Connecticut vs. St John's: Recap and Stats

Connecticut 65

(15-6, 3-3 away)

St John's 71

(15-8, 11-4 home)

Venue: Madison Square Garden

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, February 06, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Connecticut	20	45	65
St John's	31	40	71

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Connecticut	O Calhoun 21	N Giffey 10	R Boatright 5
St John's	J Sampson 18	D Harrison 7	P Greene IV 6

St. John's beat Connecticut 71-65 in Big East action on Wednesday, February 6th. JaKarr Sampson paced the Red Storm and got a team-high 18 points and six rebounds. Chris Obekpa had six points and added four rebounds. Omar Calhoun finished with a game-high 21 points (5 Reb 3 Ast) for the Huskies, making 5 of 12 from three-point range. St. John's (15-8, 7-4 Big East) gets ninth-ranked Syracuse (19-3, 7-2 Big East) on the road on Sunday, February 10th.

St. John's Game Notes

SJU beat the spread by 8 points. That makes the 7th time this season the Red Storm have beaten the spread.
The Red Storm have won every game this season (4-0) after recording 43 or more rebounds.
St. John's has won 80% of the time this season (8-2) after committing 9 or fewer turnovers.
SJU has won every game this season (5-0) when opponents record 20 or fewer field goals made.
This season St. John's has won 75% of the time (9-3) when Phil Greene IV has 10 points or more, 86% of the time (6-1) when JaKarr Sampson plays 36 minutes or more, and 73% of the time (8-3) when D`Angelo Harrison has 4 free throws made or more.
The Red Storm set a season high for free throws made (24).
The last time SJU recorded at least 24 free throws made was Feb 20, 2012 against DePaul.
The top two scorers (JaKarr Sampson and Marc-Antoine Bourgault) accounted for 40.8% of the points.
JaKarr Sampson has led the team in scoring in 8 out of 23 games this season.
D`Angelo Harrison has led the team in rebounding in 4 out of 23 games this season.
Phil Greene IV has 4 straight double-digit point games.
JaKarr Sampson has 10 straight double-digit point games.
This was the 3rd foul out of the season for JaKarr Sampson.
This was the 2nd foul out of the season for Chris Obekpa.

Connecticut Game Notes

Omar Calhoun recorded a team season high in three pointers attempted with 12.
Omar Calhoun accounted for 32.3% of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Niels Giffey and DeAndre Daniels) accounted for 41.4% of the rebounds.
Omar Calhoun has led the team in scoring 4 times in 21 games this season.
Niels Giffey has led the team in rebounding 4 times in 21 games this season.
This marks the 3rd 20-point game of Omar Calhoun's career.
Shabazz Napier has 4 straight double-digit point games.
Niels Giffey recorded the 1st double-digit rebound game of his career.
Niels Giffey set a career high with 10 rebounds.

UCONN Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Omar Calhoun	38	21	5	3	0	0	1
A	Niels Giffey	30	9	10	1	2	0	0
B+	Shabazz Napier	34	14	2	5	2	0	2
B+	DeAndre Daniels	23	12	7	0	0	1	0
B	Enosch Wolf	13	2	5	1	0	2	1
C+	R.J. Evans	12	2	2	1	2	0	0
C+	Ryan Boatright	31	5	2	5	2	0	2
D	Tyler Olander	19	0	3	0	0	1	1

SJU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	JaKarr Sampson	36	18	6	2	1	1	2
A	Chris Obekpa	13	6	4	0	0	2	0
A	Phil Greene IV	36	10	5	6	0	0	1
B	Amir Garrett	9	6	4	0	0	0	1
B	D. Harrison	29	11	7	3	0	0	2
B	M. Bourgault	30	11	4	0	0	0	0
B	S. Pointer	31	5	5	4	1	2	3
C	Felix Balamou	11	2	3	1	0	0	0
-	Christian Jones	5	2	0	0	0	0	0