PISCATAWAY, NJ - Junior guard Quincy Douby poured in a game-high 23 points, including a go-ahead three-pointer with 59 seconds left, but St. John’s scored the game’s final four points and made two clutch free throws to claim a 54-51 victory over Rutgers on Wednesday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
Douby hit a deep three-pointer with just under a minute left that gave Rutgers (14-11, 4-8) a 51-50 lead, but the Red Storm (11-12, 4-8) responded when Aaron Spears connected on a jumper from the right baseline, eight feet out. The Scarlet Knights ran the clock down to six seconds on the next possession, but a jumper by Anthony Farmer went out of bounds and the Red Storm were awarded the ball.
Thanks to a stellar defensive effort, RU forced a five-second violation to take back possession, but Douby had a potential game-winning three-pointer glance off the front of the rim with four seconds left, and Lamont Hamilton made two free throws to provide the final margin.
In a classic BIG EAST defensive battle, neither team was able to gain a consistent offensive flow. Rutgers shot 18-of-53 (.340) from the floor, but was able to hold St. John’s to just nine field goals in the second half. The game featured six ties and 11 lead changes, as neither club led by eight points the entire way.
Spears gave SJU a 42-34 lead at the 9:14 mark of the second half, but a consecutive old fashioned three-point play by Douby cut the deficit to 42-40 one minute later. Douby’s three-pointer with just under a minute to play in regulation was Rutgers’ first lead of the second half.
Junior swingman Marquis Webb finished with 12 points on five-of-nine shooting and played his usual brand of suffocating defense, holding Eugene Lawrence to six points. Rutgers turned the ball over just seven times, keyed by point guard Anthony Farmer, who played 34 minutes and committed just one turnover, despite being limited by the effects of a bruised right shoulder.
The key to the victory for St. John’s was an effective low post game. Lamont Hamilton, a 6-11 forward, had 19 points and 14 rebounds while the 6-10 Spears added 10 points as the only St. John’s players to score in double figures.
POSTGAME NOTES
DOUBY TOPS 20-POINT MARK'? AGAIN
Junior All-American candidate and the BIG EAST's leading scorer (24.3 ppg) Quincy Douby scored 23 points on Wednesday night against the Red Storm. He has scored 20 or more points in 18 of RU's last 21 games, and has scored in double figures in 30 consecutive games dating back to last season.?? In addition, Douby has led the Scarlet Knights in scoring in 23 straight games, and 24 of 25 games overall. He owns 30 career 20-point games.
DOUBY ENTERS TOP 12 IN ALL-TIME SCORING
With his 23-point performance, junior guard Quincy Douby moved into a tie with Kelvin Troy (1977-1981) for 12th place on Rutgers' all-time scoring list. Douby currently has 1,458 career points.
In addition, Douby has the 12th-best single season scoring mark in Rutgers history with 607 total points during the 2005-06 campaign.
WEBB POSTS DOUBLE FIGURES
Junior guard Marquis Webb, a BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year candidate, has been coming on, on the offensive end as well. Webb has scored in double-digits in nine of the last 11 games. He is currently averaging 10.0 points in 12 BIG EAST games this season.
DOUBY 18TH ON ALL-TIME BLOCKED SHOTS LIST
Junior guard Quincy Douby moved into sole possession of 18th place on the Rutgers career blocked shots list with 56 career blocks. Douby was previously tied with teammate Adrian Hill.
DOUBY CLIMBS SINGLE-SEASON THREE-POINT CHARTS
Junior guard Quincy Douby is tied for fourth place on the single-season three point field goals made list and claimed sole possession of fourth place on the single-season three point field goal attempted list. Douby tied Tom Savage (1988-89) with 81 made three-pointers and passed Ricky Shield's (2004-05) fourth place mark with 214 three point field goals attempted with his effort vs. St. John's.
SCARLET KNIGHTS RECORD SEASON-LOW TURNOVERS
In Wednesday night's contest against St. John's, the Scarlet Knights committed just seven turnovers, their lowest turnover mark of the season. Rutgers' previous season-low was nine, which it recorded on four separate occasions.
Official Basketball Box Score
St. John's vs Rutgers
02/15/06 7:30 p.m. at Louis Brown Athletic Ctr; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: St. John's 11-12, 4-8
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 MASON, Anthony...... f 1-5 0-1 2-2 1 5 6 2 4 0 2 1 0 33
34 HAMILTON, Lamont.... f 7-15 1-3 4-5 2 12 14 3 19 1 1 0 1 31
40 SPEARS, Aaron....... c 4-7 0-0 2-2 3 5 8 2 10 1 3 2 0 27
04 LAWRENCE, Eugene.... g 2-6 1-3 1-2 0 3 3 2 6 9 5 0 0 33
11 JACKSON, Cedric..... g 3-6 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 3 9 1 1 0 0 34
10 JASIULIONIS, Tomas.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
15 MISSERE, Phil....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 14
22 TORRES, Ricky....... 3-7 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 6 0 1 1 0 18
23 WILLIAMS, Ryan...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
TEAM................ 2 3 5 2
Totals.............. 20-47 3-10 11-13 10 32 42 15 54 12 16 4 2 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-24 45.8% 2nd Half: 9-23 39.1% Game: 42.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 30.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-3 100 % 2nd Half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 84.6% 1
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 14-11, 4-8
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 JOYNES, Byron....... f 1-3 0-0 1-2 5 2 7 3 3 2 1 1 0 37
40 BAILEY, Ollie....... f 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 28
01 WEBB, Marquis....... g 5-9 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 12 2 0 0 1 39
02 FARMER, Anthony..... g 1-9 1-3 3-6 1 2 3 0 6 4 1 1 0 34
05 DOUBY, Quincy....... g 8-23 3-12 4-4 0 3 3 0 23 2 1 1 2 37
30 GRIFFIN, Jaron...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 8
33 KEATING, Shayle..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
44 INGLIS, Jimmie...... 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 3 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 12
45 WATERSTRADT, Dan.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
TEAM................ 1 1 2 2
Totals.............. 18-53 6-19 9-15 7 18 25 15 51 12 7 4 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-27 33.3% 2nd Half: 9-26 34.6% Game: 34.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 31.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 60.0% 2
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Officials: Jim Burr, Joe Lindsay, Earl Walton
Technical fouls: St. John's-None. Rutgers-None.
Attendance: 6864
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
St. John's.................... 27 27 - 54
Rutgers....................... 25 26 - 51
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Points in the paint-SJU 28,RUTGERS 16. Points off turnovers-SJU 6,RUTGERS 17.
2nd chance points-SJU 4,RUTGERS 4. Fast break points-SJU 4,RUTGERS 0.
Bench points-SJU 6,RUTGERS 5. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-11 times.
Last FG-SJU 2nd-00:38, RUTGERS 2nd-00:59.
Largest lead-SJU by 8 2nd-09:14, RUTGERS by 3 1st-03:44.
