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Desmond Claude's 25 points lead Xavier past Robert Morris 77-63
CINCINNATI (AP) Desmond Claude's 25 points helped Xavier defeat Robert Morris 77-63 in a season opener on Monday night.
Claude was 10 of 17 shooting, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the line for the Musketeers. Quincy Olivari shot 5 for 10, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc to add 13 points. Abou Ousmane finished 5 of 8 from the floor to finish with 11 points.
The Colonials (0-1, Horizon League) were led by Justice Williams, who recorded 21 points. Markeese Hastings added 14 points, 11 rebounds and four steals for Robert Morris. Stephaun Walker also had 11 points and eight rebounds.
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Xavier plays Friday against Jacksonville at home, and Robert Morris hosts Point Park on Thursday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Markeese Hastings vs. Abou Ousmane (Justice Williams gains possession) | Â |
| 19:39 |  | +2 | Justice Williams makes two point jump shot | 2-0 |
| 19:18 | | +2 | Abou Ousmane makes two point layup (Desmond Claude assists) | 2-2 |
| 19:08 | | Â | Markeese Hastings offensive foul | Â |
| 19:08 | | Â | Markeese Hastings turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 18:56 | | Â | Jackson Last shooting foul (Desmond Claude draws the foul) | Â |
| 18:56 | | +1 | Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 2-3 |
| 18:55 | | Â | Desmond Claude misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 18:55 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa offensive rebound | Â |
| 18:41 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight turnover (Markeese Hastings steals) | Â |
| 18:38 | | Â | Colonials 30 second timeout | Â |
| 18:14 | | +2 | Justice Williams makes two point jump shot | 4-3 |
| 17:51 | | +2 | Abou Ousmane makes two point layup (Quincy Olivari assists) | 4-5 |
| 17:26 | | +2 | Stephaun Walker makes two point layup (Josh Corbin assists) | 6-5 |
| 17:19 | | Â | Desmond Claude misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:17 | | Â | Markeese Hastings defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:02 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight shooting foul (Justice Williams draws the foul) | Â |
| 17:02 | | Â | Justice Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 3 | Â |
| 17:02 | | +1 | Justice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 7-5 |
| 17:02 | | +1 | Justice Williams makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 8-5 |
| 16:54 | | Â | Desmond Claude turnover (Justice Williams steals) | Â |
| 16:50 | | Â | Desmond Claude shooting foul (Stephaun Walker draws the foul) | Â |
| 16:50 | | +1 | Stephaun Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 9-5 |
| 16:50 | | Â | Stephaun Walker misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 16:50 | | Â | Quincy Olivari defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:39 | | Â | Quincy Olivari turnover | Â |
| 16:27 | | Â | Stephaun Walker misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:25 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:14 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa turnover (Stephaun Walker steals) | Â |
| 16:06 | | Â | Stephaun Walker misses two point dunk | Â |
| 16:04 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:49 | | +2 | Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup (Gytis Nemeiksa assists) | 9-7 |
| 15:27 | | Â | Stephaun Walker misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 15:25 | | Â | Desmond Claude defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:18 | | +2 | Desmond Claude makes two point layup | 9-9 |
| 15:01 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 14:44 | | +3 | Markeese Hastings makes three point jump shot (Justice Williams assists) | 12-9 |
| 14:11 | | Â | Trey Green misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:09 | | Â | Colonials defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:38 | | +2 | Alvaro Folgueiras makes two point jump shot | 14-9 |
| 13:23 | | Â | Quincy Olivari misses two point layup | Â |
| 13:21 | | Â | Alvaro Folgueiras defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:10 | | Â | Justice Williams misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:08 | | Â | Sasa Ciani defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:57 | | +2 | Desmond Claude makes two point dunk | 14-11 |
| 12:38 | | Â | Justice Williams turnover (bad pass) (Quincy Olivari steals) | Â |
| 12:32 | | +3 | Quincy Olivari makes three point jump shot (Dailyn Swain assists) | 14-14 |
| 12:15 | | +3 | TJ Wainwright makes three point jump shot (Chris Ford assists) | 17-14 |
| 12:07 | | Â | TJ Wainwright personal foul | Â |
| 11:59 | | Â | Stephaun Walker personal foul | Â |
| 11:59 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:50 | | Â | Desmond Claude misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 11:48 | | Â | Markeese Hastings defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:35 | | Â | Markeese Hastings offensive foul | Â |
| 11:35 | | Â | Markeese Hastings turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 11:06 | | +2 | Gytis Nemeiksa makes two point layup (Abou Ousmane assists) | 17-16 |
| 10:49 | | Â | Trey Green personal foul | Â |
| 10:43 | | Â | Josh Corbin misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 10:41 | | Â | Abou Ousmane defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:12 | | Â | Jackson Last shooting foul (Desmond Claude draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:11 | | +1 | Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 17-17 |
| 10:11 | | +1 | Desmond Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 17-18 |
| 9:54 | | Â | Abou Ousmane personal foul | Â |
| 9:48 | | Â | Justice Williams turnover (Dayvion McKnight steals) | Â |
| 9:41 | | +2 | Quincy Olivari makes two point layup (Dayvion McKnight assists) | 17-20 |
| 9:20 | | Â | TJ Wainwright misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 9:18 | | Â | Quincy Olivari defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:08 | | +2 | Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup (Quincy Olivari assists) | 17-22 |
