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Xavier takes fifth straight against Cincinnati, beating the Bearcats 84-79

AP
Dec 10, 2023

CINCINNATI (AP) Quincy Olivari scored 27 points, Dayvion McKnight scored 20 points and Xavier won its fifth straight against Cincinnati, beating the Bearcats 84-79 on Saturday.

Desmond Claude added 11 points and Abou Ousmane scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Musketeers (5-5).

True freshman backup Jizzle James scored 14 of his career-high 19 points in the first-half for the Bearcats who lost for the first time this season (7-1). John Newman III scored 18 points, Viktor Lakhin 17 and Day Day Thomas 15 for Cincinnati.

Ousmane's layup with 13:03 left broke a 49-all tie and Xavier held off Cincinnati from there.

The Bearcats went on a 14-5 run to start the second half and took their first lead of the game when Aziz Bandaogo made 1 of 2 foul shots with 16:10 remaining to make it 41-40.

Xavier responded to outscore Cincinnati 17-6 over the next five minutes and led 57-47 with 11:24 left to post its biggest lead of the night to that point.

James made a layup and a 3-pointer to bring the Bearcats within 18-17 halfway through the first half before Xavier seized momentum and outscored Cincinnati 17-10 for the remainder of the half and led 35-27 at halftime. Cincinnati missed 9 of its last 10 shots in the first half.

Cincinnati entered off to its best start since 2017-18, and a win would've mark its first 8-0 since 2012-13, its final season in the Big East Conference.

The Bearcats host Bryant on Tuesday.

Xavier hosts Winthrop on Saturday.

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1st Half
CINCY
Bearcats
27
XAV
Musketeers
35

