Xavier Rebounds with Victory Over St. John's in Big East Matchup

Key performances by Olivari and Claude lead Xavier to an 88-77 win, evening their conference record.

Xavier's basketball team defeated St. John's 88-77 in a Big East matchup, rebounding from a 43-point loss to top-ranked UConn.
Quincy Olivari and Desmond Claude led Xavier's scoring with 23 points each, while Dayvion McKnight added 19 points.
St. John's Daniss Jenkins scored a game-high 25 points, and Joel Soriano added 21 points and 15 rebounds.
Xavier led by as many as 11 points before a late St. John's rally tied the game with less than four minutes remaining, but Xavier finished with a 15-4 run.
Xavier's victory brings their season record to 11-10, and evens their Big East Conference record at 5-5.