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CINCINNATI \u2014 Rick Pitino has compared St. John\u2019s to a football team that runs the ball, plays terrific defense and hits a big pass once in a while.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t need the long ball Tuesday night at Cintas Center. Its stifling defense and relentless rebounding was enough for an impressive 82-72 road victory over Xavier.<\/p>\n
While St. John\u2019s 3-point shooting remains very much a work in progress \u2014 the Red Storm were just 2-for-16 from beyond the arc in this win \u2014 the Johnnies hammered the Musketeers in every other area for its first Quad 1 win of the season and eighth victory in nine games.<\/p>\n
The aggression started early with Kadary Richmond and, aside from a brief shaky period to end the first half, didn\u2019t stop. <\/p>\n
It was a beatdown on the glass (50-30) and in the paint (54-30) as St. John\u2019s improved to 4-1 in league play for the second straight season.<\/p>\n
RJ Luis and Zuby Ejiofor combined for 36 points and 22 rebounds, and Simeon Wilcher tallied 15. <\/p>\n
Aaron Scott and Richmond each had 12. <\/p>\n
Defense, though, is where the Johnnies won this game. <\/p>\n
They held Xavier, the Big East\u2019s second-leading 3-point shooting team, to 22.2 percent shooting from 3-point range and 36.7 percent overall from the field.<\/p>\n
The start was strong, particularly from Richmond. <\/p>\n
He scored St. John\u2019s first six points and it quickly built a big lead, as much as 14 at one point. <\/p>\n
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The Musketeers helped, missing 14 of their first 17 shots. But the Johnnies managed only 11 points over the final 7:13, and Xavier got to within four at the break.<\/p>\n
The 3-pointers still weren\u2019t falling, St. John\u2019s making only one in 10 tries. <\/p>\n
It was also hurt in transition, outscored 14-2 by Xavier. <\/p>\n
It felt similar to the loss to Creighton, when St. John\u2019s blew most of an 11-point, first-half lead by halftime and fell a point short.<\/p>\n
But unlike in the Creighton game, St. John\u2019s came out for the second half focused, determined and dynamic on defense. <\/p>\n
Over the first 10 minutes of the period, it held Xavier to as many made field goals as turnovers: Four. It put together a 14-4 run that, capped by Scott\u2019s putback on an offensive rebound, pushed the lead to a game-high 15 with 10:14 left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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