Saturday, January 25, 2014

Xavier falls to Providence 81-72, tied for 3rd in Big East


Xavier (15-5), needed this tough road game to improve and strengthen their tournament resume. That didn't happen. Xavier was rusty early, but Justin Martin (19/7/2) had a great game, especially early. Semaj didn't take a shot until 7:51 1H remained, but managed to scrap together a 18/4/2 line late in the game trying to bring Xavier back.

Providence came to play, propelled by their 6th man. A game I believe XU would of won at home, was the same case for Providence. Bryce Cotton played well, living up to his season stats.

Xavier's defense was awful, which ended up killing them late. No matter what comeback Semaj and the Musketeers tried to scrap together, the defense would allow the Friars to swap baskets, unable to string together points.

Xavier falls to tied for 3rd in the Big East with Providence. The Muskeeters face Seton Hall on 2/1.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Xavier comes back against Georgetown 80-67, DePaul preview and prediction

      Xavier's Semaj Christon, Brandon Randolph and Isiah Philmore trap a Georgetown player.

Xavier started the game, swapping buckets but began to struggle near the end of the 1st half. Christon performed great again (18/4/1), but it was a great team effort, as Davis contributed (17/1/7), Along with Philmore (14/5/0), Farr (9/6/0), and Martin (10/7/2). 

Starting the 2nd half, Xavier continued the poor performance. After trailing by 17 points, Xavier began a come back with around 10 minutes left in the game. GTown gave up many turn overs in a quick span, letting Xavier go on a 44-14 run by the end of the game. 

As the game ended and Xavier pulled off the huge comeback, Xavier ended the game 8-8 from the line and on a 16-0 run. 


On Monday, January 20th, at 4:00 p.m. in Illinois. the Xavier Musketeers will face DePaul Blue Demons. Xavier is (4-1) 14-4, while DePaul is (2-3) 10-8. DePaul suffered tough losses to Creighton and a suffering Marquette. But, had clutch wins against Butler in 2OT and St. John's by 2 to stay afloat in the conference. Xavier has done well in the conference, Beating Butler by 9, Marquette by 7 and Georgetown by 13. The Musketeers lost their perfect record by losing a well played game to Creighton.

Xavier's Semaj Christon is on a hot streak at the moment, and I believe it will continue and inevitably improve. I predict Semaj Christon drops a clutch 28 points, and I predict Xavier defeats DePaul on the road 88-67.