National Basketball Association
San Francisco 81, St. John's 65
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Where: War Memorial Gymnasium, San Francisco, California
Officials:
# Tony Padilla, # Michael Reed, # Deron White
Attendance:
2200
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San Francisco 81, St. John’s 65: De’End Parker scored 21 points and Casey Doolin had 18 points and a career-high 14 assists as the Dons stunned the visiting Red Storm for their fifth straight victory.
Mark Tollefsen added 11 points and Tim Derksen scored 10 for San Francisco (5-1), which had a 15-point second-half lead trimmed to three before using a 15-3 spurt to re-establish control.
JaKarr Sampson scored a career-high 22 points and D’Angelo Harrison added 14 for St. John’s (6-3), who had a four-game winning streak halted.
The Red Storm trailed 52-37 four-plus minutes into the second half as the Dons opened the half by going 6-of-7 from the field during a 14-2 run. The Red Storm later scored 10 consecutive points to move within 54-49 on Sampson’s hoop with 12:22 remaining.
Another basket by Sampson cut San Francisco’s lead to 59-56 with 7:41 to play before Doolin scored six points during the late-game surge that gave the Dons a 74-60 lead with 2:21 left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Parker hit all three of his 3-point attempts and is shooting 75 percent (15-of-20) from behind the arc. … Harrison failed to reach 20 points for only the second time in nine games. … The Dons were 6-of-11 from 3-point range while taking a 38-35 halftime lead. San Francisco was 9-of-15 overall.
Top Game Performances
St. John's |
|
San Francisco |
Jakarr Sampson 22 |
Scoring |
De'End Parker 21 |
D'Angelo Harrison 3 |
Assists |
Cody Doolin 14 |
Amir Garrett 9 |
Rebounds |
Tim Derksen 8 |
Amir Garrett 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Cody Doolin 8 |
D'Angelo Harrison 1 |
Steals |
Cody Doolin 2 |
Chris Obekpa 3 |
Blocks |
Cody Doolin 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
St. John's
|
65 |
39.7 |
3-11 |
12-15 |
7 |
36 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
San Francisco
|
81 |
50.0 |
9-15 |
18-25 |
16 |
32 |
5 |
4 |
9 |