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Desmond Claude scores career-high 36, Xavier tops Georgetown 98-93

AP
Mar 02, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) Desmond Claude's career-high 36 points led Xavier over Georgetown 98-93 on Saturday night.

Claude shot 13 of 20 from the field and 10 for 13 from the line for his first 30-point game for the Musketeers (15-14, 9-9 Big East Conference). Dayvion McKnight was 5 of 8 shooting, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 7 from the line to add 18 points. Quincy Olivari had 16 points and was 2 of 12 shooting, including 2 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 10 for 15 from the line.

The Hoyas (9-20, 2-16) were led in scoring by Rowan Brumbaugh, who finished with 24 points. Jayden Epps added 20 points and seven assists for Georgetown. Supreme Cook also put up 15 points and 14 rebounds.

Claude scored 10 points in the first half and Xavier went into the break trailing 49-37. Claude scored 26 points in the second half to help lead Xavier to a five-point victory.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
XAV
Musketeers
37
GTWN
Hoyas
49

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Musketeers gains possession)
19:53		Dayvion McKnight misses two point jump shot
19:51		Supreme Cook defensive rebound
19:27		Jump ball. (Musketeers gains possession)
19:27		Supreme Cook turnover (Desmond Claude steals)
19:18		Dayvion McKnight misses three point jump shot
19:16		Jayden Epps defensive rebound
18:55		Dontrez Styles misses three point jump shot
18:53		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
18:45		Desmond Claude misses two point jump shot
18:43		Kachi Nzeh offensive rebound
18:36	+2	Kachi Nzeh makes two point layup	2-0
18:18		Abou Ousmane shooting foul
18:18		Supreme Cook misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:18	+1	Supreme Cook makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-1
17:51	+2	Kachi Nzeh makes two point layup (Dayvion McKnight assists)	4-1
17:34	+2	Rowan Brumbaugh makes two point layup	4-3
17:09		Quincy Olivari misses two point layup
17:07		Supreme Cook defensive rebound
17:00		Jayden Epps turnover (Quincy Olivari steals)
16:56		Wayne Bristol Jr. shooting foul
16:56	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-3
16:56	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-3
16:44		Wayne Bristol Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:42		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
16:29		Desmond Claude turnover (Wayne Bristol Jr. steals)
16:24		Wayne Bristol Jr. misses two point layup
16:22		Rowan Brumbaugh offensive rebound
16:21		Rowan Brumbaugh misses two point layup
16:19		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
16:15		Quincy Olivari turnover (traveling)
16:08	+2	Supreme Cook makes two point layup (Jayden Epps assists)	6-5
15:56		Quincy Olivari misses two point jump shot
15:54		Supreme Cook defensive rebound
15:47	+3	Rowan Brumbaugh makes three point jump shot	6-8
15:26	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point jump shot	8-8
15:07		Supreme Cook misses two point layup
15:05		Kachi Nzeh defensive rebound
14:57		Quincy Olivari misses three point jump shot
14:55		Hoyas defensive rebound
14:52		TV timeout
14:46		Trey Green personal foul
14:21		Rowan Brumbaugh misses two point layup
14:19		Dontrez Styles offensive rebound
14:16	+2	Dontrez Styles makes two point layup	8-10
14:10		Drew Fielder shooting foul
14:10		Kachi Nzeh misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:10	+1	Kachi Nzeh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-10
14:02	+2	Rowan Brumbaugh makes two point layup	9-12
13:43	+2	Dailyn Swain makes two point jump shot	11-12
13:20	+2	Rowan Brumbaugh makes two point layup	11-14
12:55		Dailyn Swain misses three point jump shot
12:53		Kachi Nzeh offensive rebound
12:47		Trey Green misses three point jump shot
12:45		Jay Heath defensive rebound
12:39	+3	Dontrez Styles makes three point jump shot (Jayden Epps assists)	11-17
12:37		Musketeers 30 second timeout
12:21		Dailyn Swain misses two point layup
12:19		Supreme Cook defensive rebound
12:14	+3	Jay Heath makes three point jump shot (Jayden Epps assists)	11-20
11:55		Desmond Claude misses two point jump shot
11:53		Supreme Cook defensive rebound
11:33	+3	Jay Heath makes three point jump shot (Jayden Epps assists)	11-23
11:06		Rowan Brumbaugh shooting foul
11:06		TV timeout
11:06	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-23
11:06		Desmond Claude misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:04		Dontrez Styles defensive rebound
