GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Saint John's 68, Georgetown 48
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Jayla Everett scored 20 points and No. 25 St. John's dominated the second quarter to roll to a 68-48 win over Georgetown, extending the best start in Red Storm history to 13-0.
Unique Drake made four of five 3-pointers and added 18 points for St. John's (4-0 Big East), which is now three-shy of its longest winning streak set in the 1983-84 season. Kadaja Bailey added 12 points and Jillian Archer had nine with 17 rebounds.
Kelsey Ransom scored 13 points for the Hoyas (8-6, 1-4).
The Red Storm, ranked in consecutive weeks for the first time since February of 2014, outscored the Hoyas 26-8 in the second quarter for a 40-17 halftime lead. St. John's hit 11 of 16 shots, including three 3-pointers and outrebounded Georgetown, 10-4. Archer and Bailey both had seven points.
The Hoyas scored the first basket of the game but Everett scored the next three, including a pair of 3-pointers, and the Red Storm pulled away.
Ahead 14-9 after one quarter, a Danielle Patterson's 3 capped a 7-0 run for a 21-11 lead. Following two Georgetown baskets, St. John's scored 14 straight, the first five from Archer.
St. John's, which has limited opponents to 53.8 points, hounded the Hoyas into 1 of 12 from 3-point range at 32% shooting overall (18 of 57). The Red Storm had 10 3s, four each from Drake and Everett.
December 31, 2022
| St. John's | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Archer | F | 34 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 5-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| R. Peeples | F | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| K. Bailey | G | 34 | 4-11 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 1-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Reid | G | 32 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Everett | G | 30 | 5-17 | 6-10 | 4-11 | 0-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| U. Drake | 22 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| D. Patterson | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| D. Cosgrove | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| J. Donald | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Owen | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Burton | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Gines | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 22-53 (.415) |
14-20 (.700) |
10-24 (.417) |
11-43 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 68 | |
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Claude | F | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Bennett | F | 12 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| K. Ransom | G | 36 | 5-18 | 3-5 | 0-4 | 2-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| K. Fauntleroy | G | 33 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| K. Moore | G | 27 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| B. Scott | 23 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| A. Jenkins | 16 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| K. Myricks | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| V. Rivera | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Y. Ott | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Lee | 7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| M. McConnell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 18-57 (.316) |
11-18 (.611) |
1-12 (.083) |
10-32 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 48 | |
Officials: Tiara Cruse, Jeffrey Smith, Bryan Brunette
Attendance: 323
