Xavier Musketeers vs. UConn Huskies

Mar 12, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
XAV	30	38	68
CONN	50	43	93

Game Recap

No. 6 UConn bounces back to beat Xavier 93-68 in the Big East quarterfinals. Tarris Reed Jr. had 17 points and 14 rebounds as No. 6 UConn cruised past Xavier 93-68 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the .

Player Stats

XAVIER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Filip Borovicanin	33	7-14	3-7	5-6	4	1	2	0	3	3	22
24Jovan Milicevic	33	2-9	1-6	1-3	3	2	2	1	1	1	6
12Tre Carroll	34	2-10	0-4	8-12	5	1	0	0	0	1	12
3All Wright	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1Malik Messina-Moore	32	1-7	1-5	2-2	3	1	0	0	2	1	5
20Henry Thole	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Pape N'Diaye	8	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
21Anthony Robinson	9	0-1	0-0	2-4	3	0	1	0	0	2	2
31Ian Sabourin	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
0Roddie Anderson III	23	5-6	3-4	2-2	2	1	0	0	2	2	15
7Isaiah Walker	20	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	2	5

TOTAL	-	19-5137.3%	9-2832.1%	21-3363.6%	24	6	6	2	10	14	68

UCONN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Alex Karaban	30	5-10	3-8	2-3	5	4	0	0	0	3	15
5Tarris Reed Jr.	27	8-12	0-0	1-1	14	2	1	2	1	3	17
24Braylon Mullins	33	4-9	1-6	0-0	3	3	1	3	0	3	9
2Silas Demary Jr.	22	4-7	1-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	3	4	9
1Solo Ball	25	5-12	4-10	5-5	4	2	0	0	1	2	19
23Jayden Ross	22	4-6	1-3	0-0	4	3	3	0	1	1	9
4Dwayne Koroma	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12Eric Reibe	14	3-3	0-0	3-4	4	0	1	0	1	2	9
77Uroš Paunovic	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Jacob Furphy	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Alec Millender	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Malachi Smith	23	2-2	2-2	0-0	3	2	0	0	3	1	6
TOTAL	-	35-6157.4%	12-3237.5%	11-1384.6%	39	18	7	5	10	20	93

