Xavier 88-60 St. John's (8 Mar, 2018) Play-by-Play

St. John's Red Storm

16-17, 4-14 Conference

	1	2	T
SJU	29	31	60
XAV	33	55	88

TIME	SJU	XAV
20:00	Jump Ball won by St. John's	0	0
19:43	Justin Simon Turnover.	0	0
19:25	Foul on Tariq Owens.	0	0
19:25	Kerem Kanter made Free Throw.	0	1
19:25	Kerem Kanter made Free Throw.	0	2
19:05	Bashir Ahmed missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
19:05	Quentin Goodin Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:54	Naji Marshall Turnover.	0	2
18:54	Marvin Clark II Steal.	0	2
18:37	Shamorie Ponds missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:37	Naji Marshall Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:28	Trevon Bluiett missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:28	Justin Simon Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:20	Justin Simon Turnover.	0	2
18:20	Trevon Bluiett Steal.	0	2
18:16	Foul on Bashir Ahmed.	0	2
18:16	J.P. Macura made Free Throw.	0	3
18:16	J.P. Macura made Free Throw.	0	4
18:05	Tariq Owens missed Jumper.	0	4
18:05	Kerem Kanter Defensive Rebound.	0	4
17:54	Quentin Goodin missed Layup.	0	4
17:54	Tariq Owens Defensive Rebound.	0	4
17:37	Justin Simon made Jumper.	2	4
17:25	J.P. Macura missed Three Point Jumper.	2	4
17:25	Shamorie Ponds Defensive Rebound.	2	4
17:17	Marvin Clark II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shamorie Ponds.	5	4
16:47	J.P. Macura made Layup.	5	6
16:25	Bashir Ahmed made Layup.	7	6
16:11	Kerem Kanter made Layup. Assisted by J.P. Macura.	7	8
15:54	Marvin Clark II missed Three Point Jumper.	7	8
15:54	J.P. Macura Defensive Rebound.	7	8
15:47	Quentin Goodin made Dunk. Assisted by J.P. Macura.	7	10
15:30	Shamorie Ponds missed Three Point Jumper.	7	10
15:30	Trevon Bluiett Defensive Rebound.	7	10
15:18	Trevon Bluiett missed Jumper.	7	10
15:18	Tariq Owens Defensive Rebound.	7	10
15:04	Shamorie Ponds made Jumper.	9	10
14:53	Foul on Tariq Owens.	9	10
14:53	Official TV Timeout	9	10
14:53	Naji Marshall made Free Throw.	9	11
14:53	Naji Marshall missed Free Throw.	9	11
14:53	Marvin Clark II Defensive Rebound.	9	11
14:37	Shamorie Ponds missed Three Point Jumper.	9	11
14:37	Trevon Bluiett Defensive Rebound.	9	11
14:23	Trevon Bluiett Turnover.	9	11
14:23	Justin Simon Steal.	9	11
14:18	Justin Simon Turnover.	9	11
14:18	Quentin Goodin Steal.	9	11
13:55	Trevon Bluiett made Layup. Assisted by Quentin Goodin.	9	13
13:27	Bashir Ahmed missed Jumper.	9	13
13:27	Kaiser Gates Defensive Rebound.	9	13
13:12	Sean O'Mara missed Jumper.	9	13
13:12	Sean O'Mara Offensive Rebound.	9	13
13:05	Trevon Bluiett missed Three Point Jumper.	9	13
13:05	J.P. Macura Offensive Rebound.	9	13
13:05	Foul on Bashir Ahmed.	9	13
13:01	Sean O'Mara missed Jumper.	9	13
13:01	Amar Alibegovic Block.	9	13
13:01	Justin Simon Defensive Rebound.	9	13
12:48	Justin Simon made Three Point Jumper.	12	13
12:28	Sean O'Mara missed Jumper.	12	13
12:28	Shamorie Ponds Defensive Rebound.	12	13
12:21	Foul on Quentin Goodin.	12	13
12:07	Foul on Paul Scruggs.	12	13
12:07	Marvin Clark II made Free Throw.	13	13
12:07	Marvin Clark II made Free Throw.	14	13
11:55	Kaiser Gates made Dunk. Assisted by Sean O'Mara.	14	15
11:39	Justin Simon made Three Point Jumper.	17	15
11:14	Paul Scruggs missed Jumper.	17	15
11:14	Marvin Clark II Defensive Rebound.	17	15
10:52	Justin Simon made Jumper.	19	15
10:37	Sean O'Mara made Layup. Assisted by Naji Marshall.	19	17
9:59	Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	19	17
9:59	Amar Alibegovic Offensive Rebound.	19	17
9:38	Official TV Timeout	19	17
9:34	Amar Alibegovic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marvin Clark II.	22	17