| 8:54 | | Â | Justice Williams misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:52 | | Â | Sasa Ciani defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:39 | | Â | Desmond Claude misses two point layup | Â |
| 8:39 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:39 | | Â | Stephaun Walker shooting foul (Gytis Nemeiksa draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:39 | | +1 | Gytis Nemeiksa makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 17-23 |
| 8:39 | | +1 | Gytis Nemeiksa makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 17-24 |
| 8:18 | | Â | Josh Corbin misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:16 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:02 | | Â | Josh Corbin shooting foul (Quincy Olivari draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:02 | | +1 | Quincy Olivari makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 17-25 |
| 8:02 | | Â | Quincy Olivari misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 8:02 | | Â | Alvaro Folgueiras shooting foul (Gytis Nemeiksa draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:02 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 7:44 | | Â | Markeese Hastings defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:44 | | Â | Markeese Hastings misses two point layup | Â |
| 7:44 | | Â | Markeese Hastings offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:44 | | +2 | Markeese Hastings makes two point layup | 19-25 |
| 7:44 | | Â | Trey Green shooting foul (Markeese Hastings draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:44 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:44 | | +1 | Markeese Hastings makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 20-25 |
| 7:31 | | Â | TJ Wainwright blocks Dailyn Swain's two point layup | Â |
| 7:29 | | Â | Markeese Hastings defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:24 | | Â | Justice Williams misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:22 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:16 | | Â | Trey Green misses two point layup | Â |
| 7:16 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:16 | | +2 | Gytis Nemeiksa makes two point layup | 20-27 |
| 6:55 | | Â | Josh Corbin turnover (Dailyn Swain steals) | Â |
| 6:49 | | +2 | Gytis Nemeiksa makes two point layup (Trey Green assists) | 20-29 |
| 6:41 | | Â | Josh Corbin offensive foul | Â |
| 6:41 | | Â | Josh Corbin turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 6:33 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 6:19 | | Â | Josh Corbin misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 6:17 | | Â | Abou Ousmane defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:07 | | Â | Trey Green turnover (Markeese Hastings steals) | Â |
| 6:07 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa personal foul | Â |
| 5:46 | | Â | TJ Wainwright misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 5:44 | | Â | Abou Ousmane defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:32 | | +2 | Desmond Claude makes two point layup | 20-31 |
| 5:18 | | Â | Kachi Nzeh personal foul (Justice Williams draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:18 | | +1 | Justice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 21-31 |
| 5:18 | | +1 | Justice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-31 |
| 5:03 | | Â | Quincy Olivari misses two point layup | Â |
| 5:01 | | Â | Stephaun Walker defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:48 | | +2 | Justice Williams makes two point layup | 24-31 |
| 4:36 | | +2 | Quincy Olivari makes two point layup (Abou Ousmane assists) | 24-33 |
| 4:18 | | Â | Stephaun Walker misses two point layup | Â |
| 4:16 | | Â | Stephaun Walker offensive rebound | Â |
| 4:10 | | +2 | Stephaun Walker makes two point layup | 26-33 |
| 3:56 | | +2 | Abou Ousmane makes two point dunk (Quincy Olivari assists) | 26-35 |
| 3:36 | | +2 | Stephaun Walker makes two point layup (Justice Williams assists) | 28-35 |
| 3:30 | | Â | Desmond Claude turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 3:30 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:13 | | Â | Justice Williams misses two point layup | Â |
| 3:10 | | Â | Stephaun Walker offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:10 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight shooting foul (Stephaun Walker draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:10 | | Â | Stephaun Walker misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 3:10 | | Â | Josh Corbin offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:10 | | +3 | Justice Williams makes three point jump shot (Josh Corbin assists) | 31-35 |
| 2:47 | | Â | Abou Ousmane misses two point layup | Â |
| 2:45 | | Â | Josh Corbin defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:30 | | Â | Stephaun Walker misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:28 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:15 | | +2 | Desmond Claude makes two point jump shot (Gytis Nemeiksa assists) | 31-37 |
| 1:51 | | Â | Alfredo Boglio misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 1:49 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:40 | | Â | Dailyn Swain misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:38 | | Â | Justice Williams defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:27 | | Â | Abou Ousmane blocks Stephaun Walker's two point layup | Â |
| 1:25 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:18 | | +2 | Abou Ousmane makes two point layup (Trey Green assists) | 31-39 |
| 0:59 | | Â | Alfredo Boglio turnover (lost ball) (Trey Green steals) | Â |
| 0:54 | | Â | Trey Green turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 0:41 | | Â | Markeese Hastings misses two point layup | Â |
| 0:39 | | Â | Gytis Nemeiksa defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:35 | | Â | Musketeers 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:23 | | Â | Quincy Olivari offensive foul | Â |
| 0:23 | | Â | Quincy Olivari turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 0:04 | | +2 | Stephaun Walker makes two point dunk (Justice Williams assists) | 33-39 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |