It’s Gameday! The Xavier Musketeers take on the Dayton Flyers at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. The game is being held outdoors, which adds an intriguing factor to the game. This season, Sansom Sports Media will have a live blog feature rather than a running game thread on socials! This allows us to get content to you seamlessly while not clogging everything up and relying on the algorithm! With no live-stream, we thought we would go ahead and get this live!
The Flyers and Musketeers will tip around 5:30 p.m. Below, we have roster updates and game previews.
Game Thread
Officials: James Breeding, Brent Hampton, James Duke
Xavier Starters
G Chance Westry
G Ruben Dominguez
G Tru Washington
F Mike Nwoko
F Jovan Milicevic
Dayton Starters
G Aiden Derkack
G Zaide Lowery
G Travis Perry
F Jaiun Simon
F Amel L’Etang
Xavier Stats
Dayton Stats
FINAL | Xavier wins 82-76
Chitikoudis with a nice lay-up, Xavier leads by 10. Lowery cuts the lead to 7, he’s got 16 tonight. Westry hits a lay-up, lead is up to nine. Ford knocks down two FTs, back to a seven-point lead. Nwoko hits two more FTs and Simon hits a three. Game over.
2H 3:49 | Xavier leads 75-67
Nwoko hits two FTs, putting Xavier up six. Lowery nails two FTs, lead back to four. Westry with a tough tip-in. Nwoko draws another foul, hits both FTs. His physicality is overwhelming down low. Lowery gets the foul and the bucket, but misses the FT. House makes a nice drive, Xavier up eight.
2H 7:39 | Xavier leads 67-63
Washington draws a foul and hits both FTs. Damon Friery hits a nice mid-range shot. Cody Peck throws down a dunk. Dominguez nails a huge three, putting Xavier up four.
2H 9:50 | Xavier leads 62-59
Washington goes 1/2 from the line. Derkack lays the ball in to cut the lead to four, Nwoko responds to put it at six. Derkack nails a clutch three to cut it back to three. Timeout Xavier.
2H 11:32 | Xavier leads 59-53
Lowery throws down another dunk. Technical on Milicevic as Pozzato attemps a big slam. L’Etang gets a technical of his own, Washington makes both FTs. Kalek House finds Chitikoudis for a wide-open dunk. Tristian Ford hits a three. Washington picks up two more points on a fadeaway. Nwoko gets fouled and makes both FTs. Landon Joseph dishes a great pass to Lowery for the alley-oop. Lowery takes the ball and puts in another lay-up shortly after.
2H 15:47 | Xavier leads 49-42
Zaide Lowery throws down a dunk out of the timeout. L’Etang hits a three, Musketeer lead down to 5. Nwoko answers with a quick two.
2H 17:08 | Xavier leads 47-37
Tru Washington with a tough lay to open up the 2H. L’Etang drills a three for the Flyers. Nwoko responds with a two. Perry drills a three of his own for Dayton. Milicevic adds a two, so does Derkack. Timeout Xavier.
HALF | Xavier leads 40-29
Nwoko makes both. Joseph makes two of his own, he’s got 9 points. Milicevic draws a foul and goes 1/2 from the stripe. Next play, Nwoko steals the ball and throws it down. Shortly after, Nwoko fouls for the sixth time and should be out, but it’s an exhibition so he stays in. Milicevic draws a foul and makes the basket + FT, putting the Musketeers up 11.
1H 3:32 | Xavier leads 32-25
Landen Joseph stops the Flyer skid with a lay-up. Dominguez gets fouled while shooting, makes all three FTs. Derkack with the steal and lob to Malcolm Thomas for a slam. Simon hits two FTs for the Flyers. Joseph gets the basket and foul, putting the Flyers on a 7-0 run. Joseph scores again, 9-0 run. Nwoko draws a foul, will shoot FTs after media timeout.
1H 7:50 | Xavier leads 29-12
Westry with a beautiful pass to Washington for a lay. Dominguez knocks down his second three of the game. Chitikoudis makes two free throws to extend the Musketeers’ run. Shortly after, Dominguez hits his third three of the game.
1H 11:11 | Xavier leads 19-12
Nwoko has picked up four early fouls, remains in the game. Gabe Pozzato drills a three, his first collegiate points in over a year. Milicevic draws a foul and gets the bucket, putting the Musketeers on a 7-0 run. Derkack stops the run with a lay. Milicevic responds shortly after.
1H 15:24 | Tied at 10
Ruben Dominguez opens things up with a three, followed by a lay-up from Milicevic and a slam from Nwoko. Flyers go on a 7-1 run in response. Washington stops the bleeding with a lay-up. Tristian Ford delivers an emphatic slam to tie it up at the media timeout.
Xavier’s Roster
Dayton’s Roster