9:17	J.P. Macura missed Three Point Jumper.	22	17
9:17	Naji Marshall Offensive Rebound.	22	17
9:11	Paul Scruggs missed Three Point Jumper.	22	17
9:11	Kaiser Gates Offensive Rebound.	22	17
9:11	Kaiser Gates made Two Point Tip Shot.	22	19
8:40	Marvin Clark II missed Three Point Jumper.	22	19
8:40	Naji Marshall Defensive Rebound.	22	19
8:19	Foul on Bryan Trimble Jr..	22	19
8:10	Trevon Bluiett Turnover.	22	19
8:10	Amar Alibegovic Steal.	22	19
7:51	Amar Alibegovic Turnover.	22	19
7:51	J.P. Macura Steal.	22	19
7:43	Trevon Bluiett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by J.P. Macura.	22	22
7:26	Foul on Tyrique Jones.	22	22
7:26	Official TV Timeout	22	22
7:06	St. John's Turnover.	22	22
6:44	Kaiser Gates made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by J.P. Macura.	22	25
6:32	Amar Alibegovic missed Three Point Jumper.	22	25
6:32	Kaiser Gates Defensive Rebound.	22	25
6:26	Kaiser Gates Turnover.	22	25
6:26	Justin Simon Steal.	22	25
6:03	Shamorie Ponds Turnover.	22	25
6:03	J.P. Macura Steal.	22	25
5:57	J.P. Macura missed Layup.	22	25
5:57	Shamorie Ponds Defensive Rebound.	22	25
5:39	Shamorie Ponds Turnover.	22	25
5:39	J.P. Macura Steal.	22	25
5:33	Trevon Bluiett missed Three Point Jumper.	22	25
5:33	Tyrique Jones Offensive Rebound.	22	25
5:28	Tyrique Jones made Layup.	22	27
5:18	St. John's Timeout	22	27
5:08	Justin Simon made Layup.	24	27
4:40	Trevon Bluiett Turnover.	24	27
4:40	Marvin Clark II Steal.	24	27
4:34	Foul on Naji Marshall.	24	27
4:33	Foul on Tariq Owens.	24	27
4:33	Tariq Owens Turnover.	24	27
4:20	J.P. Macura missed Layup.	24	27
4:20	Tyrique Jones Offensive Rebound.	24	27
4:15	Foul on Marvin Clark II.	24	27
4:15	Trevon Bluiett made Free Throw.	24	28
4:15	Trevon Bluiett made Free Throw.	24	29
3:58	Foul on Quentin Goodin.	24	29
3:58	Official TV Timeout	24	29
3:47	Shamorie Ponds missed Three Point Jumper.	24	29
3:47	Paul Scruggs Defensive Rebound.	24	29
3:21	Kerem Kanter missed Jumper.	24	29
3:21	Justin Cole Defensive Rebound.	24	29
2:51	Justin Simon missed Three Point Jumper.	24	29
2:51	Xavier Defensive Rebound.	24	29
2:29	Kerem Kanter missed Jumper.	24	29
2:29	Kerem Kanter Offensive Rebound.	24	29
2:27	Trevon Bluiett missed Three Point Jumper.	24	29
2:27	Shamorie Ponds Defensive Rebound.	24	29
2:08	Justin Simon missed Layup.	24	29
2:08	Paul Scruggs Block.	24	29
2:08	Xavier Defensive Rebound.	24	29
1:55	Foul on Justin Simon.	24	29
1:55	Trevon Bluiett made Free Throw.	24	30
1:55	Trevon Bluiett made Free Throw.	24	31
1:39	Foul on Trevon Bluiett.	24	31
1:21	Marvin Clark II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Simon.	27	31
1:13	Xavier Timeout	27	31
0:53	Foul on Justin Cole.	27	31
0:53	Naji Marshall made Free Throw.	27	32
0:53	Naji Marshall made Free Throw.	27	33
0:48	Foul on Naji Marshall.	27	33
0:48	Shamorie Ponds made Free Throw.	28	33
0:48	Shamorie Ponds made Free Throw.	29	33
0:21	Trevon Bluiett missed Three Point Jumper.	29	33
0:21	Justin Simon Defensive Rebound.	29	33
0:01	Shamorie Ponds missed Jumper.	29	33
0:01	Xavier Defensive Rebound.	29	33
0:00	End of 1st half	29	33

Macura's 3 pumps up Xavier bench

0:32

Xavier and St. John's get chippy during postgame hand shakes

0:54

Xavier's Marshall denied by rim

0:29

Madison Square Garden

5:00 PM, 8 March 2018

New York, NY

Referees:
Pat Driscoll
Tim Clougherty
John Gaffney

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	12-1	-	21-3
Creighton	11-2	1	18-6
Marquette	9-4	3	18-6
UConn	8-4	3.5	16-7
Villanova	7-6	5	14-10
Georgetown	6-7	6	15-9
Xavier	6-7	6	14-10
Providence	5-8	7	11-13
Butler	4-9	8	11-13
DePaul	2-11	10	11-13
Seton Hall	1-12	11	6-18

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