10:48		Lazar Djokovic blocks Dontrez Styles's two point layup
10:46		Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound
10:22		Lazar Djokovic misses two point layup
10:20		Supreme Cook defensive rebound
10:20		Supreme Cook misses two point layup
10:20		Lazar Djokovic defensive rebound
10:18		Quincy Olivari misses three point jump shot
10:16		Quincy Olivari offensive rebound
10:12	+3	Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot	15-23
9:56		Dontrez Styles misses three point jump shot
9:54		Abou Ousmane defensive rebound
9:42		Jayden Epps shooting foul
9:42	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-23
9:42	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-23
9:26		Rowan Brumbaugh turnover (Abou Ousmane steals)
9:04	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	19-23
8:40	+2	Drew Fielder makes two point layup (Jayden Epps assists)	19-25
8:40		Gytis Nemeiksa shooting foul
8:40		Drew Fielder misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:40		Quincy Olivari defensive rebound
8:12		Desmond Claude misses three point jump shot
8:10		Jayden Epps defensive rebound
7:45		Dayvion McKnight shooting foul
7:45		TV timeout
7:45	+1	Jayden Epps makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-26
7:45	+1	Jayden Epps makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-27
7:19	+2	Kachi Nzeh makes two point layup (Abou Ousmane assists)	21-27
6:50		Kachi Nzeh personal foul
6:43		Jayden Epps misses two point jump shot
6:43		Supreme Cook offensive rebound
6:43		Abou Ousmane shooting foul
6:43	+1	Supreme Cook makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-28
6:43	+1	Supreme Cook makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-29
6:36		Desmond Claude misses two point layup
6:34		Supreme Cook defensive rebound
6:25	+3	Wayne Bristol Jr. makes three point jump shot (Rowan Brumbaugh assists)	21-32
6:03		Gytis Nemeiksa offensive foul
6:03		Gytis Nemeiksa turnover (offensive foul)
5:48	+3	Rowan Brumbaugh makes three point jump shot (Supreme Cook assists)	21-35
5:26	+2	Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup	23-35
5:04		Jayden Epps turnover (Dayvion McKnight steals)
4:54		Rowan Brumbaugh shooting foul
4:54	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-35
4:54	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-35
4:36	+2	Jayden Epps makes two point layup	25-37
4:24		Dayvion McKnight turnover (Jayden Epps steals)
4:16	+3	Jay Heath makes three point jump shot (Ismael Massoud assists)	25-40
4:06		Musketeers 30 second timeout
4:06		TV timeout
3:47		Drew Fielder shooting foul
3:47		Desmond Claude misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:47	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-40
3:37		Jayden Epps misses two point jump shot
3:35		Kachi Nzeh defensive rebound
3:35		Drew Fielder personal foul
3:35	+1	Kachi Nzeh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-40
3:35	+1	Kachi Nzeh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-40
3:23		Jay Heath turnover (Kachi Nzeh steals)
3:15		Drew Fielder blocks Quincy Olivari's two point layup
3:13		Dontrez Styles defensive rebound
3:12	+2	Jay Heath makes two point layup (Dontrez Styles assists)	28-42
2:51		Desmond Claude misses two point layup
2:50		Gytis Nemeiksa offensive rebound
2:50	+2	Gytis Nemeiksa makes two point layup	30-42
2:48		Jay Heath shooting foul
2:48	+1	Gytis Nemeiksa makes regular free throw 1 of 1	31-42
2:19	+3	Jayden Epps makes three point jump shot	31-45
2:04		Quincy Olivari misses two point layup
2:02		Gytis Nemeiksa offensive rebound
1:57	+2	Gytis Nemeiksa makes two point layup	33-45
1:35		Jay Heath misses three point jump shot
1:33		Supreme Cook offensive rebound
1:29		Supreme Cook misses two point layup
1:27		Hoyas offensive rebound
1:27		Hoyas 30 second timeout
1:21		Jayden Epps misses three point jump shot
1:19		Kachi Nzeh defensive rebound
1:15	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	35-45
0:46		Jayden Epps misses two point layup
0:44		Supreme Cook offensive rebound
0:37	+2	Supreme Cook makes two point layup	35-47
0:37		Dontrez Styles shooting foul
0:37	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-47
0:37	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-47
0:22		Dailyn Swain shooting foul
0:22	+1	Jayden Epps makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-48
0:22	+1	Jayden Epps makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-49
0:01		Quincy Olivari misses three point jump shot
0:00		Supreme Cook defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
XAV
Musketeers
61
GTWN
Hoyas
44

