CINCINNATI — Tre Carroll led Xavier with 21 points and Filip Borovicanin hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer as the Musketeers defeated DePaul 68-66 on Saturday.
Blue Demons guard CJ Gunn tied the game with a 3-pointer — his fifth of the game — with six seconds to play before Borovicanin’s turnaround jumper as time expired won it. Borovicanin had 16 points and six rebounds, and Malik Messina-Moore finished with 13 points for the Musketeers (12-10, 4-7 Big East).
Gunn finished with 19 points, NJ Benson added 14 points and eight rebounds, Layden Blocker scored 11 and RJ Smith had a career-high eight assists for DePaul (12-10, 4-7), which has lost three of four.
Leading by five at intermission, the Blue Demons opened the second half with a 22-9 run, capped by a Benson dunk with 13:35 left to extend the advantage to 57-39. Xavier answered with a 27-6 stretch to take a 66-63 lead on Borovicanin’s 20-foot jumper with 16 seconds left.
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