Musketeer Madness

Where Cintas Center
When Tuesday, Jan 14, 6:30 PM


TV/Stream: FS1 with play-by-play from Connor Onion and analysis from LaPhonso Ellis.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW, also available on the Varsity Network and on Sirius XM.

Villanova played St. John's on Saturday in a tight game for 38 minutes at Madison Square Garden. The Red Storm outscored the Wildcats 14-3 over the final 2:35 to win. Twelve of those points were scored at the free-throw line. X is ranked 2nd in the BE and 13th in the nation in free throw percentage at .790.

Nova is averaging 78.6 PPG while holding opponents to 67.6; they average .412 from the three and overall .484 from the field.
Nova averages 34.8 per game with 13.9 assists, turning it over on average 9.6 times.

25th-year Senior and leading scorer Eric Dixon averages 25.3; Villanova has three other players averaging double digits per game: Wooga Poplar, Jahmir Brickus, and Jordan Lingino

6-10 in first 10 shots made 3 more to go 9-27. Where is our offense.

Pretty tough to watch. Nova went on a 26-9 run to close out the half. Twenty four points in a half at home will not get it done. Not much effort or heart. Doesn't look like a Xavier team.

Ryan is red hot, but now he has four fouls and has to sit. Hey Ryan, we need you in the game, not on the bench.

Conwell was on fire, A couple of careless fouls. Got to get Freemantle going. The crowd is way to quite.

X players need to follow their shots...looking at Maddox and Hunter who both shot threes and could have had the rebounds but never followed

Ryan Conwell, with 4 fouls, is a Nova killer, with 34 points, and X held 25.6 average and 25th year senior Dixon to 18, and he didn't score in the last 10 minutes, I believe

The next six games are going to be rugged, but they will tell us if X makes the tourney. Need to win more than lose

Man did we need that. Conwell got half our points. LOL . Nice to see us finish out a game. I think Conwell had 29 points in the second half while picking up his 4th foul with 10 minutes to go. What a game for Conwell. Go X

X and Ryan Conwell Highlights https://x.com/i/status/1879346090488848658

One of the best games that I’ve seen at Cintas in the last ten years, X never quit