DePaul Blue Demons vs. Xavier Musketeers

Jan 31, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
DEP	35	31	66
XAV	30	38	68

Game Recap

Carroll, Borovicanin lead Xavier past DePaul, 68-66. Tre Carroll led Xavier with 21 points and Filip Borovicanin hit the game-winning buzzer beater as the Musketeers defeated DePaul 68-66 on Saturday.

Player Stats

DEPAUL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Théo Pierre-Justin	22	3-5	1-3	0-0	5	0	1	0	1	0	7
35NJ Benson	30	7-11	0-0	0-0	8	1	1	0	1	3	14
11CJ Gunn	29	7-15	5-10	0-0	5	2	1	0	4	2	19
5RJ Smith	33	1-6	0-4	0-0	2	8	1	0	0	0	2
2Layden Blocker	33	5-10	1-3	0-0	2	1	2	0	2	3	11
1Kaleb Banks	7	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
15Fabián Flores	10	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	4
22Kruz McClure	15	0-3	0-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
0Brandon Maclin	21	2-4	0-0	0-1	1	3	1	0	1	3	4
TOTAL	-	29-5949.2%	8-2433.3%	0-10.0%	29	16	7	1	9	13	66

XAVIER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Filip Borovicanin	30	6-11	0-1	4-4	6	4	0	0	0	2	16
24Jovan Milicevic	34	2-6	1-2	5-7	3	2	0	0	1	3	10
12Tre Carroll	38	8-18	0-5	5-6	6	1	2	2	3	0	21
3All Wright	21	2-5	1-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	1	5
1Malik Messina-Moore	35	4-7	3-6	2-2	1	3	1	0	1	2	13
22Pape N'Diaye	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
0Roddie Anderson III	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0
7Isaiah Walker	26	1-2	1-1	0-0	7	1	2	0	0	0	3

TOTAL	-	23-5046.0%	6-1735.3%	16-1984.2%	29	14	7	2	10	9	68

Play-by-Play

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1st halfDEPXAV

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by DePaul.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Xavier.
(19:42) CJ Gunn bad pass turnover.
(19:42) Tre Carroll Steal.
(19:27) Filip Borovicanin misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:24) Théo Pierre-Justin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:08) Théo Pierre-Justin makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot (RJ Smith assists).
20
(18:53) Tre Carroll misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(18:51) Théo Pierre-Justin Defensive Rebound.
(18:45) Théo Pierre-Justin bad pass turnover.
+2 (18:31) Jovan Milicevic makes driving layup (Malik Messina-Moore assists).
22
(18:31) Foul on CJ Gunn.
(18:31) Jovan Milicevic misses free throw 1 of 1.
(18:30) NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
(18:30) Foul on Filip Borovicanin.
+2 (18:07) NJ Benson makes 3-foot jumper.
42
+2 (17:59) Filip Borovicanin makes layup.
44
+2 (17:30) Théo Pierre-Justin makes 12-foot floating jump shot (CJ Gunn assists).
64
(17:11) Tre Carroll misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(17:08) Jovan Milicevic Offensive Rebound.
(17:07) Jovan Milicevic misses 12-foot jumper.
(17:05) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(17:00) Layden Blocker misses 8-foot pullup jump shot.
(17:00) NJ Benson Offensive Rebound.
(17:00) Tre Carroll Block.
+2 (16:56) NJ Benson makes layup.
84
+3 (16:33) Malik Messina-Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Filip Borovicanin assists).
87
+3 (16:07) CJ Gunn makes 25-foot three point jumper (RJ Smith assists).
117
(15:47) Tre Carroll misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:43) Théo Pierre-Justin Defensive Rebound.
(15:26) Layden Blocker misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:23) Théo Pierre-Justin Offensive Rebound.
(15:20) CJ Gunn misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:18) Tre Carroll Defensive Rebound.
(15:10) All Wright misses driving layup.
(15:08) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(14:38) team shot clock turnover .
(14:09) Filip Borovicanin misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(14:07) Pape N'Diaye Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:57) Tre Carroll makes 11-foot pullup jump shot.
119
+2 (13:27) Brandon Maclin makes driving layup.
139
(13:27) Foul on All Wright.
(13:27) Brandon Maclin misses free throw 1 of 1.
(13:27) Filip Borovicanin Defensive Rebound.
(13:21) Malik Messina-Moore misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:19) Filip Borovicanin Offensive Rebound.
(13:13) Filip Borovicanin misses layup.
(13:12) Foul on Filip Borovicanin.
(13:11) Fabián Flores Defensive Rebound.
(12:43) RJ Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(12:39) Roddie Anderson III Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:28) Tre Carroll makes driving layup.
1311
+2 (12:12) Kaleb Banks makes driving layup (RJ Smith assists).
1511
+3 (11:54) Isaiah Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tre Carroll assists).
1514
+3 (11:31) Kaleb Banks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Maclin assists).
1814
(11:18) Jovan Milicevic misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
(11:15) RJ Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:50) Fabián Flores makes 0-foot dunk.
2014
+3 (10:25) Malik Messina-Moore makes 27-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Walker assists).
2017
+2 (10:01) NJ Benson makes 0-foot dunk.
2217
(9:55) Malik Messina-Moore misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(9:53) Kruz McClure Defensive Rebound.
(9:53) Foul on Jovan Milicevic.
+2 (9:28) Layden Blocker makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
2417
(9:06) Foul on Brandon Maclin.
+1 (9:06) Jovan Milicevic makes free throw 1 of 2.
2418
(9:06) Jovan Milicevic misses free throw 2 of 2.
(9:06) Kaleb Banks Defensive Rebound.
(8:37) NJ Benson misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(8:34) Isaiah Walker Defensive Rebound.
(8:26) Filip Borovicanin misses 16-foot jumper.
(8:22) DePaul Defensive Rebound.
(8:08) NJ Benson misses dunk.
(8:06) Jovan Milicevic Defensive Rebound.
(7:51) All Wright bad pass turnover.
(7:51) Layden Blocker Steal.
(7:46) Kruz McClure misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:43) Tre Carroll Defensive Rebound.
(7:38) DePaul Coach's Challenge (Overturned) DePaul retains its timeout.
(7:38) Tre Carroll bad pass turnover.
(7:38) Théo Pierre-Justin Steal.
+3 (7:15) Théo Pierre-Justin makes 23-foot three point jumper (RJ Smith assists).
2718
+3 (6:59) All Wright makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Messina-Moore assists).
2721
(6:39) Layden Blocker bad pass turnover.
(6:39) Malik Messina-Moore Steal.
(6:38) Foul on NJ Benson.
(6:20) Foul on Layden Blocker.
+1 (6:20) Jovan Milicevic makes free throw 1 of 2.
2722
+1 (6:20) Jovan Milicevic makes free throw 2 of 2.
2723
(5:49) Layden Blocker misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:46) CJ Gunn Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:38) RJ Smith makes 9-foot floating jump shot.
2923
(5:32) Jovan Milicevic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:29) Layden Blocker Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:01) Layden Blocker makes 12-foot pullup jump shot.
3123
(4:45) Isaiah Walker misses 13-foot floating jump shot.
(4:40) Brandon Maclin Defensive Rebound.
(4:27) RJ Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:25) Jovan Milicevic Defensive Rebound.
(4:16) Jovan Milicevic bad pass turnover.
+2 (3:45) Brandon Maclin makes 11-foot jumper.
3323
(3:29) All Wright misses driving layup.
(3:29) Fabián Flores Block.
(3:26) Fabián Flores Defensive Rebound.
(3:08) Kruz McClure misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(3:06) All Wright Defensive Rebound.
(3:05) Foul on Brandon Maclin.
(2:45) Tre Carroll misses 16-foot jumper.
(2:42) Kruz McClure Defensive Rebound.
(2:34) Layden Blocker bad pass turnover.
(2:34) Pape N'Diaye Steal.
(2:26) Roddie Anderson III misses 13-foot jumper.
(2:23) Fabián Flores Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:06) CJ Gunn makes 14-foot pullup jump shot.
3523
+2 (1:51) Tre Carroll makes 20-foot jumper (Filip Borovicanin assists).
3525
(1:27) CJ Gunn bad pass turnover.
(1:27) Roddie Anderson III Steal.
+2 (1:18) Tre Carroll makes layup (Roddie Anderson III assists).
3527
(0:57) Layden Blocker misses 6-foot turnaround jump shot.
(0:53) Layden Blocker Offensive Rebound.
(0:51) Théo Pierre-Justin misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:49) Roddie Anderson III Defensive Rebound.
(0:45) Foul on Kruz McClure.
+3 (0:41) Malik Messina-Moore makes 26-foot three point jumper (Filip Borovicanin assists).
3530
(0:14) Foul on Jovan Milicevic.
(0:11) Foul on Roddie Anderson III.
(0:02) CJ Gunn misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Roddie Anderson III Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

DEP

XAV

66Points68

29-59(49.2%)Field Goal(%)23-50(46.0%)

8-24(33.3%)3-Point(%)6-17(35.3%)

0-1(0.0%)Free Throw(%)16-19(84.2%)

31(7)Rebounds(Offensive)29(5)

16Assists14

7Steals7

1Blocks2

11Turnovers10

13(0)Fouls(Technical)9(0)

18Largest Lead3

Game Details

Saturday, January 31, 2026 · 1:00 PM

Cintas Center · Cincinnati, OH

attendance: 9,596 (93.9%)

tv: FS1

spread: XAV -4.5

over/under: 150.5