
UConn Huskies at Xavier Musketeers
· NCAA Men's BasketballCam Spencer scores 19 points, No. 4 UConn holds off Xavier 80-75
Alex Karaban added 14 points and Newton finished with 11 assists to help the Huskies (14-2, 4-1 Big East) win their fourth straight game since dropping their conference opener by 15 at Seton Hall.
The defending national champions got some payback against Xavier, which swept the two-game season series last year.
Freshman guard Stephon Castle had 12 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Connecticut. Hassan Diarra scored 11 off the bench.
Quincy Olivari scored 24 points and Desmond Claude added 15 for the Musketeers (7-8, 1-3).
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 80 - 75 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 80 - 75 |
2nd 0:02 | Cam Spencer Steal. | 80 - 75 |
2nd 0:02 | Dayvion McKnight Turnover. | 80 - 75 |
2nd 0:05 | Tristen Newton made Free Throw. | 80 - 75 |
Statistics
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31-57 | FG | 23-64 |
54.4 | Field Goal % | 35.9 |
11-24 | 3PT | 7-21 |
45.8 | Three Point % | 33.3 |
7-14 | FT | 22-27 |
50.0 | Free Throw % | 81.5 |
30 | Rebounds | 42 |
8 | Offensive Rebounds | 20 |
22 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
27 | Assists | 16 |
11 | Steals | 6 |
7 | Blocks | 2 |
12 | Turnovers | 14 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
12 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
14 | Points Off Turnovers | 8 |
27 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
36 | Points in Paint | 30 |
19 | Fouls | 19 |
14 | Largest Lead | 1 |
Game Information

Cintas Center
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Attendance: 10,335 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big East Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
St. John's | 18-2 | - | 31-5 |
Creighton | 15-5 | 3 | 25-11 |
UConn | 14-6 | 4 | 24-11 |
Marquette | 13-7 | 5 | 23-11 |
Xavier | 13-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
Villanova | 11-9 | 7 | 21-15 |
Georgetown | 8-12 | 10 | 18-16 |
Butler | 6-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
Providence | 6-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
DePaul | 4-16 | 14 | 14-20 |
Seton Hall | 2-18 | 16 | 7-25 |