Fast start fuels St. Thomas men

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Senior Zach Riedeman had 15 points and eight rebounds in only 21 minutes and the No. 14-ranked Tommies ran their home-court win streak to 31 with Saturday's 92-59 defeat of St. Mary's at Schoenecker Arena.

The Tommies (18-3 overall, 15-1 MIAC) have won six in a row and stayed one game ahead of second-place St. Olaf. Those teams play Wednesday night in Northfield as the conference is down to its final four regular-season games.

UST used an early 15-0 run for a 19-4 lead. The Toms had 14 players score points. They shot 55 percent from the floor, and had only five turnovers.

Ronnie Ortiz had 14 points and Bakari Collins added 10, both off the bench, for the Cardinals.

Albertus Magnus (35), St. Thomas (31), Duke (29) and Florida (29) have the four longest current men's home win streaks in NCAA basketball.