
South Carolina State Bulldogs at Xavier Musketeers
· NCAA Men's BasketballFreemantle scores 17, McKnight 14 as No. 22 Xavier holds on to beat SC State
Xavier (7-1) opened the season with six consecutive wins before a 78-53 loss to Michigan on Thursday in the championship game at the Fort Myers Tip-Off.
Xavier used a 14-2 run to take its biggest lead of the game at 58-45 when Jerome Hunter, who finished with 10 points, made a layup with 5:38 remaining. The Bulldogs scored the next 12 points, capped when Omar Croskey hit a 3-pointer and followed with a dunk that made it a one-point game about 3 minutes later.
The Musketeers made 10 of 12 from the free-throw line from there to seal it.
Croskey scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half for South Carolina State (4-5), Michael Teal finished with 14 and Mitchell Taylor added 11 — nine after halftime.
Xavier committed six turnovers (including a shot-clock violation) — which led to seven South Carolina State points — as the Bulldogs jumped to an 18-11 lead when Davion Everett made a layup with 10:31 left in the first half that capped a 13-0 run. Xavier scored 21 of the next 25 points, including seven by Freemantle, to make it 32-22 after Marcus Foster hit a 3-pointer about 9 minutes later.
Xavier: The Musketeers hit the road to play Thursday at TCU.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 68 - 71 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 68 - 71 |
2nd 0:01 | Zach Freemantle Defensive Rebound. | 68 - 71 |
2nd 0:01 | Mitchell Taylor missed Three Point Jumper. | 68 - 71 |
2nd 0:04 | Dayvion McKnight made Free Throw. | 68 - 71 |
Statistics
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23-54 | FG | 20-44 |
42.6 | Field Goal % | 45.5 |
7-21 | 3PT | 5-18 |
33.3 | Three Point % | 27.8 |
15-22 | FT | 26-36 |
68.2 | Free Throw % | 72.2 |
32 | Rebounds | 29 |
10 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
22 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
15 | Assists | 18 |
9 | Steals | 12 |
2 | Blocks | 5 |
18 | Turnovers | 16 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
18 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
24 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
17 | Fast Break Points | 27 |
30 | Points in Paint | 28 |
27 | Fouls | 19 |
7 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information

Location: Cincinnati, OH
Attendance: 9,512 | Capacity:
2024-25 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Norfolk State | 11-3 | - | 24-11 |
South Carolina State | 11-3 | - | 20-13 |
Delaware State | 8-6 | 3 | 16-14 |
Morgan State | 7-7 | 4 | 14-18 |
Howard | 7-7 | 4 | 12-20 |
North Carolina Central | 6-8 | 5 | 14-19 |
Coppin State | 4-10 | 7 | 6-24 |
Maryland Eastern Shore | 2-12 | 9 | 6-25 |
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 | 21-14 |
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 |