6-6, 0-1 Big East

Final

	1	2	T
Xavier XAV	36	30	66
St John's SJU	44	37	81

St. John's Red StormSt John'sSJU

8-3, 1-0 Big East

Xavier Musketeers @ St. John's Red Storm

St. John's defeats Xavier 81-66

— Joel Soriano's 18 points helped St. John's defeat Xavier 81-66 on Wednesday night in the Big East Conference opener for both teams.

Dec 20, 2023, 10:06 pm - Data Skrive

XAV

According to ESPN Analytics

Data is currently unavailable.

NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

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