UConn Huskies vs. Xavier Musketeers

Dec 31, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
CONN	43	47	90
XAV	28	39	67

Game Recap

No. 4 UConn beats Xavier 90-67 behind Mullins and Karaban. Freshman guard Braylon Mullins made a career-high five 3-pointers and matched his season best with 17 points as No. 4 UConn beat Xavier 90-67 on Wednesday.

Player Stats

UCONN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Alex Karaban	34	7-13	3-5	2-2	7	4	2	1	3	2	19
5Tarris Reed Jr.	21	4-7	0-0	2-2	8	2	0	0	2	2	10
24Braylon Mullins	31	6-11	5-10	0-0	6	4	2	0	1	3	17
2Silas Demary Jr.	18	1-4	1-2	2-2	4	7	0	0	2	3	5
1Solo Ball	29	6-10	2-6	3-3	2	2	0	1	0	2	17
4Dwayne Koroma	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Jaylin Stewart	18	3-4	1-1	1-2	4	1	1	0	1	3	8
12Eric Reibe	17	2-4	0-0	1-3	7	2	1	1	1	2	5
77Uroš Paunovic	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
7Jacob Furphy	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
9Alec Millender	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
0Malachi Smith	22	2-7	1-4	0-0	2	3	0	0	3	1	5
TOTAL	-	33-6253.2%	13-2846.4%	11-1478.6%	40	26	8	3	13	19	90

XAVIER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Filip Borovicanin	34	5-11	1-5	3-3	11	6	4	0	2	1	14
24Jovan Milicevic	20	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	3	2	2	2
12Tre Carroll	31	3-11	0-1	3-8	4	4	1	0	2	3	9
3All Wright	19	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	1	2
1Malik Messina-Moore	36	5-10	2-6	4-5	0	4	0	0	0	2	16
22Pape N'Diaye	9	2-4	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	2	1	2	5
21Anthony Robinson	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
9Mier Panoam	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Roddie Anderson III	29	6-12	0-1	3-4	2	1	0	0	1	2	15
7Isaiah Walker	16	1-4	0-3	2-2	0	0	0	0	2	2	4


