Box Score

Freshman guard Jordair Jett tallied 13 points and a pair of steals to lead St. Louis to a 71-49 win over Northeastern in men's basketball action on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Cancun Governor's Cup at the Poliforum Juarez in Cancun, Mexico. Rookie guard Alex Harris led the Huskies with 11 points.

Senior forward Vinny Lima matched a career high with six rebounds and sophomore guard Joel Smith dished a career-high four assists for the Huskies (2-6).

Jett led a balanced scoring effort for the Billikens (5-5), who had four players score in double figures. Junior guard Paul Eckerle notched 11 points and forwards Brian Conklin and Dwayne Evans chipped in 10 points each. Sophomore forward Cody Ellis pulled down six boards and freshman guard Mike McCall had four assists. Conklin blocked two shots.

Evans opened the scoring with a pair of free throws for the Billikens before senior guard Chaisson Allen answered with a jumper from the elbow on the next possession for Northeastern. Sophomore guard Jonathan Lee hit a pair of free throws to give the Huskies their first lead of the game. Jett leveled the score again with a jumper for St. Louis. Each squad traded buckets to make the score 6-6 with rookie Ryan Pierson hitting a jumper for Northeastern and Conklin responding for the Billikens.

McCall hit a jumper to put St. Louis up 8-6 with 12:10 to go in the first half, kicking off a spurt of five unanswered points for the Billikens.

The Huskies came back to tie the game with their own 5-0 run. Smith dished to Pierson for a jumper and on the next possession, Smith knocked down a three to even the score at 15-15 with 5:56 left in the first half, but St. Louis followed with a 7-0 run to regain the lead.

Smith hit a pair of free throws before the half to cut the Billikens' lead to 22-17 at the break and the Huskies never recovered in the second and were unable to get back within five.

After both sides shot 33.3 percent from the field in the first half, the Billikens were on fire in the second, shooting 19-of-29 (65.5 percent) from the field to the Huskies' 11-of-29 (37.9 percent). A stingy St. Louis defense forced 17 Northeastern turnovers and scored 25 points off turnovers and the Billikens held a 29-28 edge in rebounding.

The Huskies continue in the Cancun Governor's Cup on Thursday, facing the loser of the quarterfinal matchup between East Tennessee State and Southern Mississippi at noon (ET) in Cancun, Mexico.