St. John's uses rebounding edge to pull off upset of Georgetown
WASHINGTON -- Amber Thompson grabbed 15 rebounds and St. John's (No. 25 ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 AP) used its advantage on the boards to beat Georgetown (No. 13 ESPN/USA Today, No. 12 AP) 54-45 Monday, in the regular-season finale for both teams.
The Red Storm (21-8, 13-3 Big East) outrebounded Georgetown 44-31, including 21-16 in the second half.
St. John's trailed 27-25 at halftime and held the Hoyas (22-7, 11-5) to just 6-of-30 shooting in the second half.
Georgetown led 36-32 with 9:25 remaining and turned it over twice, leading to four points during an 8-0 run by the Red Storm. Briana Brown connected on a pair of free throws to cap it with 7:08 to play.
St. John's scored 15 points off 16 turnovers and outscored the Hoyas 14-9 on second chances.
Da'Shena Stevens, Shenneika Smith and Brown scored 12 points each for the Red Storm, who won their eighth in a row.
Sugar Rodgers led Georgetown with 13 points.
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2020-2021 Big East Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
UConn | 7-0 | - | 8-0 |
DePaul | 5-1 | 1.5 | 8-3 |
Marquette | 4-1 | 2 | 7-2 |
Seton Hall | 4-2 | 2.5 | 6-3 |
Villanova | 3-2 | 3 | 8-2 |
Providence | 3-4 | 4 | 5-7 |
Creighton | 2-3 | 4 | 3-6 |
Xavier | 1-3 | 4.5 | 4-4 |
Georgetown | 1-3 | 4.5 | 1-3 |
St. John's | 1-5 | 5.5 | 4-7 |
Butler | 1-8 | 7 | 1-9 |