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Saint Joseph's defeats La Salle 75-70 in 2nd round of Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament

AP
Mar 13, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) Xzayvier Brown had 21 points to lead Saint Joseph's to a 75-70 victory over La Salle in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament on Thursday night.

Brown added seven rebounds for the sixth-seeded Hawks (21-11), who will bring a six-game win streak into their matchup with No. 3 seed Dayton in a Friday quarterfinal.

Anthony Finkley totaled 14 points, five rebounds and five assists for Saint Joseph's. Rasheer Fleming pitched in with 11 points and eight rebounds.

The 14th-seeded Explorers (14-19) were led by Corey McKeithan with 29 points, four assists and three steals. Deuce Jones added 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals. Ryan Zan had 11 points and seven rebounds.

The Hawks led 36-27 at halftime.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
LAS
Explorers
27
JOES
Hawks
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Mac Etienne vs. Justice Ajogbor (Xzayvier Brown gains possession)
19:43		Erik Reynolds II misses three point jump shot
19:41		Corey McKeithan defensive rebound
19:13		Corey McKeithan misses two point jump shot
19:11		Justice Ajogbor defensive rebound
18:52	+3	Rasheer Fleming makes three point jump shot (Anthony Finkley assists)	0-3
18:34	+2	Mac Etienne makes two point jump shot (Deuce Jones assists)	2-3
18:17	+2	Erik Reynolds II makes two point layup	2-5
17:57	+2	Corey McKeithan makes two point jump shot	4-5
17:40		Rasheer Fleming misses two point layup
17:38		Mac Etienne defensive rebound
17:27		Deuce Jones misses two point jump shot
17:25		Hawks defensive rebound
17:01		Erik Reynolds II misses two point jump shot
16:59		Xzayvier Brown offensive rebound
16:57		Xzayvier Brown misses two point layup
16:55		Mac Etienne defensive rebound
16:41	+2	Mac Etienne makes two point jump shot (Corey McKeithan assists)	6-5
16:27		Mac Etienne blocks Xzayvier Brown's two point layup
16:25		Hawks offensive rebound
16:22		Erik Reynolds II misses three point jump shot
16:20		Rasheer Fleming offensive rebound
16:02		Erik Reynolds II turnover (lost ball) (Deuce Jones steals)
16:01		Erik Reynolds II personal foul
15:43		Mac Etienne misses two point jump shot
15:41		Rasheer Fleming defensive rebound
15:33		Xzayvier Brown misses two point layup
15:31		Xzayvier Brown offensive rebound
15:30		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi personal foul
15:30		TV timeout
15:25	+3	Anthony Finkley makes three point jump shot (Xzayvier Brown assists)	6-8
15:00		Rasheer Fleming blocks Deuce Jones's two point jump shot
14:58		Xzayvier Brown defensive rebound
14:49		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi blocks Xzayvier Brown's two point layup
14:47		Rasheer Fleming offensive rebound
14:41	+3	Xzayvier Brown makes three point jump shot (Rasheer Fleming assists)	6-11
14:33		Corey McKeithan misses three point jump shot
14:31		Erik Reynolds II defensive rebound
14:25		Xzayvier Brown offensive foul
14:25		Xzayvier Brown turnover (offensive foul)
14:08		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi misses two point layup
14:06		Explorers offensive rebound
13:58		Mac Etienne misses two point jump shot
13:56		Derek Simpson defensive rebound
13:36		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi blocks Xzayvier Brown's two point layup
13:34		Corey McKeithan defensive rebound
13:26		Ryan Zan turnover (lost ball)
13:09		Anthony Finkley misses three point jump shot
13:07		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi defensive rebound
13:00		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi misses three point jump shot
12:58		Xzayvier Brown defensive rebound
12:38		Derek Simpson misses three point jump shot
12:36		Hawks offensive rebound
12:34		Erik Reynolds II misses three point jump shot
12:32		Anthony Finkley offensive rebound
12:30		Daeshon Shepherd blocks Anthony Finkley's two point layup
12:28		Daeshon Shepherd defensive rebound
12:22		Rasheer Fleming personal foul (Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi draws the foul)
12:10	+2	Ryan Zan makes two point jump shot (Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi assists)	8-11
11:44		Dasear Haskins misses two point layup
11:42		Dasear Haskins offensive rebound
11:39	+2	Dasear Haskins makes two point layup	8-13
11:21		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi turnover (Anthony Finkley steals)
11:21		TV timeout
