BOTTOM LINE: St. John's heads into the matchup against Xavier as losers of four in a row.
The Musketeers have gone 4-4 at home. Xavier averages 18.0 turnovers per game and is 3-2 when it wins the turnover battle.
The Red Storm are 0-4 in Big East play. St. John's is second in the Big East allowing 54.8 points while holding opponents to 43.0% shooting.
Xavier averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game, 2.1 more made shots than the 4.2 per game St. John's allows. St. John's has shot at a 42.8% rate from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points greater than the 40.9% shooting opponents of Xavier have averaged.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Meri Kanerva averages 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Musketeers, scoring 10.7 points while shooting 35.0% from beyond the arc.
Lashae Dwyer is scoring 15.3 points per game and averaging 4.5 rebounds for the Red Storm.
LAST 10 GAMES: Musketeers: 2-8, averaging 53.2 points, 24.0 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 5.8 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 40.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.3 points per game.
Red Storm: 5-5, averaging 60.9 points, 25.9 rebounds, 10.8 assists, 9.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 57.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.