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Xavier pressure stifles J-Hawks
It took the Xavier boys awhile to get into their game on their home floor Tuesday night.
But when they got away from playing Jefferson’s style of slow-ball and picked up speed, they ran right over the J-Hawks, 51-41.
On the heels of three straight long bombs by Creighton Robinson in a minute’s time, Stu Ordman’s Jefferson crew held a 21-7 lead with 5:20 to go in the second quarter.
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