11:14		Derek Simpson turnover (bad pass) (Corey McKeithan steals)
11:08	+2	Daeshon Shepherd makes two point dunk (Corey McKeithan assists)	10-13
10:46		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi personal foul (Rasheer Fleming draws the foul)
10:37		Dasear Haskins misses three point jump shot
10:35		Derek Simpson offensive rebound
10:30		Derek Simpson misses three point jump shot
10:28		Ryan Zan defensive rebound
10:06		Rasheer Fleming shooting foul (Corey McKeithan draws the foul)
10:06	+1	Corey McKeithan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-13
10:06	+1	Corey McKeithan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-13
9:42	+3	Xzayvier Brown makes three point jump shot (Anthony Finkley assists)	12-16
9:24		Mac Etienne misses two point jump shot
9:22		Erik Reynolds II defensive rebound
8:56		Corey McKeithan shooting foul (Dasear Haskins draws the foul)
8:56	+1	Dasear Haskins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-17
8:56	+1	Dasear Haskins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-18
8:37		Erik Reynolds II blocks Andrés Marrero's two point layup
8:35		Explorers offensive rebound
8:29	+2	Mac Etienne makes two point jump shot (Deuce Jones assists)	14-18
8:06		Xzayvier Brown turnover (bad pass) (Corey McKeithan steals)
7:57		Corey McKeithan misses three point jump shot
7:55		Justice Ajogbor defensive rebound
7:42	+2	Xzayvier Brown makes two point jump shot	14-20
7:14		Justice Ajogbor shooting foul (Daeshon Shepherd draws the foul)
7:14		TV timeout
7:14	+1	Daeshon Shepherd makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-20
7:14	+1	Daeshon Shepherd makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-20
7:03		Erik Reynolds II misses three point jump shot
7:01		Daeshon Shepherd defensive rebound
6:46		Daeshon Shepherd misses two point jump shot
6:44		Xzayvier Brown defensive rebound
6:37		Daeshon Shepherd shooting foul (Xzayvier Brown draws the foul)
6:37	+1	Xzayvier Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-21
6:37	+1	Xzayvier Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-22
6:20		Deuce Jones misses two point jump shot
6:18		Mac Etienne offensive rebound
6:12		Andrés Marrero misses two point jump shot
6:10		Xzayvier Brown defensive rebound
6:07		Xzayvier Brown misses three point jump shot
6:05		Deuce Jones defensive rebound
5:58	+2	Deuce Jones makes two point layup	18-22
5:34	+2	Justice Ajogbor makes two point dunk (Anthony Finkley assists)	18-24
5:16		Mac Etienne misses two point jump shot
5:14		Anthony Finkley defensive rebound
5:05	+2	Erik Reynolds II makes two point jump shot	18-26
4:42		Mac Etienne misses two point jump shot
4:40		Derek Simpson defensive rebound
4:26	+3	Xzayvier Brown makes three point jump shot (Derek Simpson assists)	18-29
4:22		Explorers 30 second timeout
4:22		TV timeout
4:09	+3	Ryan Zan makes three point jump shot (Corey McKeithan assists)	21-29
3:53		Derek Simpson misses three point jump shot
3:51		Deuce Jones defensive rebound
3:42	+3	Deuce Jones makes three point jump shot	24-29
3:39		Hawks 30 second timeout
3:24		Jump ball. Erik Reynolds II vs. Deuce Jones (Deuce Jones gains possession)
3:24		Erik Reynolds II turnover (lost ball) (Deuce Jones steals)
2:59		Corey McKeithan misses two point jump shot
2:57		Derek Simpson defensive rebound
2:47	+2	Justice Ajogbor makes two point dunk (Derek Simpson assists)	24-31
2:35		Deuce Jones misses two point layup
2:33		Daeshon Shepherd offensive rebound
2:33		Erik Reynolds II personal foul (Daeshon Shepherd draws the foul)
2:33		Daeshon Shepherd misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:33	+1	Daeshon Shepherd makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-31
2:07		Deuce Jones shooting foul (Derek Simpson draws the foul)
2:07		Derek Simpson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:07		Derek Simpson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:07		Corey McKeithan defensive rebound
1:44		Mac Etienne misses two point hook shot
1:42		Justice Ajogbor defensive rebound
1:17		Derek Simpson misses three point jump shot
1:15		Mac Etienne defensive rebound
0:53		Corey McKeithan misses two point jump shot
0:51		Anthony Finkley defensive rebound
0:38	+2	Xzayvier Brown makes two point jump shot (Anthony Finkley assists)	25-33
0:10		Deuce Jones misses two point layup
0:08		Daeshon Shepherd offensive rebound
0:06	+2	Daeshon Shepherd makes two point layup	27-33
0:01		Deuce Jones personal foul
0:01	+3	Anthony Finkley makes three point jump shot (Derek Simpson assists)	27-36
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
LAS
Explorers
43
JOES
Hawks
39

