How to Watch Xavier vs. St. John’s Basketball: Live Stream & TV Channel Info – January 31

By Lineups Staff | Jan 30, 2024, 9:15pm

The Xavier Musketeers (10-10, 4-5 Big East) host the St. John’s Red Storm (13-7, 5-4 Big East) in a matchup of Big East rivals at Cintas Center, starting at 6:30 PM ET on Wednesday, January 31, 2024.

This matchup will be airing on Fox Sports 1, so check it out.

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Musketeers vs. Red Storm Game Info

Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM ET
TV: Fox Sports 1
Live Stream: Stream NCAA men’s basketball on Paramount Plus and Hulu + Live TV
Where: Cincinnati, Ohio
Venue: Cintas Center

Musketeers Insights

Offensively, Xavier is scoring 75.8 points per game (140th-ranked in college basketball). It is ceding 73.1 points per contest on defense (230th-ranked).
The Musketeers rank 34th in college basketball with 39.9 boards per game so far this season. Meanwhile, they rank 275th with 36.7 rebounds allowed per contest.
Xavier is putting up 16.3 dimes per game, which ranks them 32nd in the country in 2023-24.
The Musketeers are 169th in college basketball with 11.4 turnovers per game so far this year. Meanwhile, they rank 254th with 10.9 forced turnovers per contest.
Xavier is sinking 7 three-pointers per game (220th-ranked in college basketball). It sports a 35% shooting percentage (129th-ranked) from downtown.
So far this year, the Musketeers are ceding 7.7 treys per game (230th-ranked in college basketball) and are allowing opposing teams to shoot 33.8% (222nd-ranked) from beyond the arc.
Xavier has taken 67.9% two-pointers and 32.1% from beyond the arc this year. Of the team’s baskets, 74.3% are two-pointers and 25.7% are three-pointers.

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Red Storm Insights

With 77.2 points scored per game and 69.6 points conceded, St. John’s is 99th in the nation on offense and 121st on defense.
In 2023-24, the Red Storm are 31st in the nation in rebounds (40.2 per game) and 143rd in rebounds allowed (34.3).
St. John’s is 53rd in the nation in assists (15.6 per game) in 2023-24.
With 11.6 turnovers committed per game and 11.9 turnovers forced, the Red Storm are 190th and 152nd in the nation, respectively.
With 7 made 3-pointers per game and shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc, St. John’s is 220th and 211th in college basketball, respectively, in those categories.
In 2023-24, the Red Storm are 86th in the nation in 3-pointers conceded (6.5 per game) and 69th in defensive 3-point percentage (31.3%).
St. John’s takes 32.2% percent of its shots from behind the 3-point line, and 67.8% percent from inside it. In terms of makes, 24.1% of St. John’s buckets are 3-pointers, and 75.9% are 2-pointers.

Musketeers Leaders

Quincy Olivari leads the Musketeers in scoring, tallying 17.8 points per game to go with 4.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists.
Xavier’s leading rebounder is Abou Ousmane averaging 6.8 boards per game and its best passer is Dayvion McKnight and his 4.8 assists per game.
Olivari leads the Musketeers in three-point shooting, knocking down an average of 2.9 shots per game from beyond the arc.
McKnight is Xavier’s leader in steals, averaging 1.4 steals per game, while Ousmane leads them in blocks with 1.3 per contest.

Red Storm Leaders

The Red Storm’s leader in scoring and rebounding is Joel Soriano with 16.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.
Daniss Jenkins’ assist statline leads St. John’s; he dishes out 5.8 assists per game.
Jenkins is dependable from three-point range and leads the Red Storm with 1.4 made threes per game.
Jenkins (1.4 steals per game) is the steal leader for St. John’s while Soriano (1.7 blocks per game) is the block leader.