Eastern Michigan was a much bigger challenge than Monday night’s game. EMU came out and started 7-0, forcing an early 30 second timeout from coach Pitino. Eastern Michigan maintained an advantage, leading 18-11 with 12:04 remaining in the first half. From that point forward, Xavier took control of the game. The under eight media timeout took place with 7:00 remaining in the first half. Xavier came back from that and took the lead off of two free throws from Tru Washington. Xavier closed the half on a 15-5 run over the final seven minutes.