TOTAL	-	24-5642.9%	4-1822.2%	15-2268.2%	25	18	8	5	11	16	67

Play-by-Play

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1st halfCONNXAV

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Xavier.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by UConn.
(19:39) Tre Carroll misses 4-foot jumper.
(19:37) Silas Demary Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(19:10) Tarris Reed Jr. misses layup.
(19:10) Jovan Milicevic Block.
(19:09) team 5 sec inbound turnover.
(19:08) Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.
(18:57) Tre Carroll misses 12-foot jumper.
(18:55) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:39) Silas Demary Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alex Karaban assists).
30
(18:21) Malik Messina-Moore misses layup.
(18:20) Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.
(18:16) Silas Demary Jr. misses layup.
(18:16) Jovan Milicevic Block.
(18:12) Filip Borovicanin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:08) Tre Carroll makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Malik Messina-Moore assists).
32
+3 (17:52) Braylon Mullins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Silas Demary Jr. assists).
62
(17:30) Filip Borovicanin misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(17:26) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:07) Alex Karaban makes layup (Braylon Mullins assists).
82
(17:07) Foul on All Wright.
+1 (17:07) Alex Karaban makes free throw 1 of 1.
92
(16:56) Foul on Silas Demary Jr..
+1 (16:56) Malik Messina-Moore makes free throw 1 of 2.
93
+1 (16:56) Malik Messina-Moore makes free throw 2 of 2.
94
+3 (16:32) Solo Ball makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Karaban assists).
124
(16:19) Jovan Milicevic misses 18-foot jumper.
(16:16) Braylon Mullins Defensive Rebound.
(16:13) Braylon Mullins misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(16:09) Xavier Defensive Rebound.
(15:47) Filip Borovicanin misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:44) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:32) Solo Ball misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:31) Jovan Milicevic Defensive Rebound.
(15:31) Foul on Tarris Reed Jr..
(15:29) Tre Carroll bad pass turnover.
(15:29) Alex Karaban Steal.
(15:25) Alex Karaban misses layup.
(15:24) Tre Carroll Defensive Rebound.
(15:19) Tre Carroll bad pass turnover.
(15:19) Braylon Mullins Steal.
+2 (15:12) Solo Ball makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Braylon Mullins assists).
144
(14:49) Tre Carroll misses 9-foot jumper.
(14:46) Solo Ball Defensive Rebound.
(14:46) Foul on Isaiah Walker.
(14:29) Alex Karaban misses layup.
(14:29) Pape N'Diaye Block.
(14:26) Pape N'Diaye Defensive Rebound.
(14:21) Pape N'Diaye bad pass turnover.
(14:21) Alex Karaban Steal.
+2 (14:19) Alex Karaban makes 2-foot dunk.
164
(14:06) Isaiah Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:02) Silas Demary Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(13:55) Silas Demary Jr. bad pass turnover.
(13:55) Anthony Robinson Steal.
+2 (13:46) Isaiah Walker makes 3-foot jumper.
166
+3 (13:27) Braylon Mullins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Silas Demary Jr. assists).
196
(13:01) Filip Borovicanin bad pass turnover.
(13:01) Eric Reibe Steal.
+2 (12:56) Alex Karaban makes driving layup (Braylon Mullins assists).
216
(12:45) Roddie Anderson III misses layup.
(12:44) Eric Reibe Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:39) Alex Karaban makes layup (Silas Demary Jr. assists).
236
(12:39) Foul on Anthony Robinson.
+1 (12:39) Alex Karaban makes free throw 1 of 1.
246
(12:30) Malik Messina-Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:27) Jaylin Stewart Defensive Rebound.
(12:08) Eric Reibe misses 2-foot jumper.
(12:06) Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.
(11:54) Solo Ball misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:51) Foul on Isaiah Walker.
(11:51) Eric Reibe misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:51) UConn Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:51) Eric Reibe makes free throw 2 of 2.
256
(11:49) Eric Reibe Offensive Rebound.
(11:40) Roddie Anderson III misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:36) Eric Reibe Defensive Rebound.
(11:11) Malachi Smith misses 7-foot jumper.
(11:11) Pape N'Diaye Block.
(11:08) Pape N'Diaye Defensive Rebound.
(10:51) Foul on Eric Reibe.
(10:50) Roddie Anderson III bad pass turnover.
(10:30) Braylon Mullins misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(10:26) Jaylin Stewart Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:25) Tarris Reed Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (Jaylin Stewart assists).
276
(10:25) Foul on Pape N'Diaye.
+1 (10:25) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
286
(10:06) Pape N'Diaye misses 17-foot jumper.
(10:02) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:46) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup (Malachi Smith assists).
306
+2 (9:25) Pape N'Diaye makes layup (Filip Borovicanin assists).
308
(9:10) Foul on Roddie Anderson III.
+2 (8:59) Tarris Reed Jr. makes 2-foot dunk (Solo Ball assists).
328
(8:59) Foul on Tre Carroll.
+1 (8:59) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
338
(8:46) Malik Messina-Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:41) Tre Carroll Offensive Rebound.
(8:39) Tre Carroll misses layup.
(8:37) Filip Borovicanin Offensive Rebound.
(8:37) Foul on Solo Ball.
(8:30) Jovan Milicevic bad pass turnover.
(8:18) Alex Karaban bad pass turnover.
(8:18) Filip Borovicanin Steal.
+2 (8:06) Filip Borovicanin makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
3310
(7:45) Tarris Reed Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (7:36) Malik Messina-Moore makes driving layup (Filip Borovicanin assists).
3312
(7:36) Foul on Silas Demary Jr..
(7:35) Malik Messina-Moore misses free throw 1 of 1.
(7:34) Braylon Mullins Defensive Rebound.
(7:15) Solo Ball misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:11) Filip Borovicanin Defensive Rebound.
(7:08) Malik Messina-Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:04) Eric Reibe Defensive Rebound.
(6:43) Braylon Mullins misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:39) Tre Carroll Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:25) Tre Carroll makes layup.
3314
(6:06) Alex Karaban misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:03) All Wright Defensive Rebound.
(5:57) Filip Borovicanin misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:53) Eric Reibe Defensive Rebound.
(5:41) Malachi Smith bad pass turnover.
(5:41) Jovan Milicevic Steal.
(5:34) Tre Carroll misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:30) Eric Reibe Defensive Rebound.
(5:18) Foul on Jovan Milicevic.
(5:18) Eric Reibe misses free throw 1 of 1.
(5:16) Braylon Mullins Offensive Rebound.
(5:13) Malachi Smith misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(5:10) Jovan Milicevic Defensive Rebound.
(5:08) Jovan Milicevic bad pass turnover.
(5:08) Braylon Mullins Steal.
(5:04) Foul on Jovan Milicevic.
+1 (5:04) Solo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2.
3414
+1 (5:04) Solo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2.
3514
+2 (4:45) Filip Borovicanin makes driving layup.
3516
(4:45) Foul on Eric Reibe.
+1 (4:45) Filip Borovicanin makes free throw 1 of 1.
3517
+3 (4:29) Jaylin Stewart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Malachi Smith assists).
3817
(4:13) Foul on Jaylin Stewart.
+1 (4:13) Tre Carroll makes free throw 1 of 2.
3818
(4:13) Tre Carroll misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:11) Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.
(3:58) Eric Reibe traveling turnover.
+2 (3:47) Tre Carroll makes 3-foot dunk (Filip Borovicanin assists).
3820
+3 (3:21) Alex Karaban makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tarris Reed Jr. assists).
4120
(2:55) Filip Borovicanin misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:52) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(2:27) Alex Karaban misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:23) Filip Borovicanin Defensive Rebound.
(2:02) Tre Carroll misses layup.
(2:02) Alex Karaban Block.
(1:59) Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.
(1:54) Malachi Smith bad pass turnover.
(1:54) Filip Borovicanin Steal.
+2 (1:49) Roddie Anderson III makes driving layup (All Wright assists).
4122
+2 (1:24) Solo Ball makes 14-foot jumper (Malachi Smith assists).
4322
+2 (1:15) Roddie Anderson III makes driving layup (Malik Messina-Moore assists).
4324
(0:55) Alex Karaban bad pass turnover.
(0:55) Filip Borovicanin Steal.
+2 (0:51) Roddie Anderson III makes driving layup (Tre Carroll assists).
4326
(0:27) Malachi Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:23) All Wright Defensive Rebound.
(0:04) Roddie Anderson III misses 17-foot jumper.
(0:01) All Wright Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:00) All Wright makes 5-foot jumper.
4328

2nd half

Team Stats

CONN

XAV

90Points67

33-62(53.2%)Field Goal(%)24-56(42.9%)

13-28(46.4%)3-Point(%)4-18(22.2%)

11-14(78.6%)Free Throw(%)15-22(68.2%)

42(10)Rebounds(Offensive)26(5)

26Assists18

8Steals8

3Blocks5

14Turnovers11

19(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

25Largest Lead0

Game Details

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · 5:00 PM

Cintas Center · Cincinnati, OH

attendance: 9,825 (96.1%)

tv: Peacock

spread: CONN -11.5

over/under: 144.5