No. 14 Notre Dame defeated St. John's 76-61 on Saturday to end the team's five-game winning streak.

It was also the first Big East loss for the Red Storm.

"He sets a great tone for us because of his strong personality of defending and he truly takes pride in that," Irish coach Mike Brey said of Ben Hansbrough. "He's not only typically playing the whole game for us, but he's scoring and going for the jugular on teams to put them away. And then he uses a lot of energy to lead and set the tone and get us focused.

"I don't think you can't ignore what he's been doing."

Hansbrough has 26 points in Notre Dame's victory.