National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. John's 59, Cincinnati 57
When: 12:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 13, 2011
Where: Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio
Officials: # Ed Corbett, # Ray Perrone, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 7374

St. John's hit just enough free throws down the stretch to survive a late flurry and earn a 59-57 victory at Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon.

The Red Storm (15-9, 7-5 Big East) led by 12 midway through the second half, before Cincinnati stormed back with a late 17-2 run to go ahead, 57-54, with 1:27 to go. St. John's regrouped with four straight points, however, and Rashad Bishop and Sean Kilpatrick both missed shots that would have put the Bearcats back in front in the final eight seconds.

Malik Boothe hit a pair of free throws with 42 seconds left to put St. John's ahead for good. Justin Brownlee hit 1 of 2 foul shots with 3.5 seconds left to put the Red Storm up two, and Kilpatrick missed a desperation heave for the Bearcats as time expired.

Cincinnati got more than half of its points from 3-point range but made only 11 of its 30 tries from beyond the arc. The Bearcats also hurt themselves at the foul line, hitting just 8 of 15 free throws.

Dwight Hardy and Brownlee scored 18 and 16 points, respectively, for St. John's. Kilpatrick led Cincinnati (19-6, 6-6) with 15 points.
Top Game Performances
 
St. John's   Cincinnati
Dwight Hardy 18 Scoring Sean Kilpatrick 15
Malik Boothe 4 Assists Rashad Bishop 4
Justin Brownlee 7 Rebounds Ibrahima Thomas 8
Malik Boothe 2 Free Throws Made Sean Kilpatrick 3
Paris Horne 2 Steals Justin Jackson 3
N/A Blocks Ibrahima Thomas 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
St. John's 59 50.0 4-10 9-12 13 26 0 7
Cincinnati 57 35.8 11-30 8-15 13 31 4 7