Shamorie Ponds collected his 1,000th career point in the loss to the Musketeers.
It was all set up for the perfect Cinderella story.
Winless in the conference St. John’s, playing sixth ranked Xavier, all tied up at 67 with just over two minutes to play. Then a series of unfortunate events gave the Musketeers the fuel they needed to escape Queens with a 73-68 win.
The X-Men were led by Trevon Bluiett, who used a strong second half gather a team-high 14points. In addition to Bluiett, Xavier had three other players score in double-figures.