St. John's 79-71 Xavier (Jan 22, 2025) Play-by-Play

Xavier Musketeers

12-8, 4-5 Conference

	1	2	OT	T
XAV	40	25	6	71
SJU	30	35	14	79

St. John's Red Storm

17-3, 8-1 Conference

TIME		XAV	SJU
19:33	Foul on Dayvion McKnight.	0	0
19:33	Simeon Wilcher made Free Throw.	0	1
19:33	Simeon Wilcher made Free Throw.	0	2
19:04	Zach Freemantle made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Foster.	2	2
18:43	Kadary Richmond missed Layup.	2	2
18:43	Xavier Defensive Rebound.	2	2
18:24	Zach Freemantle made Jumper. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.	4	2
18:01	RJ Luis Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	4	2
17:59	Marcus Foster Defensive Rebound.	4	2
17:47	Dayvion McKnight missed Jumper.	4	2
17:45	Zuby Ejiofor Defensive Rebound.	4	2
17:37	Aaron Scott missed Three Point Jumper.	4	2
17:34	Marcus Foster Defensive Rebound.	4	2
17:29	Dayvion McKnight made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Foster.	7	2
17:00	RJ Luis Jr. missed Layup.	7	2
17:00	Dailyn Swain Block.	7	2
17:00	Dailyn Swain Defensive Rebound.	7	2
16:44	Ryan Conwell missed Three Point Jumper.	7	2
16:42	Zuby Ejiofor Defensive Rebound.	7	2
16:30	Ruben Prey Turnover.	7	2
16:30	Zach Freemantle Steal.	7	2
16:18	Dayvion McKnight Turnover.	7	2
16:18	Ruben Prey Steal.	7	2
16:12	Aaron Scott missed Layup.	7	2
16:10	Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.	7	2
16:09	Zuby Ejiofor missed Layup.	7	2
16:09	Zach Freemantle Block.	7	2
16:08	St. John's Offensive Rebound.	7	2
16:06	Simeon Wilcher made Layup. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.	7	4
15:49	Zach Freemantle Turnover.	7	4
15:49	Kadary Richmond Steal.	7	4
15:41	Foul on Zach Freemantle.	7	4
15:41	Official TV Timeout	7	4
15:41	Zuby Ejiofor missed Free Throw.	7	4
15:41	St. John's Offensive Rebound.	7	4
15:41	Zuby Ejiofor missed Free Throw.	7	4
15:39	Dailyn Swain Defensive Rebound.	7	4
15:13	Zach Freemantle missed Jumper.	7	4
15:10	Ruben Prey Defensive Rebound.	7	4
14:56	Zuby Ejiofor Turnover.	7	4
14:56	Jerome Hunter Steal.	7	4
14:34	Ryan Conwell missed Jumper.	7	4
14:33	St. John's Defensive Rebound.	7	4
14:13	Kadary Richmond made Layup. Assisted by Simeon Wilcher.	7	6
14:00	Dayvion McKnight missed Layup.	7	6
13:59	St. John's Defensive Rebound.	7	6
13:44	Zuby Ejiofor missed Layup.	7	6
13:41	John Hugley IV Defensive Rebound.	7	6
13:26	Foul on Jerome Hunter.	7	6
13:26	Jerome Hunter Turnover.	7	6
13:05	Kadary Richmond missed Jumper.	7	6
13:05	St. John's Offensive Rebound.	7	6
13:04	Foul on John Hugley IV.	7	6
13:04	Vince Iwuchukwu made Free Throw.	7	7
13:04	Vince Iwuchukwu made Free Throw.	7	8
12:48	Ryan Conwell made Layup. Assisted by John Hugley IV.	9	8
12:24	Vince Iwuchukwu made Layup.	9	10
12:24	Foul on Marcus Foster.	9	10
12:24	Vince Iwuchukwu made Free Throw.	9	11
12:06	Foul on RJ Luis Jr..	9	11
11:49	Dayvion McKnight missed Jumper.	9	11
11:48	St. John's Defensive Rebound.	9	11
11:48	Official TV Timeout	9	11
11:35	Jaiden Glover missed Three Point Jumper.	9	11
11:32	Dailyn Swain Defensive Rebound.	9	11
11:27	Marcus Foster made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dailyn Swain.	12	11
11:06	Simeon Wilcher missed Layup.	12	11
11:04	Simeon Wilcher Offensive Rebound.	12	11
11:04	Simeon Wilcher Turnover.	12	11
11:04	Dayvion McKnight Steal.	12	11
10:43	Zach Freemantle missed Three Point Jumper.	12	11
10:41	Vince Iwuchukwu Defensive Rebound.	12	11
10:33	Kadary Richmond missed Layup.	12	11
10:28	Kadary Richmond Offensive Rebound.	12	11
10:27	Kadary Richmond made Layup.	12	13
10:14	Foul on Vince Iwuchukwu.	12	13
10:14	Dailyn Swain made Free Throw.	13	13
10:14	Dailyn Swain made Free Throw.	14	13
9:55	Simeon Wilcher made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by RJ Luis Jr..	14	16
9:48	Dailyn Swain missed Layup.	14	16
9:48	Vince Iwuchukwu Block.	14	16
9:48	Xavier Offensive Rebound.	14	16
9:42	Marcus Foster missed Layup.	14	16
9:42	Aaron Scott Block.	14	16
9:42	Xavier Offensive Rebound.	14	16
9:35	Zach Freemantle made Jumper. Assisted by Dailyn Swain.	16	16
9:17	Kadary Richmond missed Jumper.	16	16
9:14	Ryan Conwell Defensive Rebound.	16	16
9:07	Zach Freemantle missed Jumper.	16	16