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Aziz Bandaogo vs. Lazar Djokovic (Bearcats gains possession)
19:40		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
19:38		Quincy Olivari defensive rebound
19:28	+2	Lazar Djokovic makes two point alley-oop layup (Dayvion McKnight assists)	0-2
19:12		John Newman III turnover (bad pass) (Abou Ousmane steals)
18:49		Dayvion McKnight misses two point jump shot
18:47		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
18:36	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point alley-oop dunk (CJ Fredrick assists)	2-2
18:12		Dayvion McKnight misses two point jump shot
18:10		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
18:10		Jump ball. Abou Ousmane vs. Aziz Bandaogo (Musketeers gains possession)
18:01	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup (Abou Ousmane assists)	2-4
17:53		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Lazar Djokovic steals)
17:53		Aziz Bandaogo personal foul
17:41		Desmond Claude misses two point jump shot
17:39		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
17:23		Desmond Claude personal foul
17:13		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
17:11		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
17:00		Dayvion McKnight misses two point jump shot
16:58		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
16:54	+2	Abou Ousmane makes two point layup	2-6
16:27		CJ Fredrick misses three point jump shot
16:25		Bearcats offensive rebound
16:21	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point jump shot	4-6
16:13	+3	Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot (Dayvion McKnight assists)	4-9
16:05		CJ Fredrick misses three point jump shot
16:03		CJ Fredrick offensive rebound
16:02		CJ Fredrick misses two point jump shot
16:00		John Newman III offensive rebound
15:58	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup	6-9
15:48		Abou Ousmane misses three point jump shot
15:46		Bearcats defensive rebound
15:46		TV timeout
15:26		Lazar Djokovic personal foul
15:22		John Newman III misses three point jump shot
15:20		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
15:14		Viktor Lakhin misses two point layup
15:12		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
15:07	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup	8-9
14:52	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	8-11
14:40		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
14:38		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
14:16	+2	Sasa Ciani makes two point layup (Desmond Claude assists)	8-13
14:15		Day Day Thomas shooting foul (Sasa Ciani draws the foul)
14:15	+1	Sasa Ciani makes regular free throw 1 of 1	8-14
13:59		Sasa Ciani blocks Aziz Bandaogo's two point layup
13:57		Musketeers defensive rebound
13:50		Desmond Claude misses three point jump shot
13:48		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
13:35		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
13:33		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
13:23		Ody Oguama blocks Dailyn Swain's two point layup
13:21		Sasa Ciani offensive rebound
13:00		Desmond Claude misses three point jump shot
12:58		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
12:53		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
12:51		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
12:46	+2	Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup	8-16
12:25	+2	Jizzle James makes two point jump shot	10-16
12:15		Desmond Claude misses two point layup
12:14		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
12:14		Desmond Claude personal foul
11:50		Ody Oguama misses two point layup
11:48		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
11:42		Quincy Olivari misses three point jump shot
11:40		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
11:25		Quincy Olivari personal foul
11:25		TV timeout
11:15		Dayvion McKnight personal foul
11:05	+2	Simas Lukosius makes two point layup (Aziz Bandaogo assists)	12-16
10:55	+2	Sasa Ciani makes two point layup (Trey Green assists)	12-18
10:44	+2	Jizzle James makes two point layup	14-18
10:28		Gytis Nemeiksa misses two point jump shot
10:26		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
10:11	+3	Jizzle James makes three point jump shot (Simas Lukosius assists)	17-18
9:59		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Quincy Olivari draws the foul)
9:59	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-19
9:59	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-20
9:31		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
9:29		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
9:26		Day Day Thomas personal foul
9:15	+3	Dayvion McKnight makes three point jump shot (Lazar Djokovic assists)	17-23
8:57		Jizzle James misses two point layup
8:55		Abou Ousmane defensive rebound
8:42		John Newman III personal foul (Desmond Claude draws the foul)
8:37		Dayvion McKnight turnover (CJ Fredrick steals)
8:27		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
8:25		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
8:05		Dailyn Swain turnover (traveling)
7:53		CJ Fredrick misses three point jump shot
7:51		Quincy Olivari defensive rebound
7:25		Viktor Lakhin shooting foul (Quincy Olivari draws the foul)
7:25		TV timeout
7:25	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-24
7:25	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-25
7:05		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
7:03		Abou Ousmane defensive rebound
6:55		Lazar Djokovic turnover (bad pass) (Aziz Bandaogo steals)
6:41	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	19-25
6:24		Dayvion McKnight misses two point jump shot
6:22		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
6:11		John Newman III turnover (traveling)
5:57		Dan Skillings Jr. shooting foul (Dailyn Swain draws the foul)
5:57	+1	Dailyn Swain makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-26
5:57	+1	Dailyn Swain makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-27
5:41		Simas Lukosius misses two point jump shot
5:39		John Newman III offensive rebound
5:33		John Newman III misses two point jump shot
5:31		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
5:23	+2	Jizzle James makes two point layup	21-27
4:54		Lazar Djokovic misses two point jump shot
4:52		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
4:51		Abou Ousmane misses two point layup
4:50		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
4:49	+2	Jizzle James makes two point layup (John Newman III assists)	23-27
4:46		Abou Ousmane shooting foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
4:46	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 1 of 1	24-27
4:44		Desmond Claude misses two point layup
4:42		Bearcats defensive rebound
4:28		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
4:26		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
4:19		Quincy Olivari misses two point layup
4:17		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
4:10		Simas Lukosius turnover (Dayvion McKnight steals)
4:01		Quincy Olivari misses three point jump shot
3:59		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
3:59		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
3:57		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
3:56		Viktor Lakhin personal foul
3:56		TV timeout
3:56	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-28
3:56	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-29
3:41		Viktor Lakhin turnover (traveling)
3:27	+2	Dayvion McKnight makes two point jump shot (Desmond Claude assists)	24-31
3:14		Jizzle James misses two point layup
3:12		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
2:58	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point jump shot (Sasa Ciani assists)	24-33
2:55		Bearcats 30 second timeout
2:43		Dailyn Swain blocks Simas Lukosius's two point layup
2:41		Bearcats offensive rebound
2:29		Viktor Lakhin misses two point jump shot
2:27		Sasa Ciani defensive rebound
2:26		Viktor Lakhin personal foul (Sasa Ciani draws the foul)
2:26		Sasa Ciani misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:26		John Newman III defensive rebound
2:18		Quincy Olivari personal foul (Ody Oguama draws the foul)
2:18	+1	Ody Oguama makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-33
2:18		Ody Oguama misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:18		Bearcats offensive rebound
2:08		Dailyn Swain blocks Simas Lukosius's two point layup
2:06		Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound
1:36		Gytis Nemeiksa turnover (carrying)
1:20	+2	Jizzle James makes two point jump shot (Simas Lukosius assists)	27-33
0:59		Quincy Olivari misses two point jump shot
0:57		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
0:53	+2	Abou Ousmane makes two point layup	27-35
0:38		Simas Lukosius misses two point layup
0:36		Abou Ousmane defensive rebound
0:26		Quincy Olivari misses two point layup
0:24		Bearcats defensive rebound
0:02		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
0:02		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
0:00		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
0:00		Lazar Djokovic defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CINCY
Bearcats
52
XAV
Musketeers
49

