PROVIDENCE – A little fun goes a long way and it had been a while since Xavier had as much fun on a basketball court as it did Saturday.
Xavier's second-half performance was its best half of basketball this season, turning a six-point halftime deficit into a runaway win at Providence, 75-61.
There were no impassioned speeches or broken whiteboards at intermission. Xavier head coach Travis Steele preached positivity to his team and it paid off with a season-high 49 points on 73 percent shooting in the second half and a defensive effort that left the first-year head coach with an ear-to-ear grin that might last well into Sunday.