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CJ Gunn's 22 help DePaul down Xavier 86-77

AP
Jan 03, 2026

CHICAGO (AP) CJ Gunn's 22 points helped DePaul Blue Demons defeat Xavier Musketeers 86-77 on Saturday.

Gunn also contributed six rebounds for the Blue Demons (9-6, 1-3 Big East Conference). Layden Blocker shot 5 for 10 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line to add 18 points. Brandon Maclin shot 5 of 8 from the field and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 13 points.

Tre Carroll finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Musketeers (9-6, 1-3). Roddie Anderson III added 15 points and three steals for Xavier. Malik Moore also had 14 points and two steals.

DePaul led 40-37 at halftime, with Gunn (12 points) the high scorer before the break. Maclin's layup with 6:21 left in the second half gave DePaul the lead for good at 65-63.

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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
DEP
Blue Demons
40

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Tre Carroll vs. NJ Benson (Blue Demons gains possession)
19:32		Layden Blocker misses three point jump shot
19:30		Kaleb Banks offensive rebound
19:25	+3	CJ Gunn makes three point jump shot (RJ Smith assists)	0-3
19:09	+2	Malik Messina-Moore makes two point layup (Jovan Milicevic assists)	2-3
18:49		CJ Gunn misses three point stepback jump shot
18:47		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
18:45		Tre Carroll turnover (bad pass)
18:27		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
18:25		CJ Gunn offensive rebound
18:23	+2	CJ Gunn makes two point reverse layup	2-5
18:12		Jovan Milicevic misses three point jump shot
18:10		Kaleb Banks defensive rebound
18:03		CJ Gunn misses two point pullup jump shot
18:01		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
17:53		Roddie Anderson III misses three point jump shot
17:51		RJ Smith defensive rebound
17:45	+2	Layden Blocker makes two point layup (RJ Smith assists)	2-7
17:41		Jovan Milicevic turnover (lost ball) (Layden Blocker steals)
17:41		Jovan Milicevic personal foul
17:22		Malik Messina-Moore shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
17:22		NJ Benson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:22		NJ Benson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:22		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
17:03	+2	Filip Borovicanin makes two point fadeaway jump shot	4-7
16:34		RJ Smith turnover (bad pass) (Tre Carroll steals)
16:29		Roddie Anderson III misses two point driving layup
16:27		Filip Borovicanin offensive rebound
16:24		Filip Borovicanin misses two point putback layup
16:22		NJ Benson defensive rebound
16:16		Jovan Milicevic shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
16:16	+1	NJ Benson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	4-8
16:16	+1	NJ Benson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-9
15:53		TV timeout
15:47		Malik Messina-Moore misses two point jump shot
15:45		Filip Borovicanin offensive rebound
15:30		Tre Carroll misses three point jump shot
15:28		Pape N'Diaye offensive rebound
15:25		Pape N'Diaye misses two point putback layup
15:24		Filip Borovicanin personal foul
15:08		Kaleb Banks misses three point jump shot
15:06		Kaleb Banks offensive rebound
14:57		Brandon Maclin turnover (bad pass) (Roddie Anderson III steals)
14:57		Brandon Maclin personal foul
14:42		Filip Borovicanin misses two point jump shot
14:40		Brandon Maclin defensive rebound
14:19	+2	FabiÃ¡n Flores makes two point layup	4-11
14:00	+3	Isaiah Walker makes three point jump shot (Roddie Anderson III assists)	7-11
13:37	+3	Kaleb Banks makes three point jump shot (RJ Smith assists)	7-14
13:07	+3	Malik Messina-Moore makes three point pullup jump shot	10-14
12:49	+3	Layden Blocker makes three point jump shot	10-17
12:40	+3	Pape N'Diaye makes three point bank jump shot (Roddie Anderson III assists)	13-17
12:20		FabiÃ¡n Flores turnover (bad pass) (Isaiah Walker steals)
12:14	+2	Roddie Anderson III makes two point pullup jump shot	15-17
11:55		Brandon Maclin turnover (lost ball) (Roddie Anderson III steals)
11:51	+2	Roddie Anderson III makes two point layup (Isaiah Walker assists)	17-17
11:29		Pape N'Diaye shooting foul (Kaleb Banks draws the foul)
11:29		TV timeout
