UConn 99-56 Xavier (28 Jan, 2024) Play-by-Play

Xavier Musketeers

10-10, 4-5 Conference

	1	2	T
XAV	22	34	56
CONN	48	51	99

UConn Huskies

18-2, 8-1 Conference

Alex Karaban made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Stephon Castle missed Jumper.
Donovan Clingan missed Jumper.
Tristen Newton made Layup.
Donovan Clingan made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Castle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Tristen Newton missed Layup.
Alex Karaban missed Layup.
Cam Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.
Tristen Newton made Layup.
Alex Karaban made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.
Tristen Newton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Karaban.
Solomon Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Karaban.
Hassan Diarra missed Layup.
Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.
Jaylin Stewart made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Tristen Newton made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Tristen Newton made Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Castle made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Stephon Castle made Layup.
Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
Hassan Diarra missed Layup.
Cam Spencer missed Jumper.
Samson Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.
Solomon Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.
Cam Spencer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Solomon Ball.
Cam Spencer made Jumper.
Stephon Castle missed Jumper.
Tristen Newton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Clingan.
Tristen Newton made Jumper.
Tristen Newton made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Clingan.
Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
Donovan Clingan made Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Donovan Clingan made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Tristen Newton missed Layup.
Samson Johnson made Dunk.
Donovan Clingan made Jumper. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Tristen Newton made Three Point Jumper.
Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.
Alex Karaban missed Jumper.
Alex Karaban made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.
Solomon Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Jayden Ross missed Three Point Jumper.
Jaylin Stewart missed Jumper.
Stephon Castle missed Jumper.
Stephon Castle missed Jumper.
Solomon Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samson Johnson.
Jaylin Stewart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.
Jayden Ross missed Jumper.
Hassan Diarra missed Three Point Jumper.
Hassan Diarra made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Apostolos Roumoglou.
Samson Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.
Youssouf Singare missed Jumper.
Solomon Ball missed Three Point Jumper.
Apostolos Roumoglou made Dunk.
Jaylin Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.
Andrew Hurley missed Three Point Jumper.
Apostolos Roumoglou made Three Point Jumper.
Andrew Hurley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayden Ross.
Abou Ousmane missed Jumper.
Abou Ousmane missed Jumper.
Desmond Claude missed Layup.
Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.
Gytis Nemeiksa missed Jumper.
Desmond Claude missed Layup.
Dayvion McKnight made Three Point Jumper.
Dayvion McKnight missed Jumper.
Dayvion McKnight missed Three Point Jumper.
Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.
Dayvion McKnight made Jumper.
Desmond Claude made Jumper.
Gytis Nemeiksa missed Jumper.
Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.
Quincy Olivari missed Layup.
Desmond Claude missed Three Point Jumper.
Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.
Desmond Claude missed Jumper.
Quincy Olivari missed Layup.
Desmond Claude missed Jumper.
Dailyn Swain missed Three Point Jumper.
Desmond Claude missed Jumper.
Gytis Nemeiksa missed Layup.
Quincy Olivari made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Green.
Dayvion McKnight made Layup.
Quincy Olivari made Jumper.
Quincy Olivari made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.
Dayvion McKnight made Three Point Jumper.
Trey Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Desmond Claude missed Jumper.
Desmond Claude made Layup.
Desmond Claude missed Layup.
Abou Ousmane made Layup. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.
Desmond Claude missed Three Point Jumper.
Dailyn Swain missed Layup.
Quincy Olivari missed Three Point Jumper.
Desmond Claude made Layup.
Dayvion McKnight made Layup.
Desmond Claude made Layup.
Trey Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Dayvion McKnight missed Jumper.
Desmond Claude missed Layup.
Desmond Claude made Jumper.
Trey Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Lazar Djokovic missed Jumper.
Desmond Claude missed Layup.
Dailyn Swain missed Layup.
Dailyn Swain made Layup.
Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.
Quincy Olivari made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.
Dayvion McKnight made Layup.
Quincy Olivari missed Three Point Jumper.
Dayvion McKnight missed Three Point Jumper.
Quincy Olivari made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.
Sasa Ciani made Jumper. Assisted by Trey Green.
Desmond Claude missed Layup.
Kachi Nzeh made Layup.
Trey Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Brad Colbert missed Three Point Jumper.
Ian Sabourin made Layup.
Lazar Djokovic missed Jumper.

