This one didn’t start well at all for Xavier. The Muskies were down 17-6 nine and a half minutes into the game and looking totally lost on offense. Then Tre, JP, Mal, Kaiser, and Q hit threes in consecutive possessions, and the team was off and running.
Except it wasn’t. X kept chucking threes and kept missing them. DePaul kept trying to take advantage before being submarined by their own offensive incompetence. The Musketeers finally did enough committing to the paint on offense to open up a bit of a lead, and couldn’t answer.
Xavier didn’t always look convincing, but they got it done.