Time		Play	Score
19:45		Anthony Finkley turnover (bad pass) (Mac Etienne steals)
19:27		Justice Ajogbor shooting foul (Mac Etienne draws the foul)
19:27		Mac Etienne misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:27		Mac Etienne misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:27		Ryan Zan offensive rebound
19:18		Deuce Jones misses two point jump shot
19:16		Mac Etienne offensive rebound
19:11		Ryan Zan misses three point jump shot
19:09		Deuce Jones offensive rebound
19:09		Erik Reynolds II personal foul
19:03		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi misses two point jump shot
19:01		Rasheer Fleming defensive rebound
18:41	+2	Justice Ajogbor makes two point layup (Anthony Finkley assists)	27-38
18:41		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi shooting foul (Justice Ajogbor draws the foul)
18:41		Justice Ajogbor misses regular free throw 1 of 1
18:41		Mac Etienne defensive rebound
18:27		Justice Ajogbor blocks Deuce Jones's two point layup
18:25		Explorers offensive rebound
18:20		Mac Etienne turnover (bad pass) (Xzayvier Brown steals)
18:05		Derek Simpson misses two point layup
18:03		Daeshon Shepherd defensive rebound
17:40	+2	Deuce Jones makes two point hook shot	29-38
17:20		Rasheer Fleming misses three point jump shot
17:18		Anthony Finkley offensive rebound
17:18		Corey McKeithan personal foul
17:16		Xzayvier Brown misses two point jump shot
17:14		Derek Simpson offensive rebound
16:56	+3	Rasheer Fleming makes three point jump shot (Xzayvier Brown assists)	29-41
16:40	+3	Corey McKeithan makes three point jump shot (Mac Etienne assists)	32-41
16:24	+2	Xzayvier Brown makes two point layup	32-43
16:12		Deuce Jones turnover (lost ball) (Anthony Finkley steals)
16:02		Derek Simpson misses two point layup
16:00		Justice Ajogbor offensive rebound
15:56		Anthony Finkley misses three point jump shot
15:54		Mac Etienne defensive rebound
15:43	+2	Corey McKeithan makes two point jump shot	34-43
15:23		Daeshon Shepherd personal foul (Xzayvier Brown draws the foul)
15:23		TV timeout
15:23		Daeshon Shepherd blocks Derek Simpson's two point layup
15:21		Hawks offensive rebound
15:02		Hawks turnover (shot clock violation)
14:44	+3	Ryan Zan makes three point jump shot (Eric Acker assists)	37-43
14:32		Ryan Zan blocks Xzayvier Brown's two point layup
14:30		Hawks offensive rebound
14:27		Daeshon Shepherd shooting foul (Anthony Finkley draws the foul)
14:27	+1	Anthony Finkley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-44
14:27	+1	Anthony Finkley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-45
14:08		Eric Acker misses two point layup
14:06		Hawks defensive rebound
13:40	+2	Dasear Haskins makes two point layup	37-47
13:19		Anthony Finkley shooting foul (Deuce Jones draws the foul)
13:16		Ryan Zan misses three point jump shot
12:55		Dasear Haskins defensive rebound
12:53		Anthony Finkley turnover (lost ball) (Corey McKeithan steals)
12:40	+2	Corey McKeithan makes two point layup	39-47
12:15		Daeshon Shepherd shooting foul (Dasear Haskins draws the foul)
12:15	+1	Dasear Haskins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-48
12:15		Dasear Haskins misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:15		Ryan Zan defensive rebound
11:58	+3	Ryan Zan makes three point jump shot (Deuce Jones assists)	42-48
11:38		Rasheer Fleming misses two point layup
11:36		Dasear Haskins offensive rebound
11:32	+2	Dasear Haskins makes two point layup	42-50
11:18		Eric Acker misses two point jump shot
11:16		Rasheer Fleming defensive rebound
10:55	+3	Derek Simpson makes three point jump shot (Rasheer Fleming assists)	42-53
10:25		Deuce Jones misses two point layup
10:23		Dasear Haskins defensive rebound
10:18		Xzayvier Brown misses three point jump shot
10:16		Deuce Jones defensive rebound
10:02		Ryan Zan turnover (bad pass) (Xzayvier Brown steals)
9:55		Ryan Zan personal foul (Xzayvier Brown draws the foul)
9:55		TV timeout
9:53		Rasheer Fleming misses two point dunk
9:51		Derek Simpson offensive rebound
9:49		Derek Simpson turnover (bad pass) (Deuce Jones steals)
9:42		Anthony Finkley blocks Deuce Jones's two point layup
9:40		Erik Reynolds II defensive rebound
9:32	+2	Rasheer Fleming makes two point layup (Erik Reynolds II assists)	42-55
9:14	+2	Deuce Jones makes two point layup (Ryan Zan assists)	44-55
8:50	+2	Anthony Finkley makes two point layup	44-57
8:35		Deuce Jones misses two point layup
8:34		Erik Reynolds II defensive rebound
8:34		Deuce Jones personal foul (Erik Reynolds II draws the foul)
8:34	+1	Erik Reynolds II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-58
8:34	+1	Erik Reynolds II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-59
