Men's Basketball Suffers Setback Against St. John's at Cintas Center

Tuesday, January 7

Cincinnati, Ohio

6:30 p.m.

Xavier University

St. John's

Men's Basketball Suffers Setback Against St. John's at Cintas Center

01.07.25 | Men's Basketball

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Freemantle, Swain and McKnight hit double figures

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Zach Freemantle finished with 22 points, leading three Musketeers in double figures, as Xavier fell 82-72 to St. John's at Cintas Center on Tuesday evening.

Xavier moved to 9-7 and 1-4 in BIG EAST action, while the Red Storm improved to 13-3 overall and 4-1 in BIG EAST play.

Xavier now heads to Chicago to face DePaul on Saturday, January 11, at Wintrust Arena. The Musketeers and the Blue Demons get underway at 4:00 p.m. ET on FS1.

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St. John's led by as many as 14 in the first half, taking a 10-point lead in the the final five minutes of the half before the Musketeers outscored the Red Storm 12-4 over the final 2:48 to go into the break trailing by four, 41-37. Dayvion McKnight and Zach Freemantle each had 10 to lead Xavier in the first half.
After the Red Storm opened the second half on a 4-0 run, Xavier would get as close as five before St. John's built the lead out to double digits, going ahead by as many 18 before SJU won by 10, 82-72.
Zach Freemantle finished with a game-high 22 points after leading the Musketeers with 12 points in the second half.
Dailyn Swain finished with 14 points after scoring 10 points in the second half, going 4-of-5 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the free throw line. Swain led the Musketeers with eight rebounds.
Dayvion McKnight added 11 points for the Musketeers, and dished out a game-high eight assists while only committing one turnover in 37 minutes.
Xavier finished shooing 36.7 percent overall to St. John's 42.0 percent, while the Musketeers connected on 22.2 percent from three, while limiting the Red Storm to 12.5 percent from outside.
St. John's finished with a 50-30 advantage overall on the boards, including a 20-7 advantage on the offensive glass to outscore the Musketeers 22-2 on second-chance buckets.