Play-by-Play

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1st halfXAVCONN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by UConn.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Xavier.
(19:36) Tarris Reed Jr. misses layup.
(19:36) Jovan Milicevic Block.
(19:34) Filip Borovicanin Defensive Rebound.
(19:16) Filip Borovicanin misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:13) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:57) Silas Demary Jr. makes driving layup.
02
(18:30) All Wright misses layup.
(18:30) Braylon Mullins Block.
(18:26) Solo Ball Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:21) Solo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Braylon Mullins assists).
05
+2 (17:58) Jovan Milicevic makes driving layup.
25
(17:38) Alex Karaban misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:35) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:34) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup.
27
(17:12) Jovan Milicevic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:08) Solo Ball Defensive Rebound.
(16:47) Tarris Reed Jr. misses layup.
(16:45) Tre Carroll Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:30) Tre Carroll makes 8-foot pullup jump shot.
47
+2 (16:16) Solo Ball makes 2-foot pullup jump shot (Alex Karaban assists).
49
(16:02) Foul on Alex Karaban.
+1 (16:02) Tre Carroll makes free throw 1 of 2.
59
+1 (16:02) Tre Carroll makes free throw 2 of 2.
69
+3 (15:37) Alex Karaban makes 25-foot three point jumper (Solo Ball assists).
612
(15:29) Malik Messina-Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:25) Braylon Mullins Defensive Rebound.
(15:18) Silas Demary Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:15) Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.
(15:14) Solo Ball misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:11) Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:04) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup.
614
(15:04) Foul on Pape N'Diaye.
+1 (15:04) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
615
(14:54) Foul on Silas Demary Jr..
+2 (14:34) Filip Borovicanin makes 14-foot step back jumpshot.
815
(14:08) Foul on Tre Carroll.
(13:57) Solo Ball misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:54) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:53) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup.
817
(13:40) Filip Borovicanin misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:37) Isaiah Walker Offensive Rebound.
(13:37) Foul on Silas Demary Jr..
+2 (13:25) Filip Borovicanin makes driving layup.
1017
+2 (13:03) Eric Reibe makes layup (Solo Ball assists).
1019
(12:57) Roddie Anderson III bad pass turnover.
(12:35) Solo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:32) Malachi Smith Offensive Rebound.
+3 (12:28) Alex Karaban makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayden Ross assists).
1022
(11:59) Foul on Malachi Smith.
+1 (11:59) Roddie Anderson III makes free throw 1 of 2.
1122
+1 (11:59) Roddie Anderson III makes free throw 2 of 2.
1222
(11:41) Foul on Isaiah Walker.
+1 (11:41) Eric Reibe makes free throw 1 of 2.
1223
+1 (11:41) Eric Reibe makes free throw 2 of 2.
1224
(11:22) Roddie Anderson III misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:18) Jayden Ross Defensive Rebound.
(11:11) Braylon Mullins misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(11:03) Roddie Anderson III Defensive Rebound.
(10:44) Isaiah Walker bad pass turnover.
(10:44) Eric Reibe Steal.
(10:28) Alex Karaban misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:24) Malik Messina-Moore Defensive Rebound.
(10:09) Malik Messina-Moore misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:07) Malachi Smith Defensive Rebound.
(9:55) Eric Reibe bad pass turnover.
(9:55) Isaiah Walker Steal.
+3 (9:50) Malik Messina-Moore makes 26-foot three point jumper (Roddie Anderson III assists).
1524
(9:31) Jayden Ross misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:28) Eric Reibe Offensive Rebound.
+3 (9:21) Malachi Smith makes 29-foot three pointer.
1527
(9:02) Malik Messina-Moore misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(8:58) Isaiah Walker Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:56) Isaiah Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper.
1827
+2 (8:35) Eric Reibe makes 1-foot dunk.
1829
(8:17) Jovan Milicevic bad pass turnover.
(8:17) Jayden Ross Steal.
+2 (8:14) Jayden Ross makes 0-foot dunk.
1831
(8:01) All Wright bad pass turnover.
(8:01) Jayden Ross Steal.
(7:56) Solo Ball misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:52) Xavier Defensive Rebound.
(7:25) Filip Borovicanin misses 6-foot turnaround jump shot.
(7:25) Braylon Mullins Block.
(7:20) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:06) Braylon Mullins makes 17-foot jumper.
1833
(6:41) Tre Carroll misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(6:38) Pape N'Diaye Offensive Rebound.
(6:37) Foul on Braylon Mullins.
(6:37) Pape N'Diaye misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:37) Xavier Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:37) Pape N'Diaye misses free throw 2 of 2.
(6:37) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:15) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup.
1835
(6:01) Foul on Solo Ball.
+1 (6:01) Tre Carroll makes free throw 1 of 2.
1935
(6:01) Tre Carroll misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:59) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:48) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup (Malachi Smith assists).
1937
(5:19) Jovan Milicevic misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(5:15) Malachi Smith Defensive Rebound.
(5:10) Braylon Mullins misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(5:07) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:03) Alex Karaban makes layup (Tarris Reed Jr. assists).
1939
+3 (4:43) Filip Borovicanin makes 26-foot three point jumper.
2239
+3 (4:12) Malachi Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper.
2242
(3:59) Tre Carroll misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:55) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(3:51) Foul on Jovan Milicevic.
+1 (3:51) Solo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2.
2243
+1 (3:51) Solo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2.
2244
+2 (3:41) Isaiah Walker makes 1-foot dunk (Filip Borovicanin assists).
2444
(3:17) Braylon Mullins misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:14) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(3:10) Tarris Reed Jr. misses layup.
(3:08) Filip Borovicanin Defensive Rebound.
(2:53) Tre Carroll misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(2:50) Braylon Mullins Defensive Rebound.
(2:25) Malachi Smith bad pass turnover.
+2 (2:06) Filip Borovicanin makes 8-foot floating jump shot.
2644
+3 (1:43) Alex Karaban makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jayden Ross assists).
2647
+3 (1:32) Roddie Anderson III makes 24-foot three point jumper.
2947
(1:14) Malachi Smith bad pass turnover.
(0:56) Foul on Braylon Mullins.
+1 (0:56) Filip Borovicanin makes free throw 1 of 2.
3047
(0:56) Filip Borovicanin misses free throw 2 of 2.
(0:55) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(0:35) Foul on Roddie Anderson III.
+1 (0:35) Solo Ball makes free throw 1 of 3.
3048
+1 (0:35) Solo Ball makes free throw 2 of 3.
3049
+1 (0:35) Solo Ball makes free throw 3 of 3.
3050
(0:07) Tre Carroll misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot.
(0:04) Xavier Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

XAV

CONN

68Points93

19-51(37.3%)Field Goal(%)35-61(57.4%)

9-28(32.1%)3-Point(%)12-32(37.5%)

21-33(63.6%)Free Throw(%)11-13(84.6%)

28(13)Rebounds(Offensive)40(12)

6Assists18

6Steals7

2Blocks5

10Turnovers10

14(0)Fouls(Technical)20(0)

0Largest Lead25

Game Details

Thursday, March 12, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Gampel Pavilion · Storrs, CT

attendance: 19,812 (194.9%)

tv: FS1

spread: CONN -17.5

over/under: 150.5