Xavier survives matchup with upset-minded DePaul

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.

The Musketeers shot a mere 18.8 percent from 3-point range in the first half and 28.1 percent overall. This was the first game since February 7, 2015 that…