National Basketball Association
St. John's 79, Florida Gulf Coast 68
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 24, 2012
Where: Carnesecca Arena, Jamaica, New York
Officials:
# Ed Corbett, # Doug Shows, # Michael Stephens
Attendance:
4003
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St. John's 79, Florida Gulf Coast 68: D'Angelo Harrison had 20 points and Sir'Dominic Pointer added a career-high 15 off the bench as the Red Storm rallied past the visiting Eagles.
Pointer went 6-of-8 from the floor and had a career-high six assists, eight rebounds, two steals and three blocked shots.
Bernard Thompson led the Eagles (4-3) with 20 points and Sherwood Brown added 15.
Chase Fieler gave the Eagles a 45-44 lead with a 3-pointer with 14:48 left but Harrison had 10 points during a 18-5 run that gave the Red Storm (4-2) the lead for good.
St. John's trailed by as many as 13 in the first half before tying the game at 32 with a 10-3 run over the last 3:52 of the first half. Pointer had two baskets during the run and an assist on JaKarr Sampson's layup with eight seconds left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Freshman Chris Obekpa blocked four shots and has 27 of the Red Storm's 50 blocks. ... The Eagles fell to 1-3 all-time against the Big East Conference ... FGCU's Eric McKnight entered the game with 13 blocks, but had one Saturday.
Top Game Performances
Florida Gulf Coast |
|
St. John's |
Bernard Thompson 20 |
Scoring |
D'Angelo Harrison 20 |
Brett Comer 4 |
Assists |
Sir'Dominic Pointer 6 |
Chase Fieler 7 |
Rebounds |
Sir'Dominic Pointer 8 |
Eric McKnight 2 |
Free Throws Made |
D'Angelo Harrison 4 |
Sherwood Brown 3 |
Steals |
Sir'Dominic Pointer 2 |
Eric McKnight 1 |
Blocks |
Chris Obekpa 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Florida Gulf Coast
|
68 |
44.3 |
6-21 |
8-11 |
13 |
31 |
2 |
8 |
17 |
St. John's
|
79 |
55.0 |
3-10 |
10-16 |
17 |
31 |
9 |
7 |
15 |