A player-by-player breakdown of Xavier's 2018-2019 basketball roster Adam Baum, abaum@enquirer.com
Toughness is not a birthright. It’s acquired over time like a slow-growing glacier solidifies and creates an unmovable mass of resilience.
Tough is a simple descriptor for Xavier University's Paul Scruggs. There’s nothing simple, though, about acquiring toughness.
For the sophomore guard from Indianapolis, his mentality developed out of necessity.
“It came from my three older brothers,” Scruggs smirked, as he reminisced of his early basketball days. “They’d always tell me I’m too small to play with them. When I actually got big enough to play with them I was like, ‘Now ya’ll small.