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Men's Basketball Faces St. John's On Monday In A Rematch At Madison Square Garden
02.07.26 | Men's Basketball
SJU won the first meeting in comeback fashion on Jan. 24 at XU.
CINCINNATI --- The Xavier University Musketeers, 12-11 overall and 4-8 in the BIG EAST Conference, visit the No. 22 St. John's University Red Storm, 18-5 overall and 11-1 in the BIG EAST, on Monday night at 6:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden.  SJU won its ninth-straight game with an 81-72 victory over No. 3 UConn on Friday at MSG.
Xavier's Richard Pitino and his father, Rick Pitino, are facing each other as head coaches for the sixth time, including the second time this season. SJU came from behind to win the first meeting this season 88-83 at XU on Jan. 24.
TV/Stream: FS1 with play-by-play from Alex Faust and analysis from Donny Marshall.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer Joe Sunderman ('79) and analysis from XU all-time leading scorer and Hall of Famer Byron Larkin ('88); XU broadcast is also available on the Xavier Musketeers App., Varsity Network and the Sirius XM App.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.
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• Xavier is 4-2 vs. St. John's at Madison Square Garden, including 3-2 in BIG EAST Conference regular season play and 1-0 in BIG EAST Tournament play.
• Xavier's Richard Pitino and his father, Rick Pitino, are facing each other as head coaches for the sixth time. SJU came from behind to win the first meeting this season 88-83 at XU.
• Xavier, 12-11 overall and 4-8 in the BIG EAST Conference, is coming off a loss at No. 2 UConn on Feb1 3.
• Xavier erased an 18-point second-half deficit in the DePaul win on Jan. 31, the biggest comeback for XU in a league game since joining the BIG EAST in 2013-14.
• Xavier has four players averaging in double figures in scoring. Xavier is 10-3 when it has four or more players score in double figures.
• Xavier graduate student Tre Carroll, who is now at 985 points for his collegiate career, leads the BIG EAST in scoring at 17.9 ppg. and is third in field goal percentage at 50.6 percent. He is second on the team and 12th in the league in rebounding (5.6 rpg.) and first on the team and sixth in blocks (1.3 bpg.).
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is 16th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.75. XU is second in the BIG EAST in assists and 21st in the nation at 18.0 apg.
• Xavier senior Filip Borovićanin leads the team in rebounding (fourth in the BIG EAST at 7.8 rpg.), assists (fifth at 4.4 apg.), steals (tied for 10th at 1.4 spg.) and assist-to-turnover ratio (third in the BIG EAST at 2.66).
• Xavier senior Malik Messina-Moore is second on the team in scoring for BIG EAST games at 14.4 ppg., which ranks 12th in the league. Messina-Moore has raised his season average to 10.8 ppg. He is fifth in the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.53.
• Xavier sophomore Jovan Milićević is third on the team in scoring at 11.2 ppg. and is tied for ninth in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals per game (1.9).
