ST. LOUIS - Gibson Jimerson scored a game-high 28 points as Saint Louis (18-9, 10-4) shot 59 percent in snapping Duquesne's (18-9, 8-6) four-game win streak with a 90-85 victory at Chaifetz Arena on Saturday night.

Dae Dae Grant led five Dukes in double figures with 22 points. St. Louis native Joe Reece had 15 and Tevin Brewer and Jimmy Clark III scored 12 points each for DU. R.J. Gunn added 11 for the Dukes who shot 45 percent.

Saint Louis outscored Duquesne 70-20 in the paint, while the Dukes outscored the Billikens 45-3 from 3-point.

Duquesne cut a 14-point SLU lead to three, three times in the last 2:32, but couldn't close the gap.

Duquesne, which went 15-of-29 from 3-point for the game, hit its first seven 3-point attempts in building a lead that reached 15 points, before SLU stormed back to cut the advantage to 41-39 at the half.

Grant went 4-of-4 from the arc in scoring 14 points in the opening 20 minutes.

Saint Louis took its first lead since 14-13 on a Yuri Collins layup that made it 47-45 with just over 17 minutes left.

The Dukes, who hit one of their first seven shots out of the break, stayed in it through Reece who hit 5-of-6 free throws in the first five minutes.

SLU led by as many as five before Brewer tied it at 52-52 on a 3-pointer.

Jimerson hit Saint Louis's lone 3-pointer to give the Billikens a 57-54 lead.

It was a lead that SLU would not relinquish.

The Dukes cut it to 69-66 on a Clark III 3-pointer, before Saint Louis reeled off 11-straight points to take an 80-66 lead.

Jimerson scored seven during the run.

Clark III drilled his third 3-pointer of the half and Gunn Jr. followed with a bucket to help the Dukes cut the lead to single digits.  

Grant made it 80-75 on a wing jumper and a Gunn Jr. 3-pointer cut the lead to 81-78.

DU made it a three-point game two more times - the last on another Gunn Jr. 3-pointer with :16 left.

Down 88-85 with :13.9 left, Reece deflected a SLU inbound pass in the DU backcourt, but the Dukes couldn't come up with the loose ball and Javon Pickett hit a pair of free throws for the final margin.

Duquesne concludes its two-game road trip at La Salle on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7:00 p.m. ET (ESPN+).

NOTES

• This was the ninth 20-point game for Dae Dae Grant, who went 4-of-7 from the arc in scoring 22 points.
• Tevin Brewer was perfect from the arc (4-of-4) in scoring 12 for DU.
• Jimmy Clark III tied his career high with four 3-pointers (4-of-7) in finishing with 12 points.
• Duquesne's largest lead was 15, at 31-16, with 9:00 left in the first half ... Saint Louis's largest lead was 14, at 80-66, with 5:11 left  ... there were four ties and six lead changes in the game ... Saint Louis took the lead for good on a Gibson Jimerson 3-pointer that made that made it 57-54 with 13:19 left ... Saint Louis led for 20:52 ... Duquesne led for 17:14.