gm1
73
Morgan St. Morgan 0-1,0-0 MEAC
96
Winner Xavier XU 1-0,0-0 Big East
Morgan St. Morgan
0-1,0-0 MEAC
73
Final
96
Xavier XU
1-0,0-0 Big East
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Morgan St. Morgan 26 47 73
Xavier XU 50 46 96

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | MSU Athletics Communications

Men's Basketball Opens Season with 96-73 Loss at Xavier

CINCINNATI, Ohio (Nov. 7, 2022) -- Five Musketeers hit double figures as Xavier men's basketball opened the 2022-23 season with win, topping Morgan State, 96-73, at Cintas Center on Monday evening.

After playing a tightly contested game over the first 10 minutes, with Morgan State taking 21-19 lead with 10:24 remaining, Xavier outscored the Bears 31-5 over the final 10 minutes of the half to take a 50-24 lead into the half with 12 of Souley Boum's 18 first-half points fueling the run. In the second half, the Musketeers extended the lead to as many as 32 before winning by a final score of 96-73.

Boum led all scorers with 23 points, shooting 6-of-9 from the floor and connecting on four three-pointers. He led the Musketeers in the first half with 18 points, going 4-5 from the field an 3-of-4 from three before halftime. Jack Nunge finished the game with 16 points after leading Xavier with 10 after the break, shooting 4-of-5 from the floor after halftime. Colby Jones finished with 15 points after scoring 13 in the first half. He set a new career-high with nine assists and grabbed six rebounds.

Isaiah Burke scored 16 points (5-12 FG) with four steals and David McCullough scored 16 points (6-9 FG) with three steals to lead Morgan (0-1). Malik Miller led the Bears on the glass with seven boards but had a poor shooting night. He went 1-for-9 from the field and finished with 3 points.

Xavier finished with a 47-29 advantage on rebounds and held a 25-12 advantage on the boards in the first half.

Xavier shot 51.6% from the floor and made five of its 14 attempts from beyond the arc. Morgan countered by making 37.1% and connected on 5-of-17 (29.4%) from beyond the arc.

Morgan will host Penn State Allegheny inside Hill Field House on Thursday, Nov. 10. Tip-off is set for a 7:30 p.m.


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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
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