Time		Play	Score
19:48	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup (Quincy Olivari assists)	39-49
19:28		Jayden Epps turnover (Kachi Nzeh steals)
19:15	+3	Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot (Dayvion McKnight assists)	42-49
18:46		Jayden Epps misses two point layup
18:44		Supreme Cook offensive rebound
18:40		Supreme Cook misses two point hook shot
18:38		Hoyas offensive rebound
18:38		Rowan Brumbaugh offensive foul
18:38		Rowan Brumbaugh turnover (offensive foul)
18:24	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup (Quincy Olivari assists)	44-49
18:00	+3	Rowan Brumbaugh makes three point jump shot	44-52
17:59		Quincy Olivari shooting foul
17:59	+1	Rowan Brumbaugh makes regular free throw 1 of 1	44-53
17:51		Dontrez Styles blocks Dayvion McKnight's two point layup
17:49		Musketeers offensive rebound
17:44		Desmond Claude misses two point layup
17:42		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
17:42		Jay Heath shooting foul
17:37	+1	Abou Ousmane makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-53
17:37		Abou Ousmane misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:37		Musketeers offensive rebound
17:29		Desmond Claude misses two point layup
17:27		Quincy Olivari offensive rebound
17:18		Dayvion McKnight turnover
17:06		Jayden Epps turnover (Dayvion McKnight steals)
17:02	+2	Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup	47-53
16:42	+2	Dontrez Styles makes two point jump shot	47-55
16:33		Abou Ousmane turnover
16:23		Dayvion McKnight personal foul
16:17		Rowan Brumbaugh misses three point jump shot
16:15		Quincy Olivari defensive rebound
16:06		Quincy Olivari misses three point jump shot
16:04		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
16:03		Dontrez Styles shooting foul
16:03	+1	Abou Ousmane makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-55
16:03		Abou Ousmane misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:03		Dontrez Styles defensive rebound
15:39	+2	Rowan Brumbaugh makes two point layup	48-57
15:22		Drew Fielder personal foul
15:22		TV timeout
15:20		Supreme Cook shooting foul
15:20		Quincy Olivari misses regular free throw 1 of 3
15:20	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 3	49-57
15:20	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 3 of 3	50-57
14:52		Abou Ousmane shooting foul
14:52	+1	Supreme Cook makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-58
14:52	+1	Supreme Cook makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-59
14:40	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	52-59
14:17		Wayne Bristol Jr. misses two point jump shot
14:15		Musketeers defensive rebound
14:04	+3	Dayvion McKnight makes three point jump shot (Desmond Claude assists)	55-59
13:40	+2	Dontrez Styles makes two point jump shot (Jayden Epps assists)	55-61
13:13	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	57-61
12:52		Jay Heath misses two point layup
12:50		Supreme Cook offensive rebound
12:42	+2	Supreme Cook makes two point layup	57-63
12:37	+2	Dayvion McKnight makes two point jump shot	59-63
12:37		Jayden Epps shooting foul
12:37		Dayvion McKnight misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:37		Rowan Brumbaugh defensive rebound
12:19		Quincy Olivari personal foul
12:10	+2	Supreme Cook makes two point hook shot (Rowan Brumbaugh assists)	59-65
12:09		Hoyas 30 second timeout
12:09		TV timeout
12:02	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point dunk (Dayvion McKnight assists)	61-65
11:48		Kachi Nzeh personal foul
11:48		TV timeout
11:32		Jayden Epps misses three point jump shot
11:30		Supreme Cook offensive rebound
11:24	+3	Jayden Epps makes three point jump shot (Supreme Cook assists)	61-68
11:12		Dayvion McKnight turnover (Supreme Cook steals)
11:09		Quincy Olivari personal foul
10:56		Jay Heath misses two point layup
10:54		Dailyn Swain defensive rebound
10:49		Jayden Epps shooting foul
10:49		Quincy Olivari misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:49		Quincy Olivari misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:49		Dontrez Styles defensive rebound
10:26		Supreme Cook misses two point jump shot
10:24		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
10:19	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	63-68
10:19		Dontrez Styles shooting foul
10:19		Desmond Claude misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:19		Jay Heath defensive rebound
9:52		Desmond Claude shooting foul
9:52		Rowan Brumbaugh misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:52	+1	Rowan Brumbaugh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-69
9:41		Supreme Cook shooting foul
9:41	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-69
9:41	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-69
