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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Indiana 76, St. John's 74
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Where: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
Officials: # Lamar Simpson, # James Breeding, # Paul Szelc
Attendance: 17222

Trayce Jackson-Davis finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season and Indiana held off a late St. John's comeback to beat the Red Storm 76-74 Wednesday in Bloomington, Ind.

After Xavier Johnson made 1-of-2 free throws with 8.4 seconds left to put Indiana up 76-74, St. John's had a chance to win the game. But forward Julian Champagnie was unable to get a turnaround 22-footer to fall over a double team as time expired.

Champagnie led all scorers with 32 points. Stef Smith added 16 points for the Red Storm (2-1) and Posh Alexander had 10 points, six rebounds and six assists.

Race Thompson added 15 points for Indiana (3-0), including a running shot in the lane that put the Hoosiers up 75-72 with under 30 seconds remaining.

St. John's rallied back from a 12-point halftime deficit to tie the score twice in the second half but was unable to take the lead. After Champagnie tied the score at 65 with a 3-pointer with 4:25 left, Indiana answered with a hook shot from Jackson-Davis and a transition basket from Thompson to go up 69-65 with 3:39 remaining.

Indiana freshman Tamar Bates scored 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting, helping Indiana build a 39-27 halftime lead. The Hoosiers scored 10 first-half points off nine St. John's turnovers.

After a Champagnie 3-pointer cut the Indiana lead to 20-14, the Hoosiers answered with a 7-0 run. St. John's starting guard Montez Mathis was ejected during the run on a Flagrant 2 call after he raked Indiana's Trey Galloway across the face on a transition layup. Miller Kopp made both technical free throws, and then Bates hit a jumper to put Indiana up 27-14.

Indiana took its biggest lead of the half, 39-25, on an inside basket by Jackson-Davis with a minute left in the half. Champagnie answered for St. John's with a driving layup to create a 12-point halftime deficit.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
St. John's   Indiana
Julian Champagnie 32 Scoring Trayce Jackson-Davis 18
Posh Alexander 6 Assists Trayce Jackson-Davis 4
Julian Champagnie 7 Rebounds Trayce Jackson-Davis 10
Stef Smith 5 Free Throws Made Trayce Jackson-Davis 4
Stef Smith 3 Steals Race Thompson 4
Joel Soriano 2 Blocks Miller Kopp 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
St. John's 74 43.1 9-27 15-19 17 34 5 7 15
Indiana 76 51.7 6-18 10-19 12 31 5 9 16