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| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Raymond * | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Brown * | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Anderson * | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Love * | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Jackson * | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Redford | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Frease | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| J. McLean | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| S. Duckett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Walsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Holloway | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| A. Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Stats | |
| Stat | Total |
| Points | 68 |
| Field Goals | 25-57, 43% |
| Free Throws | 12-18, 66% |
| 3-pointers | 6-17, 35% |
| Off. Rebounds | 16 |
| Def. Rebounds | 22 |
| Total Rebounds | 38 |
| Assists | 16 |
| Blocks | 2 |
| Fouls | 23 |
| Steals | 10 |
| Turnovers | 17 |
| Complete Box Score | |
| 0.0 End of game. |
| XAVIER 28.0 Defensive Rebound by Derrick Brown |
| STJOS 28.0 Temi Adebayo missed 2nd of 2 Free Throws |
| STJOS 28.0 Temi Adebayo made 1st of 2 Free Throws |
| XAVIER 28.0 Loose ball foul on B.J. Raymond |
| STJOS 28.0 Edwin Lashley missed 3-pt. Jump Shot |
| STJOS 33.0 Defensive Rebound by Darrin Govens |
| XAVIER 37.0 C.J. Anderson missed Layup, Blocked by Temi Adebayo |
| XAVIER 37.0 Offensive Rebound by C.J. Anderson |
| XAVIER 37.0 Derrick Brown missed Slam Dunk, Blocked by Temi Adebayo |
| Postgame - |
| Xavier improves to 23-5 overall and 11-3 in the Atlantic 10, a record it'll take into a matchup against Dayton next Thursday, which is followed by the regular season finale at Richmond. The Musketeers were paced tonight by by Brown's 18 points and 10 rebounds and Raymond's 18 points, six rebounds, and two assists. |
| Postgame - |
| Although St. Joe's trailed pretty much from the opening tip, the team got within one as late as 5:21 left in the first half and within five with 14:39 left in the game, but that was as close as the Hawks made it. They wind up losing in a rout despite getting 24 points and eight rebounds by Nivins. The forward went 5-for-9 from the floor and 14-for-17 from the charity stripe. |
| 2nd Half - 0:00 |
| The final buzzer finally sounds at The Palestra in Philadelphia, signaling Xavier's 68-54 defeat of St. Joseph's. That snaps a three-game road losing streak for the Musketeers and keeps them atop the Atlantic 10 standings. The Hawks have now lost five straight to fall further back in the conference. |
| 2nd Half - 1:28 |
| All St. Joe's can do now is foul, hoping that the Musketeers miss the free throws. Xavier is making enough of them, though, to maintain a double-digit lead. With all the stoppages in play, the game's slowed down significantly in the last couple minutes, although all that's done is to delay the inevitable St. Joe's loss and to keep the Hawks' mascot flapping those wings. |
| 2nd Half - 2:35 |
| Anderson joins Brown and Raymond in double digit scoring when he drives the lane for a layup and the foul. He can't complete the three-point play, but that doesn't take too much away from his 10 point, seven rebound, four assist night. All Xavier needs to do now is play out the final minutes of the game. |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Nivins * | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Govens * | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| I. Hilliard * | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| G. Williamson * | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| C. Bentley * | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Irwin | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Adebayo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Lashley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Auriemma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Prescott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Rogers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Stats | |
| Stat | Total |
| Points | 54 |
| Field Goals | 17-46, 36% |
| Free Throws | 17-24, 70% |
| 3-pointers | 3-14, 21% |
| Off. Rebounds | 7 |
| Def. Rebounds | 15 |
| Total Rebounds | 22 |
| Assists | 9 |
| Blocks | 4 |
| Fouls | 19 |
| Steals | 5 |
| Turnovers | 19 |
| Complete Box Score | |