A game that almost went awry for the Xavier Musketeers was rescued by a strong second-half performance. The Musketeers had easily one of the most lackadaisical first halves of their season but completely flipped the script in the second half against the DePaul Blue Demons to survive what could have been an early in-conference upset, 77-72.
Xavier opened up the game with a quick short jumper and a 3-point field goal by J.P. Macura. Then, Xavier was pretty much ice cold from the floor the rest of the first half, especially from long range.