GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Saint John's 71, Xavier 52
Associated Press
NEW YORK - Jayla Everett scored a season-high 26 points, Jillian Archer had a double-double and No. 24 St. John's bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 71-52 win over Xavier.
The Red Storm (14-1, 5-1 Big East Conference) never trailed as they got back on the winning track heading into a Wednesday home game against No. 5 UConn. A 72-51 loss at Seton Hall ended their school-record start on Wednesday.
Archer finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds, shooting 5 of 7 from the field. Everett was 8 of 11, making her first seven shots.
Mackayla Scarlett had 18 points for the Musketeers (7-9, 0-7), who have lost six straight as well as 15 straight to St. John's. Xavier was 4 of 20 behind the arc, 1 of 10 in the second half, and was outscored by 14 at the foul line.
Everett hit two jumpers and made four free throws in a 13-0 run that broke the game open in the third quarter.
Xavier missed nine straight shots and went more than seven minutes between field goals as the Red Storm took a 49-29 lead with two minutes left in the third quarter.
Everett hit all five of her shots, two 3-pointers included, for 12 points and the Red Storm, despite a 6-0 close by Xavier, led 14-12 after one quarter. St. John's boosted the lead to 32-25 at halftime despite Everett not attempting a shot.
January 8, 2023
| Xavier | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| N. Blackford | F | 26 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| C. Prenger | F | 25 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| M. Scarlett | G | 32 | 5-12 | 8-10 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| T. Smith | G | 26 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| S. Calhoun | G | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Woods | 23 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| F. Ovalle | 21 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| A. Harris | 15 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Ruiz Azkue | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Addie | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| M. Harkey | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 19-55 (.345) |
10-16 (.625) |
4-20 (.200) |
14-32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 52 | |
| St. John's | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| R. Peeples | F | 28 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Archer | F | 26 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 7-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Everett | G | 31 | 8-11 | 8-10 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| M. Reid | G | 31 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Bailey | G | 19 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| U. Drake | 24 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| D. Patterson | 14 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| S. Gines | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Cosgrove | 8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| S. Owen | 5 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| K. Burton | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Donald | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-47 (.447) |
24-31 (.774) |
5-18 (.278) |
12-38 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 71 | |
Officials: Bryan Brunette, Timothy Resch, Courtney Robinson
Attendance: 475
