Ponds leads St. John's past DePaul 77-76 for 4th straight
CHICAGO (AP) Shamorie Ponds continued his remarkable run with 26 points and a career-high 10 assists and St. John's Red Storm continued its turnaround with a 77-76 win over DePaul Blue Demons on Wednesday night.
Marvin Clark II added a career-high 24 points for St.John's (14-13, 3-11 Big East), which has won four straight - beating Villanova and Duke - since ending an 11-game losing streak.
Ponds, who averaged 34.3 points while shooting 54.5 percent in the previous wins, was 10 of 18. He had a 3-pointer and a 3-point play before feeding Tariq Owens to complete a 10-2 run for a 75-71 lead 47 seconds left.
Marin Maric had a tip-in with 19.7 seconds remaining for the Blue Demons but Clark and Owens both made 1 of 2 free throws to offset a 3 at the buzzer.
Eli Cain had 19 points and 11 assists for DePaul (10-15, 3-10), which won 91-74 at St. John's.
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| Team Stats | ||
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| Points | 0 | 0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
| 3-Pointers | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
| Free Throws | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
| Total Rebounds | 0 | 0 |
| Offensive | 0 | 0 |
| Defensive | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | 0 |
| Assists | 0 | 0 |
| Steals | 0 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | 0 | 0 |
| Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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| Team Stats | |||
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| St. John's 14-13 | 73.1 PPG | 36.0 RPG | 12.8 APG |
| DePaul 10-15 | 71.9 PPG | 40.5 RPG | 15.0 APG |
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| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
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| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
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