Time		Play	Score
19:48	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup (Viktor Lakhin assists)	29-35
19:19		Abou Ousmane misses two point hook shot
19:17		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
19:02	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	31-35
18:51	+3	Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot (Dayvion McKnight assists)	31-38
18:30	+3	Viktor Lakhin makes three point jump shot (Day Day Thomas assists)	34-38
18:13		Desmond Claude misses two point layup
18:11		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
18:07		Abou Ousmane misses two point layup
18:05		Musketeers offensive rebound
18:01		Lazar Djokovic turnover (Day Day Thomas steals)
17:50	+2	John Newman III makes two point dunk (Day Day Thomas assists)	36-38
17:44		Musketeers 30 second timeout
17:44		TV timeout
17:32	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup (Abou Ousmane assists)	36-40
17:20	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup (Viktor Lakhin assists)	38-40
17:15		Day Day Thomas personal foul
17:08		Quincy Olivari misses two point jump shot
17:06		Jizzle James defensive rebound
16:49	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point alley-oop layup (CJ Fredrick assists)	40-40
16:40		Aziz Bandaogo personal foul
16:35		Desmond Claude turnover (bad pass) (John Newman III steals)
16:27		Dayvion McKnight personal foul
16:17		Abou Ousmane personal foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
16:11		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point jump shot
16:09		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
16:09		Sasa Ciani shooting foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
16:09	+1	Aziz Bandaogo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-40
16:09		Aziz Bandaogo misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:09		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
15:52		Lazar Djokovic offensive foul
15:52		Lazar Djokovic turnover (offensive foul)
15:52		TV timeout
15:40	+2	Ody Oguama makes two point dunk	43-40
15:25		Jizzle James shooting foul (Dayvion McKnight draws the foul)
15:25	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-41
15:25	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-42
15:12		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
15:10		Sasa Ciani defensive rebound
14:56		Jizzle James personal foul (Gytis Nemeiksa draws the foul)
14:48		Ody Oguama blocks Quincy Olivari's two point layup
14:46		Ody Oguama defensive rebound
14:33		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
14:31		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
14:25	+2	Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup	43-44
14:17		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
14:15		Musketeers defensive rebound
13:57		Desmond Claude misses three point jump shot
13:55		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
13:48	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point jump shot (Simas Lukosius assists)	45-44
13:40		Jizzle James blocks Dayvion McKnight's two point layup
13:38		Musketeers offensive rebound
13:35	+3	Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot (Desmond Claude assists)	45-47
13:15	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point jump shot	47-47
12:59		Dan Skillings Jr. blocks Desmond Claude's two point layup
12:57		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
12:55	+2	Abou Ousmane makes two point layup	47-49
12:55		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
12:53		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
12:53	+3	Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot (Desmond Claude assists)	47-52
12:50		Bearcats 30 second timeout
12:32		Day Day Thomas turnover (Dayvion McKnight steals)
12:11	+2	Abou Ousmane makes two point layup (Dayvion McKnight assists)	47-54
12:02		Day Day Thomas turnover (bad pass)
11:50		Dayvion McKnight misses three point jump shot
11:48		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
11:38		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
11:36		Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound
11:26	+3	Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot (Gytis Nemeiksa assists)	47-57
11:04	+3	John Newman III makes three point jump shot	50-57
10:43		Desmond Claude misses two point jump shot
10:41		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
10:38		Abou Ousmane personal foul
10:38		TV timeout
10:24	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	52-57
10:07		Gytis Nemeiksa misses two point layup
10:05		Sasa Ciani offensive rebound
9:59		Sasa Ciani misses two point layup
9:57		Sasa Ciani offensive rebound
9:47	+2	Sasa Ciani makes two point layup	52-59
9:43		Gytis Nemeiksa personal foul
9:31		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
9:29		Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound
9:20		Dayvion McKnight misses two point jump shot
9:18		John Newman III defensive rebound
9:10	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup	54-59
8:55	+3	Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot (Sasa Ciani assists)	54-62
8:55		CJ Fredrick shooting foul (Quincy Olivari draws the foul)
8:55	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 1	54-63
8:43		CJ Fredrick turnover (Sasa Ciani steals)
8:31		Ody Oguama blocks Gytis Nemeiksa's two point layup
8:29		John Newman III defensive rebound
