TAMPA — D.J. Kennedy scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half and Anthony Mason Jr. scored the 1,000th point of his career, helping St. John’s to a 74-58 victory against South Florida yesterday.

Paris Horne had 11 points and Malik Boothe added 10 for St. John’s (15-11, 5-9 Big East), a winner for the third time in four games after losing five in a row. Justin Burrell contributed seven points and 10 rebounds for the Red Storm.

Mason Jr. scored seven points to finish the day as the 45th St. John’s player to reach 1,000 points. He began the day with 993 career points.

Dominique Jones and Mike Mercer each scored 17, and Chris Howard finished with 14 points and five assists for South Florida (16-10, 6-8). The Bulls entered the game having won four consecutive home games and five of seven overall.

St. John’s scored 10 unanswered points to close a first half, included six lead changes, with a 35-24 lead. The streak reached 16 points after the break, the eventual margin of victory, but South Florida immediately answered with a 15-3 run to cut the deficit to four.

The Red Storm, who held second-half leads in six of their conference losses, dominated the rest of the way en route to their best shooting performance of the season at 58.7 percent (27-for-46).

The Bulls hit only 5 of 22 shots from beyond the 3-point line and finished 23-for-56 (41.1 percent) overall.