Big East-Big 12 Battle

8-0, 1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Houston HOU	36	30	66
Xavier XAV	31	29	60

Xavier MusketeersXavierXAV

4-4, 3-2 Home

Houston Cougars @ Xavier Musketeers

Houston Cougars

Ja'Vier FrancisJ. Francis#5
starters
J'Wan RobertsJ. Roberts#13
Emanuel SharpE. Sharp#21
LJ CryerLJ Cryer#4
Jamal SheadJ. Shead#1
bench
Joseph TuglerJ. Tugler#25
Terrance ArceneauxT. Arceneaux#23
Ramon Walker Jr.R. Walker Jr.#3
Mylik WilsonM. Wilson#24
Damian DunnD. Dunn#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
23	0	0-2	0-0	0-3	7	1	3	0	3	2	5	4
31	9	3-7	0-0	3-4	12	2	3	1	2	5	7	3
36	10	2-12	1-6	5-6	2	4	0	3	0	0	2	1
38	23	8-16	5-12	2-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	2
28	13	4-12	1-3	4-4	3	4	2	2	1	2	1	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
13	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	1	2	3	3	5
13	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	3	0-5	0-1	3-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	66	21-61	7-22	17-25	39	11	11	8	9	14	25	27
		34%	32%	68%

Xavier Musketeers

Gytis NemeiksaG. Nemeiksa#50
starters
Sasa CianiS. Ciani#21
Desmond ClaudeD. Claude#1
Dayvion McKnightD. McKnight#20
Quincy OlivariQ. Olivari#8
bench
Lazar DjokovicL. Djokovic#17
Abou OusmaneA. Ousmane#24
Dailyn SwainD. Swain#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
27	4	2-8	0-1	0-1	8	1	2	0	2	3	5	4
19	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	3
37	14	3-13	0-5	8-12	5	2	2	0	1	1	4	5
28	7	3-12	0-3	1-2	6	2	3	3	1	2	4	4
36	17	5-10	4-7	3-4	3	4	0	1	0	0	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
23	8	4-8	0-0	0-2	4	2	2	3	2	4	0	4
26	6	0-2	0-0	6-6	4	2	3	0	2	0	4	2
	60	18-55	4-16	20-30	42	13	17	7	8	15	27	23
		33%	25%	67%

Game Information

Cincinnati, OH

Referee:Mike Roberts

Referee:Lee Cassell

Referee:Kipp Kissinger

NCAA Division I

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	16-2	-	36-3
Houston	14-4	2	30-7
Iowa State	12-6	4	29-8
Kansas	12-6	4	24-11
Texas Tech	12-6	4	23-11
TCU	11-7	5	23-12
BYU	9-9	7	23-12
UCF	9-9	7	21-12
West Virginia	9-9	7	21-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-16
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-15
Baylor	6-12	10	17-17
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22

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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