The data can't quite explain how the St. John's football team continues to win close games, but the reason has to do with what Jamar Curtis told his teammates at the end of the third quarter Saturday in Washington.  To that point, Good Counsel had prioritized slowing down Curtis, limiting him to 11 carries for 34 yeards as his team trailed by a touchdown.

But, entering the fourth quarter, "Jamar asked us to keep the ball in his hands," St. John's Coach Pat Ward said, and Curtis scored two touchdowns in the final 12 minutes to lead the top-ranked Cadets through another heavyweight fight, 34-21 over the Falcons.

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