11:29	+1	Kaleb Banks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-18
11:29	+1	Kaleb Banks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-19
11:15		All Wright turnover (lost ball) (ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin steals)
11:03		Layden Blocker misses three point jump shot
11:01		Pape N'Diaye defensive rebound
10:44		Tre Carroll misses two point driving layup
10:42		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin defensive rebound
10:24		CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot
10:22		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
10:09	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point layup	19-19
10:09		ThÃ©o Pierre-Justin shooting foul (Tre Carroll draws the foul)
10:09		Tre Carroll misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:09		Brandon Maclin defensive rebound
9:59		All Wright shooting foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
9:59	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-20
9:59	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-21
9:47	+2	Jovan Milicevic makes two point driving layup (All Wright assists)	21-21
9:24		Jovan Milicevic blocks NJ Benson's two point layup
9:22		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
9:08	+3	Jovan Milicevic makes three point jump shot (Tre Carroll assists)	24-21
8:49	+2	Brandon Maclin makes two point layup	24-23
8:36	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point layup (Isaiah Walker assists)	26-23
8:20		Brandon Maclin misses three point jump shot
8:18		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
8:10		Brandon Maclin blocks All Wright's two point driving layup
8:08		Brandon Maclin defensive rebound
8:05	+2	Brandon Maclin makes two point jump shot	26-25
8:05		Jovan Milicevic shooting foul (Brandon Maclin draws the foul)
8:05	+1	Brandon Maclin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	26-26
7:44		Malik Messina-Moore misses three point jump shot
7:42		RJ Smith defensive rebound
7:32	+3	CJ Gunn makes three point jump shot (NJ Benson assists)	26-29
7:09	+3	Isaiah Walker makes three point jump shot (Tre Carroll assists)	29-29
6:52		Kaleb Banks misses three point jump shot
6:50		Kaleb Banks offensive rebound
6:49		Kaleb Banks turnover (out of bounds)
6:49		TV timeout
6:39	+2	Roddie Anderson III makes two point pullup jump shot	31-29
6:14	+3	Layden Blocker makes three point jump shot (RJ Smith assists)	31-32
5:55		Tre Carroll misses three point jump shot
5:53		CJ Gunn defensive rebound
5:44	+2	NJ Benson makes two point layup (CJ Gunn assists)	31-34
5:30		Tre Carroll misses three point jump shot
5:28		Filip Borovicanin offensive rebound
5:25		Filip Borovicanin misses three point jump shot
5:23		Roddie Anderson III offensive rebound
5:19		Roddie Anderson III misses two point jump shot
5:17		CJ Gunn defensive rebound
4:54		CJ Gunn misses two point turnaround jump shot
4:52		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
4:40	+2	Malik Messina-Moore makes two point pullup jump shot (Tre Carroll assists)	33-34
4:19	+2	CJ Gunn makes two point pullup jump shot (Kaleb Banks assists)	33-36
4:00	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	35-36
3:38	+2	NJ Benson makes two point dunk (RJ Smith assists)	35-38
3:18		Kaleb Banks blocks Roddie Anderson III's two point driving layup
3:16		Roddie Anderson III offensive rebound
3:14		All Wright misses three point jump shot
3:14		Kaleb Banks personal foul
3:14		TV timeout
2:45	+2	Filip Borovicanin makes two point driving layup (Isaiah Walker assists)	37-38
2:15		Layden Blocker misses two point jump shot
2:13		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
1:51		Filip Borovicanin misses two point turnaround jump shot
1:49		NJ Benson defensive rebound
1:21	+2	CJ Gunn makes two point stepback jump shot (Layden Blocker assists)	37-40
1:11		Tre Carroll misses three point jump shot
1:09		CJ Gunn defensive rebound
0:52		CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot
0:50		NJ Benson offensive rebound
0:35		NJ Benson misses two point driving layup
0:33		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
0:30		Roddie Anderson III misses three point jump shot
0:28		Layden Blocker defensive rebound
0:01		CJ Gunn misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
XAV
Musketeers
40
DEP
Blue Demons
46

