Xavier just lost a game at home in which they trailed by 18 with just over 5 minutes to go. Obviously, that’s not ideal. Despite that, it’s easy to make an argument that what we saw last night was either what we should have expected or even a performance with some encouraging signs. After all, Xavier had it at 2 at the half, closed the game on a 21-12 run, and were a very dodgy offensive foul call away from cutting the game to a single possession with under a minute to go.
There was one brutal stretch, a 16-2 run early in the second half, that cost Xavier the game.