Nov 26, 2002
Final Stats
NEW YORK (AP) - Marcus Hatten came off the bench to score 19 points after he
was kept out of the starting lineup for reporting late for a pregame meeting as
St. John's struggled to a 68-57 season-opening victory over Stony Brook on
Tuesday night.
Anthony Glover added 12 points, Eric King 11 and freshman Elijah Ingram 10
for the Red Storm, who led 31-29 at halftime.
JonPaul Kobryn scored 17 points for the Seawolves (1-1), and Bobby Santiago
had 13.
Mike Konopka scored seven of his eight points as the Seawolves jumped out to
a 7-2 lead at 16:34. St. John's then went on an 11-4 run, behind King's seven
points, to take its first lead, 13-11 at 12:44.
A tightly contested first half ended when Hatten hit a jumper with 4 seconds
left to give the Red Storm a 31-29 lead.
St. John's opened the second half with eight unanswered points, including
six by Glover, to take a 39-29 advantage at 17:18. Andre Stanley's jumper at
6:02 gave the Red Storm their biggest lead at 57-43.
The Seawolves went on a 10-2 run, led by Jairus McCollum's four points, to
get as close as 59-53 with 2:17 remaining. But Ingram hit a 3 and Hatten dunked
to make it 64-53 with 1:30 left.
