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What we learned: No. 19 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball powers through, dominates Siena

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For the first seven minutes Friday night, it looked like all of Xavier's players were wearing two left shoes.

It was ugly – playing without starting guard Paul Scruggs, who suffered a knee injury in Tuesday's season-opener. Xavier's first three possessions of the game ended in turnovers and the Musketeers trailed for nearly the first 10 minutes of the game.

Eventually, the ugliness ended and the Musketeers started to play like they were dancing to the rhythm of the same song in an 81-63 win over Siena at the Cintas Center.