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Xavier 65 St. John's 53: The efficiency grades are in

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The efficiency grades do a job here telling the story of this one. The team offensive efficiency alone was a very subpar 80. Xavier checked in at 99, just a bit below average but more than enough when you stifle the opposition into an 80. On its home floor no less. Now, the individual breakdowns for St. John’s players with 10 or more minutes.

Player

Efficiency

Orlando Sanchez

16

Jakarr Sampson

10

Chris Obekpa

8

Sir`Dominic Pointer

7

Rysheed Jordan

4

Phil Greene IV

3

Jamal Branch

2

D`Angelo Harrison

1

High scorer of the group was Sampson with 14 points. His efficiency was hit by 7 of 17 shooting. Sanchez’s numbers aided by 4 of 6 shooting, 4 boards and 3 blocks. Harrison struggled with 1 of 11 shooting. Pointer pulled down 6 rebounds in 16 minutes but did not score. Greene IV shot 1 of 5 for 5 points. Collectively the Storm shot 22 of 60 (37%) with an eFG mark just one percentage point higher at 38%.

"We struggled to find a rhythm on offense. (On defense) We could not get a string of stops. We just seemed to play uphill tonight." – St. John’s coach Steve Lavin

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