St John's vs. Louisville: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

St John's 58

(15-10, 4-6 away)

(12) Louisville 72

(20-5, 12-1 home)

Venue: KFC Yum! Center

9:00PM ET / 6:00PM PT, February 14, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
St John's	23	35	58
Louisville	32	40	72

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
St John's	P Greene IV 21	C Obekpa 12	P Greene IV 3
Louisville	R Smith 24	G Dieng 17	P Siva 6

On Thursday, Feb. 14, St. John's took a home loss to No. 12 Louisville 72-58 in conference play. The Red Storm now have a record of 2-4 versus AP-Ranked teams this season. The Red Storm got a team-high 21 points and three rebounds from Phil Greene IV. D`Angelo Harrison had 18 points and added three assists. Russ Smith finished with a game-high 24 points and six rebounds (4 Ast 3 Stl) for the Cardinals. The next game will be on Wednesday, Feb. 20 when St. John's (15-10, 7-6 Big East) hosts South Florida (10-14, 1-11 Big East).

St. John's Game Notes

SJU beat the spread by three points. That makes the 8th time this season the Red Storm have beaten the spread.
Prior to this game, SJU played 49 Top 25 opponents in the last five seasons with a record of 10-39.
When the opposition records 23 or more free throws made this season, St. John's has lost 100 percent of the time (0-3).
When the opposition records 72 or more total points this season, St. John's has lost 78 percent of the time (2-7).
St. John's has been outshot by their opponents in free throw percentage for the past five games.
Phil Greene IV accounted for 36.2 percent of the team's points.
Chris Obekpa accounted for 32.4 percent of the team's rebounds.
Chris Obekpa has led the team in rebounding in seven out of 25 games this season.
This marks the third 20-point game of Phil Greene IV's career.
Phil Greene IV has six straight double-digit point games.
Phil Greene IV had a career high with three three-pointers.
D`Angelo Harrison has three straight double-digit point games.
This was the second foul out of the season for D`Angelo Harrison.
Chris Obekpa recorded the fourth double-digit rebound game of his career.

Louisville Game Notes

Gorgui Dieng recorded a team season high in defensive rebounds with 13.
Russ Smith accounted for 33.3 percent of the team's points.
Gorgui Dieng accounted for 37.7 percent of the team's rebounds.
Russ Smith has led the team in scoring 15 times in 25 games this season.
Gorgui Dieng has led the team in rebounding 13 times in 25 games this season.
Gorgui Dieng recorded the 28th double-digit rebound game of his career.
Gorgui Dieng recorded a double-double. It was his seventh this season and 19th of his career.
Gorgui Dieng set career highs with 17 rebounds and 13 defensive rebounds.
This marks the 17th 20-point game of Russ Smith's career.
Russ Smith has six straight double-digit point games.

SJU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Phil Greene IV	36	21	3	3	0	1	1
B+	D. Harrison	34	18	2	3	0	0	0
B	JaKarr Sampson	35	8	9	2	1	1	4
C+	M. Bourgault	22	6	3	0	2	1	2
C	Amir Garrett	12	3	2	0	0	0	0
C	Chris Obekpa	29	0	12	0	0	3	3
C	S. Pointer	32	2	6	2	2	1	4

Lville Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Russ Smith	29	24	6	4	3	0	0
A	Gorgui Dieng	37	10	17	0	1	2	2
A	Peyton Siva	36	12	4	6	2	1	2
B+	Chane Behanan	27	10	8	1	1	0	1
C	W. Blackshear	19	6	1	0	0	0	0
C	Luke Hancock	21	5	3	0	1	0	2
C-	M. Harrell	13	3	2	0	0	0	1
D+	Kevin Ware	14	2	1	0	0	0	0
-	S. Van Treese	3	0	1	0	0	0	0