8:23		Sasa Ciani personal foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
8:23	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-63
8:23	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-63
8:05	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup (Sasa Ciani assists)	56-65
7:55		Jizzle James turnover (lost ball) (Sasa Ciani steals)
7:39	+2	Dailyn Swain makes two point layup (Sasa Ciani assists)	56-67
7:26		Sasa Ciani personal foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
7:26		TV timeout
7:26		Jizzle James misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:26		Sasa Ciani defensive rebound
7:10		Lazar Djokovic turnover (bad pass)
6:54		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
6:52		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
6:28		Ody Oguama shooting foul (Desmond Claude draws the foul)
6:28		Desmond Claude misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:28	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-68
6:19	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	58-68
6:02		Aziz Bandaogo blocks Sasa Ciani's two point layup
6:00		John Newman III defensive rebound
5:45	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point dunk (John Newman III assists)	60-68
5:29		Dayvion McKnight misses three point jump shot
5:27		Bearcats defensive rebound
5:15		Dayvion McKnight shooting foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
5:15	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-68
5:15	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-68
5:03		Aziz Bandaogo blocks Desmond Claude's two point layup
5:01		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
4:51	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup (Viktor Lakhin assists)	64-68
4:45		Musketeers 30 second timeout
4:22	+2	Gytis Nemeiksa makes two point jump shot (Quincy Olivari assists)	64-70
3:54		John Newman III misses two point jump shot
3:52		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
3:45		Viktor Lakhin misses two point layup
3:43		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
3:37	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup	66-70
3:25		Gytis Nemeiksa misses three point jump shot
3:23		John Newman III defensive rebound
3:16		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (traveling)
3:16		TV timeout
2:53	+2	Abou Ousmane makes two point jump shot (Desmond Claude assists)	66-72
2:36		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:34		Abou Ousmane defensive rebound
2:09		Quincy Olivari misses two point layup
2:07		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
2:00		Dayvion McKnight shooting foul (John Newman III draws the foul)
2:00	+1	John Newman III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-72
2:00	+1	John Newman III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-72
1:40	+3	Dayvion McKnight makes three point jump shot (Desmond Claude assists)	68-75
1:27		Bearcats 30 second timeout
1:22		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
1:20		John Newman III offensive rebound
1:18		Gytis Nemeiksa shooting foul (John Newman III draws the foul)
1:18		John Newman III misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:18	+1	John Newman III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-75
1:03		John Newman III personal foul
1:03	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-76
1:03	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-77
0:54	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	71-77
0:54		Bearcats 60 second timeout
0:53		Jump ball. Viktor Lakhin vs. Quincy Olivari (Musketeers gains possession)
0:35		Dan Skillings Jr. personal foul (Quincy Olivari draws the foul)
0:35	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-78
0:35	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-79
0:29		Abou Ousmane personal foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul)
0:29		Viktor Lakhin misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:29		Viktor Lakhin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:29		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
0:27		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
0:25		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
0:25	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	73-79
0:23		John Newman III personal foul
0:23		Desmond Claude misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:23		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
0:14		Day Day Thomas misses two point layup
0:14		Abou Ousmane defensive rebound
0:14		Simas Lukosius personal foul (Dayvion McKnight draws the foul)
0:14	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-80
0:14	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-81
0:08	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot	76-81
0:07		CJ Fredrick personal foul (Gytis Nemeiksa draws the foul)
0:07		Gytis Nemeiksa misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:07	+1	Gytis Nemeiksa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-82
0:06		Josh Reed turnover (bad pass) (Dayvion McKnight steals)
0:05		Aziz Bandaogo personal foul (Dayvion McKnight draws the foul)
0:05	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-83
0:05	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-84
0:01	+3	Jizzle James makes three point jump shot	79-84
0:00		End of period

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Jizzle James makes three point jump shot