9:26	+2	Jayden Epps makes two point layup	65-71
9:11		Quincy Olivari misses three point jump shot
9:09		Jayden Epps defensive rebound
8:57		Abou Ousmane shooting foul
8:57	+1	Jayden Epps makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-72
8:57		Jayden Epps misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:57		Quincy Olivari defensive rebound
8:51		Desmond Claude turnover (bad pass)
8:33	+3	Dontrez Styles makes three point jump shot (Jayden Epps assists)	65-75
8:25		Musketeers 30 second timeout
8:25		TV timeout
8:18		Quincy Olivari misses three point jump shot
8:16		Kachi Nzeh offensive rebound
8:10	+2	Kachi Nzeh makes two point layup	67-75
7:56	+2	Jayden Epps makes two point layup	67-77
7:47	+2	Gytis Nemeiksa makes two point layup (Desmond Claude assists)	69-77
7:28		Jayden Epps misses three point jump shot
7:26		Rowan Brumbaugh offensive rebound
7:20		Rowan Brumbaugh misses three point jump shot
7:18		Hoyas offensive rebound
7:09		Jay Heath misses three point jump shot
7:07		Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound
7:05		Dontrez Styles personal foul
7:04	+1	Gytis Nemeiksa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-77
7:04	+1	Gytis Nemeiksa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-77
6:48		Jayden Epps misses two point layup
6:47		Desmond Claude defensive rebound
6:47		Supreme Cook personal foul
6:47	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-77
6:47	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-77
6:29		Jayden Epps turnover (Quincy Olivari steals)
6:23		Jay Heath shooting foul (Quincy Olivari draws the foul)
6:23	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-77
6:23	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-77
6:08	+2	Jayden Epps makes two point layup	75-79
6:02		Jayden Epps personal foul
6:01		Quincy Olivari misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:01		Quincy Olivari misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:01		Quincy Olivari offensive rebound
5:50		Dontrez Styles shooting foul
5:50	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-79
5:50	+1	Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-79
5:32		Rowan Brumbaugh misses two point jump shot
5:30		Quincy Olivari defensive rebound
5:05	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	79-79
4:43		Jayden Epps misses three point jump shot
4:41		Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound
4:23		Kachi Nzeh turnover (Jay Heath steals)
4:23		Kachi Nzeh personal foul
4:23	+1	Supreme Cook makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-80
4:23	+1	Supreme Cook makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-81
4:10	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	81-81
3:51		Supreme Cook offensive foul
3:51		Supreme Cook turnover (offensive foul)
3:51		TV timeout
3:31	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point layup	83-81
3:15		Ismael Massoud turnover (bad pass)
2:57		Abou Ousmane misses two point jump shot
2:55		Abou Ousmane offensive rebound
2:43	+2	Desmond Claude makes two point jump shot	85-81
2:38		Hoyas 30 second timeout
2:28		Quincy Olivari personal foul
2:28		Jayden Epps misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:28	+1	Jayden Epps makes regular free throw 2 of 2	85-82
2:09	+2	Gytis Nemeiksa makes two point dunk (Abou Ousmane assists)	87-82
1:43	+2	Rowan Brumbaugh makes two point layup	87-84
1:25	+3	Dayvion McKnight makes three point jump shot (Desmond Claude assists)	90-84
1:20		Hoyas 30 second timeout
1:05		Abou Ousmane shooting foul
1:05		Rowan Brumbaugh misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:05	+1	Rowan Brumbaugh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	90-85
0:56	+2	Kachi Nzeh makes two point dunk (Desmond Claude assists)	92-85
0:48		Rowan Brumbaugh turnover (Gytis Nemeiksa steals)
0:45		Cam Bacote personal foul
0:45	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2	93-85
0:45	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 2	94-85
0:40		Jayden Epps misses three point jump shot
0:38		Drew Fielder offensive rebound
0:29	+3	Jay Heath makes three point jump shot (Drew Fielder assists)	94-88
0:28		Jay Heath personal foul
0:28	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2	95-88
0:28	+1	Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2	96-88
0:20	+3	Drew Fielder makes three point jump shot (Rowan Brumbaugh assists)	96-91
0:17		Musketeers 30 second timeout
0:10		Drew Fielder personal foul
0:10	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2	97-91
0:10	+1	Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 2 of 2	98-91
0:03	+2	Rowan Brumbaugh makes two point layup	98-93
0:00		End of period

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Rowan Brumbaugh makes two point layup