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Chandler Piggé at St. John's
Dylan Goodman
64
Harvard HU 2-6,0-0 Ivy League
77
Winner St. John's (NY) SJU 6-2,0-0 Big East
Harvard HU
2-6,0-0 Ivy League
64
Final
77
St. John's (NY) SJU
6-2,0-0 Big East
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Harvard HU 28 36 64
St. John's (NY) SJU 40 37 77

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men’s Basketball Battles St. John’s before Falling, 77-64

QUEENS, N.Y. – Junior guard Chandler Piggé tallied a team-high 15 points, seven rebounds, and career and game-high five assists as Harvard Men's Basketball battled St. John's University before falling, 77-64, on Saturday evening at Carnesecca Arena.
 
The Crimson (2-6) pulled within eight points on multiple occasions inside of the game's final 10 minutes, but the Red Storm (6-2) held on for the decision after the hosts built a 40-28 lead at halftime and extended the margin to as many as 18 points early in the second half.
 
Piggé netted his 15 points on 5-of-10 field goals, 2-of-4 3-pointers, and 3-of-4 free throws to lead four Crimson in double figures. Senior guard Evan Nelson (11 points, three assists, three rebounds), senior guard Louis Lesmond (11 points, four rebounds), and first-year guard Robert Hinton (11 points, three rebounds) joined Piggé in double figures. Sophomore forward Thomas Batties II grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.

Harvard Highlights

  • Junior guard Chandler Piggé tallied a team-high 15 points, seven rebounds, and a career and game-high five assists, while hitting 5-of-10 shots from the field, 2-of-4 3-pointers, and 3-of-4 free throws. He scored in double figures for the sixth time this season and led the Crimson in scoring for the third time this year. Piggé paced Harvard in assists for the third time on the year.
  • Senior guard Evan Nelson posted 11 points, three assists, and three rebounds. He scored in double figures for the third time this year and 14th time in his career.
  • Senior guard Louis Lesmond notched 11 points and four rebounds. He scored in double figures for the first time this year and 23rd time in his career.
  • First-year guard Robert Hinton netted 11 points with three rebounds. He finished in double figures for the fifth time this year.
  • Sophomore forward Thomas Batties II grabbed a team-high nine rebounds with five points. He led the Crimson in rebounding for the second time this season.
  • First-year guard Tey Barbour added six points on 2-of-4 shooting from 3-point distance.
  • Harvard held a 20-16 advantage in fastbreak points. 
Gallery: (11-30-2024) Men's Basketball at St. John's
 

How It Happened

  • After St. John's opened the game with a 9-0 lead, Harvard scored the game's next six points, including four points from Nelson, to pull within 9-6 at the 15:04 mark of the first half.
  • Following a 15-2 run that gave the Red Storm a 24-8 edge with 7:44 left in the first half, the Crimson used a 9-2 spurt to trim the margin to 26-17 with 5:05 left in the opening stanza. A 3-pointer from Barbour and back-to-back baskets from Piggé highlighted the run.
  • Harvard whittled the difference to seven points at 33-26 with 1:33 to go until halftime behind another 3-pointer from Barbour and four more points from Piggé before St. John's took a 40-28 lead into the locker room.
  • After the Red Storm pushed its lead to 46-28 – its largest of the night – Harvard countered with a 14-6 stretch to pull within 52-42 with 11:26 to play. First-year guard Xavier Nesbitt, Piggé, and Lesmond all hit 3-pointers during the streak.
  • An 8-2 stretch from Harvard that included a 3-pointer from Nelson and 3-point play from Hinton allowed the Crimson to cut the deficit to 58-50 with 8:04 remaining.
  • An old-fashioned 3-point play from Lesmond kept the score at 69-60 with 3:13 left before the Red Storm held on for the decision.

Postgame Quotes

"We were just out-manned on the backboard. They have great length and size. That's been an Achilles heel for our team this season. They took it to us to a certain degree. I thought we held up for a good number of minutes for the game, but there were critical moments where they were able to get it off the backboard against us. We've got to figure out how to do a better job there." – Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg '71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's Basketball
 
"I'm proud of the fight that our team came here with. We kept it within striking distance, but they are a very talented team. Coach Pitino is going to have those guys in the middle of a lot of things this basketball season down the road." – Tommy Amaker

Next Up

Harvard plays at Holy Cross on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+) and at New Hampshire on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+).

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