34 points, Podany's sixth game over 20 this season, were the most by a Johnnie since Kooper Vaughn '25 scored 38 points on Feb. 3, 2024.

Sophomore guard Justin Johnson (Prior Lake, Minn./DeLaSalle) made his first collegiate start and followed with 19 points, thanks to four treys of his own (4-for-8), in 23 minutes.

Junior post Vincent Hillesheim (Minneapolis, Minn./Hopkins) totaled 10 points and, like Podany, fell one rebound shy of a double-double.

Freshman guard Hudson Hochstedler (Monticello, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville) was the fourth Johnnie in double figures with 11 points and three assists off the bench. Junior wing Jamison Lien (Prior Lake, Minn.) registered seven points and six boards.

Macalester (7-16, 2-12 MIAC) cut its deficit to five on four occasions, the last coming with 4:14 left. Podany answered by drilling a three-pointer, stole the ball on the defensive end and Lien scored a layup for a 10-point advantage.

The Johnnies led by 13 (86-73) with 44 seconds remaining in the game but the home team ended the contest with an 8-3 over the final 12 seconds.

The Scots' Noah Shannon – the MIAC's leading scorer at 21.2 points per game – matched Podany with 34 points, including 27 on 10 of 12 shooting (3-for-4 from three-point) in the second half. Mac went 17-for-30 (56.7 percent) from the field in the second half and scored 23 points off 13 SJU turnovers.

SJU visits Hamline (13-9, 5-8 MIAC) for a 3 p.m. contest on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Hutton Arena in St. Paul.


 
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