No. 14 West Virginia 68, St. John's 44
1/19/2008 5:09 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) - Olayinka Sanni scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to help No. 14 West Virginia beat St. John's 68-44 on Saturday.
LaQuita Owens added 15 points and six rebounds for the Mountaineers (14-3, 4-1 Big East).
Joy McCorvey scored 10 points to lead St. John's (10-7, 1-3). Kia Wright, Sky Lindsay and Monique McLean combined to go 4-for-28 (14.3 percent) from the field.
Leading 44-38 with 15:04 left in the second half, West Virginia went on a 24-6 run to close out the game. The Mountaineers turned up their defense, holding St. John's without a field goal for over 8 minutes. McLean finally broke the drought with a layup at 6:58. By that point, the Red Storm were down 53-40. Meg Bulger answered with a 3-pointer to put the game away.
West Virginia led 32-24 with 2:34 left in the first half before St. John's went on an 8-3 run. Tiina Sten started the spurt with back-to-back layups.
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