8:15		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi turnover (bad pass) (Derek Simpson steals)
8:03		Ryan Zan shooting foul (Derek Simpson draws the foul)
8:03		TV timeout
8:03	+1	Derek Simpson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-60
8:03	+1	Derek Simpson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-61
7:51		Corey McKeithan misses two point layup
7:49		Explorers offensive rebound
7:42		Andrés Marrero offensive foul
7:42		Andrés Marrero turnover (offensive foul)
7:22		Anthony Finkley misses three point jump shot
7:20		Xzayvier Brown offensive rebound
7:00		Corey McKeithan blocks Anthony Finkley's two point layup
6:58		Eric Acker defensive rebound
6:53		Corey McKeithan misses three point jump shot
6:51		Hawks defensive rebound
6:35	+2	Xzayvier Brown makes two point layup	44-63
6:26	+2	Daeshon Shepherd makes two point layup (Corey McKeithan assists)	46-63
6:22		Explorers 30 second timeout
6:22		TV timeout
5:56		Xzayvier Brown misses three point jump shot
5:54		Anthony Finkley offensive rebound
5:51	+2	Anthony Finkley makes two point layup	46-65
5:51		Deuce Jones shooting foul (Anthony Finkley draws the foul)
5:51		Anthony Finkley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:51		Ryan Zan defensive rebound
5:35		Rasheer Fleming blocks Daeshon Shepherd's two point layup
5:33		Ryan Zan offensive rebound
5:29		Anthony Finkley personal foul
5:23		Ryan Zan misses two point jump shot
5:21		Rasheer Fleming defensive rebound
5:21		Daeshon Shepherd personal foul (Rasheer Fleming draws the foul)
5:21		Rasheer Fleming misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:21	+1	Rasheer Fleming makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-66
5:03		Mac Etienne misses two point jump shot
5:01		Rasheer Fleming defensive rebound
4:43		Xzayvier Brown misses two point jump shot
4:41		Deuce Jones defensive rebound
4:30		Rasheer Fleming shooting foul (Andrés Marrero draws the foul)
4:30	+1	Andrés Marrero makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-66
4:30		Andrés Marrero misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:30		Derek Simpson defensive rebound
4:01		Derek Simpson misses three point jump shot
3:59		Hawks offensive rebound
3:57		TV timeout
3:49		Xzayvier Brown misses two point layup
3:47		Rasheer Fleming offensive rebound
3:43	+2	Rasheer Fleming makes two point layup	47-68
3:35	+3	Corey McKeithan makes three point jump shot (Mac Etienne assists)	50-68
3:33		Explorers 30 second timeout
3:06		Mac Etienne blocks Rasheer Fleming's two point layup
3:04		Ryan Zan defensive rebound
2:57	+2	Corey McKeithan makes two point jump shot	52-68
2:48		Erik Reynolds II turnover (out of bounds) (Ryan Zan steals)
2:43		Xzayvier Brown personal foul
2:37	+3	Corey McKeithan makes three point jump shot (Ryan Zan assists)	55-68
2:33		Explorers 60 second timeout
2:09		Rasheer Fleming misses three point jump shot
2:07		Ryan Zan defensive rebound
2:01	+3	Corey McKeithan makes three point jump shot	58-68
1:35		Xzayvier Brown misses two point layup
1:33		Mac Etienne defensive rebound
1:31		Mac Etienne turnover (bad pass)
1:06		Xzayvier Brown misses two point layup
1:04		Deuce Jones defensive rebound
0:59	+3	Corey McKeithan makes three point jump shot (Deuce Jones assists)	61-68
0:59		Anthony Finkley shooting foul (Corey McKeithan draws the foul)
0:59	+1	Corey McKeithan makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-68
0:32		Andrés Marrero shooting foul (Erik Reynolds II draws the foul)
0:32		Erik Reynolds II misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:32	+1	Erik Reynolds II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-69
0:22	+2	Andrés Marrero makes two point layup	64-69
0:22		Hawks 60 second timeout
0:17		Mac Etienne personal foul (Anthony Finkley draws the foul)
0:17	+1	Anthony Finkley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-70
0:17	+1	Anthony Finkley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-71
0:11	+3	Corey McKeithan makes three point jump shot (Deuce Jones assists)	67-71
0:09		Ryan Zan personal foul (Derek Simpson draws the foul)
0:09	+1	Derek Simpson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-72
0:09	+1	Derek Simpson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-73
0:04	+3	Deuce Jones makes three point jump shot	70-73
0:04		Corey McKeithan personal foul (Xzayvier Brown draws the foul)
0:04	+1	Xzayvier Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-74
0:04	+1	Xzayvier Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-75
0:00		End of period

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Xzayvier Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2