WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Semaj Christon scored 25 points to help lead Xavier to a 63-57 win over Purdue on Saturday.
Justin Martin added 12 points and Isaiah Philmore had eight points and seven rebounds for the Musketeers (6-1), who have won three straight.
Terone Johnson had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Ronnie Johnson had 12 points for the Boilermakers (3-4), who missed all 17 of their 3-point attempts, leaving them scoreless from beyond the arc for the first time since 1992.
Christon scored the go-ahead free throw to give the Musketeers a 47-46 lead with 8:02 to play, then Brad Redford hit a 3-pointer and Christon scored again to make it 52-46 late.
Christon's 3-pointer with 2:49 left gave the Musketeers a 55-48 lead, and Xavier never looked back.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Xavier (6-1) « | 26 | 37 | 63 |
| Purdue (3-4) | 29 | 28 | 57 |
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| Xavier Musketeers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Taylor, F | 32 | 2-11 | 2-2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Martin, F | 30 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| J. Robinson, F | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| S. Christon, G | 40 | 8-12 | 8-8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| D. Davis, G | 32 | 1-9 | 2-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Philmore | 35 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| B. Redford | 18 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| E. Stenger | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Amos | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 13-16 | 29 | 10 | 20 | 63 | |
| 43.4% | 81.3% | ||||||
| Purdue Boilermakers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Byrd, F | 32 | 0-9 | 0-1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Hammons, F | 29 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Lawson, F | 15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Johnson, G | 38 | 7-15 | 5-6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| A. Johnson, G | 23 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Johnson | 31 | 4-12 | 4-5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Hale | 18 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| T. Carroll | 6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Simpson | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| R. Davis | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-60 | 15-23 | 44 | 7 | 15 | 57 | |
| 35% | 65.2% | ||||||
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