XAVIER

UCONN

TIME		XAV	CONN
20:00	Jump Ball won by UConn	0	0
19:36	Alex Karaban made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Castle.	0	2
19:25	Abou Ousmane missed Jumper.	0	2
19:25	Stephon Castle Defensive Rebound.	0	2
19:08	Stephon Castle missed Jumper.	0	2
19:08	Cam Spencer Offensive Rebound.	0	2
19:01	Donovan Clingan missed Jumper.	0	2
19:01	Abou Ousmane Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:48	Abou Ousmane missed Jumper.	0	2
18:48	Abou Ousmane Offensive Rebound.	0	2
18:48	Desmond Claude missed Layup.	0	2
18:48	Donovan Clingan Block.	0	2
18:48	Donovan Clingan Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:28	Tristen Newton made Layup.	0	4
18:19	Quincy Olivari Turnover.	0	4
18:19	Cam Spencer Steal.	0	4
18:05	Donovan Clingan made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	0	6
17:36	Dailyn Swain Turnover.	0	6
17:22	Foul on Abou Ousmane.	0	6
17:22	Stephon Castle missed Free Throw.	0	6
17:22	UConn Deadball Team Rebound.	0	6
17:22	Stephon Castle made Free Throw.	0	7
17:06	Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.	0	7
17:06	Abou Ousmane Offensive Rebound.	0	7
16:45	Gytis Nemeiksa missed Jumper.	0	7
16:45	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	0	7
16:39	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	0	7
16:39	Abou Ousmane Defensive Rebound.	0	7
16:29	Desmond Claude missed Layup.	0	7
16:29	Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.	0	7
16:20	Stephon Castle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cam Spencer.	0	10
16:02	Dayvion McKnight made Three Point Jumper.	3	10
15:36	Tristen Newton missed Layup.	3	10
15:36	Gytis Nemeiksa Defensive Rebound.	3	10
15:29	Dayvion McKnight missed Jumper.	3	10
15:29	Stephon Castle Defensive Rebound.	3	10
15:19	Alex Karaban missed Layup.	3	10
15:19	Abou Ousmane Defensive Rebound.	3	10
15:09	Dayvion McKnight missed Three Point Jumper.	3	10
15:09	Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.	3	10
15:00	Official TV Timeout	3	10
14:45	Cam Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.	3	10
14:45	Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.	3	10
14:32	Tristen Newton made Layup.	3	12
14:12	Foul on Samson Johnson.	3	12
14:11	Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.	3	12
14:11	UConn Defensive Rebound.	3	12
14:07	Foul on Gytis Nemeiksa.	3	12
14:04	Alex Karaban made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	3	15
13:49	Dayvion McKnight made Jumper.	5	15
13:32	Solomon Ball Turnover.	5	15
13:24	Foul on Desmond Claude.	5	15
13:24	Desmond Claude Turnover.	5	15
13:13	Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.	5	15
13:13	Sasa Ciani Defensive Rebound.	5	15
13:00	Dayvion McKnight Turnover.	5	15
13:00	Alex Karaban Steal.	5	15
12:54	Tristen Newton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Karaban.	5	18
12:30	Desmond Claude made Jumper.	7	18
11:57	Solomon Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Karaban.	7	21
11:41	Trey Green Turnover.	7	21
11:41	Hassan Diarra Steal.	7	21
11:32	Hassan Diarra missed Layup.	7	21
11:32	Sasa Ciani Defensive Rebound.	7	21
11:22	Gytis Nemeiksa missed Jumper.	7	21
11:22	Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.	7	21
11:15	Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.	7	21
11:15	Desmond Claude Defensive Rebound.	7	21
11:03	Foul on Alex Karaban.	7	21
11:03	Official TV Timeout	7	21
10:59	Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.	7	21
10:59	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	7	21
10:37	Hassan Diarra Turnover.	7	21
10:37	Desmond Claude Steal.	7	21
10:32	Quincy Olivari missed Layup.	7	21
10:32	Hassan Diarra Defensive Rebound.	7	21
10:22	Foul on Sasa Ciani.	7	21
10:22	Stephon Castle missed Free Throw.	7	21