Time		Play	Score
20:00		CJ Gunn technical foul
20:00		CJ Gunn turnover
20:00		Roddie Anderson III technical foul
20:00		Roddie Anderson III turnover
19:42		Kaleb Banks misses three point jump shot
19:40		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
19:15		Pape N'Diaye misses two point hook shot
19:13		RJ Smith defensive rebound
19:04		CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot
19:02		RJ Smith offensive rebound
18:41		NJ Benson misses two point layup
18:39		Pape N'Diaye defensive rebound
18:30		NJ Benson shooting foul (Pape N'Diaye draws the foul)
18:30	+1	Pape N'Diaye makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-40
18:30		Pape N'Diaye misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:30		Filip Borovicanin offensive rebound
18:27	+3	Malik Messina-Moore makes three point jump shot (Filip Borovicanin assists)	41-40
18:07		Roddie Anderson III personal foul
17:49	+3	CJ Gunn makes three point jump shot (Layden Blocker assists)	41-43
17:36		Kaleb Banks personal foul
17:31		Tre Carroll turnover (FabiÃ¡n Flores steals)
17:28		Filip Borovicanin shooting foul (Kaleb Banks draws the foul)
17:28	+1	Kaleb Banks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-44
17:28	+1	Kaleb Banks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-45
17:16		CJ Gunn personal foul
17:14		Malik Messina-Moore misses two point jump shot
17:12		Tre Carroll offensive rebound
17:05		Roddie Anderson III misses two point driving layup
17:03		Pape N'Diaye offensive rebound
17:03	+2	Pape N'Diaye makes two point tip dunk	43-45
16:44		CJ Gunn turnover (bad pass) (Roddie Anderson III steals)
16:40		Roddie Anderson III misses two point driving layup
16:38		Musketeers offensive rebound
16:27		Roddie Anderson III misses two point turnaround jump shot
16:25		Brandon Maclin defensive rebound
16:11		CJ Gunn turnover (bad pass)
15:47		Layden Blocker personal foul
15:47		TV timeout
15:39		Jovan Milicevic misses three point jump shot
15:37		Blue Demons defensive rebound
15:17	+3	Layden Blocker makes three point jump shot (FabiÃ¡n Flores assists)	43-48
14:40	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point driving layup (Jovan Milicevic assists)	45-48
14:19		RJ Smith misses three point stepback jump shot
14:17		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
14:03		Jovan Milicevic offensive foul
14:03		Jovan Milicevic turnover (offensive foul)
13:38	+2	Brandon Maclin makes two point stepback jump shot	45-50
13:17	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point driving dunk	47-50
13:08		Pape N'Diaye blocks Layden Blocker's two point layup
13:06		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
12:59		Kaleb Banks shooting foul (Tre Carroll draws the foul)
12:59	+1	Tre Carroll makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-50
12:59	+1	Tre Carroll makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-50
12:39		Brandon Maclin misses three point jump shot
12:37		Tre Carroll defensive rebound
12:35		Tre Carroll misses two point driving layup
12:33		Kaleb Banks defensive rebound
12:04		Isaiah Walker shooting foul (Layden Blocker draws the foul)
12:04	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 1 of 3	49-51
12:04	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 2 of 3	49-52
12:04	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 3 of 3	49-53
11:41		All Wright misses three point jump shot
11:39		NJ Benson defensive rebound
11:25		Pape N'Diaye shooting foul (Kaleb Banks draws the foul)
11:25		TV timeout
11:25	+1	Kaleb Banks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-54
11:25	+1	Kaleb Banks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-55
11:09		Malik Messina-Moore misses three point jump shot
11:07		CJ Gunn defensive rebound
10:47		CJ Gunn misses three point jump shot
10:45		Musketeers defensive rebound
10:34		Malik Messina-Moore misses two point stepback jump shot
10:32		Pape N'Diaye offensive rebound
10:24		Roddie Anderson III misses three point jump shot
10:22		Malik Messina-Moore offensive rebound
10:22		NJ Benson personal foul (Malik Messina-Moore draws the foul)
10:22		Malik Messina-Moore misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:22		Kaleb Banks defensive rebound
10:00	+2	CJ Gunn makes two point stepback jump shot (Brandon Maclin assists)	49-57
9:37	+3	Filip Borovicanin makes three point jump shot (Tre Carroll assists)	52-57
9:35		Musketeers 30 second timeout
9:35		TV timeout
9:14	+2	NJ Benson makes two point layup	52-59
8:59	+3	Roddie Anderson III makes three point jump shot (Filip Borovicanin assists)	55-59
8:37		Brandon Maclin misses two point driving layup
8:35		Kaleb Banks offensive rebound
8:33	+2	Kaleb Banks makes two point tip dunk	55-61
8:20	+2	Malik Messina-Moore makes two point pullup jump shot	57-61
7:59		Kaleb Banks misses three point jump shot
7:56		Musketeers defensive rebound
7:56		TV timeout
7:37		CJ Gunn blocks Isaiah Walker's three point jump shot