9:05	RJ Luis Jr. Defensive Rebound.	16	16
8:56	RJ Luis Jr. missed Layup.	16	16
8:54	Aaron Scott Offensive Rebound.	16	16
8:54	Aaron Scott made Layup.	16	18
8:30	Dailyn Swain made Layup. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.	18	18
8:05	Simeon Wilcher Turnover.	18	18
8:05	Marcus Foster Steal.	18	18
7:59	Ryan Conwell missed Layup.	18	18
7:59	Kadary Richmond Block.	18	18
7:56	Marcus Foster Offensive Rebound.	18	18
7:50	Ryan Conwell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dailyn Swain.	21	18
7:32	RJ Luis Jr. missed Jumper.	21	18
7:29	Zach Freemantle Defensive Rebound.	21	18
7:20	Dailyn Swain made Layup. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.	23	18
7:19	St. John's Timeout	23	18
6:59	Simeon Wilcher made Layup.	23	20
6:34	Ryan Conwell made Layup.	25	20
6:21	Simeon Wilcher missed Jumper.	25	20
6:19	Ryan Conwell Defensive Rebound.	25	20
6:08	John Hugley IV Turnover.	25	20
6:08	Kadary Richmond Steal.	25	20
5:56	Kadary Richmond made Jumper.	25	22
5:26	Foul on Aaron Scott.	25	22
5:10	Foul on Ruben Prey.	25	22
5:10	Dayvion McKnight made Free Throw.	26	22
5:10	Dayvion McKnight made Free Throw.	27	22
4:53	Ruben Prey missed Three Point Jumper.	27	22
4:50	Zach Freemantle Defensive Rebound.	27	22
4:45	Dailyn Swain made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Conwell.	29	22
4:29	RJ Luis Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	29	22
4:26	Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.	29	22
4:07	Kadary Richmond made Jumper. Assisted by Simeon Wilcher.	29	24
3:47	Foul on Zuby Ejiofor.	29	24
3:47	Official TV Timeout	29	24
3:47	Dailyn Swain made Free Throw.	30	24
3:47	Dailyn Swain made Free Throw.	31	24
3:33	Zuby Ejiofor made Dunk. Assisted by Kadary Richmond.	31	26
3:19	Zach Freemantle made Jumper. Assisted by Jerome Hunter.	33	26
3:07	RJ Luis Jr. Turnover.	33	26
3:07	Ryan Conwell Steal.	33	26
3:05	Ryan Conwell missed Layup.	33	26
3:05	Simeon Wilcher Block.	33	26
3:05	Xavier Offensive Rebound.	33	26
2:59	Foul on Sadiku Ibine Ayo.	33	26
2:49	Foul on Aaron Scott.	33	26
2:49	Zach Freemantle made Free Throw.	34	26
2:49	Zach Freemantle made Free Throw.	35	26
2:33	Kadary Richmond missed Layup.	35	26
2:33	Jerome Hunter Block.	35	26
2:30	Zach Freemantle Defensive Rebound.	35	26
2:22	Ryan Conwell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Freemantle.	38	26
1:59	Foul on Ryan Conwell.	38	26
1:56	Simeon Wilcher missed Three Point Jumper.	38	26
1:55	Xavier Defensive Rebound.	38	26
1:30	Foul on Simeon Wilcher.	38	26
1:30	Ryan Conwell made Free Throw.	39	26
1:30	Ryan Conwell made Free Throw.	40	26
1:06	Zuby Ejiofor made Jumper. Assisted by Jaiden Glover.	40	28
0:47	Dailyn Swain Turnover.	40	28
0:26	Sadiku Ibine Ayo missed Three Point Jumper.	40	28
0:23	Zuby Ejiofor Offensive Rebound.	40	28
0:17	Foul on Dayvion McKnight.	40	28
0:17	Sadiku Ibine Ayo made Free Throw.	40	29
0:17	Sadiku Ibine Ayo made Free Throw.	40	30
0:02	Ryan Conwell missed Layup.	40	30
0:00	Ruben Prey Defensive Rebound.	40	30
0:00	Ruben Prey missed Three Point Jumper.	40	30
0:00	St. John's Offensive Rebound.	40	30
0:00	End of 1st half	40	30

Madison Square Garden

7:00 PM, January 22, 2025Coverage: FS1

New York, NY

Line: SJU -6.5

Over/Under: 148.5

Attendance: 14,545

Referees:
Tim Clougherty
Brian O'Connell
Roger Ayers

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	8-1	-	17-3
Marquette	7-1	0.5	16-3
UConn	6-2	1.5	14-5
Creighton	6-2	1.5	13-6
Villanova	5-4	3	12-8
Georgetown	4-4	3.5	13-6
Xavier	4-5	4	12-8
Providence	3-5	4.5	9-10
Butler	1-7	6.5	8-11
Seton Hall	1-7	6.5	6-13
DePaul	1-8	7	10-10

Pitino: First-place St. John's climbing 'where it needs to be'

Riding the program's best start in 39 years, No. 20 St. John's regained sole possession of first place in the Big East by rallying past Xavier 79-71 in overtime.

Smith and North Florida host Queens

North Florida Ospreys (9-10, 2-4 ASUN) at Queens Royals (12-7, 5-1 ASUN)

Anochili-Killen and Marshall host Georgia State

Marshall Thundering Herd (11-9, 4-3 Sun Belt) at Georgia State Panthers (7-12, 3-4 Sun Belt)

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