10:22	UConn Deadball Team Rebound.	7	21
10:22	Stephon Castle made Free Throw.	7	22
10:07	Desmond Claude Turnover.	7	22
10:07	Cam Spencer Steal.	7	22
9:59	Jaylin Stewart made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Castle.	7	24
9:43	Desmond Claude Turnover.	7	24
9:43	Stephon Castle Steal.	7	24
9:33	Tristen Newton made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Castle.	7	26
9:31	Xavier Timeout	7	26
9:09	Foul on Cam Spencer.	7	26
9:02	Desmond Claude missed Three Point Jumper.	7	26
9:02	Tristen Newton Defensive Rebound.	7	26
8:55	Tristen Newton made Three Point Jumper.	7	29
8:35	Quincy Olivari missed Jumper.	7	29
8:35	Tristen Newton Defensive Rebound.	7	29
8:27	Stephon Castle made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	7	31
8:08	Foul on Stephon Castle.	7	31
7:51	Desmond Claude missed Jumper.	7	31
7:51	Tristen Newton Defensive Rebound.	7	31
7:51	Tristen Newton Turnover.	7	31
7:51	Official TV Timeout	7	31
7:44	Quincy Olivari missed Layup.	7	31
7:44	Donovan Clingan Block.	7	31
7:44	Xavier Offensive Rebound.	7	31
7:34	Desmond Claude missed Jumper.	7	31
7:34	Donovan Clingan Defensive Rebound.	7	31
7:11	Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Cam Spencer.	7	33
6:59	Dailyn Swain missed Three Point Jumper.	7	33
6:59	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	7	33
6:43	Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	7	35
6:43	Foul on Abou Ousmane.	7	35
6:43	Donovan Clingan made Free Throw.	7	36
6:14	Desmond Claude missed Jumper.	7	36
6:14	Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.	7	36
5:50	Stephon Castle made Layup.	7	38
5:22	Foul on Stephon Castle.	7	38
5:22	Dayvion McKnight made Free Throw.	8	38
5:22	Dayvion McKnight made Free Throw.	9	38
4:55	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	9	38
4:55	Xavier Defensive Rebound.	9	38
4:51	Foul on Samson Johnson.	9	38
4:34	Trey Green Turnover.	9	38
4:34	Hassan Diarra Steal.	9	38
4:26	Hassan Diarra missed Layup.	9	38
4:26	Gytis Nemeiksa Defensive Rebound.	9	38
4:15	Gytis Nemeiksa missed Layup.	9	38
4:15	Sasa Ciani Offensive Rebound.	9	38
4:15	Foul on Hassan Diarra.	9	38
4:15	Sasa Ciani missed Free Throw.	9	38
4:15	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	9	38
3:47	Cam Spencer Turnover.	9	38
3:47	Sasa Ciani Steal.	9	38
3:47	Dayvion McKnight Turnover.	9	38
3:47	Foul on Dayvion McKnight.	9	38
3:47	Official TV Timeout	9	38
3:39	Cam Spencer missed Jumper.	9	38
3:39	Dayvion McKnight Defensive Rebound.	9	38
3:30	Quincy Olivari made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Green.	12	38
3:07	Samson Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.	12	40
2:37	Dayvion McKnight made Layup.	14	40
2:19	Solomon Ball made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.	14	43
2:06	Quincy Olivari made Jumper.	16	43
1:43	Cam Spencer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Solomon Ball.	16	46
1:34	Quincy Olivari made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.	19	46
1:17	UConn Timeout	19	46
1:13	Cam Spencer made Jumper.	19	48
0:52	Dayvion McKnight made Three Point Jumper.	22	48
0:25	Foul on Donovan Clingan.	22	48
0:25	Donovan Clingan Turnover.	22	48
0:01	Trey Green missed Three Point Jumper.	22	48
0:01	UConn Deadball Team Rebound.	22	48
0:00	End of 1st half	22	48

XL Center

5:00 PM, 28 January 2024

Hartford, CT

Attendance: 15,684

Referees:
Pat Driscoll
Matt Potter
Evon Burroughs

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
UConn	18-2	-	37-3
Marquette	14-6	4	27-10
Creighton	14-6	4	25-10
Seton Hall	13-7	5	25-12
St. John's	11-9	7	20-13
Providence	10-10	8	21-14
Villanova	10-10	8	18-16
Butler	9-11	9	18-15
Xavier	9-11	9	16-18
Georgetown	2-18	16	9-23
DePaul	0-20	18	3-29

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