7:35		NJ Benson defensive rebound
7:29		Layden Blocker misses two point driving layup
7:27		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
7:21	+3	Roddie Anderson III makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Walker assists)	60-61
6:54	+2	CJ Gunn makes two point dunk (NJ Benson assists)	60-63
6:42	+3	Tre Carroll makes three point jump shot (Malik Messina-Moore assists)	63-63
6:21	+2	Brandon Maclin makes two point driving layup (Layden Blocker assists)	63-65
6:21		Roddie Anderson III shooting foul (Brandon Maclin draws the foul)
6:21	+1	Brandon Maclin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	63-66
6:00		Roddie Anderson III misses two point pullup jump shot
5:58		Tre Carroll offensive rebound
5:57		Brandon Maclin shooting foul (Roddie Anderson III draws the foul)
5:57	+1	Roddie Anderson III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-66
5:57	+1	Roddie Anderson III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-66
5:39		NJ Benson misses two point layup
5:37		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
5:26		RJ Smith blocks Filip Borovicanin's two point driving layup
5:24		NJ Benson defensive rebound
5:20		Tre Carroll shooting foul (CJ Gunn draws the foul)
5:20	+1	CJ Gunn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-67
5:20	+1	CJ Gunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-68
5:08	+2	Tre Carroll makes two point jump shot (Malik Messina-Moore assists)	67-68
4:38	+3	RJ Smith makes three point jump shot (Brandon Maclin assists)	67-71
4:35		Blue Demons 30 second timeout
4:26		Jovan Milicevic turnover (lost ball)
4:09	+2	Brandon Maclin makes two point driving layup (Layden Blocker assists)	67-73
3:49	+3	Filip Borovicanin makes three point jump shot (Malik Messina-Moore assists)	70-73
3:15	+2	Layden Blocker makes two point pullup jump shot	70-75
2:53	+2	Pape N'Diaye makes two point layup (Filip Borovicanin assists)	72-75
2:22		Pape N'Diaye shooting foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
2:22		TV timeout
2:22		NJ Benson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:22	+1	NJ Benson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-76
2:08		Tre Carroll misses three point jump shot
2:06		Filip Borovicanin offensive rebound
2:03		Roddie Anderson III misses three point jump shot
2:01		CJ Gunn defensive rebound
1:41	+3	RJ Smith makes three point jump shot (NJ Benson assists)	72-79
1:22		Malik Messina-Moore misses three point jump shot
1:20		RJ Smith defensive rebound
1:04		Filip Borovicanin personal foul (Brandon Maclin draws the foul)
1:04	+1	Brandon Maclin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-80
1:04		Musketeers 30 second timeout
1:04		Brandon Maclin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:03		Blue Demons offensive rebound
0:57		Jovan Milicevic personal foul (Layden Blocker draws the foul)
0:57	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-81
0:57	+1	Layden Blocker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-82
0:53		NJ Benson personal foul (Roddie Anderson III draws the foul)
0:53	+1	Roddie Anderson III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-82
0:53		Roddie Anderson III misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:53		RJ Smith defensive rebound
0:52		Roddie Anderson III personal foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
0:52	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-83
0:52	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-84
0:46		Tre Carroll misses three point jump shot
0:45		Brandon Maclin personal foul (Isaiah Walker draws the foul)
0:45	+1	Isaiah Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-84
0:45	+1	Isaiah Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-84
0:39		RJ Smith turnover (bad pass) (Malik Messina-Moore steals)
0:39		CJ Gunn shooting foul (Malik Messina-Moore draws the foul)
0:39	+1	Malik Messina-Moore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-84
0:39	+1	Malik Messina-Moore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-84
0:39		Blue Demons 30 second timeout
0:37		CJ Gunn turnover (lost ball) (Malik Messina-Moore steals)
0:37		Musketeers 60 second timeout
0:31		Malik Messina-Moore turnover (traveling)
0:29		Tre Carroll personal foul (CJ Gunn draws the foul)
0:29		CJ Gunn misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:29	+1	CJ Gunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-85
0:17		Filip Borovicanin misses three point jump shot
0:15		NJ Benson defensive rebound
0:14		Roddie Anderson III personal foul (NJ Benson draws the foul)
0:14		NJ Benson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:14	+1	NJ Benson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-86
0:09		Tre Carroll misses three point jump shot
0:07		Isaiah Walker offensive rebound
0:04		Malik Messina-Moore misses three point jump shot
0:02		Brandon Maclin defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Brandon Maclin defensive rebound